Chapter 61

Hearing Naomi’s absolute words, Grace felt helpless. If the client was against using Isabelle’s design, what else could she do? When she had first received the rejection notice, she had thought it was something to do with the design, even though no clear commentary had been made on what Green Leaf found unsatisfactory. But now, after meeting the person who was in charge, she realised the design wasn’t the problem. The designer was. The CEO excused himself, and Naomi left with him. There was clearly no space for further negotiations. It was either that the Larson Group presented a draft from a different designer, or the collaboration was off. The customer always came first, so Grace would have to go back and send them the second-best design from the submissions. “We should get back,” she told Isabelle. “Let’s talk about it at the company.” She couldn’t imagine how disappointed Isabelle was to have her design rejected for some trivial reason. She had worked so hard on it, and even though