Chapter 493 Extravagant Design Competition

Thanks to Heaton’s and Little Jelly Bean’s company during the last two months, Verian’s mood improved significantly and she no longer experienced false contraction pains like she previously did. Moreover, Heaton was also extremely supportive of Verian’s hobby. She had done plenty of design drafts during this period of time. However, they were all still early drafts. After Heaton got out from the shower that night, he could see her sitting on the bed flipping through a huge pile of handmade drafts. “Heaton, come over and help me look at my designs.” Heaton sat next to her and out of habit, grabbed her slightly swollen ankles and leg from her pregnancy and placed them on his lap. He looked at her designs while massaging her at the same time. Heaton curiously asked, “Why are all of them wedding dress designs?” Verian replied while laughing, “What do you think? Don’t they look real good? Although I’ve learned to draw for quite some time now, my university major focused mostly on scenery and background designs. However, I am actually more interested in fashion design, especially wedding gowns. Perhaps it’s a woman’s natural talent since I enjoyed sewing dresses for my Barbie dolls when I was a child.” Wedding gowns? “It seems like we’ll have to hold a wedding ceremony after you’ve given birth and completed the month-long confinement.” Verian could not react in time as she said, “Huh?” “Don’t women love wearing wedding dresses when they marry someone?” Verian jokingly replied in a somewhat serious manner, “Then, can I design my own wedding dress for our wedding?” “Sounds good.” Although Heaton never studied arts before or dealt with any design related matters, he could tell that Verian had put lots of effort into her drafts. Heaton hinted something, “I heard there’s an international design competition going on. Are you interested in taking part, Madam Fudd?” Verian’s interest was immediately piqued after she heard that. She said, “International design competition? I’ve never studied fashion design before, so can I even participate? Since it’s an international design competition, the competitors will be insane, right? Just forget about my random doodles.” Heaton’s gaze was focused on her design drafts. Verian randomly said, “I was only drawing out of boredom. Didn’t you want me to do what I love to distract myself? I even painted plenty of portraits for Little Jelly Bean. I am planning to draw both you and Little Jelly Bean a portrait once a year. That way, when we grow old and when Little Jelly Bean is older, it will be very interesting when we revisit the portraits next time.” Heaton lowered his head to kiss her forehead before saying, “Madam Fudd’s plans sure are romantic.” Verian showed Heaton her wedding dress designs and said, “Heaton, tell me from the perspective of a naive man which one do you like best?” Heaton raised his brows after being called a ‘naive’ man. He chuckled and picked one, “This one.” Heaton pointed at that wedding dress design. It looked simple yet quite liberating. It was a tube top wedding dress design. It looked internationally acceptable. However, there were not many details that stood out aside from that. “Hmm… the one you picked out isn’t too bad but I prefer this one.” The design Verian picked was a one piece dress. The special part about this design was that it was short at the front and long at the back. The overall length of this dress was about knee length. There were tiny details on it too and this showed how bold and open this wedding dress was compared to the usual formal and traditional looking wedding dresses. Such a fresh looking wedding dress was a rare design. After looking at that design, Heaton said, “This one isn’t bad. We can use this for your entry.” “Um… we can forget about that. I am worried about being disappointed.” Heaton did not say much since Madam Fudd was worried about being disappointed. However, there were some things that Mr. Fudd should do for her. … Heaton immediately made a copy of Verian’s design in his study the next morning. He then brought it to his office and handed it to Kush. After Kush looked at the design, he asked, “Boss, what’s this for?” “Madam’s wedding dress design. There is an international fashion design contest going on now. Enter it with madam’s name.” Kush nodded and replied, “Alright boss. However, the head judge for the competition happens to be someone I know. I’m pretty close to that person and I can talk to him about the entry.” “There’s no need to. We’ll follow normal procedures. This design is not bad and I have faith in my wife’s abilities.” “Alright.” … Since Verian’s expected delivery date was getting closer, the fetal movements were happening more frequently. Verian was getting nervous again. During the day, Heaton had already gone to work and Little Jelly Bean was in school. Aside from the maids, she was alone at home. She was honestly bored to death and since she had been drawing for a really long time, her eyes felt slightly uncomfortable so she picked up Little Lion who was running around her legs. “You happen to be quite the heavy eater like me recently have you? You feel a lot heavier.” Little Lion whimpered before nuzzling in Verian’s arms. Since Verian had absolutely nothing to do after her meal, she gave Little Lion a bath. After the bath, Little Lion shook its body around and splashed a bunch of water onto Verian’s body. She said, “You are a naughty little boy. I’ll have daddy teach you a lesson when he comes back! Stop moving around, I’m not done drying you.” While Verian was disciplining Little Lion and drying him, her phone rang. It was from Serene. “Hey, Serene.” “Verian, are you home? I have nothing to do today and I want to drop by to visit you and the baby.” “Come over then. I’m home and I was just bathing my dog.” Serene could hear a few barks coming from the other end of the phone call. Not long after the phone call ended, Serene arrived at the Fudd family home in a cab. Serene had not seen Verian for a really long time now and the moment she entered, she could see Verian holding onto her waist with one hand. She came over sporting a huge belly. Serene immediately held onto her and said, “Verian, your belly is huge. Are you going to give birth soon?” “Yeah, I have about half a month left until my due date. I've been extremely nervous recently and I’m worried that my child will be born earlier than I expected or maybe the child wouldn’t want to come out.” Serene laughed before reaching out to gently touch her belly as she said, “Be a good baby. You need to come out of your mother’s belly smoothly, okay.” “Oh, that’s right. I didn’t ask you for quite some time now. How are things with Dr. Jarret? Is your family still against you both?” Serene sighed when that was brought up as she said, “Wilson had successfully divorced Ruby. However, it doesn't matter why he got married in the first place or if he actually had any real relationship as a married couple. My parents are very conservative. They only think of Wilson as a scummy man. I am secretly dating Wilson now and my parents didn’t even know that I am still in contact with Wilson.” Verian comforted her, “There’s still a long way to go and someday uncle and aunt will understand you. As long as both you and Dr. Jarret are determined to have this relationship, sooner or later, aunty and uncle will back down. No parents in the world will be able to go against their children.” Serene let out a light sigh and said, “Yeah. You know, I am very envious of you, Verian. Your family’s peaceful and you have two amazing mothers. The most important thing is, no one will stop you and Heaton from being together.” “Honestly, there were a lot of people who got in our way of being together back then. We have gone through a lot. As for being envious though, you guys are envious of me but I am more envious of you all working class women. Look at all of you. How amazing it is to have a career you guys enjoy.” Serene rolled her eyes at her and said, “You don’t know how lucky you are. Professional working class women have a wonderful life, sure but look at me. I have to work overtime every night and my dark circles will soon cover my face. I am envious of you not having to go to work and having someone else provide for you.” Verian replied to her warmly, “Does Dr. Jarret provide for you then?” Serene blushed immediately as she mumbled, “We aren’t even married yet.” Serene teased her intentionally, “Ah… Dr. Jarret sure is slow. How could he not propose yet. Alright then Serene, I’ll have Heaton beat some sense into him later.” Serene blushed heavier and said, “No, don’t. How could you act as if I’m extremely excited to marry him?”