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Chapter 44: Where Success Meets Destiny

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One by one, the models emerged from behind the curtains, their heels clicking rhythmically against the polished runway floor. Every step was graceful, calculated, perfectly timed to the soft hum of music filling the grand hall. The spotlights above bathed them in a cascade of gold and white, catching the gleam of the jewels they wore.

And those jewels...

My designs.

My creations.

Each shimmering necklace, each delicate bracelet, each ring and earring — all born from sketches I had once made while hunched over my tiny desk, my pencil smudging faint graphite against crumpled paper. And now, they weren't just doodles on a page anymore. They were alive.

The gemstones sparkled like frozen fragments of starlight, dancing under the lights with every subtle turn of a model's wrist or tilt of her chin. The elegant lines and intricate patterns I had agonized over for nights now rested effortlessly against their flawless skin, as if they were always meant to be there.

My throat tightened, and I
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