Unloved Unwanted Unstoppable (Seraphina and Dominic) novel Chapter 6

The agreement only bore Seraphina's signature; Dominic hadn't signed it yet.

The malice in her eyes deepened. She was determined to make this agreement binding. She would claim Dominic and everything the Lockwood family owned.

She carefully tucked the divorce papers away, brewed a cup of coffee, and turned on her computer. Suddenly, an email notification popped up on her screen.

[Effective immediately, all design submissions will cease. Our partnership is terminated. No further notice will be provided.]

"You've got to be kidding me..."

She slammed her mug down so hard that coffee splashed all over the proposal on her desk.

It was the presentation for the upcoming quarter's jewelry launch, and every single core design relied entirely on that anonymous email address.

When she first joined the company three years ago, she had been a low-level clerk in the administrative department, armed with zero experience and even less talent.

She had studied jewelry design, but she had absolutely no portfolio to speak of and was constantly looked down upon by everyone.

Just as she thought she would never make a name for herself, she stumbled upon a loophole in the backend system.

Anonymous design drafts were being submitted, and they typically passed through the administrative department for an initial review before being forwarded to design.

The moment she laid eyes on those sketches, she was absolutely blown away. She instantly recognized it as the raw talent her professors had always told her she lacked.

Consumed by jealousy, she devised a way to intercept those uncredited designs, resubmitting them under her own name. She had ridden those stolen designs all the way up to the position of Design Director.

Dominic had been incredibly impressed by 'her' work, and their professional success had drawn them closer personally.

Lauren rapidly hammered away at her keyboard, firing off a desperate reply:

[Sir, is there some kind of misunderstanding? Our collaboration has been wonderful. If you aren't happy with the compensation, we can renegotiate. Please give me a chance. We can even meet in person.]

A long time passed with no response.

Lauren slammed her laptop shut, her perfectly manicured nails digging into her palms.

In three years, she had never met this person. She didn't even know if they were a man or a woman.

All she knew was that those sketches were the ladder she used to climb to the top.

She had worked so hard to get to where she was, fighting tooth and nail to secure her place in the lives of that father and daughter.

And now, of all times...

Seraphina flipped open her calendar, her gaze locking onto a specific date.

The deadline to enter the National Independent Jewelry Designers Invitational was today.

This exhibition was the ultimate trendsetter for the domestic jewelry design scene. Six years ago, she had made her debut here. Six years later, she was going to use it to launch her comeback.

She opened her laptop, navigated to the registration page, uploaded her portfolio, filled in her information, and clicked submit.

A prompt flashed on the screen:

[Registration Successful.]

Seraphina stared at the text and slowly let out a breath. A brand-new chapter was about to begin.

Next, she needed to throw herself into preparing for the exhibition.

But just as she was about to get to work, her phone rang.

Seraphina answered the call, and her gaze instantly sharpened.