"Ami! I walked past Lopez’s store in Roo Mall today and saw your design—it's gorgeous! If they had my size, I’d totally have bought it!"
Amelia stared at the new message in the group chat, her irritation flaring up as a vein throbbed visibly on her temple.
Of course she saw it. Amelia had just made the rounds to check the Lopez stores herself. Sure, her studio’s designs were there—but not in every store. She had to go all the way to the bigger flagship branch near downtown to even find them.
The smaller locations didn’t carry her pieces at all. And when she finally saw her collection? It was shoved in a back corner like an afterthought.
She'd pretended to be a regular customer, strolling through the floor—not a single sales assistant mentioned her collection. She nearly lost it on th
