A Spoonful of Sugar: Don't Beg for Love novel Chapter 414

Chapter 414 

A month later, everyone in the studio had become very close to Hesper. She had been willing to help others go through their drawings too, as it was conducive to the expansion of her own ideas. 

Andris and Evon walked into the office together from outside, and when they saw Hesper surrounded by a huge crowd, both of them felt a little uncomfortable. 

“Who would think that her catalog is edgy when compared with ours?” Andris sneered. “I don’t understand why they all ask for her advice. It’d only worsen their design.” 

As the chief designer, Evon had always been the center of attention in the studio before Hesper came to Eustoma. Something like this, where everyone ignored him when he walked into the office area, had never happened to him before. 

Not noticing Evon’s silence, Andris walked up to everyone and exclaimed loudly, “What are you all doing here in a crowd? Go back to your respective office. The communal space isn’t built for you to chatter!” 

Andris’s words held a lot of weight in the company, so everyone dispersed in embarrassment. However, Hesper did not leave in a hurry. She tidied up the drafts on the desk in an orderly manner and met Evon’s gaze from afar. 

“Mr. Etienne, you don’t seem to like me very much.” 

Evon raised his eyebrows and said disdainfully, “I don’t? Excuse you, but who are you to talk to me about my likes and dislikes?” 

Hesper smiled and nodded. “Alright, Mr. Etienne. I do hope you can keep that contempt and arrogance of yours forever.” 

“It’s finally time to get off work!” Hesper rubbed her stinging eyes and carefully lifted the dress on the desk. 

There had always been a unique competitive relationship between every single designer in Eustoma. Because private customization could never compete with companies that mass- produced fashion-related clothing and accessories, the demand was rather small, so the opportunity would only fall into the hands of those who fought for it. Therefore, the studio had come up with an auction-like procedure for its employees to bid for the projects. 

This was Hesper’s first bidding session since she started working for Eustoma. And Pennleigh had also hinted to her that this order was an excellent opportunity for her to introduce herself to the market, so she had been preparing this design very meticulously. She even stiched all the embroidery on the clothes by hand, one thread at a time, and she had managed to embroider it after burning several nights’ worth of midnight oil during her spare time. 

“Wow, this looks way too beautiful!” The model working with Hesper was amazed when she saw her design. 

Her voice sounded rather loud, so half of the people backstage glanced in her direction when they heard that. Andris and Evon were among those people. 

Hesper’s design was indeed extremely eye-catching. 

It was a long white dress with elegant but not heavily decorated water sleeves. The sleeves were embroidered with unknown flowers using light blue silk thread, so they were still radiating faint light in the dim backstage atmosphere. 

“What kind of flower is this? I don’t think I’ve ever seen it before…” 

Hearing this, Hesper was a little surprised, but she explained with a smile, “These are Campanulas, also known as bellflowers or balloon flowers back in Halwanest. They’re also known as oriental Eustomas, which is the name of our studio, but they belong to a completely different order and genus. It’s used as a kind of traditional Halwanese medicine, and it also symbolizes eternal love; it’s just that it has a slightly sadder floriography in comparison.”