Please behave My Lord
Chapter 308: Champion

Chapter 308: Champion

It was the last ten seconds, and Selena's votes were tied with Mariana's.

Mariana closed her eyes as she trembled a little, and was silent for ten seconds.

-Congratulations, Mariana! You won with three votes difference.

-Shit, I can't believe I failed.

As Mariana took the stage as the winner and delivered her acceptance speech, Selena had already slipped off the stage with a jealous face, and cursing. -Damn woman, next time I'll take back everything that's mine.

Selena's face was grim as she hid in the crowd, unaware that Ana had already seen her every move.

After her speech, Mariana came down from the stage and was greeted by Selena's condescending gaze.

-Oh, congratulations on winning this time. I finally have a qualified opponent," Selena spoke as if she didn't care, but she was already furious inside.

Ana had seen what Selena had done all along, and hearing her deliberately curse her best friend almost lit a fire in her heart.

But luckily she knew it was a public place and didn't start arguing.

Ana rolled her eyes in disgust.

In response, some people directly recorded this subtle gesture of hers, and Selena, who clearly had bad intentions, smiled at Ana's provocation. -Hmph! You're just a follower of this woman, how dare you provoke me like this, how barbaric! Don't bother me or I'll do something to you!

At the same time, under Selena's eyes shone a mockery that others could barely detect.

The sixth edition of the design contest ended with Mariana's victory.

For a while, a design genius appeared on the horizon of the main cybernauts.

As soon as they returned to the room where the two were resting, Ana chased after Mariana like a talking cannon, rambling on about what she had seen earlier. -Finally we have a break. Mariana, you have no idea how scary that woman's eyes were. It looked like she wanted to eat you.

But Mariana didn't take it as a big deal. Mariana's reaction made Ana even angrier.

-Mariana, are you even listening to me? I said the way that woman looked at you..... Mariana gathered her things as she listened.

At this moment, Mariana was praying for someone to save her from her misery right now. Knock, knock, knock.

At that moment, Ana's voice disappeared from the room, and the two women looked at Nina as she entered.

Mariana reacted immediately. She felt that Nina had arrived at just the right moment, and she let out a long sigh of relief.

At the same time, Ana also reacted, and seeing Nina's wary look, her first reaction was that Nina had been scolded by someone.

-What are you doing here? Someone bullied you? I'm going to get them!

Seeing Ana beating her chest like a man and rolling up her sleeves in a posture of being ready to fight someone, Nina hastened to explain.

-No! No!

-It's okay, talk slower.

Mariana caressed Nina like a small child who could not speak, gesturing her not to be frightened.

-That, can I...?

Nina lowered her head and stammered, as if there was something difficult to say. She held her dress in her hand uneasily.

Mariana had a faint idea of what she was trying to say.

-You want to keep it, don't you? -Mariana asked speculatively, thinking of the way Nina looked at the dress then.

-Yes, I can pay some money. I like it very much...

Nina couldn't make out Mariana's attitude, so she was a little nervous that Mariana wouldn't take the deal.

Mariana thought about it and said seriously:

-Since you like her so much, of course I won't agree to the deal.

When Nina heard this, her face paled immediately, but then Mariana's words made her smile with joy and burst into a wide grin.

-But I can give it to a friend.

With that, Mariana gave a meaningful smile.

Nina understood what Mariana meant, and asked for her contact information.

-Miss Ortiz, thank you. I'm sure you will do better in the future for being so generous, and I would like to be friends with you. I hope we will work together again in the future.

Nina grew happier and happier as she spoke, surprisingly changing her shyness and speaking confidently. -Thank you! I'm sure you'll be a great model in the future, as long as you can keep your current form. Mariana saw that Nina was showing a confident side of herself and took the opportunity to reassure her. When she got home, before Mariana could shower and go to bed, she received a call from the company. -Hey Mariana, you've done the company proud this time.

As soon as she saw the manager's call, Mariana instantly understood that he had something to say.

-If you have something to say, say it, I'm a little busy at the moment," Mariana said directly, but feeling vaguely uncomfortable inside.

-As expected from a great designer, I won't beat around the bush then. It's like this, the company admired your work after seeing you win the contest, so they decided to ask you to rush a batch of finished products in a similar style in the shortest possible time. It's a big commission for a job well done, and the company demands to do it as fast as possible. Otherwise, we would lose out if other companies applied the design style to the market before we did.

The manager on the other end of the phone spoke eloquently, analyzing the direction of the market and conveying the opinion of the company's management.

Hearing this, a small smile appeared on Mariana's face.

The company could not afford to waste time.

After hanging up the phone, Mariana set to work throughout the night, making drawings, cutting out samples and trying on the garments herself.

Time passed slowly, and her eyelids finally closed tightly and she fell asleep.