Chapter 49


    Chapter 49 President Pearson Asked if You Have Finished Working It turned out that the rich guy had


    been married a long time ago. Daphne didn’t know the rich guy was married at first. It was until his wife


    came out and ndered Daphne that she discovered that he had long been married. Thinking Daphne


    was the one who seduced her husband, the rich guy’s wife condemned her on the Inte by posting


    many intimate pictures of the two of them going out for dinner, hugging, and kissing.


    The woman kept getting on Daphne’s tail. She adamantly wanted to force her out of the entertainment


    industry. Hence, besides posting intimate pictures of Daphne and the rich guy, she even hired paid


    posters and ounts to nder and make malicious remarks toward Daphne. And because of this


    incident, Daphne kept a low profile for a long time. Finally, Daphne replied, ‘Sadness is inevitable, but I


    believe she’s more reluctant to be kept in the dark than feeling sad.’ Drifting back from her thoughts,


    Leanna read Daphne’s reply and texted back. ‘Got it. I’ll find a suitable time to tell her.


    ‘ Putting down her phone, Leanna went into the bathroom. She sshed her face with some cold water


    and patted her cheeks, trying to wake herself up a little. No, I can’t be decadent like this anymore. I


    need toplete the design drawing in three days! Keeping that in mind, Leanna then got down to her


    design task. She thought it would take her to the veryst second toplete the design drawing, but


    in reality, it only took her two and a half days toplete the sketch for the design. Then, she


    immediately sent it to Justin, thinking she should leave another half a day for her to make some


    amendments.


    Unexpectedly, Justin promptly responded to her after she sent the sketch. ‘This is fine. Well done! I’ll


    have someone take it for processing.’ Leanna replied to him, ‘Sure. I’ll send you the drawing of theConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    ‘What I have in mind is that my mother would be happier if the designer of this piece of jewelry can


    come and exin the meaning of the jewelry to her in person. But I also won’t force you as I


    understand your concerns.’ Upon seeing that, Leanna replied, ‘I won’t be going to the birthday party.


    Do with Mrs. Pearson happy birthday.’ The next day, Leanna headed to the Lux Magazine to find


    Harvey to report to work. As soon as she arrived at the magazine, she was pulled aside by Zoe. “Nana,


    can you spare me some time tonight?” “Yeah. What’s wrong?” “Well, it’s Anthony. It’s been a while


    since he returned to Highside, so he wants to throw a party and invite some friends to a get-together.


    He had always wanted to organize one, but he couldn’t because he was busy with work. Since it’s rare


    for him to have some free time, he wants to throw one now that he’s free. So I was thinking that we can


    go together if you’re free tonight.” As Zoe spoke, she muttered again, “I don’t know most of the friends


    he invited this time. I’ll feel better if you go.” Looking at Zoe’s upset state, Leanna found it hard to reject


    her. Since she also wanted to take tonight’s opportunity to talk things out with her, she eventually


    decided to attend the party. Therefore, Leanna nodded lightly after a while.


    “Sure! I’ll go with you.” At once, the smile on Zoe’s face returned. Giving Leanna a big hug, she said,


    “That’s great! Okay, hurry up and go to Mr. Mancini. I have a photo shooting task today, so I’ll get going


    first.” When Leanna arrived at Harvey’s office, she saw a woman sitting in the office with Harvey. Upon


    seeing Leanna enter, Harvey said to her, “McK, you came just in time. Here, let me introduce you to


    Lux Magazine’s newly signed designer, Queenie Wojzicki.” Without waiting for Harvey to continue with


    the introduction, Queenie stood up. Smiling, she reached out her hand to Leanna. “Pleased to meet


    you, McK. I’ve heard so much about you.” Leanna knew who this woman in front of her was,


    considering Queenie was the runner-up in The Emerging Designer Competition three years ago and


    also the person whoter took her ce to study in Aeras. Politely reaching out her hand, Leanna said,


    “Pleased to meet you too.


    ” After they greeted each other, Harvey said, “McK, you’ll continue to be in charge of the ‘First Love’


    jewelry series, as well as the privately customized jewelry. Queenie, you will be in charge of the new


    series—” “Mr. Mancini.” Halfway through speaking, Queenie interrupted Harvey. “I have a proposal.”


    Feeling surprised, Harvey paused for a moment before he continued, “Tell me.” “I, too, wish to get


    involved with business regarding privately customized jewelry.”As Queenie spoke, she smiled at


    Leanna. “Don’t get me wrong, McK. I’m not intending to rob you of your business. It’s just that the


    personal jewelry customization requests that I had epted while I was abroad were all private high-


    end orders. I should know the styles that rich women anddies like better.” “Uh—” Then, Queenie


    added again, “By then, we can each produce a design drawing, and whose design that gets selected


    will take the order.” Being a good sport, Leanna simply put on a faint smile on her face.


    “Sure.” Seeing that Leanna had already agreed, Harvey didn’t say anything more. “In that case, we’ll do


    things that way. I’ll contact you two if there’s anything rted to work.” Little did Queenie know, Harvey


    didn’t tell her that all the clients who signed up for the privately customized jewelry orders with Lux


    Magazine now were because of Leanna. After leaving the office, Queenie called out Leanna’s name


    and stopped her when she was about to leave. “We’ll be colleagues as well aspetitors in the


    future. I won’t be merciful toward you.” Halting her tracks, Leanna turned around and looked at the


    other woman. “I won’t either.” “In that case, we’llpete based on our own abilities then.” After


    leaving Lux Magazine, Leanna went to the studio where Zoe was shooting and waited for her. During


    the photo shooting interval, Zoe came over to gossip with Leanna.


    “Hey, I just heard that Lux Magazine seems to have signed a new designer. It’s said that she came


    back from Aeras and had participated in several fashion shows. She’s quite well-known in the industry,


    but she’s very arrogant. It’s best not to provoke someone like her and avoid confrontation with her


    when you see her in the future, because someone like her will only annoy the sh*t out of you.” To Zoe’s


    surprise, Leanna replied to her by saying, “We already met.” “Huh?! When?” “We met in Mr. Mancini’s


    office.” Upon hearing that, Zoe had aplicated expression on her face. Just as she was about to ask


    what happened in Harvey’s office, the staff in the studio asked her to go over and continue with the


    photoshoot, as the celebrity had finished changing their outfit and came out.


    And thus, Zoe whispered to Leanna, “The photoshoot will end in a while. Wait for me.” Leanna nodded


    in response. “Sure, go and do your work first.” Not long after, Leanna received a message on her


    phone. It was a message from Jonathan. ‘Miss McKinney, President Pearson asked if you have


    finished with work?’ Reading the message, Leanna became speechless as she grumbled to herself,


    Did this b*stard install surveince on me?! He can’t seem to enjoy seeing me resting. All he knows is


    hounding me every day! Burning with rage from her thoughts, Leanna typed out all the words hard and


    replied. ‘No! Tell him I’m busy and not free for his bullsh*t at the moment!’ Shortly after, Jonathan texted


    back, ‘President Pearson asked how busy you are.’ Gritting her teeth, Leanna replied, ‘I’m so busy that


    I didn’t eat for two days. In fact, I’m so busy that I didn’t even wash my hair for a week!


    ‘ A whileter, she received another reply from Jonathan. ‘President Pearson said you work rather


    hard, so… good luck!’ When Leanna saw the reply sent by Jonathan, she put down her phone hard.


    Then, she took a deep breath to calm herself down. Will I be in a 10 million debt if it wasn’t him who


    framed me?! Yet he still dares to wish me luck?! To hell with his good luck! … After Zoe finished her


    work in the studio, both she and Leanna headed their way toward the venue of Anthony’s get-together


    party. That night, Anthony had reserved a private room inside a high-end restaurant, where only the


    rich woulde and enjoy their meal. By the time Zoe and Leanna arrived at the restaurant, most of


    the people were already present. Meanwhile, Anthony was wandering inside the private room. When


    he saw their figures, he immediately came over to greet them. “Zoe, youdies are finally here.


    ” As he spoke, he looked at Leanna. Then, he apologized to her by saying, “I’m sorry about the incident


    that took cest time. I’ve always wanted to treat you to a dinner, but I was too preupied with


    work—” Halfway through the conversation, a woman came over and said to Leanna, “So this is your


    girlfriend, Anthony? She looks so pretty.” Anthony’s expression became a little embarrassed. “No. This


    is my girlfriend,” said Anthony while pointing at Zoe, who was next to him. “Well, I’ve always heard you


    say that your girlfriend is very pretty, so I thought this one’s your girlfriend.” As the woman spoke, she


    stuck her tongue out, acting cute.


    Then, she said to Leanna again, “I’m so sorry.” In the meantime, the expression on Leanna’s face


    remained unchanged. Upon hearing the woman’s apology, she said calmly, “It’s okay, Miss Boulogne.”


    With that, Jete smiled and said, “Let’s not be strangers. I’m Anthony’s colleague, so you can just


    call me by my name—”