Liam said seriously, “I agree. There won’t be any pressure on Mia if she doesn’t know
anything about our actual identities.”
Ultimately, Dominic gave in. Shortly after, Mia found that thepetition’s results
had been announced on the official website. There was no mention of the cing,
though.
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Mia received an invitation from the organizers to attend the awards ceremony next
week. She sent a screenshot of the announcement on the website to Gina. “I made it
through, but there aren’t any rankings.”
Gina replied excitedly, “You have to be in the first ce! It’s weird that they’ve
suddenly changed the rules this year, though.”
Mia found it weird as well. But it didn’t really matter. Thispetition was only
held once every three years, and many designers couldn’t wait to win an award from
1. it. After all, all the big names in the industry recognized thispetition. It was a
hefty aplishment to ce in such apetition.
“Mia, the people from Barrett Group have contacted me again to ask whether you got
through. This time, they’ve offered even better conditions than before to get you to
join them. I think it’s an opportunity that’s hard toe by, Mia. Are you still
thinking about it?”
Mia couldn’te clean to Gina. Though Gina knew she’d been married, she had no
idea it was to Timothy. After some thought, Mia replied, “I want to go back to college
andplete my education, so I don’t intend to get a proper job for now. It might
dy my studies; I want that degree.”
Gina said, “Alright, then. I’ll support you no matter what you decide to do.”
Mia took a photo of the invitation to the awards ceremony and shared it on her
Instagram with a caption that read, “Three years upon three years. This time, I won’t
give up halfway.”
Timothy also soon received news that the list of finalists had been announced. He
saw Mia’s name among the finalists and was surprised. He hadn’t expected her to
get this far in thepetition.
Timothy pulled out his phone to see a notification that Mia had a new post on her
Instagram. For an inexplicable reason, he clicked on it to see what she’d posted.
Then, he narrowed his eyes. Three years upon three years?
Mia had married him three years ago, which was when the Fleur International
Design Competition hadst been held. He could guess why she’d given up on the
irritated.
At this moment, Heath entered the office. “Mr. Barrett, Zoe made it into the finals but
refused our olive branch.”
Timothy frowned. “Is someonepeting against us for her?”
“I would think so, but we’re definitely offering the best conditions. No one should be
able to say no to that. I’m guessing someone’s going for the personal approach. After
all, no one knows why exactly she disappeared three years ago.”
“Disappeared three years ago?” Timothy nced at Mia’s Instagram post. Could it
really be that coincidental?
The following day, Dominic and Eya arrived with plenty of gifts for Mia.
Eva said, “Mia, these are some of Nord City’s local specialties. Congrattions on
getting into the finals!”
Dominic said cautiously, “You mentioned something about three years upon three
years in your Instagram post, Mia. Did you participate in thispetition three
years ago?”
Mia nodded, “Yeah, but there were too many things going on at home at the time. I didn’t have time to
prepare any designs for the finals, so I had to drop out halfway.”
Dominic didn’t expect to have been so close to Mia three years ago. It was too bad he
hadn’t managed to track her down back then.
Patricia wiped her tears. “It’s all our fault for troubling Mia. If not for what happened to us three years
ago, she wouldn’t have-” 1
Mia cut her off. “It’s all in the past now.”
Dominic’s expression shifted as he watched them. “What happened three years ago?”