She couldn't afford a PR disaster.

With a sigh, Lilah agreed. “Alright. I'll design it for you."

Maggie grinned smugly, her victory evident.

Once she left, Lilah poured herself into her work, not stopping until dusk approached. When she walked out of her office, she noticed chatter filled the design department. But the moment she appeared, silence fell.

“We're all on the same page about the urgency of this order, right?

It's for Mrs. Hughes’ daughter's wedding," Lilah reminded them in a gentle tone.

Nevaeh, with contempt on her face, retorted, "We've been around the block a few times. We've got this."

Lilah took in their faces for a brief moment, and then made her exit.

As her footsteps faded, Nevaeh snorted, and said, “It's a joke. She thinks she can boss us around? Probably cozied up to someone higher up to get where she is."

A few designers were a bit nervous. One of them mumbled, "What if we can't meet the deadline? What if Mrs. Hughes is upset?"

Nevaeh reassured them, “Listen, Mrs. Hughes will definitely drop by before the wedding. We'll do the designs but hold them back. Lilah will get all the flak when it looks Like we missed the deadline. Mr. Merritt won't risk Mrs. Hughes' wrath. He'll have no choice but to let Lilah go. After that, we hand in the designs."

The group sighed in relief, praising Nevaeh's cunning strategy.

Later, Lilah steered her Mercedes toward the Starlight Mansion.

At the gate, a guard halted her.

“Excuse me, do you live here?" he inquired.

“I've just moved in," she replied.

“You're not in our system," he said, scanning his records.

Lilah remembered that she had moved her luggage there with Brenda's help and she hadn't registered her own car. “Oh, my mistake. I should have..."

A horn blared, cutting her off.

A sleek Porsche rolled up.

Out stepped Iker, a hint of impatience in his stride. His gaze settled on Lilah.

"Lilah?" Iker Looked to the security guard, saying, “Apologies. She's here for me."

He shifted his attention to Lilah. "So, you've followed me all the way here? You seemed so over it, but now it looks like you're just playing hard to get."

Lilah blinked in disbelief. Was he always this full of himself?