Chapter 1353

"Erm..."

Natalie stuck her tongue out in guilt when Mr.Horner mentioned Mina's name.

That's right.I have yet to tell the public that I'm Mina, the young designer who rose to fame last year.

Her mentor, Mercede, had instructed her to hide her identity as Mina when she returned home.

He wanted her to carve a path out for herself as an independent designer in her home country and to
only announce to the public that she was Mina after making a name for herself.

However, she had almost forgotten that she herself was Mina after burying that identity for so long.

Looks like it's time to tell the world about Mina’s true identity.

Combining my current identity as Ms.

Smith together with Mina will surely be a huge stepping stone to my career as a designer.

With that in mind, Natalie took a deep breath and replied, "Mr.Horner, I get what you mean.I'm willing to
become one of the judges for this competition, but there's another competition waiting for me after
this.It's Aploth's Youth Design Competition.I wouldn't have been able to attend as one of the judges for
this competition if not for Mr.Moore.I'm just worried about time conflict."

She would agree to be one of the judges for the competition if time allows.

Mr.Horner grew silent upon her words.



After a while, he said, "I've heard of Aploth's Youth Design Competition.It will be held at the beginning
of next month, about seven days from now.I'm afraid our competition will conflict with your schedule
since it will be held in the middle of next month."

It would take at least a few months for the competition to wrap up since there would be a couple of
elimination rounds before they could decide on the winner, and each elimination round would take at
least a week.

Hence, there was no way Natalie could juggle her responsibility as a judge for both competitions.

"Then I'm so sorry, Mr.Horner.I cannot become J City's judge.After all, I promised Aploth’s Youth Design
Competition first."

Natalie scratched her head and apologized.

Mr.Horner smiled.

"It's okay.Our competition is nothing compared to Aploth’s Youth Design Competition.How about this?
You can join us after the competition since ours will start two weeks later than Aploth's Youth Design
Competition.I think we will already be at the final round by the time you join.

You can be one of our judges for the final round then, "The final round?"

Natalie was stunned.

Mr.Horner nodded.

"That's right.The results will be even more convincing since you've judged for Aploth’s Youth Design
Competition before this.You'll be more than qualified for this job."

Natalie figured it would be rude to reject Mr.Horner at this point.



Hence, she smiled and nodded, "Okay.I'll do it."

"It's settled then."

Mr.Horner was all smiles upon her words.

Natalie hummed in response.

"Sure thing."

"Okay then.I'll leave you alone.I'll call you again after Aploth’s Youth Design Competition."

Mr.Horner hung up the phone right after.

Natalie put her phone down and couldn't help but chuckle as she noticed the line going flat.She then
got out of bed and went to wash up.

After breakfast, she packed up and left for J City.Her flight would be at one in the afternoon.Her
bodyguard had bought her her plane tickets in advance yesterday.

Just as Natalie was almost done packing, the doorbell rang.

Natalie zipped up her luggage and made her way to the door.

"Who is it?"

"It's me, Nat."

Joyce's voice sounded through the intercom.

Natalie smiled and opened the door.



Joyce grinned as she stood at the door with a bag in hand.

"Nat, I want to give you something since I know you'll be going home today."

"Give me something?"

Natalie's gaze landed on Joyce's bag.

"Do you mean this?"


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