Chapter 403: It Was No Longer up to Him

The second round of the competition had been forgotten.Everyone now paid their attention to the finals
and the designers' works.

But now that so many things had come up, what really happened during the finals still hung in the air.

To solve the mystery, last night, Louis looked again at the designers' works during the preliminary round
and second round.

Sure enough, he found something suspicious.He placed two designs in front of Sharon.

The designers' names had been covered.

Louis asked her, "Do you see anything wrong with these two works?"

Sharon compared them carefully.

One of the two works had a unique, defining style, and its lines were firm and clear.

It was obviously made by a male designer.

The other one was slightly different from the previous one, and the lines were much softer.

The work seemed to contain other elements as well.

Even so, though, the first designer's distinctive artistic characteristics could be easily noticed.

The second design was like a mixture of the male designer's work and the style and techniques of
another designer.

However, the added elements were obviously not the designer's strengths, so the combination gave an
awkward feeling.



Sharon looked at the two designs for a while and slowly said, "They are by the same person, right?"

Louis asked, "How did you infer that?"

Sharon pointed to the first design.

"This person's style has defining characteristics, and my guess is he is a smart, outstanding designer,
who puts a lot of thoughts into style and content.Although he made minor changes to the style of the
second design, you can still see his mindset in it."

She put down the designs and continued, "It is not easy to tell the differences.But by placing them
together and observing them careful, one will discover the problem"

Louis nodded with a satisfied look on his face.Then he took off the stickers that covered the designers'
names.

Sharon looked at the two names and was surprised.

"This is Floren's design” Louis said, pointing to the first item.Then, he looked at the other one and said,
"And this one is Rita's.I think you should have guessed what happened"

Sharon gaped as an idea came into her mind.

But she still felt it was inconceivable.

The fact that Rita had asked Floren to help her forge the design shocked her.

That woman really had a lot of nerve.

No ...no, she must have done a lot more to achieve that aim.



Louis added, "Don't worry, it's absolutely unforgivable to cheat during the competition.We've contacted
Floren, but his phone has been switched off.If necessary, we'll go through the judicial process to keep
the competition fair."

"Thank you” Sharon nodded gently.

"You're welcome” Louis said.

"Actually, we should take the greatest responsibility for something like this during the competition.Ally,
although I said that the ranking doesn't represent everything, the champion should have been you"

After leaving Louis' office, Sharon sat in the car and looked ahead aimlessly, lost in thought.She had
thought that even though Rita was conceited, she actually liked to design.

Sharon never expected that she would stoop so low to win the championship.When Sharon returned to
the studio, Trey was on the phone at the door.

Noticing her, he said something to the person on the other end of the phone and quickly put away his
phone.

"Sharon” he greeted her.

"How long have you been here?" Sharon smiled.

"It's ...it's been a while."

Trey was afraid that she would misunderstand, so he hurriedly explained, "Sharon, it's actually not me
looking for you today, it's someone else"

In the lounge, Mr.Jones sat there with his hands on his cane, chatting with Tiffany with a smile.

Hearing the noise coming from the door, he looked over and said happily, "Sharon, you're back."



"Mr.Jones" Sharon nodded slightly.

Tiffany stood up and said, "Sharon, you can keep this mister company.I'll excuse myself.

Watching her leave, Mr.Jones smiled, "That girl is interesting”

Trey didn't come in.He closed the door from outside.

Sharon sat opposite Mr.Jones and said, "Sorry for the wait.Something came up"

"That's okay.I was bored and came out for a walk.Before I knew it, I'm here."

Mr.Jones then asked, "Have Natalia and Talon made things difficult for you again lately?"

Sharon shook her head.

"They have enough on their plates these days.They probably don't have the time to deal with me"
Mr.Jones was relieved to hear that.

"Trey told me what happened.Like mother, like daughter.You are courageous and decisive" Sharon
smiled.

"It's a pity that we haven't found your mother's tomb yet" Mr.Jones sighed.

After a while, Sharon reasoned, "Perhaps there's only one person in this world who knows where it is."

"You mean your.." She nodded.

"I've been looking for him, but there is a high possibility that he has fallen into Talon's hands." Mr.Jones
couldn't help but frown.



"If that's the case, things have become troublesome.But don't worry, Talon won't dare to act rashly right
now.He'll at most use that person as his last bargaining chip."

Before Sharon responded, he continued, "I will get to the point.Actually, I came here to tell you
something important"

Sharon had sensed that.

"Mr.Jones, please go ahead."

"The sixtieth anniversary of the Beale Group will take place next month.Talon may not tell you about
this, but you must attend it, for you must take this opportunity to make Talon acknowledge that you are
the only daughter of the Beale family."

“The thing is, Talon let me move in the Beale's, but he didn't do the paternity test.He probably just
wanted to keep the two sides in balance and keep things as they are now.He is unlikely to give up on
Natalia"

"You don't have to worry about that" Mr.Jones said in a deep voice.

"It's no longer up to him."

Sharon pursed her lips, knowing that Mr.Jones and his men were going to take action.

She whispered, "What should I do?"

He said, "You don't need to do anything.Just protect yourself before the Beale Group's anniversary"

Sharon nodded, "Alright."

After that, Mr.Jones stood up and said, "I'm leaving.Remember, although Talon wont dare to do
anything to you openly, you still need to be careful.He may get desperate."






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