Chapter 30
Yvaine crossed her arms. ‘I’m waiting.
‘I must have… misplaced it.‘“]
‘Or you don’t have one. You came here as someone’s plus one, didn’t you? Or did you sneak in via the back door?
The entire hall went mute. Violet’s cheeks flamed.[]
I winced a little. As much as I wasn’t Violet’s biggest fan, even I had to admit, watching her get roasted crowd this size was… rough.]
Still. I wasn’t about to throw her a life raft.]
by Yvain
in front of a
I said to Violet, ‘I know exactly why you tried to accuse us of crashing the party. You thought if to prove you didn’t design that necklace.‘]
got us
out, no one’d be able
The crowd edged closer.
Violet stiffened. “I did design it.‘ She gripped her phone. ‘I have the original drafts to prove it.
You’re not stealing my v
Work!‘
My eyes narrowed.]
She could be bluffing, or she might really have the drafts.
As another Nyx Collective designer, Violet had access to other people’s drafts. And Savannah said she wanted to use my necklace sketch as a sample for a studio workshop.
Maybe I’d underestimated Violet. I hadn’t expected her to save a copy on her phone. Had she been planning to pull a stunt like this?
She held up her phone. ‘Look! I have the drafts right here!‘
A cluster of guests leaned in. One glance at her screen and their suspicion flipped sides. Suddenly, I was the villain of the night.||]
Violet’s smugness dripped off her like cheap perfume.[]
I didn’t react. Just waited.
Waited until she’d shoved that screen under every nose in a ten–foot radius.
Then I said, ‘Good thing you showed everyone. Saved me the trouble.‘]
Her phone–hand wobbled! ‘What do you mean?‘]
I said to one of the girls currently inspecting the drafts. ‘Why don’t you
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zoom in? Check the engraving on the tiny diamonds.
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