Chapter 345


    Chapter 345


    Celine was the runner-up. Even though she wasn’t the winner, that still surprised her. She lost in the


    Duvalpetition and was ready to give up on her design dream.


    Her mother had arge medical bill. She couldn’t spend time taking care of her, so when her situation


    turned dire, she might need to hire a hospice to take care of her… All that required a lot


    of money.


    When she was feeling lost, she saw the Lanepetition.


    Celine promised herself that if she didn’t make a name for herself this time, she would give up on her


    dreams and ept reality.


    She was d she won something.


    “Congrattions, Hesper.” Celine looked at her. She knew that if not for her, she wouldn’t have gotten


    as much attention.


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    If it wasn’t because of how fair Lane Holdings was, she would not have been where she was now.


    Hesper saw that Celine was going to cry, so she went over and hugged her.


    “We have a long way to go, but we’re friends now, aren’t we?” Hesper rested her chin on Celine’s


    shoulder. “Don’t forget that I’m here to help you if you need it. Even though I can’t promise you anything


    else, I know that I have money.”


    Celine chuckled.


    Everyone’s eyes were filled with stars that night.


    “Thank you, my little rich friend.” My lucky star too.


    ***


    Lighting up a cigarette in the night breeze, Rickard had taken a day off. He came over alone and didn’t


    wait till the after-party. He went there just to see the moment Hesper was crowned the


    winner.


    When Hesper followed him around in the past, he never noticed how outstanding she was.


    The light of the cigarette burned in the night. Rickard just held it, and after a long pause, someone took


    it away from him from behind.


    “…Hesper?”


    Hesper put it out and tossed it into the trash can. The makeup she put on for the finals made her look


    gentle and beautiful under the moonlight. “You came all the way here to smoke?”


    Rickard didn’t know what to say. Hesper looked down as her hair whipped around in the wind.


    “Don’t you have an after-party to get to?” Rickard’s voice sounded stiff because he never said


    anything caring to anyone before. It sounded more like questioning rather than concern. However,


    Hesper was used to him being like that, so she looked up with gentle eyes.


    “That isn’t important.”


    Rickard tried to move her hair out of her face. His determined eyes shone under the moonlight as if he


    was bewitched. “Hesper, congrattions on your dreaming true.”


    Dreaming true…..


    There was a lump in Hesper’s throat. She nodded, took a step back to break the awkwardness, then


    said, “Now that you’re back, why don’t you take Ren back?”