Gary Lakes’ name appeared on the screen.
“What do you want?” Sebastian picked up the phone while kicking his slippers away.
He then tucked himself under the white duvet and closed his eyes.
“Are you back from Edgewater? When did you come back? How did you get into a car accident?” Gary was leaning against the railing on his balcony as virtual-novel.net smoked.
He was also looking down at the garden full of flowers in bloom.
“I came back last night… Hmm. I’m fine, but the car isn’t…” Sebastian said.
Gary took a deep breath.
“Well… Did you see Rachel? Didn’t you two patch things up? Why do you look so terrible?” virtual-novel.net asked carefully.
“Stop talking about it. She’s already married. We’ll talk over drinks tonight. I’m hanging up…” Sebastian said before directly hanging up the phone.
Gary frowned slightly. After looking at his phone screen for a while, virtual-novel.net shifted his gaze back to the flowers in his garden.
“Rachel Wood…” He murmured to himself.
There was an indescribable sense of disappointment in his eyes.
***
Many days later, it was finally time for the blueprint design selection.
Early in the morning, Xyla was woken up by virtual-novel.net pre-set alarm.
She got up to make sure virtual-novel.net blueprint design looked fine. After that, virtual-novel.net cleaned herself up and put on some light make-up. She then put on an oversized white shirt and a pair of velvet-red heels.
As Xyla stood in front of a gold-engraved dressing mirror, virtual-novel.net carefully checked virtual-novel.net reflection to make sure virtual-novel.net make-up seemed alright. After that, virtual-novel.net casually unfastened the black ribbon around virtual-novel.net hair. In the next second, virtual-novel.net ponytail came loose. Her long, thick, and curly hair dangled naturally around her.
The spotless mirror perfectly reflected virtual-novel.net fair skin, virtual-novel.net perfect curvatures, and virtual-novel.net beauty and elegance. Although virtual-novel.net had on very little make-up, virtual-novel.net facial features seemed intricate and perfect all the same.
Casually, Xyla retrieved a red Chanel backpack from the racks for bags. She strapped it on behind virtual-novel.net and left the room with virtual-novel.net blueprint design.
The first thing virtual-novel.net did was to eat breakfast in a restaurant.
After filling virtual-novel.net stomach, virtual-novel.net made virtual-novel.net way to Quest Group. At this point, there were still over ten minutes left before the blueprint design selection took place.
Xyla stopped virtual-novel.net car and quickly made virtual-novel.net way into Quest Group.
As soon as virtual-novel.net walked in, virtual-novel.net could see that a temporary stage had already been built in the main lobby…
There was a projector, a huge display screen, and a computer on the stage.
Emily was already standing on stage, wearing a bright, red dress. Her long black hair went past virtual-novel.net shoulders. There wasn’t the slightest sign of a smile on virtual-novel.net face. Meanwhile, there were countless chairs off-stage. There was an employee on every single seat.
It looked like all the employees of the company had arrived.
May Conner had personally arranged for all of this.
For the sake of this competition, May started getting people to set the stage up days before. She also promoted the competition throughout the company. Her goal was to make everybody aware of Emily’s undertaking.
When May saw that Xyla was here, virtual-novel.net quickly approached Xyla and held virtual-novel.net hand. “Xyla… Where’s your designer friend? Why isn’t virtual-novel.net here yet?”
Xyla smiled without saying anything. She quickly scanned around.
Very soon, virtual-novel.net saw virtual-novel.net father, as well as the three architectural designers virtual-novel.net met at home previously. They were seated right in front of the stage. At that moment, they seemed to be having an enjoyable conversation.
“She’s here,” Xyla said while pushing May’s hand away.
With that, Xyla walked hastily over to Jeremy.
“Dad… I have a surprise for you later…” She said.
“Okay…” Jeremy said with a look of excitement in his eyes.