Winter no longer feared the cold French winters, for she had found her own source of warmth.
She had always wanted to open her own studio. Lucas recognized her talent and gave her full access to Santa’s resources. With his tireless help, this rising design star soon made a dazzling debut.
A month later, a jewelry collection themed “The Apple Tree,” a collaboration between Santa and Winter’s studio, became a global sensation.
Some media outlets dug up accusations that Winter’s previous works had been plagiarized and confronted her at the product launch. However, Winter handled it gracefully, calmly explaining her
design concepts.
This plagiarism controversy had already been resolved in America. Winter knew this was Lucas’s
doing.
Aurelia had plagiarized numerous designers. Previously, due to pressure from the Thorne Group, no
one dared speak out. The few bold, niche designers who did were ruthlessly suppressed.
But when Santa publicly accused Aurelia of plagiarism, producing evidence, it gave those silenced
designers the courage to stand up. Suddenly, many voices emerged.
The Thorne Group, which had backed Aurelia, suffered severe consequences. Their stock value plummeted, and competitors closed in, pushing them to the brink.
Strangely, both Dominic and Aurelia seemed to have vanished, their whereabouts unknown.
After Dominic’s father rushed to the scene that day, he found his son severely injured on the ground and Aurelia trembling not far away.
Dominic was trained in combat, but being bound had allowed the pair to stab him several times.
Chase had been determined to destroy Dominic’s eyes. In the struggle, the knife cut through Dominic’s ropes, reversing the situation.
Dominic seized the scissors and plunged them into Chase’s neck.
But as the mantis catches the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, Aurelia struck Dominic’s head hard with a brick. Despite the pain, Dominic threw her to the ground before finally losing
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consciousness.
In the end, Chase bled to death, Dominic was hospitalized with serious injuries, and Aurelia was sentenced to prison.
But these were all afterthoughts, no longer important to Winter.
Her most important concern now was spending the rest of her life with the person beside her.
With Lucas, she would rewrite her life story.
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