His Purchased Wife

My eyes widened and my mouth hanging open hearing Katie telling me about the challenge for the next round.

"Design inspired by world art and culture!!"

I bit my lower lip from inside. I didn't even know the history of the USA, let alone the world. I mean obviously, I know about jewellery designing but I didn't study it.

Right now the only thought that was running in my mind was, I should have taken a professional jewellery designing course for two years instead of going on vacation in Sweden for about eight months two years ago.

But back then, that was my way of getting motivated and getting out of that depression that I felt after Rawls rejected my designs. And here I am standing with an open mouth and an idiotic expression over my face of just thinking about the next round.

Four hours that's all I have and In these four hours, I have to design a masterpiece on metal that is inspired by some art or culture. These people have gone mad even thinking that I would be able to do it.

"Aurora, do you remember how we used to skip Mrs Jhonson's history classes in high school?" Emily whispered, I just gave her a single nod.

"Well, karma just came to bite us in our asses now. Fuck! Are you sure she said world art and culture?"

I gulped. "Yes…" the voice came out like a grumble.

"Aurora!" A sharp voice came from Susan and my heart quickened its speed. I didn't dare to glance her way.

"Look at me, now!"

Blinking continuously like a child, I looked at her with a crying face but straightened my expression when I saw her strict face.

"Yes…"

"Art and Culture! You don't even know your culture!! What are we going to do now?" She snapped and I closed my eyes in fear.

"Let's meet you all after four hours!" Katie announced smiling and for the first time I wanted to claw her eyes out.

How could she give me this difficult task?

"Aurora Kings! Answer me!" Susan snapped again and I opened my eyes.

"Ah! Um! I mean...ah!..." I sat down on the chair with a thump not caring about anyone else around me and cried anxiously, without a single tear from my eyes. "I don't have any idea what I would be doing, Susan. History, I hated it to the core!!"

Susan rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Let's go to our cabins and see what we can do," she glanced at Emily and gestured towards the table for the designing equipment and raw material.

"Go and bring our equipment to our cabin till then I see what this girl could make for us to stay in this contest."

for our cabin where Susan

Aurora, think there would be something we could do! Anything, any design that could resemble any form of art and culture…" Susan explained and I didn't know what I

pendant and suddenly a memory popped up in my mind. It was the

my love," Mom called me while I was playing in the garden

and she looked like an angel in that dress.

"Turn around love."

she said and suddenly cold metal touched my skin making me wince but then I touched the world's most beautiful

pretty!" I said touching the

up into a beautiful woman, when you become a mother, give it to your child on his or her birthday so that

at the necklace. "Momo,what is so special about this necklace

seat beside her. "Come and sit here." And I did. She touched

about it. Listen to

said as she started

the rose was created by the goddess of flowers, Chloris. One day, she found the lifeless body of a nymph in the woods and she turned her into a flower. She called upon Aphrodite, goddess of love, and Dionysus, the god of wine. ...

limit Aurora. Love gives you wings to fly in the sky. Your grandfather took inspiration from Greek mythology before creating this design; it

screamed in

"OMG! OMG! OMG…"

I need to call a doctor? Please don't lose

cupped her cheek while laughing like a maniac. "Susie, Susie, Susie.

lost my mind.

I have the solution to our

long minute. "What solution?" She asked me, her expression told me that she could not believe that I might have the solution to

always cheated from her sheet during exams in high school to

me what solution do you

told her

smooch for this!" She almost screamed in happiness, hugging

in excitement when Emily entered the

happening here? I thought we would be having our last drink tonight but

After a minute she pinched her lips in a

rolled our eyes and stood up leaving her in her sadness.

Aurora, you start designing while I draw the

understanding while Susan started her work on the laptop and

hours to make a replica of the necklace I was wearing. I also added white diamond to the necklace with Emily's suggestions as my necklace was

seeing it. It's nowhere near my grandpa's design but that's all I could do. After all, who can beat my grandfather? No