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“What?”
Without warning, Byron leaned down and kissed her…
Soon, Cora discovered the reason for Byron’s recent interest in the woodcarving competition. On the afternoon of Christmas, she saw Byron at the woodcarving competition awards ceremony.
At the woodcarving competition awards ceremony on the afternoon of Christmas, as soon as Cora arrived, Arnold took her to introduce her to his old friends.
When Jane arrived, Arnold also called her over.
“This is Jane, my granddaughter,”
he said.
This introduction surprised many of Arnold’s old friends.
“Is this your granddaughter? I thought this young girl, Cora, was your granddaughter! Her gaze and enthusiasm are reminiscent of your wife’s youthful days.”
Hearing this, Arnold was also taken aback.
Upon careful recollection, he realized that he felt a sense of familiarity with Cora due to her gaze and enthusiasm.
However, with Jane, his granddaughter, right beside him, he couldn’t agree with their words.
“It’s just a coincidence. My granddaughter is Jane. Cora is my talented apprentice, and of course, Jane is also exceptional,”
he replied after a brief moment of hesitation.
After the idle chatter, the award ceremony was about to begin.
“I never expected that young man from the Hansen family would be willing to be the award presenter tonight.”
“Yeah, when we approached them earlier, there was no response. I thought his assistant would come and didn’t expect him to show up in person.”
“You old folks are out of touch. Jane is competing today, so it’s only natural that Byron would come over.”
“Oh my. That’s true! I forgot that these two are a couple.”
Several old men discussed openly in front of Arnold, Jane, and Cora.
Arnold was somewhat proud. After all, finding another young man as outstanding as Byron in New York was not easy.
“Let’s invite Byron to our home when we go back later,”
he said to Jane.
Because the award ceremony was held in the afternoon, it wouldn’t take too long.
Arnold planned to bring Byron to their home and cultivate a sense of belonging to the Yoris family.
However, Arnold was unaware that his suggestion created considerable pressure on Jane.
If she didn’t know about the relationship between Cora and Byron, she might have assumed that Byron attended the awards ceremony for her sake. But now…
But now…
She stole a glance at Cora and couldn’t shake off the feeling that Byron was here for Cora, not for her.
So, she didn’t have much confidence that Byron would accept the invitation to the Yoris Mansion.
In contrast, Cora didn’t feel much pressure. She was merely surprised to see Byron become the award presenter.
“No wonder he asked so many questions before, and let me treat him if I win,”
she thought.
Putting these together, Cora was certain that he had become the award presenter because of her, which made her heart flutter with joy.
Just then, Byron and several other influential figures in New York entered the exhibition center.
He seemed to radiate natural charm. Even without deliberately dressing up, he became the center of attention as soon as he appeared.
Cora quickly spotted him and couldn’t help but smile radiantly at him.
It was like Byron could read her mind, for he suddenly turned his head and smiled at her, driving countless women crazy.
While Cora’s heart fluttered at his smile, Jane also felt her mind go blank as she looked at him, as if the world had frozen and disappeared at that moment, leaving only her and Byron.
Then, she was more certain that no one else in the world could catch her eye. She had to have this man.
“Jane, Byron is greeting you. Why aren’t you responding?”
Arnold urged as he saw Jane staring at
Byron in a daze.
Jane glanced at Cora and realized that Byron’s gaze was actually fixed on her. His greeting was meant for Cora.
But she still said,
“Byron is busy now. Let’s call him to our home after the event ends.”
She wanted to remind Cora that the connection between Byron and the Yoris family couldn’t be easily cut off. However, as she stole a glance at Cora, Cora was secretly making a heart gesture to Byron.
In fact, Cora secretly made a finger heart to Byron only to thank him for attending the award ceremony today. She did not intend to show her affection in front of his fianc?e.
But Byron also raised his glass to her secretly…
Seeing his actions, Cora was a little nervous, afraid that Jane would see it.
But anything that could go wrong would go wrong.
When Cora turned around in a panic, she met Jane’s resentful eyes.
Cora smiled awkwardly.
“Dr. Yoris, Mr. Hansen is modest and polite. He is such a true gentleman from a prestigious family.”
What Jane heard was that Cora was showing off her closeness with Byron, which disgusted her.
But she still replied to Cora with an insincere smile,
“Byron treats everyone the same. It is just his good manner.”
Yes, Jane was implying to Cora that no matter what Cora did, she was no more than a whore to Byron.
But this made Jane feel she had to go through with the plan tonight. Otherwise, she would die from anger and grievance.
Afterward, they all took their seats for the announcement of the awards tonight.
There were ten awards in total, and the most valuable one was the Most Creative Beginner Award.
Basically, everyone who won the Most Creative Beginner Award would become a master in the field after several years of experience.
Therefore, this award became the top priority of competition for countless beginners.
Byron was specially arranged as the presenter of this award because he was the most authoritative man in New York.
Arnold also revealed this.
“Cora, both your and Jane’s works were selected for the shortlist. But in order to avoid suspicion, I did not participate in the selection. People might talk if I did.”
Cora initially didn’t care much about winning the award, but after she knew Byron was the award presenter, she changed her mind and hoped to win.
In this way, even if she and Byron were separated in the future, she would have more things to remember him by.
Maybe it was because God heard Cora as she prayed in her heart. The host read out Cora’s name.
“Congratulations to Cora for winning the Most Creative Beginner Award in this woodcarving competition.”
The host also invited Byron, the award presenter, to the stage. Then Cora’s work was shown on the big screen to introduce some details and techniques she used.
With warm applause, Cora walked towards Byron on stage. She felt as if she were dreaming.
Perhaps the excitement went to her head and created an illusion. Cora felt like it was her wedding with
Byron. Not only that, Cora actually felt that this scene was extremely familiar as if it had happened years ago…
But the dreamy award presentation was interrupted by an old male voice,
“Wait a minute.”
Everyone looked at the old man. It was Darren Connor, the chairman of the Woodcarving Association.
“Mr. Connor, is there anything?”
“Yes. And it’s urgent!”
Darren replied.
The host was busy presenting the awards, so he said,
“Can we talk about it after the awards ceremony?”
“No! Because someone plagiarized!”
Everyone present was surprised to hear what Darren said.
“Who plagiarized?”
The host was stunned.
“It’s Cora, the winner of the Most Creative Beginner Award. Her work is eighty percent similar to work
No. 7.”
“Work No. 7?”
The host was also puzzled, but the people present began to chatter. So the host said,
“Then staff backstage, please show photos of work No. 7.”
When the works were put on the big screen for comparison, Cora turned to look at Byron nervously, only to find he was also looking at her thoughtfully. Cora couldn’t figure out what he was thinking.
Cora was stunned and even forgot to breathe.
Did he also doubt her?
Soon, the pictures of work No. 7 were put on the big screen, and people started talking about it.
“They look exactly the same from certain angles. Look at the flower in the upper right corner!”
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