NovelEnglishChapter 49 He Who Strikes First Wins
Camila looked at her with a relaxed expression. I can’t believe she participated in this grand fashion
competition too. This will be interesting. I guess she still doesn’t know that I’m one of the judges.
Really, of all the roads you could have picked, you had to pick this one-I guess you’ll get your just
reward. “Why are you smiling?” Lyla felt scared when she saw the sly smile on Camila’s face.
After all, she knew in her heart that all her designs were copied off Camila’s works. Well, she doesn’t
have any evidence. So, it’s not like she can do anything to me. Still, meeting her here… If she kicked
up a fuss, it would reflect badly on me. If so, why don’t I make a pre-emptive strike against her? Thus,
she looked around the room indifferently, fiddling with her phone for a bit before putting it back into her
pocket. Camila looked at her and said in a neutral voice, “I’m laughing at how childish you are. Dol
even need a team to beat you? I can handle you alone.” Then, Lyla said in an aggrieved voice, “Why
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtcan’t you let me be? Can’t we live together peacefully?” Camila was sitting on a chair. Despite sitting
down, she gave off an inexplicable vibe of a king ruling over his subjects as she said coldly, “That’s not
possible. I will never be able to live beside you peacefully. Do you finally know fear now? It’s a pity that
it’s too late for that. I will make you pay for everything you did to me, be it now or in the past.” On the
other hand, Lyla made her voice lower, deliberately making it sound like she was pleading, “Camila, I’m
begging you. I put a lot of time and effort into the design for this grand competition. C-Can we have a
truce, just for today? When the grand competition is over, you can do whatever you want!” Camila
narrowed her eyes, feeling that something was amiss as she lifted her gaze to look at Lyla. “Lyla, can
you act like a normal person?”
Then, Lyla started crying. “Camila, I’m begging you! As long as you let me finish the competition, I
promise I will do whatever you say later! No matter what you want me to do, I’ll do it.” Camila felt a chill
in her heart. Standing up abruptly, she looked at Lyla as if she had seen a ghost. Lyla is acting too
strangely. She must be up to one of her tricks again. “Don’t talk nonsense! There is nothing between
you and me!” After saying that, she turned to leave. However, she felt somebody hugging her from
behind before she could take a single step. Struggling instinctively, she heard the clear sound of a slap
ringing out, followed by Lyla’s earth-shattering scream.
“Ah!”
Immediately after that, she heard the sound of cosmetic products clattering to the
ground noisily. Camila coldly stood by the door, staring at the person inside the room. Half of Lyla’s
face was swollen and red, and she was acting like she had been possessed by an actor’s spirit-she
portrayed the very essence of a suffering, aggrieved, and pitiful person. Looking at Lyla, Camila felt
nothing but disgust. Thus, she said icily, “Lyla, how many times are you going to pull this trick?” Still,
Lyla continued pitifully, “Camila, please allow me to finish the competition! Once return, I’ll take your
punishment, okay?”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmSome of the participants had come rushing over after hearing the commotion. However, none of them
knew who Camila was. When they saw how badly Lyla had been hit, they immediately assumed that
Camila was picking on her. Thus, they accused her, “What’s going on?” “That’s right. Who are you?
Why did you hit her?” “Are you a staff member working with the program crew?” “How could a staff
member act so arrogantly? Should we call security?” Camila felt extremely drained emotionally, and her
gaze was sharp as she glanced around at the crowd. “Did you see me hitting her? The one who falls
must be the victim, while the one who is fine must be the abuser. Is that what you guys think? Why are
you indiscriminately accusing me out of the blue when you didn’t even witness anything?” Upon
hearing those words, the crowd fell silent immediately. After that, Camila indifferently glanced down at
Lyla, who remained on the ground. Then, she turned around and left the room-out of sight, out of mind.
One of the girls that had a pretty good relationship with Lyla hurriedly went and helped Lyla up. “Lyla,
are you okay?” Standing up with the help of the girl, Lyla smiled bitterly. “Please don’t feel wronged on
my behalf. She is my sister. I think she is also a participant in this competition. She lost her temper,
thinking that I’m trying to outcompete her because I joined the competition too. That’s why she hit me.”
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