Chapter 432

Windmere Grand Mall. It was 8 p.m., the busiest hour—crowds packed every floor. Lydia Green and Emily Creed walked in together. The latest jewelry collection from the Green family had just hit the shelves and was being sold across major malls in Windmere. It had been eight days since the launch, and Lydia wanted to drop by to check out how things were going. Especially since two of the pieces had been her own designs. Right beside her, Emily kept laying it on thick. "Lydia, I just know your designs are gonna fly off the shelves. Seriously, what are you even stressing about?" But Lydia wasn’t buying all that optimism. She still remembered how many sleepless nights she’d spent tweaking those designs over and over again, only to get a look of subtle disappointment from Vivian Green when she finally submitted them. Vivian had covered it up well, but after more than two decades of reading her mother’s moods, Lydia could see straight through the mask. Her hands clenched slightly at the thoug