Chapter 168

Alaricka put down the sewing kit. "Forget it if you don’t want to."

The woman said right away, “No, no, I’ll make it up; there are still two people before me.”

Alaricka nodded toward the locker room and said simply, “Change clothes.”

The woman lifted her skirt and said thank you to her, hesitantly and unsure.

Alaricka’s expression didn’t change, and she quietly took out a needle and thread from the small box.

The woman went to the changing room and took off her dress. Alaricka took the dress, held the thin needle between her pale fingers, found the hole in the dress, and skillfully twisted the needle around the tear.

Alaricka’s moves were really smooth, and every time she threaded the needle, the distance was almost the same.

The woman watched Alaricka’s actions and suddenly felt uneasy.

“Weren’t you at the Argent’s villa for a few years?”

Alaricka lowered her head and said quietly, “Didn’t you say I’m just the driver’s daughter? Isn’t it normal for me to know this stuff?”

The lights in the waiting room were kind of dim. Alaricka squinted and turned toward where the light was coming from.

Who knew, but then another dark shadow came down in front of me.

Alaricka frowned a little and looked up.

Patrick leaned forward, bent down a little, blocked the light behind him, looked at her with those gentle, deep amber eyes, and smiled.

“Alarieka, could you fix clothes too?”

Alaricka held the needle tip between her fingers, her eyes calm, and she didn’t say anything.

After a moment, Patrick leaned in with a light laugh, those charming eyes fixed on her.

“Alarieka, were you–”

Fell for me…

Alaricka said in a calm voice, “You’re blocking the light.”

The smile on Patrick’s face froze.

Alaricka shoved Patrick back and said, “Don’t get in the way.”

In no time, Alaricka hid the needle and thread under the clothes, and with one last pull, you couldn’t even tell there was any mending.

Alaricka took the needle and thread off and handed them to the woman. “It’s done.”

The woman held the dress, checked the mended part with suspicion, made sure there was nothing wrong, and then hesitantly said, “Alarieka, why did you help me?”

Alaricka put the sewing kit back where it belonged, her voice was soft. “I’m bored as hell.”

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The woman’s voice caught, her eyes full of disbelief. “What did you say?”

Alaricka said, “Still not changing your clothes? You’re next.”

The woman then hurried into the changing room, quickly changed her clothes, and ran out.

When passing by Alarieka, the woman’s eyes looked a bit complicated. “Alarieka, thank you.”

Alarieka didn’t even move her eyes.

The woman was the second to last, and Alarieka was the last one to go on stage.

After the woman left, Alarieka was left with only Patrick around. The other contestants who had finished competing were already in the stands waiting for the rankings to be announced.

The big waiting room was unusually quiet.

Patrick didn’t talk, and Alarieka was just fine with that.

But Patrick didn’t do what she wanted.

“Alarieka, I don’t get it; why did you want to help her?” Patrick had a smile on his lips, interest showing in his eyes. “I remembered just now, she actually said a lot of bad things about you.”

“You really could help her fix her clothes without any hard feelings.”

Alarieka closed her eyes and waited. “What did this have to do with you?”

Hearing that, Patrick gave a snort. “I don’t really believe you’d be so kind to help her.”

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Patrick casually rested his chin on his palm. “I guess you messed with that woman’s clothes. If she went on stage and moved around, her clothes would fall off, she’d embarrass herself just like you wanted, then get kicked out by the judges, and you’d have one less competitor."

As he spoke, Patrick’s eyes gradually darkened, and there was barely any smile left in them.

“Alarieka, did I guess it right?”

Alarieka just wanted to laugh. “Do you think you’re smart?”

Patrick gave a sarcastic smile. “Am I wrong? Alarieka, you were always such a scheming woman. No matter where you went, people didn’t like you.”

This Alarieka stirred up a lot of trouble in the Argent family–every single thing was about her, all because of her, just because of her.

Especially Roschelle, that kind and gentle Roschelle, even under her, they all suffered a lot.

You could see how awful this Alarieka was.

He definitely didn’t mistake Alarieka.

Alarieka said calmly, “As long as you’re happy.”

Alarieka acted like she wouldn’t listen to anything, and Patrick frowned.

The piano outside the waiting room stopped. That woman just came down from the stage, lifting her dress and walking gracefully down the steps.