She had wanted to ask Hailey a question right then and there.
She wanted to ask if the design Hailey had presented was really her own work.
Even at her best, she could only manage a pale imitation of her mentor's genius.
But Hailey's design was almost a perfect mirror of her master's style!
Daphne narrowed her eyes, studying Hailey with a scrutinizing gaze.
Just one look was all it took.
She was absolutely certain.
The jewelry design that so closely resembled her master's style could not possibly have come from this person.
The girl's eyes were clouded with greed and calculation, her gaze practically crawling with hidden motives...
A person like that could only design jewelry that reeked of money, tacky beyond belief.
That design, which was so much like her master's style, was probably... plagiarized!
Daphne let out a cold laugh and was about to speak.
But Marianne cut in again, eager to promote her daughter. "Ms. Rainsford, don't listen to anything Serena might have told you. She's... just an adopted daughter we kicked out of our family!"
"She's nothing but a scheming brat who spent her life learning underhanded tricks. She lives for stabbing people in the back!"
"She must be jealous that our Hailey can create such a wonderful jewelry design, so she deliberately came to you to stir up trouble."
As she spoke, she shot a nasty glance at the girl sitting in the car-poised, elegant, and with a calm expression. "Ms. Rainsford, I'm only telling you this because I'm worried you'll be deceived by that wretched girl."
An adopted daughter?
Her master was the adopted daughter of this Wynn family she'd never heard of?
But didn't she just hear her master call the matriarch of the Lancaster family "Mom"?
Who knew her master had such a dramatic and complicated backstory?
Daphne couldn't help but steal a few more glances at Serena.
Daphne was practically vibrating with the need to hear the latest scandal.
However, in Marianne's eyes, this meant her words were getting through to Daphne.
She redoubled her efforts. "Ms. Rainsford, my daughter is an outstanding student, nothing like that wild girl Serena. You can rest assured taking our Hailey as your apprentice! Let me tell you, the
design Halley gave Miss Blackwood today doesn't even represent her full potential! She can design many more, even better pieces! I
guarantee, if you take her as your
apprentice, she will never bring you
shame!"
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Daphne's cold eyes narrowed slightly, making her already sharp features appear
even more piercing.
"More and better designs?"
She looked at Hailey. "Continuing with... today's design style?"
Seeing that Daphne was indeed interested, Marianne quickly nudged Hailey.
Hailey was
ket
thell nervous, looking at
the woman before her-a legendary figure in the jewelry world someone whose name was in her textbooks.
She actually...
Really had the chance to become the apprentice of such a top-tier master!
This was something she wouldn't have dared to dream of before.
Hailey was so excited she dug her fingernails into her palms, trying hard to calm herself. She quickly nodded obediently. Yes... Yes, that's my design style can continue in this style and create many more pieces!"
Daphne stole a glance at her master.
She saw her master looking down, typing on her phone with a faint smile on her lips.
It was obvious.
Her master was definitely chatting with the young master of the Blackwood family.
She wasn't paying this mother-daughter duo any mind at all.
Her master didn't care.
But she couldn't let it slide!
This plagiarist actually claimed she could produce more designs in a similar style.
Didn't that mean...
She planned to keep stealing her master's style?
She was curious to see what kind of talent this hack actually had to be able to imitate her master's style so closely.