Violet smiled and shoved the dress into her arms. "Okay, go and change it. The show is about to start
in 15 minutes."
Linda hurriedly nodded and went to the dressing room with her dress in her arms.
As the designers were urging, other models entered the dressing room to change their clothes one by
one.
The appearance of the models was determined by lot. Linda was the fortieth, which was ranked in the
middle. This order was not too bad.
Violet was satisfied with it, as long as it was not among the last 20 ones.
Considering that there were dozens of models coming out before Linda, the judges would see too
many beautiful clothes. If there are no dark horses in the last 20 ones, the judges would easily have
aesthetic fatigue.
Hence, it was easy to have some little problems when it came to scoring the clothes.
Hence, Pennie, whose model would be the 84th to come out, looked gloomy.
"Don't be nervous." Seeing that Linda was lifting the hem and looking at the entrance of the catwalk,
Violet knew that she was excited and still couldn't help but remind her.
Linda nodded repeatedly. "Don't worry, I'm not nervous. I'm just so excited. I've never walked the
runway on an international stage."
As she said, she clenched her fists and raised them at the collarbone, feeling thrilled.
"That's good." Seeing her behave like this, Violet didn't worry anymore.
Violet then patted her on the shoulder again. "You're going to be great. I'll be back to the audience seat
beside the runway."
As a designer, she naturally had to look at each designer's work and learn about their strengths.
Not only her, but other designers also planned this way, so few designers stayed backstage.
"Go ahead." Linda waved her hand, motioning that she didn't need to worry about her.
Upon seeing this, Violet smiled and walked away.
Seeing Violet leaving, Pennie rolled her eyes and also left.
Violet returned to the audience seat. Not long after she sat down, the show began.
The appearance of the first model immediately attracted the attention of all designers.
Violet was a bit amazed, then opened the notebook on her lap and began to record the design details
of the dress on the model.
She knew who designed this dress. It was the work of Catherine, the student of Frances.
Violet and Catherine had met once before, but at that time, she used the identity of Mina.
She also met Catherine in the bathroom the day before yesterday, but it seemed that Catherine did not
recognize her.
"Miss Hunt, are you taking notes?" Just as Violet was taking notes seriously, a voice suddenly
sounded.
Violet frowned in annoyance, but still looked up.
She saw that Pennie was walking over with a smile and then sat down beside her.
Violet said, "Yeah. Knowing your opponents is good for the following competition."
"Well, Miss Hunt is quite serious." Pennie ran her fingers through her hair, revealing a black stud.
The stud flashed under the dim light. Violet noticed it and said casually, "Miss Hamilton, your stud is so
special. It's obviously matte, but it can reflect light."
Pennie's expression changed a bit when she heard this, and then she swiftly put her hair down and
covered the stud. She forced a smile and said, "It's not completely matte with obsidian inside."
"Oh." Violet lifted her chin. Although she felt it was a bit unnecessary to get a matte finish on the
outside of the obsidian, she didn't think much about it.
After all, there were various strange things in this world.
Seeing Violet stop exploring her stud, Pennie let out a sigh of relief without her noticing. She gradually
calmed down after her heart raced fast just now.
It was so close. She almost found out.
Pennie thought that she had to change her hair-lifting habit from now on.
As the models came out one by one, it was Linda's turn soon.
It was the first time for Linda to appear on such a big stage, but she was not nervous at all. She was
smiling on the runway, walking at a brisk pace.
When she reached the fixed point at the end of the runway, she winked at Violet, then turned around,
flicked the long hem of her dress, and walked back.
Her pace was still so brisk. As she was walking, the light hem flew high and swayed in the air, which
looked beautiful. Soon, the media might forget Linda but they would always remember this beautiful
model with such a unique style.
Violet had been watching Linda's performance, so she naturally understood how great Linda was just
now.
She believed that after today, some people working in the fashion industry would remember Linda.
"Miss Hunt, your model is really good," Pennie said to Violet with a smile. But she was not happy at all.
She could only feel extremely jealous.
Violet could feel that she didn't mean it, so she raised her eyebrows slightly. "I'm flatter, Miss Hamilton.
Your model is also pretty good."
Pennie froze for a moment and sneered in her heart.
She knew that Violet was being sarcastic.
"Miss Hunt, you're kidding. My model is far worse than yours," Pennie replied hypocritically.
Violet lowered her head, pressed her lips, and tried to hold back her smile. "Ahem... You're too humble,
Miss Hamilton. Your model must be great. Otherwise, how could you take her to such a big
international stage? So I believe she must be better than others in some way."
"Haha..." Pennie tried to force a smile, feeling speechless.
Better?
If she said that Luna was better than others when she was being petty and only bullying her own
people, Pennie truly couldn't refute it.
Soon, dozens of models finished their shows. Finally, Pennie's model, Luna, came out.
Luna was wearing a black deep V-neck dress, and the color suited her perfectly, which showed her tall
and slender figure.
But Luna strongly diminished the dress.
She seemed to be a bit nervous and was stiff when she walked on the runway. Her expression looked
timid, which made the judges under the stage frown. Other designers also covered their mouths,
sniggering.
When Pennie heard the ridicule, she flushed.
She didn't dare to get angry with those designers who were sniggering, so she could only get angry at
Luna on the stage.
She squinted her eyes, staring at Luna fiercely. It seemed that she was going to deal with Luna after
she finished the show.
Of course, Violet was definitely sure that Pennie would really do that.
Finally, Luna finished the show.
Violet faked a cough with her fist and couldn't conceal her delight. "Miss Hamilton, your model is really
unique. This show is amazing."
Pennie didn't speak. She barely forced a smile.
Violet didn't intend to let it go, so she continued. "Miss Hamilton, I actually have a question I wanted to
ask you for a long time. Why did you choose Luna as your partner? Is it really because you think she's
beautiful?"
Violet looked at her.
Pennie avoided eye contact with her. "Actually, Luna helped me once before, so this can be considered
as returning the favor."
"Oh, it turned out to be like this." Violet lifted her chin with understanding. "Miss Hamilton, you really
know how to be grateful. You actually dared to repay her kindness in this way. Don't you afraid that you
will lose the game after you return the favor?"
Pennie lowered her head. "No, I will teach her well. I believe she won't be like this in the next round."
"Oh, I wish you good luck then, Miss Hamilton," Violet smiled and said nothing else.
Pennie grasped her hands tightly together, and it took a while before she got rid of the idea of killing
Luna.
She now really regretted finding Luna as her partner.
In fact, she didn't find Luna because Luna helped her before. Instead, Pennie chose her because she
happened to learn that Luna had a grudge against Violet.
She thought that if she got Luna here, she could make Violet feel uncomfortable. And it would be best
to affect Violet's performance.
Unexpectedly, she didn't affect Violet in the end but trapped herself instead.
She was furious.
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