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
Jonathan was heading backstage under the protection of several bodyguards. Kelly only caught sight of his fading back, but it was enough to get her hyped up. Ever since the last time, Kelly had persisted with her dream of making it to the top, promising herself that she would approach Jonathan again once she got first place in the competition.She wanted to leave him a lasting impression, after all. Meanwhile, Kelly forgot entirely about the participant's name list on the screen, and so did not see when Rose's name changed from gray to red.…Evan had just gotten off his plane at the Aquastead International Airport when he called Rose's number. He'd taken an emergency flight to Finterra and saw the viral news online involving Rose.Many of his calls to her had gone unanswered, until this one."Where are you, Rose? What happened? Are … are you okay?" Evan asked worriedly.Rose leaned against her seat, wincing as her injury flared with pain."I'm okay. I'm … on my way to the com
Ezra opened his eyes all of a sudden. Rose was taken aback by the action and swiftly ran out of the makeup lounge. Seconds later, Ezra's assistant brought in another woman who'd dressed just like Rose earlier.The assistant said apologetically, "I'm so sorry, sir. I mistook the other woman for Ms. Raeyna … "Ezra looked at Raeyna, noting how she'd dressed just like the woman from earlier – hair tied up in a ponytail, wearing a black face mask. Even her left arm was bound up in a medical sling."They do look pretty similar, "Ezra noted, amused.But the woman earlier had asked him if he had a twin brother. Did that mean she'd met someone who looked like him before? He was certain he was the only person who had his looks!"Hm."Curiosity piqued, Ezra called his assistant over."Find out who that woman from earlier is. Now!"Raeyna was left feeling disappointed.She said flatly, "I can just touch up your makeup a little, and you can head on out after."According to the event sc
Jonathan's instruction rang through the microphone and to the speakers in the event venue. He'd not said a word during the other participants' showcase, yet now he was asking to meet Kelly in person!Did that mean the award was right on the horizon for Kelly? The audience gazed at Kelly in sheer admiration, the latter which was buzzing with excitement.Jonathan Finch had called personally for her. Did that mean she'd finally caught his attention? She took a deep breath to compose herself. She couldn't look too shocked now that Jonathan was looking at her.Smiling pleasantly, she was about to accept Jonathan's offer when the man spoke again, "But before that, let us see the final participant's creation!"He then went out of the lounge and backstage.Kelly frowned lightly, asking, "Final participant? Weren't there only 28 of us? I should be the final one, right … ?"Next thing she knew, the participant list had been displayed on screen. Kelly grew rigid with fright when she saw tha