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Chapter 168 Exposing the Truth
However, Grace gently shook her head, her tone resolute. “No, what’s mine is mine, and I want to take
it back myself.”
She looked at Celia in the crowd.
At this moment, Celia was basking in the limelight as she engaged in conversations with numerous
industry leaders.
Whenever Grace looked, Celia wore a faint, provoking smile, challenging Grace as if she were saying,
“What can you do to me?”
Just then, a waiter approached Celia politely. “Ms. Hawkins, Professor Morris would like to see you.”
Celia nodded. “Sure, I’ll go over right away,” she replied before turning to follow the waiter.
At that moment, Alan was engaged in a conversation about Celia’s work with some friends.
When Celia approached, he signaled to her and said, “My friend, Mr. Gordon, is very interested in your
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtdesign. He would like to hear more about your design philosophy and initial inspiration for this piece.”
Celia nodded and turned to Mr. Gordon. She explained, “For the concept of this piece, I mainly focused
on the growing importance of women’s independence and empowerment in today’s
society.
“My initial idea was to create clothing that highlights women’s independence, and that’s how the first
draft of this piece came about. It was finalized after several revisions.”
Mr. Gordon listened to Celia’s explanation while nodding appreciatively. However, he seemed to have
something on his mind, but he wasn’t sure how to broach the topic.
“Ms. Hawkins, your design concept is indeed unique and innovative, and your work has certainly
captured my attention,” Mr. Gordon said, wearing a somewhat hesitant expression.
Celia hurriedly asked, “Is there a problem?”
Mr. Gordon pondered for a moment before responding, “Ms. Hawkins, there is nothing wrong with your
design.
“It’s just that there seems to be a certain discrepancy between your design concept and the actual
work. I’m not sure if it’s a misunderstanding on my part …”
Celia became anxious. Without her realizing it, her voice grew louder. “Mr. Gordon, I don’t understand
what you’re trying to say. Are you suggesting that my work is plagiarism?”
Mr. Gordon shook his head. Out of respect for Alan, he tried to maintain the peace and said,
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Nevertheless, Celia continued, “Mr. Gordon isn’t the first to question my work.”
With a sweeping glance at the crowd, she fixed her gaze on Grace. “Someone else just questioned my
work moments ago, accusing it of being plagiarized.”
Silence immediately engulfed the room as her words fell. Everyone was puzzled.
Alan’s expression turned grim. He wasn’t sure what Celia was trying to do.
However, Celia was determined to prove herself.
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This design was indeed her work, and no matter who questioned it, they couldn’t provide any evidence
to prove otherwise.
Therefore, she boldly said, “Ms. Lewis, you also had doubts about me, didn’t you?”
Grace’s eyes darkened when Celia singled her out. She had a rough idea of what Celia intended to do.
She looked at Celia deeply, as though she were observing a ridiculous clown.
Then, she calmly replied, “You’re right. I indeed had my doubts about you because the artwork you
submitted today clearly is not your own design.”
Her words caused a commotion in the crowd.
“Is this for real? What’s going on?”
“Ms. Hawkins really has some nerve! She dared enter someone else’s design in the exhibition.”
“But hang on; look at Ms. Hawkins‘ attitude. It seems like she’s the one being accused unfairly.
“Let’s not rush to judgment. Let’s wait and see.”
The crowd rushed over to watch the drama unfold like eager spectators.
Despite being exposed by Grace in public, Celia remained undaunted and continued addressing the
curious crowd.
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