Timothy noticed that Mia ended up eating four pancakes, two slices of toast, and a bowl of cereal.
Did she always have such a hearty appetite?
Once breakfast was over, Laura abruptly held out an invitation. “Mia, I got you a spot as a contestant in
thispetition.”
Mia looked at the invitation. It was for the Fleur International Design Competition.
Startled, she asked Laura, “When did you do this, Grandma?”
“Well, you sent me some interior design sketches a while back, and I just so happened to hear about
thispetition, so I got you a spot,” Laura exined. “Give it a try. Mia. I think you’ll do a great job.”
Mia stared at the invitation with a look of mncholy. She considered joining thispetition years
ago, but after marrying into the Barrett family, she devoted all of her time and attention to Timothy. In
doing so, she neglected all of her past interests.
Shelly strutted into the dining room and said casually, “Mia, that’s no ordinarypetition. Considering
how unskilled you are, you shouldn’t bother joining.
“You’ll just be embarrassing yourself. Don’t humiliate the entire Barrett family along with you.”
Laura immediately snapped, “Shelly, you didn’t even graduate from college, so keep quiet!”
Ashamed that her own failures had been exposed, Shelly ran off in anger.
She recalled that the Lanes were the ones who organized thepetition, so she quickly called Maya.
“Maya, are you in charge of the Fleur International Design Competition?” Shelly asked.
“That’s right. I’m in charge of a few things in thepetition. Why do you ask?”
“Maya, Grandma got Mia a spot in thepetition,” Shelly informed. “She’s so biased. You need to try
and find a way to stop Mia from joining thepetition.”
Upon hearing that, Maya’s gaze turned cold. “That’s easy. Tomorrow’s the final day to register for the
competition. I’ll tell them to end registrations a day early.”
Shelly instantly smirked smugly. “That’d be great. I’ll head over there tomorrow to enjoy the show in
person. What’ll it be like to see the excited Mia being disappointed once she finds out the registration is
over? It’s going to be so much fun!”
Maya was smiling tauntingly as well.
“Go ahead. Remember to give me a y-by-y afterward,” Maya said before ending the call.
How could a woman like Mia, who came from a poor background, be worthy ofpeting against her
for Timothy?
After saying goodbye to Laura, Mia left the Barrett residence with the invitation in hand.
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She heard Timothy’s footstepsing from behind. It was followed by his voice as he asked in a
surprised
tone. “You know how to do interior designing?”
This exined why Laura had approached him in secret a few days ago. She had asked him to get a
spot in thepetition for her, and heplied without giving it much thought.
He didn’t expect it to be for Mia,
Mia lowered her eyes and said nothing. Timothy barely knew anything about her, so she wasn’t
surprised that he was unaware of her interest in interior design.
“Cat got your tongue, Mia?”
Mia tucked her hair behind her ear and answered, “Nope, I don’t.”
“You’re lying.”
“Bingo! I’m not interested in telling you anything.” Mia retorted before getting into a cab and leaving.
Timothy was left standing alone. He tugged at his tie as heined over Mia’s audacity for the
umpteenth time.
Heath got out of the car. “If we don’t leave now, you might bete for work, Mr. Barrett.”
Timothy stared in the direction where the cab had left. “Do you think she’s been provoking me on
purposetely just to get my attention?”
After a pause, Heath responded hesitantly, “I think-”
“You think so, too, right? Well, same here,” Timothy stated.
He climbed into the car. It seemed like he had been wasting too much of his attention on Mia. It was
unusual of him.
Heath’s expression was a littleplicated. He didn’t think Mia was putting on an act to get Timothy’s
attention at all.
Sitting in the front passenger seat, Heath said, “Sir, if we stop paying for Mrs. Barrett’s uncle’s medical
bills, his life might be in danger. Are you sure you want to halt the payment?”
Timothy’s eyelids twitched. “Did I ask you to actually stop paying? Did you leave your brain at home or
something?”
He merely wanted to teach Mia a lesson.
Heath was speechless. Well, Timothy was the boss, so his word was thew.
Mia was still in the cab when she got a phone call from the hospital.
Nervous, she answered the call, “Hello? Did my uncle’s condition worsen?”
The voice on the other end of the line said, “No, that’s not it. It’s been days since you’ve made payment
for the medical bills. Pleasee over to settle the payment for the uing month.”
The payment for the medical bills had been cut off?