I hadn’t turned around yet, but I had already guessed. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I turned to see a group of people surrounding Sean. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
There were seven or eight bodyguards in black behind him. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In addition, there was a young man in a grey suit with curly hair carrying a suitcase. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
This was a new face. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I thought he was here to send us, so I didn’t move. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Last time, Sean announced my relationship with him. Several managers knew that. They talked with Sean for a while. One of them said, “does President Jessop have anything else to tell Miss Carter? Let’s go there for security first.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
They all left after he finished. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
It was just me and Sean and his bodyguards here. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I turned to leave. I heard Sean say behind me, “it’s no use hiding. I will go with you.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“…” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I looked back and looked at Sean suspiciously. “President Jessop, are you free? It’s just a little design competition.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Well, I’m quite free.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Sean admitted. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I was speechless. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“OK. I’m busy. I have to leave first.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I was a little angry when I saw Sean. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I took my suitcase to change my boarding pass. I knew we were going to a tourist city in the south. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When I got on the plane, I found that the whole first-class cabin was chartered by Sean. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The bodyguards were sitting nearby. Sean was sitting with the young man. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When I went to economy class, I heard people around me talking about Sean. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He usually took a private plane. He only took a regular plane once in a while. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
There were only seven finalists on the plane. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
We sat in the same row. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
My position was by the window. Next to me sat a woman a little older than me. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She was wearing a long plain dress. She had no make-up and her straight hair was curled up. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She was reading a book about decoration. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Hello, I’m June.” I introduced myself out of politeness. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Hello, my name is Linda.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The woman greeted me while reading. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“You’re Linda.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She was Linda. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I was surprised to know her identity. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The plane flew for four hours. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Most of the time, Linda was reading. She replied to me when I talked to her occasionally. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Although she was cold, I thought she was easy to get along with. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In the afternoon, the plane landed. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
There was a car to pick us up. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Three hours later, we arrived at a resort. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
We went in and were taken directly to our rooms by seven waiters. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She told me that she would pick me up for dinner in half an hour. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
To be honest, the room was really nice. The total area of the room and yard was about 100 square meters. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
One wall of the bedroom was glass. There was a square swimming pool outside. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The pool was fenced off by a one meter high fence. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The scenery was beautiful. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I looked around and had a rest. Then I followed the waiter to dinner. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In the dining room, besides us, there was the young man with Sean. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He first introduced himself, “Hello, my name is Eric, and I’m assistant to President Jessop. Next, I’ll tell you the rules of the final.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Then Eric told us the rules of the final. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
It was not hard. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
To put it simply, we needed to transform our existing rooms. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
We could change it to anything, as long as it was feasible and reasonable. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In addition to three mystery judges, the manager of the resort would also give us a score. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The total time was two weeks. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
We would stay in this resort for two weeks. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The resort provided all services including laundry and changing toiletries. In addition, there were shops in the resort. We could buy daily necessities. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
All people could only use the ordinary mobile phones provided by the resort. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
We could use computers but not wireless networks. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
That was to say, in these two weeks, we were isolated from the world. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
After dinner, I was going to leave first. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
No sooner had I left the dining room than Selena came after me. She laughed, “June, don’t think I don’t know. Daniell must have helped you before. Now he’s dead. I’ll see how you can make something as good as before.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Do you know about him?” I squinted at Selena and my tone was cold. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Of course. He came to York and had an accident on his way back the next day.” Selena was gloating. She added, “he deserves it!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Apologize!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She really pissed me off! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I grabbed Selena’s hair and slapped her! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The slap sounded very crisp. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Other designers came out. They looked at us. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“How dare you hit me!” Selena struggled. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I was not afraid of her, “apologize to Daniell. Apologize for what you just said!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I was furious. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I slapped her again. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
If Selena hadn’t said that, Daniell might not have come. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Daniell’s death was like a shadow I couldn’t walk out of. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I thought of everything. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Selena struggled. She was fat but weak. I was angry so I had a lot of strength. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
After a few struggles, she was out of breath. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Several designers kindly said, “forget it. Stop fighting. This competition is important.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“It is not important. Apologize! Or I won’t let go!” I stared at Selena, “you stole my work and framed me. You are not worthy of the final. You shouldn’t be here!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Your work must have been done by Daniell. You can’t make such a good work!” Selena is arrogant! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“You stole my work.” I grabbed her. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Selena still refused to apologize. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
People around me were trying to persuade me. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Actually, my hands were tired. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“What’s the matter?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
At this time, a man’s voice came from the dark. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I didn’t look but I knew who it was. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Selena looked up and didn’t dare to go on. She said, “President Jessop, we’re kidding!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She looked at me and whispered, “June, let me go.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Apologize.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I didn’t want to let go at all. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Well, I apologize. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have scolded Daniell. It’s all my fault.” Selena added, “I shouldn’t have scolded you either. Let go of me.” <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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