Chapter 102
"Sabrina." Suddenly, Alexander's voice rang clear in Sabrina's ear. "Accept your loss."
Alexander had never imagined that Charlotte would actually win.
Although he wasn't from a design background, as the head of the Forbes Group, he could still tell at a glance who was better and who was worse.
So no matter how much he favored Sabrina, at this moment he couldn't go against his conscience and say Sabrina was better than Charlotte.
Because anyone with any sense could see that Charlotte not only crushed Sabrina in the performance, but was also superior in design.
Hearing Alexander's words, Sabrina clenched her teeth hard on the spot.
For the first time, Alexander wasn't on her side!
Since she'd returned to the country, she had completely trampled Charlotte underfoot in both career and life.
Alexander had been caring and attentive to her, always putting her first in everything.
Even with the previous video incident, he hadn't scolded her, but instead tried every way to clean up the mess for her.
Yet this same Alexander was now refusing to help her!
At this moment, seeing Alexander take his stance, the onlookers had fewer concerns and spoke up one after another to support Charlotte.
"Mr. Forbes said accept your loss. Miss Spencer, just hand over the watch and stop wasting everyone's time."
"Exactly. You clearly agreed backstage to decide the winner by competition scores. You're not really going to back out, are you?"
"Miss Spencer is now the design director of the Forbes Group. If she backs out, it might damage the Forbes Group's reputation."
Watching Sabrina's face grow darker and darker, Charlotte smiled and stepped forward, holding out her hand. "Miss Spencer, the watch? If it's not convenient, I don't mind helping you get it out."
Thanks to running into her at the kindergarten entrance, when Sabrina had deliberately shown off the watch on her wrist to provoke Charlotte.
Otherwise she wouldn't have thought on the spot to change the bet to the watch.
Sabrina wanted nothing more than to slap Charlotte's hand away, but for the sake of her reputation, she finally gritted her teeth and pulled the watch from her bag with red-rimmed eyes. "Charlotte, I wasn't trying to back out. I just suddenly thought of Father."
Deep down, Sabrina didn't want to return the watch to Charlotte.
But who told her she'd miscalculated and lost to Charlotte?
If she went back on her word in front of all these people, her reputation in River City would be completely ruined.
It wasn't worth it for just a watch.
She took a deep breath to calm her emotions. "Charlotte, this watch was something Father left behind anyway. It's the same whether you keep it."
The words sounded nice, but seeing Sabrina's look of bearing humiliation, Calvin beside her couldn't help but feel heartbroken.
He hated that he was useless and had let Sabrina be bullied by Charlotte once again.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He couldn't help punching the wall beside him.
Suddenly, his gaze was firmly caught by a picture posted on the wall, and he made a new discovery.
"Sabrina, you can't give her the watch!"
Sabrina was reluctantly about to hand the watch to Charlotte when she heard Calvin's words and immediately pulled her hand back. "Calvin, what are you talking about?"
Everyone was also surprised by this sudden turn of events and looked at Calvin.
Calvin pointed at the picture with confidence. "Look, it says very clearly here that competition entries should be original parent-child works!"
He turned around, looking smug. "But Charlotte is a housewife who hasn't even graduated high school. Does she know design? Does she understand creation?"
"If you ask me, she just paid someone to design the outfit."
"So she cheated! The results don't count!"
Calvin thought his speech would win some applause, but instead he was met with questioning and contemptuous looks.
The parents all knew full well that the "original parent-child work" requirement was just for show.
Most families went out to find designers to help with the design, then took it home and made slight modifications to turn it into a so-called original parent-child work.
This time, not even one person from the Forbes Family stood up to agree with Calvin, including the most foolish Elara.
Calvin was a bit confused and quickly turned to Alexander. "Alexander, say something! Are you just going to watch Sabrina suffer?"
Sabrina clutched the watch tightly back in her hand and also looked toward Alexander.
However, Alexander just pressed his lips together and said nothing.
Sabrina felt disappointed, but she had no intention of admitting defeat.
Her eyes shifted, and instead she started persuading Calvin. "Calvin, don't make things difficult for Alexander."
"The competition rules were set by the principal and judges. How would Alexander know?"
"Besides, I believe Charlotte definitely designed it herself and wouldn't cheat."
Watching Sabrina's pretentious act, Charlotte couldn't help but sneer inwardly.
Sure enough, the next moment Calvin seemed to wake from a dream and immediately had someone fetch the principal and the three judges.
After they arrived, Calvin immediately explained everything in detail, especially emphasizing that the matter concerned the kindergarten's reputation and absolutely couldn't be handled carelessly.
After hearing him out, the principal and two of the judges were somewhat speechless.
The requirement for original parent-child works in the competition rules was only meant to prevent parents from directly purchasing ready-made clothing to enter, to avoid duplicate entries affecting the competition quality.
As for whether parents designed everything themselves, there was actually no strict requirement.
But Quentin caught a hint of opportunity in this.
Earlier, under audience pressure, he'd had no choice but to give Charlotte a high score against his will, missing a great opportunity to curry favor with the Forbes Group.
But now, the opportunity had come again.
However, Alexander's current attitude seemed somewhat ambiguous.
Which side should he choose to help?
Quentin's dilemma was fully observed by Sabrina. The next moment, she confidently stepped forward. "Teacher, my sister couldn't possibly not understand design."
Quentin looked up in surprise. "Sabrina, what are you saying? Charlotte is your sister?"
Sabrina nodded slightly. "That's right. My sister Charlotte is Lynn's only biological daughter."
As Sabrina expected, hearing Lynn's name, the others were only slightly surprised, but Quentin's expression changed dramatically on the spot.