Chapter 169: Hot Search

"Miss Thompson, should I go buy some ice for you? To soothe the pain?"

"No need, I'm not being overly sensitive."

With that, Coco had to step aside and stay quiet.

Seeing this, Charlotte smiled inwardly at Coco's previously displayed, uninhibited bravery.

Such a good lass, truly wonderful.

Charlotte began to close her eyes to rest, formulating the composition of her creation for the second round of competition.

...

In the hallway.

"Evelyn, wait for me..."

Evelyn Curtis, striding ahead in her high heels as if she was weightless, seemed to move with a lightness fueled by anger.

Lucy, laden with Evelyn's stuff, was struggling to keep up.

Evelyn, as though she hadn't heard Lucy at all, quickened her pace and ducked into her rest room.

Sitting indoors without feeling the chill of the 16°C air conditioning, she was fuming, stomping her feet angrily.

Lucy hurried inside, gasping for breath after she set down the stuff.

"Evelyn, please don't be angry."