First Love Only? I Left Him First, Now the CEO Can't Let Go novel Chapter 89

Chapter 89: Chapter 89: Played by Serena Jennings

"Go Serena!"

Even before the semi-finished product was presented, the audience started cheering for Serena Jennings.

Serena looked up and saw Patrick Rhodes standing in the audience, waving his arms at her.

She was taken aback, and then saw Patrick being warned by the staff, sheepishly sitting back down.

Already shocked that Patrick came to watch the jewelry design competition, she didn’t expect him to cheer for her in public, making Serena even more perplexed and bemused.

At the adjacent workstation, even with a sweet and exquisite makeup, Claire Shaw couldn’t hide the dissatisfaction on her face.

What does Patrick mean?

Only cheering for Serena?

She couldn’t believe that with her standing on stage, right next to Serena, Patrick could miss seeing her.

Claire was aware of the change in Patrick’s attitude towards Serena.

However, she believed that the moment she won the championship, Patrick’s eyes would no longer entertain Serena, leaving only her.

With a smirk on her pink lips, Claire’s mood lifted again, casting a disdainful glance at Serena.

Serena’s semi-finished robot earrings, no matter how refined the craftsmanship was, couldn’t possibly compare to her perfected design.

As Serena took out her semi-finished competition piece from the box, the sly smile on Claire’s lips gradually froze.

In the audience, Quentin Xavier instantly stood up.

"Quentin, what’s wrong? Need to go to the restroom?" Sharon Sanders asked curiously.

"Oh, no... nothing..." Quentin slowly sat down.

Fortunately, the convention hall was dark, with the lights focused on the stage, or he would have a hard time explaining his surprised and unsettled expression to Sharon and Nancy.

Instinctively, Quentin glanced at Claire Shaw, whose face turned ghastly, glaring at him as if she wanted to kill him.

Quentin immediately lowered his head, not daring to look again.

Being close to Claire Shaw, Serena could catch the changes in Claire’s expression from the corner of her eye.

While others were earnestly working on their jewelry, Claire repeatedly exchanged glances with someone in the audience.

Serena knew exactly who that person was—Quentin Xavier.

"Our boss’s design... wasn’t a robot after all?" Sharon Sanders widened her eyes.

"What is that? A scarf?" Nancy Young tilted her head.

"Looks like it, but it’s not quite... there’s no fabric, seems all metal." Sharon analyzed while watching Serena’s design on stage.

At this moment, Quentin Xavier fully understood—

He had been played by Serena.

Serena’s competition piece was nothing like the robot earrings designed to pair with headphones.

These past days, her constant revisions in front of him were all an act.

Quentin tightly clenched his fists, seething with anger.

Even if Serena had turned the tables on him, Quentin didn’t believe Claire Shaw would lose.

Considering the previous hits launched by The Lockwood Group, Claire had that capability.

Though his anxious heart gradually calmed, Quentin still felt annoyed.

He thought Serena wasn’t particularly skilled but rather scheming.

Fixing a hard stare on Serena, he wanted to see what she would ultimately design.

Among the ten designers present, except for Serena, all were conforming robot forms to fit the AI theme.

Some designed robot pendants, some robot rings, others robot watches, and some simply added robotic elements to conventional jewelry styles.

Only Serena’s semi-finished work left people puzzled.

It indeed looked like a scarf.

The silvery white noble metal shimmered elegantly under the lights, crafted with multiple techniques like brushing, weaving, and hollowing to create a lace texture, delicate and luxurious, with complex patterns, densely inlaid with countless small diamonds and sapphires, the gems absurdly small but densely set, dazzling and eye-blinding.

As far as jewelry is concerned, Serena’s scarf stood out the most.

Quentin Xavier watched Serena closely using a microscope on stage, the more he watched, the more his brow furrowed.

"I never knew our boss had such skill?" Sharon elbowed Nancy Young.

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