After Betrayal: Lightning Marriage to Mr. Enigmatic
Chapter 197: Who Is the Champion?

Chapter 197: Chapter 197: Who Is the Champion?

After announcing the top ten, the host did not proceed to declare the winner in one go but instead smiled broadly, asking everyone to hold their anticipation.

The top ten contestants had become clear, and many were speculating who the champion would be. The organizers were effectively keeping everyone on the edge of their seats.

However, once the host went backstage, his smile turned into anxiety: "What’s going on, haven’t we chosen the champion yet? Our company never handles things like this; we always prepare everything in advance. What happened today?"

The planner standing outside the conference room also looked worried: "Is it really this hard to decide? If we don’t get the results soon, we won’t be able to account for ourselves to the other side in the banquet hall."

In the conference room, nine senior executives of the jewelry company were gathered, arguing endlessly over the design drafts for first and tenth place.

"Isabella Weaver’s design is so excellent, how could it possibly be ranked tenth? She should be the champion! This ranking has issues!"

"Her style is so immature, and her skills are barely proficient. She was placed tenth to give her a chance due to her young age, as an encouragement for younger designers!"

"Five of the nine of us clearly voted her first, your opposing votes are invalid. Why, right before the announcement, did Clara Stone suddenly become first? You’re falsifying the results! The CEO will definitely be furious when she finds out!"

"The CEO is seriously ill, you should avoid bothering her with minor issues. We have acting CEO, Miss Lewis, now, don’t we? She voted for Clara Stone, hence it’s five to five now!"

Everyone’s gaze turned to Cherry Lewis, who sat in the CEO’s seat.

The group was shocked that she had just taken up the position of acting CEO and intervened during the critical moment of announcing the champion, turning the vote into an irresolvable tie!

She was not only the acting CEO of Moonlight Jewelry but also the sole heir of the Lewis Family, wielding considerable influence and authority. Few in Moonlight’s upper management dared to offend her directly.

Cherry slightly raised her chin, with an air of arrogance and command, speaking in the tone of someone in power: "Clara Stone’s style is more mature and stable than Isabella Weaver’s. She has ten years of experience in jewelry design, completely overshadowing Isabella, the newcomer. The championship should go to Clara Stone."

"While Clara Stone’s work is skillful, it’s lacking in innovation! What we at Moonlight Jewelry need is not stability but continuous innovation. Isabella Weaver’s greatest asset is her being a newcomer, unconstrained by form, with boundless creativity and a promising future!"

Finally, a senior veteran opposed Cherry Lewis’s words, valuing talent above all. The last truly gifted individual they had was their CEO, but unfortunately, the CEO’s health had deteriorated to the point where she could no longer design.

This urgency to inject fresh blood and cultivate new, cutting-edge designers stemmed from that situation.

Suddenly, Cherry Lewis flashed a gentle smile, concealing all of her arrogance, and said, "Uncle Shaw, I know you’re thinking about the company’s best interests, but so am I. I received a report saying Isabella Weaver’s designs are fake! We can’t have someone with such poor character at our company, don’t you agree?"

"That’s impossible! Her work is so raw and clearly from a beginner, and each round of competition shows noticeable improvement in her designs. How could it be fake?"

"That’s precisely her clever deception, hiring someone else to draft her designs and deliberately using an immature style to mislead us. However, each submission has shown different levels of improvement—how fake is that! How could anyone make such progress in such a short time?"