CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

Leaving that threat behind, Lina followed Natalie.

The male designer sat down nervously, his hand holding a pencil trembling slightly.

Thinking of the possibility of his design career coming to an end, he was terrified.

He was starting to regret what he had done to Natalie.

Good thing the cameras can't capture my feet. There's no way they'll be able to prove that I did it on purpose.

This thought made him much more relieved as he calmed himself down.

The competition officially began. The organizer went on stage and announced that the theme for this round was

galaxies.

Since the clothing had to be paired with jewelry, all the designs would have to be quite formal. That was the only

way to make the two aspects pair better together.

Therefore, Natalie's job was to design an outfit that was galaxy-themed. Meanwhile, Lina had to design and

manufacture galaxy-themed jewelry.

Every jewelry designer had a different way of doing things. For example, they all used different jewels. Hence, the

organizer did not limit the designers to what materials to use. The designers were free to request whatever jewels

they needed and the organizer would gather the funds to purchase them.

The catch was that after the jewelry was manufactured and the competition was over, it would all belong to the

organizer. The designer was only allowed to keep the title of having made it.

This was a good thing, of course, for designers. After all, they did not need to fork out any money.

At their table, Natalie switched on her laptop and started searching for images relating to galaxies.

The photos were all gorgeous. They had an aura of mystery as well. There was no doubt that the patterns would

look very beautiful on clothing.

Just as Natalie was absorbed in flipping through the images, she heard a sigh from beside her.

“What's wrong?” Natalie stopped scrolling and cocked her head over.

Lina lay on the table in defeat. “This theme is really very challenging for us jewelry designers.”

“How so?” Natalie raised an eyebrow.

Lina raised her head and rested her chin on her hand. “Think about it. What jewels on Earth look like stars in the

galaxy? Galaxy patterns are erratic and flawed. What rich person would buy a flawed-looking jewel?”

“You got a point.” Natalie nodded.

It was indeed a problem.

Most jewelry was made of jade, diamonds, crystals, or gems.

Jade was mostly green with a few rarer colors. Diamonds were mostly white. There was definitely more variety

when it came to crystals. However, they were typically more pure-looking, so they were not suitable either.

As for gems, they were not at a high enough range to be considered in haute couture fashion. Hence, they were

totally not in the running at all.

“Nat, what should I do?” Lina was at a loss. “The quarter-finals are a different league after all. It's a tough challenge

for me to face.”

“I meon, you oren't the only one focing this issue. All the other jewelry designers ore probobly hoving o hord time

too.” Notolie looked oround ot oll the foces of the other jewelry designers. Cleorly, they were suffering from the

some concern.

“You're right.” When Lino sow thot everyone else wos struggling like herself, her eyes lit up. “I feel much better

now.”

Notolie shook her heod helplessly before continuing to scroll through her imoges.

An imoge popped up onto her screen, ond she suddenly hod on ideo. “Lino, toke o look ot this.”

She lightly elbowed Lino to get her ottention.

“Whot is it?” Lino leoned over.

Notolie pointed ot the imoge ond soid, “This is o picture token by on ostronout on the moon. When we look up to

the sky from Eorth, it's filled with stors. However, looking down from the moon, it's nothing but dorkness. I think this

gives you o vogue ideo of whot jewel to pick. You con go with obsidion or block diomond. Bosicolly onything thot is

pitch block.”

Heoring this suggestion, Lino instontly cheered up. “You moke o good point. Anywoy, block is the color of the

bockground of ony goloxy. I'm sure the outfits you design will contoin o multitude of colors to recreote the

mysterious otmosphere in spoce. In thot cose, block jewelry will be perfect to complement it without

overshodowing the look. I know exoctly whot to do!”

“I mean, you aren't the only one facing this issue. All the other jewelry designers are probably having a hard time

too.” Natalie looked around at all the faces of the other jewelry designers. Clearly, they were suffering from the

same concern.

“You're right.” When Lina saw that everyone else was struggling like herself, her eyes lit up. “I feel much better

now.”

Natalie shook her head helplessly before continuing to scroll through her images.

An image popped up onto her screen, and she suddenly had an idea. “Lina, take a look at this.”

She lightly elbowed Lina to get her attention.

“What is it?” Lina leaned over.

Natalie pointed at the image and said, “This is a picture taken by an astronaut on the moon. When we look up to

the sky from Earth, it's filled with stars. However, looking down from the moon, it's nothing but darkness. I think this

gives you a vague idea of what jewel to pick. You can go with obsidian or black diamond. Basically anything that is

pitch black.”

Hearing this suggestion, Lina instantly cheered up. “You make a good point. Anyway, black is the color of the

background of any galaxy. I'm sure the outfits you design will contain a multitude of colors to recreate the

mysterious atmosphere in space. In that case, black jewelry will be perfect to complement it without

overshadowing the look. I know exactly what to do!”