He Gave Her Strawberries, Gave Me Hives (Ford and Sylvia) novel Chapter 213

Chapter 14

After leaving with Professor Sterling, the moment her plane landed, Seraphina dragged her suitcase straight to a top–tier, exclusive training facility for jewelry lesign.

The most talented designers from all over the country gathered here, and the very air was thick with the relentless pursuit of ultimate aesthetic perfection.

And she was about to begin a month of high–intensity training.

In her first day, the staff member at reception saw her travel–worn appearance and couldn’t help but remind her, “Seraphina, the official training doesn’t start ntil tomorrow. You can take today to settle in.”

ut Seraphina just smiled and shook her head. She dropped her suitcase in her dorm room, grabbed her design drafts and a jewelry appreciation book, and ove straight into the workshop.

rom that day on, a legend of the “overachiever” began to circulate around the training camp.

While others arrived at the workshop at seven, she was already at her workbench by six–thirty, sketching over a pile of drafts. During the lunch break, when veryone else went to the cafeteria, she would be busy by the gem–cutting machine, holding a rice ball. At ten at night, when the workshop lights were cheduled to turn off, she would have already tucked her idea sketchbook into her bag to continue studying craft details on her computer back in her dorm.

ne time, a teammate who got up in the middle of the night saw that the light in her dorm was still on. The next day, he couldn’t help but tease her, “Sera, if you eep working this hard, you’re going to give the rest of us an existential crisis!”

eraphina just scratched her head sheepishly, her fingertips still stained with the unwashed dust from polishing silver.

er drive was soon noticed by her instructor, Ellis Croft.

lis wasn’t just any instructor–at 22, he won the gold medal for “International Emerging Jewelry Designer“, and at 24, he was specially hired as an instructor or the elite training team. People in the industry referred to him as “the genius of the jewelry design world“.

e was usually a man of few words, always staying in the quietest corner of the workshop, yet he could spot the aesthetic imbalances in any design draft at a lance. He just rarely initiated conversations.

ne day, Seraphina was stuck, staring worriedly at a pattern on her design drawing.

hand with well defined knuckles suddenly offered her a replica of an ancient book. Ellis had appeared behind her at some point and quietly shared his loughits

eraphina was stunned for a moment. Following his line of thought, she revised her design, and her stalled inspiration suddenly burst forth. Her eyes shone as rightly as light retracted through a jewel. “Ellis! You’re amazing! How did I not realize traditional crafts could have so many modern interpretationsTMTM

llis looked at her delighted expression and, for once, a rare smile curved his lips.

rom then on, whenever she hit a design roadblock, she would go to his workbench with a pile of drafts.

le also began to proactively keep an eye on her progress, ocrasionally sharing links to niche jewelry making documentaries from his personal rullection

me night during a late training session, only the two of them were left in the workshop

eraphina rubbed her sore wrist. Seeing Filis still polishing a silver ring, she couldn’t help but ask. Tills, you’re so skilled Have you ever geen suck lesign?”

lis’s fingers paused. He turned to look at her, the workshop’s spotlights casting a focused silhouette on his face. 1 once got stuck on integrating heritage netalworking techniques with contemporary minimalist style I struggled with it for half a month and nearly melted down all the altver in the workshope

eraphina’s eyes widened. “So even genius designers have creative blucks!”

He chuckled lightly. “There’s no such thing as a genius. It just a matter of trying a few hundred more matettal cantinations than anyone else”

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Chapter 14

They talked a lot that day, from jewelry design to industry trends.

Seraphina learned that the seemingly aloof Ellis actually grew succulents in his spare time and made excellent pour over coffee.

The month of training flew by. Not only did Seraphina create a breakthrough design, but her relationship with Ellis also evolved from student and instructor to friends who could talk endlessly about design concepts.

On the last day of the camp, she was holding her organized portfolio and discussing the direction for her next inspiration with Ellis. Just as they walked out of the training facility’s main gate, she saw Liam standing in the shade of a tree.

He was a bit thinner, and his eyes were clearly bloodshot. He had obviously been waiting for a long time.

Seeing Seraphina, he immediately walked up to her, his voice tentative and cautious. “Sera, I know I was wrong. It’s been a month. Are you… not angry anymore? I… I came to apologize.”

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