Chapter 262 Even though Catelyn did not try to clear her name of plagiarism, she managed to redefine the purpose of a designer. Being slandered for plagiarizing was nothing to her. After a long silence, Edwin, who had been watching Catelyn, stood up with a smile on his face and clapped. “As expected of Miss Catelyn! You’ve truly opened my eyes. This presentation is definitely worthwhile.”
Followed by that was a sea of applause by the rest of the judges.
Lola, on the other hand, felt her face burn in embarrassment.
She had accused Catelyn of plagiarism and revoked her right to enter the competition. However, that new draft she had just presented managed to shock and impress everyone, so much so that even the high and mighty Edwin Atherton was here to support her! Lola bit her lip and stood up with a smile on her face. “I believe that everyone has no objections for Miss Cately to rejoin the competition?”
“No objections,” agreed the judges unanimously. Edwin smiled with his eyes and looked at Lola before saying to Kelly, “Aunt Kelly, please inform Grandma to leave Catelyn a spot for the finals.” Kelly had no power to object, anyway. “Yes, Mister Atherton.”
Lola suppressed her anger and excused herself to the washroom. She did not expect Catelyn to pull it off since she had been busy fighting custody for her child with Jamie, but she did, and she did it-admittingly-so well.
Plagued with frustration, she sat on the toilet seat when the sounds of heels clicking against the floor and the sounds of chit-chats got progressively closer. “Lola must be knocking her head against the wall right now.”
“She deserves it. I’ve never liked how arrogant she is, anyway. I heard that her mother used to be Henry Antherton’s assistant and eventually became a mistress. Her title is even worse than ours if you think of it that way! She only managed to climb onto her current title by being a bootlicker.”
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Their words were like blades that ripped into Lola’s heart. She had worked so hard and put in so much effort, just for someone to say that was worthless?
Catelyn left Chandier Jewelry cheerfully, so much so that she invited Cedrick out for lunch when she noticed that he had texted her. After sending out the text to Cedrick, she immediately received a video call from her best friend, Joanne. Joanne was a famous local celebrity, yet she had more anti-fans than real fans.
Her antis, however, were the ones that pushed her to the road of fame.
Joanne had finally gotten a more likable character to play lately and had been traveling overseas to shoot. The reception where she was at was pretty bad, so she had not been in touch with Catelyn for the past month or so. Joanne was pleased to hear the good news from Catelyn.. “Whoa! Congratulations on getting into the finals, dearest Cat! I’ll be back in the country in three days, just in time to be there and be your biggest support! Aren’t you touched? I even bought you and my dearest Miles souvenirs!”
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