Kelly gazed in the direction and saw only the silhouette of a woman. Nevertheless, she recognized the man—it was Evan. As for the woman … Her figure bore a striking resemblance to Rose.Evan was following her. It made Kelly increasingly certain that the woman was indeed Rose. In an instant, jealousy surged within her. Alongside jealousy, there was an urgent sense of crisis.What was Miles doing with Rose? Was it because of the upcoming National Jewelry Design Award? Did he admire her designs, or was Evan trying to help her by using unfair means?The more Kelly thought about it, the more unsettled she became. Nixon noticed her change in complexion and immediately showed concern."Kelly, are you feeling unwell? Let's go then. I won't return to Lane residence tonight. We can head to the apartment in the city."The city apartment had always been their secret rendezvous spot. Kelly had initially intended to hold onto Nixon before securing the support of Jonathan. However, as she look
Rose's heart skipped a beat. She thought of him as a refined charming gentleman in public but a love expert behind the scenes. However, his earnest gaze and sincere tone contradicted her assumptions.She immediately reproached her judgment and felt a pang of curiosity."Her? Is she your ex-girlfriend? Your first love?"Miles noticed the curiosity in her eyes.He chuckled and said, "No, she's my sister.""I see. Your sister …"Rose forced a smile. She had assumed there was some juicy backstory.Meanwhile, Kelly was eavesdropping on them from not far away. Earlier, she had rejected Nixon's offer to send her home and pretended to take a taxi to leave.Nevertheless, she returned after a few minutes and deliberately waited for them to come out.Seeing them engrossed in conversation and seemingly getting along well, her jealousy flared up like a burning fire.She was now more certain that Rose had made up to Miles to use his connections in entering the National Jewelry Design Award
How could Rose ignore a handsome guy who was starving? She pointed toward the kitchen as she signaled him to let go of her.She then went to the kitchen. Ten minutes later, a plate of spaghetti was placed in front of Jonathan.He looked at the simple-made spaghetti with disdain. He already expected that her culinary skills were nothing special.However, after taking a bite, he revealed an incredulous expression. The taste was surprisingly good.Rose was cleaning the stove in the kitchen. Jonathan became entranced as the warm light illuminated her.When Rose was about to turn around, he shifted his gaze away and concentrated on eating his meal. Five days later, the semi-final results of the National Jewelry Design Award were announced.Rose successfully made it to the finals.She eagerly screenshot the news and sent it to her star escort husband as she texted, "You promised me a surprise if I made it to the finals. Can you finally tell me what it is?"Jonathan was in a meeting.
Rose quickly ran away after handing the phone to Jonathan. As she closed the bedroom door, she heard her star escort husband's deep and sexy voice from outside."Okay. We'll discuss it when I return to Regalia," he said.Rose recalled the woman's gentle voice she had heard earlier. Anastasia? From the way she talked, it seemed she had a close relationship with her star escort husband. He was returning to Regalia?Rose felt a bit uneasy. Suddenly, she thought of something. Just now, Anastasia called her star escort husband by his name."Is it 'Jon?'" she wondered.She strained her memory but couldn't recall the exact name due to nervousness.She didn't even delve into the fact that both Anastasia and her star escort husband used the word "return" when they talked about Regalia.The news that Jonathan would be a special guest judge at the National Jewelry Design Award finals quickly seized the headlines on Facebook.Many wealthy parties announced their plans to attend the auction
Rose drove all night long to Chereton, where she managed to find the house according to the address the next morning.The door was open when she arrived, and a middle-aged woman sat outside in the courtyard sewing. She was surprised to see Rose."Hi there, are you Mdm. Angelica?" Rose asked gently. Angelica Willis swiftly set her sewing down and walked up to Rose.She looked at her long and hard before saying, "You're so big now, Rose. I held you when you were a baby, do you remember? Oh, you must've forgotten about me already."Angelica gazed fixedly at Rose's face, then exclaimed, "Your eyes … you look just like her!"Miles had said her eyes resembled someone else's the other day, too. Knowing now that Angelica meant her mother, she beamed happily, feeling closely affectionate to the older woman.Angelica told Rose all about her mother, and then handed her an old box. Inside was a large chunk of raw fire opal."Your mother left this behind decades ago. Take it. I have no use
Rose immediately called Jamie's number.The moment it went through, she cried angrily, "You told Mdm. Angelica to do this, didn't you? All just to steal my design – did you use such pathetic tricks just because you were afraid I'd win the award?!"Jamie sneered and hung up the call. He'd thought Rose would lose at the entry stage of the competition and use that as an excuse to deny her inheritance of Celeste Jewels.Unexpectedly, she ended up making it to the finals, and her designs were even secretly doted on by those in the Young family. That's why he devised this scheme to ensure Rose's loss in the competition.Now Angelica had gotten her hands on the necklace!Jamie smirked gleefully and said to Chelsea beside him, "Kelly won't have to worry about the competition now. She'll be using Rose's design to participate. When she wins first place, I'll make sure she's equipped with the necessary flair before establishing her as a nationwide master jeweler! If she catches the eye of
Jonathan received a call from Rose early at 6:00 AM. He recalled how she'd mentioned she would be preparing for the National Jewelry Design Award in Chereton a couple of days ago.It'd been days since then. Did she finally remember him? When Jonathan called, it was a man who picked it up."Are you her husband? She's been in a car accident and is currently here in Aquastead General Hospital."With that, the call ended. Jonathan's heart skipped as he called the number again. But the phone had shut off this time. He drove first thing to the hospital to look for Rose.When he arrived, she'd just finished surgery and was resting in a ward, looking extremely pale."Are you family? She's lucky to still be alive after such a gruesome accident. Else the blood loss would've killed her," a nurse said softly. She then handed a blood-soaked notepad to Jonathan. "She was clutching tight onto this when they sent her in. It must be really important to her."Jonathan looked at the notepad and saw
Finley immediately got to work. Soon, news of the site change spread online.The competition organizer released an announcement: "The National Jewelry Design Award competition will be hosted in Aquastead instead of Regalia this year!"Ten minutes later, Ezra made a post with his photo. Underneath was the caption: "I heard Aquastead is a place you never want to leave once you set foot in it. Why don't we check it out?"Another ten minutes passed, and all the heavy players in the jewelry industry had acquiesced to the site change without argument.Kelly soon returned to Aquastead and headed to the hospital where Rose was.When she saw Rose alone in the ward, still unconscious on the bed, she sneered, "Poor thing. Did no one come to check up on you?"The nurse happened to overhear her and walked inside."Ms. Shaffer has been taken care of by her husband since yesterday. He … must've been busy today. I didn't see him return after leaving this morning.""Pft."The husband that work