Eighteen

Laurel sat in her room with a signed contract between her and Alpha Jewelries, rocking it to her bosom and smiling to herself, happy that she'd made use of the opportunity that showed up very well.

The contract enclosed that she had absolute credit for her works even though the company owned any designs she made in and around the company. She was now a contracted designer, the company requested she still works with them, hence she earns salary with them as an employee. But she also gets a 10% share of the profits made for all designs she makes.

The contract also notes that she's allowed some level of freedom regarding the fact that she's a single mother, which David chose to ignore even though his lawyers were against it. His lawyers, whom Laurel had thought would include his sister as the head, was consisting instead of two younger lawyers whom she guessed might be new to the business.