Chapter 790

Chapter 790The scented sachet was similar to the handkerchief, be it the embroidery technique, the shape of the
word embroidered, or even the color.
Could it be that… the woman was Alice Chapman, and Ashlyn… is her daughter?
Nicholas stared at Ashlyn in disbelief. His heart had not pounded so wildly in many years.
Caleb perceptively sensed something amiss with his brother beside him. He appears… nervous? Why
is that? Why would he be nervous?
As Bianca asked about the person who embroidered the handkerchief right then, Caleb could not help
taking a step forward.
Just when he was about to speak, the president of Aureate Embroidery Group, the largest company in
Maredania, Seraphina Young, stepped into the hall with a gift in hand. The moment she entered the
hall, she noticed the strange atmosphere there.
Seraphina was a middle-aged woman of about forty years old, but she maintained her looks well. In a
sapphire blue dress, she looked graceful and elegant.
She went over to Bianca and Ashlyn in her high heels. “This is my gift for you, Old Mrs. Yates. This
year…” Before she had finished her utterance, she inadvertently glimpsed Ashlyn beside Bianca.
Thrilled, she promptly rushed over to Ashlyn and grabbed her hand. “Why are you here, Ashlyn? Gosh,
Ashlyn! Why didn’t you give me a call when you came to Maredania? I missed you so much!”
The crowd was wholly dumbstruck.
Aureate Embroidery Group was no ordinary company. Its president, Seraphina, was on the same level
of eminence as Leslie, a renowned embroiderer in Maredania. Also, she founded Aureate EmbroideryGroup single-handedly. Rumor even had it that Sonia Jackovich, Maredania’s Secretary of State, loved
wearing clothes personally sewn and embroidered by her.
Besides, she was very close with Bianca.
That aside, she was inextricably linked with the entire aristocratic circle of Maredania. Maredania’s
aristocrats considered it an honor to be able to wear clothes embroidered by her.
Yet, she was acting exceedingly familiar with Ashlyn.
“I’m here to celebrate Old Mrs. Yates’ birthday, Ms. Young.”
In contrast with Seraphina’s excitement and enthusiasm, Ashlyn’s expression remained unchanged.
However, one could tell that she exuded a hint of warmth.
That was an expression she only showed in front of people whom she was close with.
“You managed to invite Ashlyn over, Old Mrs. Yates? How impressive!” Seraphina led Ashlyn over to
Bianca before opening the gift box she brought, revealing an exquisitely embroidered shawl within.
“This shawl was embroidered by Ashlyn, Old Mrs. Yates.”
Bianca’s lips trembled, and she stared at the shawl in disbelief. The base color of the shawl was cream.
Graceful and elegant peonies were embroidered on it, with a few butterflies in flight beside the peonies,
looking very much lifelike.
Seraphina deftly draped the shawl over Bianca. Only then did the latter snap back to her senses and
promptly grab the former’s hand.
“What… did you just say? Ashlyn can embroider? This shawl… Such a beautiful shawl was
embroidered by her?”A proud smile bloomed on Seraphina’s face, and her voice carried great pride. “She’s Aureate Group’s
top master embroiderer, far more skilled than me. In fact, the emblem representing our country on the
clothes our president wore to the global summit was embroidered by Ashlyn!”
“Oh my goodness!”
“The emblem design back then was said to have been revised more than twenty times. In the end, it
was the design submitted by Aureate Group that the president approved straight away!”
“I never expected it to have been designed and embroidered by Ashlyn!”
“How incredible!”
“She’s too impressive!”
novelbinAt once, the look in the crowd’s eyes as they gazed at Ashlyn turned awestruck and impassioned.
While sprawled on the ground, Mary and Penelope gawped at Ashlyn, who was standing there.
Suddenly, intense envy and indignance welled up within them.
There was seemingly a moat between them and her that they could never bridge.
Even after they had joined the Yates family and become the heiresses of the Yates family, they were
still beneath her.