Married First, Loved Later : A Flash Marriage with My Ex's 'Uncle' novel Chapter 330

Chapter 330: The Plagiarist

Angelica let out a breath of relief when she heard that.

Thank God—she’d been worried Selina might have some real way to prove her innocence. But she wanted to rely on surveillance footage? That was laughable.

Everyone knew the design rooms didn’t have cameras. At least her room definitely didn’t.

So Selina thought she could prove anything with that? Dream on.

Angelica feigned concern. "Selina, if there were any surveillance footage, of course I’d help clear your name. But you know the design rooms weren’t monitored. This kind of behavior is just... childish."

Her words were meant to subtly suggest Selina was just making a scene to stall for time. If there were no cameras, then calling for surveillance was nothing more than a desperate attempt to drag things out.

But before Angelica could finish, Selina gave a slow, meaningful smile.

"Sister Angelica... who said there aren’t cameras in the design rooms?"

What?

Angelica froze, a chill shooting down her spine.

What did Selina just say?

Selina turned toward the contestant section and asked casually, "If Angelica has doubts, why don’t we ask the other contestants? Were there cameras in the rooms or not?"

The contestants looked at each other, confused.

"Of course there were..."

"Yeah, they announced it before the competition. They said the cameras were to prevent cheating—it was clearly stated in the contract."

"Wait, Angelica didn’t know that? That’s... hard to believe."

Angelica’s face twisted in horror.

No—what were they talking about? How could there be surveillance?

And the worst part wasn’t that the cameras existed.

It was what came next.

Selina calmly delivered the finishing blow: "Sister Angelica, you did just say that if there were cameras, you’d testify for me."

"Well, now that we do know there are recordings... I suppose there’s no reason for you to object anymore, right?"

Angelica panicked. "No, I—"

"Mr. Rowan, what do you think?" Selina smiled sweetly as she looked up.

Logan replied coolly, "Play the footage."

Staff rushed to pull up the surveillance from Selina’s and Angelica’s design rooms.

Seven full days of recordings, perfectly sorted by date.

Angelica was clearly flustered. She tried to maintain her composure.

"Selina, even if you’re trying to clear your name, do you really need to waste everyone’s time? That’s seven full days of footage—where would you even start?"

"I get that you’re upset. You think I framed you. But this is a formal competition—Mr. Rowan and Mr. Rigel’s time is valuable. Don’t waste it..."

Selina interrupted, "I heard Angelica finished her design in just one day, same as me?"

Angelica’s heart skipped a beat. "Yes... because I—"

"In that case, we only need to look at the first day’s footage. And since we only worked half a day, the total footage is at most three hours."

"If we skip the thinking and prep time, we just need the sketching portion. It won’t even be an hour. And we can fast-forward."

Selina tilted her head, voice calm. "Sister Angelica, what exactly are you so afraid of?"

"I—I’m not afraid..." Angelica’s voice cracked as she forced a shaky smile. "But this is a competition, not your personal stage. I just think..."