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chapter 123 - Bijou's jealousy

Stella

I practically floated through the studio doors the next morning, still riding high from my contest win and the newly won respect of peers.

Even the unflappable Andre greeted me as one elevated beyond mundane ranks now. Pride puffed my chest despite lingering awkwardness around such elevated praise.

Most fellow students offered sincere congratulations on my fledgling success. Isabella embraced me with effusive delight that could not possibly be feigned.

Even the boys gave gruff one-armed hugs amid back slaps praising feminine ingenuity. But all the while the subtle weight of resentment bored hotly between my shoulder blades from one icy quarter - Bijou and her glossy sycophants.

I turned to greet them with diplomacy only to recoil from Bijou's venomous glare now stripped of its sugar facade. Vitriol etched harsh lines around her once inviting full mouth.

"Don't imagine one trinket makes you anything special," she hissed loud enough to carry in the small space. "Some of us pur
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