CHAPTER 1497: CHAPTER 1497: MYSTERIOUS GUEST

However, Justin Battleson still stood in place.

He looked up at Charlotte Thompson’s back, his hand by his side slightly clenched.

Charlotte had lied to him.

...

Early the next morning, Justin and Charlotte, as usual, took the kids to kindergarten.

Afterwards, Justin headed to the company, while Charlotte went to the design department of XTZ Corporation.

Perhaps because she was constantly pondering today’s arrangements, Charlotte didn’t notice that Justin seemed somewhat different from usual this morning.

Charlotte came to XTZ’s design department today naturally because of the cooperation venture.

Now Charlotte has signed a collaboration agreement with XTZ, and coincidentally, XTZ is about to host a designer selection competition, hence the company invited her to attend as a guest.

Actually, when she first received the invitation, Charlotte was quite surprised.

"It’s a bit inappropriate for me to be a mentor for this competition. After all, this is an internal event of XTZ," she said.

Taking the file Lucas handed over, Charlotte looked at him in astonishment.

"There’s nothing wrong with it. XTZ doesn’t have such strict rules, and moreover, this design competition isn’t solely organized by us; we’ve collaborated with many brands, so it’s natural to invite other designers," Lucas explained.

With that, Lucas had already sat down in front of Charlotte.

Reading the document’s provisions, Charlotte jokingly said to Lucas, "Aren’t you afraid I’ll participate in this competition and poach some good talents for Riley Group?"

"We’re friendly collaboration partners; Miss Thompson won’t be so ruthless, surely." Lucas clutched his chest, intentionally putting on an exaggerated hurt expression.

Seeing Lucas’s demeanor, Charlotte couldn’t help but let out a light laugh.

But Lucas soon adjusted his expression and earnestly said to Charlotte,

"After all, you debuted through a designer competition and have participated in similar shows before, so inviting you is most fitting. Besides, importantly, there’s a guest who personally requested for you to attend. If we don’t invite you, he won’t participate in this competition."

Hearing this, Charlotte blinked in surprise, and Lucas’s words piqued her curiosity.

"Specifically asked you to invite me? Who is it?"

But Lucas started playing mysterious in front of Charlotte. He didn’t answer her question, only pursing his lips and acting as if the secret shouldn’t be revealed.

"You’ll find out then."

Upon hearing this, Charlotte was left speechless. She looked at Lucas, confused, slightly puffing her cheeks.

"This..."

Finally, Charlotte rolled her eyes, slightly raising her chin as she said to Lucas, "If you don’t tell me, I might just lose interest in attending the competition as a judge."

Charlotte thought her words might counter Lucas effectively.

Sure enough, she saw Lucas’s face instantly show a troubled expression after she spoke.

"Being a contact person is immensely difficult, but I promised him I wouldn’t tell you in advance, so Miss Thompson, please show some mercy."

"Moreover, Riley Group is also involved in this design competition, which is beneficial for our cooperation."