Chapter 267


    Natalie bowed slightly. “Thanks for your help, Mr. Shane.”


    Shane flung the used tissue onto the table. “No problem. If you meet this sort of person again, just make


    them go away.”


    “I know. Unfortunately, this is a meeting room. If I did that, the other party might have caused a scene. If


    it turned into a full-fledged argument, I would’ve left an awful impression of mypany. That was why I


    held in my temper. If this happened elsewhere, however, I would have unleashed my anger on him


    straight away,” Natalie replied, smiling slightly.


    Shane expressed his agreement. Sticking his hands into his pockets again, he sat down next to her.


    Natalie noticed that he had sat down on the man’s seat, which was right next to hers. She pursed her


    lips again. Picking up her notebook, she got up and went to sit elsewhere.


    Seeing this, Shane’s face clouded over. Narrowing his eyes, he asked, “Where are you going?”


    Natalie stopped in her tracks. Without turning around, she looked down and replied, “I’m going to sit


    somewhere else.”


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    Shane clenched his hands into fists in his pockets. “What’s wrong with this seat here?”


    Natalie bit her lip and said, “I’m afraid I might disturb you if I sit there, Mr. Shane. I think it’d be better if I


    moved somewhere else.”


    As soon as she finished speaking, she picked her pace and zoomed to another seat a few rows ahead of


    him.


    Shane looked at her back, his face as cold as ice. The threatening aura he was radiating made the


    people around him shiver with fright and move a few seats away, too.


    Ss came into the room with a file of documents in hand. Seeing the frosty expression on Shane’s face,


    he felt a little stunned. “Mr. Shane, who got on your nerves this time?”


    Shane didn’t say anything. He took the file from Ss’s hands and started flipping through its contents.


    Ss never found an answer to his question. He shrugged and sat down next to Shane. “Mr. Shane, the


    meeting has started.”


    Shane pped the file shut and leaned back into his chair as he looked towards the front of the room.


    The leader of the J City Council went onstage and started briefing them about the meeting’s contents. As


    it turned out, the meeting was about a globalpetition held by the International Associational of


    Design. A total of thirty-six countries would be participating in it.


    As the region’s leading fashion hub, J City would be the country’s representative at thepetition.


    If they got first ce at thispetition, their artwork would be put on disy at Fashion Hall, which was


    where throngs of designers and models often congregated. However, only the most famous models and


    the works of the best designers could be disyed at Fashion Hall.


    This was a chance for them to shine. Although the odds of them winning was very small, the audience in


    the meeting room was full of excitement at the possibility.


    Natalie was one of them. In fact, she was so exhrated that her hands were trembling a little.


    She wanted to be selected as the representative so badly that she could taste it. Even if I couldn’t win,


    participating in a globalpetition of that scale would give me lots of exposure points. I can’t miss this


    chance!


    “But how am I supposed to be selected for this?” she thought, calming herself down.


    As though he had read her mind, the leader immediately announced how they were going to choose the


    representative.


    Unsurprisingly, they were going to hold apetition. All the design studios in J City could send their


    most outstanding designer to thepetition, and the winning designer would represent their own studio


    at the globalpetition.


    “That’s easy!” Natalie murmured as she gave her pen a little spin.


    The designer next to her overheard her. Looking at her in surprise, he said, “Easy? Do you know how


    many apparelpanies and design studios there are in J City?”


    Natalie thought for a while before she raised her eyebrows and replied, “I suppose there should be more


    than a hundred of them.”


    “Exactly, there are more than a hundred of those. This means you’ll be up against more than a hundred


    competitors, including old hands like Linda Leigh from Rigel Design Studio, Jasmine Smith from


    Jasminum Studio, and Oriental Dawn Studio’s very own… Anyway, aside from them, there’s a dark horse


    who has recently emerged!” The designer held up one finger, looking very solemn.


    Sensing the awe the designer had for this ck horse, Natalie couldn’t help but feel a little more serious.


    She stopped spinning the pen in her hand and said, “What’s that person’s name?”


    The designer leaned closer to her and said mysteriously. “I don’t know about that. What I do know is that


    she’s from Thompson Group. Did you see that fashion show they organized thest time?”