Chapter 280

Valeria arrived at Etoile's office after 90 minutes. She sent Selena to her play in her office and then carried her things to Kayla's office. After discussing the matter with Kayla, they both decided to withdraw from the bidding. It was not because they lacked any confidence in their designs. They poured their hearts into their work, but they simply could not compete with Reiya Design's underhanded tactics. With ZeroMuses backing them up, and Wendy being Sebastian's sister-in-law, it was practically the Grant Group's family business. Reiya Design could afford to work for free, but Etoile could not. Etoile had spent too much effort on their work to offer it for free, and they also had many employees to support. … The next day after Etoile pulled out, Stellar Design and another five design firms also withdrew from the bidding conference. Everyone would have gladly given it a try if it had been a fair competition. With Reiya Design pulling such a blatant trick like offering to wor