CHAPTER 172: CHAPTER 171: WE MEET AGAIN

Having been caught by Ruth Hale while snooping, Serena Sullivan decided to greet her openly.

"Ms. Hale, we meet again."

Ruth Hale reached her current achievements thanks to Claire Sullivan’s significant contribution.

Before gaining fame, she was a jewelry designer at The Sullivan Corporation. After becoming famous, she didn’t completely detach from The Sullivan Corporation but became its design consultant, holding a status equal to the design department manager.

In her youth, Serena Sullivan was very interested in jewelry design, and Claire Sullivan arranged for her to study under Ruth Hale.

Serena studied for five or six years, always believing that the one who called herself Claire’s best friend truly valued her as a student and genuinely cared for her.

Until "The Brilliance Competition," when her work overlapped with Zoe Quinn’s, Ruth Hale, as her teacher, angrily accused her on stage of not designing properly and plagiarizing others.

If it were someone else, it would be impossible to pin the plagiarism charge on Serena Sullivan.

Ruth Hale wasn’t someone else; she was Serena’s most respected teacher and a designer at The Sullivan Corporation.

No one doubted Ruth Hale’s words, including Claire Sullivan.

Ruth Hale came to The Sullivan Corporation today specifically for Serena Sullivan. As she was heading to the meeting room, she encountered a girl in a black suit.

The girl was causing a scene, demanding an explanation, so she had to pull her into the office.

Unexpectedly, she bumped into Serena Sullivan, unsure of how much she had heard!

"What did you hear?" Ruth Hale approached Serena Sullivan with a calm voice.

"What?" Serena watched as Ruth approached, pursing her lips intentionally, and moved toward the design drafts on the desk.

Ruth didn’t stop her, quickly closing the office door.

The office was now left with Serena and the other three.

"Very unique style, the color matching is quite distinctive."

The design draft in hand impressed Serena, and as she complimented it, the girl in the black suit stared at her in astonishment.

Serena noticed her gaze, handing over the draft, "You drew this!"

Before the girl in the suit could take the draft, Ruth Hale stepped forward, snatching it away.

She was fast, and with force, the draft crumpled as it was caught.

"This is Zoe’s!"

Ruth hastily shoved the designs into the drawer, saying.

"You crumpled them."

The girl was angry at how Ruth was treating these works and said furiously.

Ruth disdainfully glared at the girl, who clenched her fists and lowered her head in resentment.

After locking the drawer, Ruth Hale looked up at Serena, speaking coldly, "If I didn’t come looking for you, now you’ve come to me."

The "Passion" series, Zoe Quinn suffered such a heavy blow from Serena, even being forced to attempt wrist-slitting suicide. Claire swallowed this humiliation, but she couldn’t.

"I wanted to see you too, Ms. Hale, after four years."

One sentence from Ruth Hale ruined her design career, just to pave the way for Zoe Quinn.

How could Serena Sullivan not resent!

"Serena, I’m giving you two choices!"

Thinking of how Zoe Quinn’s reputation built over the years was largely ruined by Serena, Ruth had no mood to chat about trivial matters here.

In the past, she had no influence to stand up for Zoe, but now she’s a consultant for The Sullivan Corporation’s design department, a leading designer in Solaria.

Thinking of her "high and mighty" status, Ruth Hale straightened her back, sneering while surveying the office.

Originally, this was Serena’s.

Initially, she wanted Claire Sullivan’s place, but Joel Quinn disagreed, so she took Serena’s.

For her convenience, there were no installed cameras in the office or the hallway outside.

So, Serena, in her office, besides those in here, no one else would know.