After a few days of rest at home, Jane's injured leg was almost healed.
Promotional shooting for the Ice and Fire series was scheduled to take place later that day, and she was feeling ready.
Jane purposefully arrived at the studio half an hour early to speak with the staff, wanting to confirm that everything had been properly prepared.
A half hour passed, Annie and Bruce, as well as Osborn, arrived.
"Are you ready?" Jane asked the makeup artist after she checked again and found nothing wrong.
The makeup artist nodded and said, "I'm ready."
"I'm going to change my clothes." Annie looked blankly at Jane.
"Where are they?"
"Here."
Jane handed her a garment bag.
The dress inside was designed by Jane herself, and it was hot off Loe Studio's racks.
Jane had taken great care to match the design to the feeling of Ice and Fire.
Annie took the dress; she and her agent entered the dressing room.
When Annie reappeared, she was wearing the dress. She looked like she was cloaked in fire. It was tailored to her shape, and the overall effect was incredibly flattering.
In short, Annie was stunning, and no one could take their eyes off her.
The effect was beyond even the designer's expectations.
Annie's performance in the Ice theme hadn't been good, but she could accentuate the Fire theme to great advantage.
Jane was about to ask the make-up artist to do the make-up for Annie, when Annie stopped her.
"Jane, do you seriously expect me to wear this?"
"What's the problem?"
Jane frowned and looked Annie over once more.
The dress was perfect.
Annie turned around slowly.
Everyone was surprised when they got a closer look at her back. It was accentuated by a row of diamond buttons, which shone brilliantly against the red material of the dress.
But in the middle, the largest and most dazzling diamond was missing.
What happened? People exchanges glances, but no one was the wiser for it.
Where had it gone? "Jane, don't you have any respect for your work? This dress isn't ready for the shoot!"
Annie said without ever breaking eye contact with Jane.
Jane frowned.
She had checked the dress just now and there had been nothing wrong. She had designed the dress.
There were ten diamond buttons in total, all of which were decoratively arranged in a vertical row down the back.
All ten had been there when she had thoroughly checked it minutes ago.
Seeing that Jane was deep in thought, Osborn stepped forward and asked, "Did it fall off in the dressing room, perhaps?"
"No," Jane replied without hesitation. She was certain that hadn't happened.
Every article of clothing produced by Loe Studio was personally checked by Nana in to ensure the quality.
The diamond would have been securely fastened.
And Jane had made a point of reminding Nana to pay special attention to the diamonds.
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