Mistress Commission: 'Design Our Rings!' But Darling, I'm Still His WIFE. Novel - Chapter 56

Chapter 56 Thanks to the plagiarism shitstorm , Valeria was basically hiding out like she was in witness protection , too scared to show her face anywhere . Even though Jasper had thrown money at getting the trending topics burled , the story had blown up so massively and stayed viral for so long that everyone and their mother knew about it . The design world had also completely canceled Valeria . A designer with that kind of reputation was totally fucked in the industry . So Valeria's only option now was maybe some behind - the - scenes work if she was lucky .

Her design career was officially over . Whitney watched her daughter wallowing and rolled her eyes . " Jesus , look at you . What a hot mess . " Mom , I'm already having a mental breakdown . Can you not pile on right now ? " Valeria snapped . One little bump in the road and you let that bitch Amelia completely wreck you ? I raised you better than this , " Whitney shot back . he'd definitely spoiled this girl way too much . Mom , what am I supposed to do ? My career is toast , " Valeria said miserably . Honey , screw the design thing . You're gonna inherit your dad's empire eventually .

Right now your number one priority is locking down that Hale marriage . ' ou need to keep Jasper wrapped around your finger and get his mom to love you . " Whitney was in full strategic mode now . ' aleria blinked , then sat up straighter . Right - the endgame was becoming Mrs. Hale . Vho cared about some stupid design career anyway . ' aleria immediately brightened up . You're totally right , Mom . Got it . " There's my girl . You've been holed up in here for days . The drama's blown over , so get out there and hit the shops . You need some retail therapy . " Good call . Let me get ready .

" Valeria was already feeling motivated again . ' aleria knew the plagiarism mess had made Jasper a little skeptical of her . ven though he'd helped clean up the situation , she could tell he was annoyed that she'd fucked things up so badly . o she'd been playing it super careful around him lately . ut thinking about her mom's pep talk , she realized she couldn't just sit around moping . She needed to get back in the game . After some strategizing , Valeria decided to focus on winning over Megan Miller , Jasper's mom . he'd noticed that Jasper still really valued his mother's opinion .

Whenever big stuff came up , he usually ran it by her first . so the next day , after bribing one of the Hale family's staff for intel on Megan's schedule , Valeria got all glamned up and staked out the high - end shopping listrict . Yep , she was orchestrating a totally " random " encounter . Megan hadn't been shopping in weeks . Yesterday her personal stylist at Bergdorf's had called about some new arrivals , so she'd decided to check them out . She definitely wasn't expecting to bump into Valeria . 22:57 Mistress Commission : Design Our Rings !