Novel Drama Chapter 22
Chapter 22
Chapter 22 Stealing Someone Else’s Design Kaylee pounded on the table furiously.
Just then, two more people came in from outside. They were designers at her fashion studio and they
were all in the same situation. “Miss Kaylee, our sketches are gone too.” “Yeah, so is mine.”
That was when Kaylee realized the severity of the situation. “Get a technician to come have a look right
now.” From outside, a man replied, “The technician was just with me earlier. He said either someone
erased it or we were hacked.”
She was stunned. “Hacked?”
What hacker would want to attack my small studio? “Is there no way to recover it?” she asked
desperately. “Unfortunately, there isn‘t. The technician said it was a skilled hacker. He can‘t seem to
find a trace.” Kaylee flopped in her chair with a ghastly look on her face. Sarah consoled, “Don‘t panic,
Miss Kaylee. Do you guys have any hand–drawn sketches? If you polish it up a bit, you can probably
still make it in time for the registration.” Kaylee glared at Sarah. “Are you a fool? The contest wants us
to submit a digital copy of our designs!” Sarah fell silent. She only wanted to comfort Kaylee. Kaylee
brushed them off, “Okay, just get out. All of you.” They started to shuffle out of the room. Kaylee sat in
her chair completely dumbfounded. Who would hack her tiny studio? She got up and closed the door to
her office then made a phone call. “Ben, can you come over right now?” A man gushed from the other
end of the phone, “What‘s wrong, sweetheart?” “Someone hacked my computer and all my designs are
gone,” she said anxiously. “Don‘t fret, sweetheart. I‘m out of town right now. Can I go tomorrow? I‘ll take
a look at it for you tomorrow.” She frowned. “Can’t you come back now?” “Sweetheart, I‘m in Mastar. I
can make it back tomorrow at the earliest. Don‘t worry. When have I ever pushed off your things?” She
murmured, “When is your flight? I‘ll go and pick you up.”
The voice on the phone suddenly turned dubious, “Do you miss me already?” “Ugh, did you have to
ask?” she grumbled and started to blush, He laughed. “I‘ll let you know after I book the plane tickets, I
miss you to death.” They flirted back and forth for a while before hanging up, She sat in her chair and
spent some time thinking, I can‘t just sit here in defeat. What if Ben can‘t recover the data either? Won‘t
I just be wasting my time? novelbin
All of a sudden, she sprung up and left the studio, then drove home to the Aubrey Residence
When she got home, Alana was the only one there.
“Mom!” she yelled as soon as she entered the house,
Alana was quite taken aback to see Kaylee come home. “Why are you back already?”
“Did you throw away all of Gianna‘s things?” Kaylee asked. Alana could not understand what was
happening. “All of her things are in storage.” Kaylee did not have time to explain and went straight into
the storage. She searched through it for about half an hour before coming out with a book of design
sketches. Alana asked, “What is that?”
“Design sketches. The sketch I prepared for the competition got erased. There are only a few more
days left before the registration closes. I’m going to see if I can find anything useful in here,” she said
as she flipped through the book. Those sketches came from the sudden bursts of inspiration Gianna
got while she studied design. They were all compiled into one thick book. When Gianna left the house
last time, she did not manage to take all these things with her.
Kaylee stopped flipping abruptly and her gaze fell on the page in front of her. There were four formal
wear sketches altogether; each of them was in a different shade–plum, orchid, bamboo, and
chrysanthemum. There was a fusion of traditional Chinese art in the designs and each one was
mesmerizing and refreshing to look at. Originally, Kaylee wanted to come home to distract herself. She
figured those designs from years ago must be out of fashion by now. She did not expect, however, that
Gianna would have such contemporary ideas in designs from seven years ago. “This one. I should be
able to use this to enter the contest,” she mused. Alana was slightly concerned. “I heard that Gianna is
back. If she catches you, aren’t you afraid she‘ll sue you for copyright infringement?”
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