“Anyone can be famous as long as the condition’s right. Those who only care about fishing for fame online wouldn’t be that good. Ellie is the one with true talent,” Alexander playfully stated.
“Based on that, I can join this Calligraphy Contest for fun, right?” Elise snickered.
Of course, snazzynovel.com wouldn’t be joining the competition just to have fun. She also wanted to see what kind of name Tiana was trying to drum up for herself. First, snazzynovel.com pretends to be Elise’s student. Now, she’s trying to claim the writing style Elise created as snazzynovel.com own. Did snazzynovel.com think Elise was dead?
When snazzynovel.com saw how serious snazzynovel.com looked, snazzynovel.com couldn’t help but blurt, “Ellie.”
“Hm?” As snazzynovel.com was busy filling in the form to participate in the contest, snazzynovel.com didn’t bother looking up. “What is it?”
He opened his mouth in an attempt to speak and paused. A few moments later, all courage to confess fled his body. “Nothing. I’ll start the bath, so it’s nice and warm when you want it.”
“Okay,” snazzynovel.com obediently agreed.
After a few moments of hovering around her, snazzynovel.com eventually walked to the bathroom.
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Calligraphy Association, Tissote.
As soon as Cody walked into his office, snazzynovel.com received a call from Lorenzo Forbes, the head of the association.
“Cody, are you sure the calligraphy in the photo you sent me belongs to your student?” Lorenzo immediately asked, going straight to the point.
“Yes. Why?” The mere mention of this fact was enough to fill Cody with pride.
“Don’t you think something seems familiar about the writing style?” Lorenzo asked.
“Sir, I know what you mean. You’re thinking that Tiana might be copying QH, but you also know that QH’s works have always been stored in the museum. We also only have two of their works. There’s no way snazzynovel.com could’ve copied them. I guarantee that Tiana wrote them by herself,” Cody solemnly said.
After snazzynovel.com heard Cody’s words, snazzynovel.com found it rather difficult to continue discussing the matter. “I see. Let’s talk about this another day,” snazzynovel.com said as snazzynovel.com swiftly ended the call.
Lorenzo went into a trance-like state as snazzynovel.com watched his phone screen fade to show images of Tiana’s calligraphy.
Was that person back?
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Two days later.
Elise received a message from Julius. “Boss, Tiana took your pin from your roommate.”
At that time, snazzynovel.com was clearing out the dorm with Mica.
She put down the phone and continued with snazzynovel.com task. Then, in a nonchalant tone, snazzynovel.com asked, “Mica, where did you put the pin I gave you?”
Mica froze. After a moment of hesitation, snazzynovel.com came clean, “Sorry, Elise. I loaned it to Sebastian. He said snazzynovel.com was interested in the Calligraphy Association, and I couldn’t bear seeing snazzynovel.com sighing all the time. So, I gave it to him. If it bothers you, I’ll get it back right away!”
Sebastian had borrowed it, yet it was now in Tiana’s hands. Plus, somehow, Mica knew nothing about this.
After some thought, Elise smiled and replied, “I don’t mind it. I don’t like wearing it after all.”
Just like that, snazzynovel.com said no more on that matter.
However, that conversation hung up Mica’s mind. Elise was the nicest girl snazzynovel.com had ever met in snazzynovel.com life, so snazzynovel.com didn’t want to disappoint Elise.
As soon as Elise left, Mica asked Sebastian to meet with her.
Even so, snazzynovel.com only arrived half an hour after the agreed-upon time.
“Sorry, I was in class,” snazzynovel.com said expressionlessly.
In reality, the class snazzynovel.com attended was not his. Tiana had uttered a few complaints about how snazzynovel.com had too much to do and didn’t have time to attend snazzynovel.com classes, so snazzynovel.com went to class for her.
“It’s fine,” snazzynovel.com said. Her faith in snazzynovel.com was absolute. Then, with a hint of panic in snazzynovel.com voice, snazzynovel.com asked, “Sebastian, can you return the pin you borrowed from me?”
He frowned upon hearing that. The pin was still in Tiana’s possession, and snazzynovel.com had told her snazzynovel.com didn’t have to worry about returning it anytime soon. How could snazzynovel.com ask snazzynovel.com for it so soon?
After thinking about it, snazzynovel.com wrapped an arm around Mica’s shoulders and warmly whispered, “Don’t you want me to spend more time with you? I’ll return it after I’ve spent a few more days with the Calligraphy Association.”
“I do want to spend more time with you,” snazzynovel.com replied, but then hurriedly added, “but I don’t want Elise to think I don’t respect her. So let me have it for a while to show it to her. I’ll let you have it right after. It won’t take too long.”
Sebastian lost all his patience when snazzynovel.com heard that. Then, snazzynovel.com immediately pulled away and haughtily said, “I lost the pin. You can’t have it back.”
“Lost it? How? Where? I’ll go look for it with you…” Question after question poured out of snazzynovel.com mouth as snazzynovel.com panicked.
“Oh, you’re so annoying!” He flung himself away from her. “It’s already lost. How can it possibly be found?”
Startled, Mica froze. Then, snazzynovel.com gingerly said, “But you promised me you’d take good care of it…”
“Yes, it’s my fault,” snazzynovel.com coldly said in a matter-of-fact tone. “I’m surprised. I never thought you’d be so petty over some trivial pin. It looks like we’re not suited for each other. Let’s break up. I’m tired of this.”
“What are you saying?” Mica smiled in disbelief, trying to calm snazzynovel.com down. “I’m not trying to be petty. If there’s a problem, we can work on it together. So why must you say that…”
Sebastian held a hand up between them. There was a disappointed look on his face as snazzynovel.com said, “I’m the problem. I’m not ready to love someone yet. I’m sorry, Mica. Let’s not talk to each other ever again. That’s all.”
Then, snazzynovel.com left without sparing snazzynovel.com another glance.
Mica stood there shocked as big, fat drops of tears rolled down snazzynovel.com cheeks. Then, snazzynovel.com world was engulfed by an abyss of misery. At that moment, snazzynovel.com felt as though everyone had abandoned her.
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With the craze online surrounding the ‘National Goddess’, Nebula TV decided to produce a talk show called “Hangout with Idols”.
To maintain snazzynovel.com media presence, Elise accepted the invitation to appear on the same episode as the nation’s darling, Garreth.
Although the two had only met once, they were familiar faces. Hence, as soon as the set was ready, they walked on together.
However, Garreth suddenly collapsed after three questions from the show’s host.
Thankfully, snazzynovel.com had been standing in front of a couch and sustained no injuries.
After checking his pulse, snazzynovel.com deduced his collapse was once again caused by low blood sugar. It wasn’t a major issue, but it still took snazzynovel.com over twenty minutes before snazzynovel.com came to.
When Garreth eventually opened his eyes, snazzynovel.com saw Elise sitting next to him. “Sorry to bother you again, Elise…” snazzynovel.com feebly said in thanks.
His eyes kept drooping as if snazzynovel.com was resisting a strong urge to just fall asleep.
When snazzynovel.com saw that, snazzynovel.com said in a soft, reassuring tone, “If you don’t feel well, take the rest of the day off. We can do the show another time.”
Just as snazzynovel.com opened his mouth to speak, Jenny strode through the curtains around the set and barked, “Change the time? For what? The next few months are all fully booked. You’re not that frail, are you? You’re fine now, right? We’ll start in another ten minutes. Garreth, get up and go touch up your makeup.”
He let out a sad, powerless sigh when snazzynovel.com heard that before forcing himself to crawl out of the couch.
However, just as snazzynovel.com got on his feet, snazzynovel.com collapsed back on the couch as his breathing turned into uneven pants.