Meredith Rowan told Zane Lowell and Aaron Rayburn the news. The three of them felt none of the joy you'd expect from being noticed by the richest man. Instead, there was a sense of dreamlike unreality, mixed with the anxiety that their plan had derailed, leaving them all on edge.
"Don't tell me… I'm actually a good artist?"
Zane Lowell finally blurted out after a long pause, then immediately added, "That's impossible!"
Even he didn't believe it, let alone anyone else!
Aaron Rayburn asked in confusion, "Has Ethan Grant gone blind?"
He ignored Shirley Thorne's exquisite designs and chose a half-assed amateur like Zane Lowell. If that wasn't going blind, what was?
"No, he's not blind."
Meredith Rowan sat primly on the sofa, her fists clenched. A realization struck her like a bolt of lightning. She said with certainty, "Ethan Grant is doing this on purpose."
"What do you mean?" Zane Lowell asked.
