Chapter 102


    Chapter 102


    Caroline found it strange too, but she busied herself with calming Gwen down. She didn’t put much


    thought into it.


    Soon, the host walked up to the stage, and everyone fell silent. After delivering a speech, he said,


    “Next, let us invite Venusta’s CEO toe on the stage and announce the contestant who won fifth


    ce!”


    A man about 40 years old with a balding crown walked up the stage and announced. “In fifth ce, we


    have Lucy Quill.”


    The audience apuded.


    Gwen inched closer to Caroline and whispered into her ear. “They’re turning it into an award


    ceremony.”


    Caroline smiled and kept her eyes focused on the stage. She’d be lying if she said that she wasn’t


    nervous. This contest was especially significant to her.


    In no time, the person who’d won third ce was making her way down the stage. Caroline’s heart


    palpitated wildly.


    “We’re left with the second and first ces now,” whispered Gwen as she gripped Caroline’s hands.


    “Carol, I’m sure you’ll win this!”


    She’d barely managed to finish her sentence when the CEO of Belya, one of the other brands,


    announced it in his sonorous voice.” Caroline Evans!”


    Caroline beamed. This was the first time her design had been made public. Getting second ce gave


    her the confidence and acknowledgment she’d never known she needed.


    She walked up to the stage to receive the trophy. This journey, albeit short, felt like a thousand miles to


    her. Everything felt so surreal, even when she went up the stage and took the trophy from Belya’s


    CEO’s hands.


    “Alright. It’s time to announce our champion!” The host’s voice was bright and clear. “Let us have


    Laureil’s CEO, Ms. Layn, on stage to give away the prize.”


    The crowd apuded once again, this time even louder.


    Caroline watched as Ms. Layn walked up the stage and got into position with a smile ying on her


    lips.


    She unfolded the small card in her hands and said. “The first winner of the first Novitius Contest for


    packaging design is La Evans!”


    “Let’s have La Evans up on stage!”


    Confetti started spilling everywhere. As the crowd erupted in apuse, Caroline saw the care worker


    pushing La in her wheelchair up


    the stage.


    With her eyes narrowed, Caroline watched La take the prize. La was given the chance to give a


    speech since she’d won first ce.


    “I’d like to thank the organizers and all the brands for sponsoring this contest. I’m grateful that I was


    given this chance to participate in this Novilius Contest, and I’d like to thank my family for always


    supporting me. Special thanks to my cousin …”


    Her voice trailed off, and her head snapped in Caroline’s direction to wave at her.


    Caroline’s face had no expression. The crowd’s reaction was the total opposite of hers, though. They


    were thrilled.


    All this time, the public knew that La and Caroline were rivals in love. They had fought over the


    same man, which was precisely the type of gossip everybody enjoyed.


    La continued. “Caroline’s designs have always been unique. If it weren’t for her guidance, I wouldn’t


    have gotten first ce this time. Thank you, Caroline.”


    It sounded as if La was thanking Caroline. However, if anyone listened carefully to her words, they’d


    know that she was mocking thetter. Caroline, who’d insisted on giving La advice, had gotten


    second ce instead of first ce.


    Despite that, La spoke as if it came from her heart. She sounded so sincere that no one could pick


    on her for it.


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    The host was someone who enjoyed gossiping. With a microphone in hand, she walked off the stage


    and approached Caroline. “What a surprise that the first and second ces this time are won by these


    two sisters.”


    She held the microphone near Caroline’s lips and said, “Your cousin just won first ce. Is there


    anything you’d like to say?”