Married First, Loved Later : A Flash Marriage with My Ex's 'Uncle' novel Chapter 331

Chapter 331: Reclaiming Ownership

The mood at the venue did a complete 180.

"Angelica, what do you have to say for yourself?! You’re the one who plagiarized! You lied to all of us!"

Angelica’s face flushed red, then pale, then red again — the humiliation unbearable.

Why? Why, after all her careful planning over the years, was Selina once again standing above her?

She couldn’t let Selina crush her. She just couldn’t...

"This must... must be some kind of misunderstanding..."

Tears welled in Angelica’s eyes and rolled down her cheeks, her voice cracking with helplessness. The crowd hesitated.

"I’ve made it through so much over the years... I know how devastating plagiarism is for a designer’s reputation. Why would I risk everything I’ve built for one title?"

A murmur of doubt spread.

She had a point. Angelica had a proven track record. Why would she gamble it all just to win one more competition?

Joe’s eyes were red. "Miss Clark, I believe there’s been a mistake. Angelica is truly talented. She proved herself in the last competition, didn’t she? I’m not saying you’re lying, but I don’t believe Angelica would ever plagiarize you."

"Truly talented? Wrong."

Selina suddenly smiled. Sometimes, she genuinely envied Angelica — no matter what she did, there was always someone to cover for her.

"Chairman Morris, I regret to inform you that Angelica’s so-called ’winning piece’ from the last competition was also stolen from me."

She didn’t care how explosive this claim was.

"Oh — correction. She didn’t just plagiarize it, she straight-up stole the original draft."

Chaos erupted.

Fans exploded with rage, swearing at Selina: That award-winning piece from two years ago was Angelica’s crown jewel — how dare Selina try to take credit now?

Joe’s anger boiled over. "Miss Clark! I sympathized with you for what happened today, but I won’t stand by while you slander my daughter! The Morris Family’s legal team—"

"Mr. Rowan!"

A frantic staff member rushed over, drenched in sweat.

"Miss Selina provided evidence regarding Angelica’s theft in the previous competition. We verified it. It’s real... How would you like to handle this?"

The proof went online almost immediately.

Two years ago, Angelica had teamed up with Ellis to steal Selina’s submitted design. They claimed Selina’s draft was "lost," which led to her disqualification.

In reality, her design was renamed and became Angelica’s most famous work.

It was beyond outrageous.

Joe couldn’t say a word in her defense.

The room fell deathly silent.

Three seconds later, a contestant suddenly yelled:

"Angelica, do you have any shame?! Today it’s Selina — tomorrow it could be any one of us! As long as you want it, our work is up for grabs?!"

Exactly.

Selina was the victim today. Who would it be next time?

With the Morris Group backing her, what chance did any independent designer have?

All the praise — "design prodigy," "genius of the industry" — it was all stolen.

"I’m furious! If she plagiarized this, who knows what else she’s stolen over the years?"

"She had the nerve to preach about ’cleaning up the design industry’ and ’zero tolerance for plagiarism’ — all while being the biggest fraud of them all?!"

"And she calls herself Star’s student? Poor Star. What a disgrace."

"Angelica, get out of the design world. Just leave!"