This malicious frame-up had been riddled with holes from the start, fragile and easily dismantled. I had kept years of creative drafts, complete surveillance footage from the exhibition hall, timestamps on every manuscript, and detailed revision records. Every piece of evidence was clear and intact, each one proving that I was the sole original creator of the entire curation proposal. Caspian had privately dispatched investigators to uncover the truth. As early as the day of the inquiry, he had already traced every thread of the conspiracy and seen through all of Serena's schemes and lies. Yet to protect Serena's reputation and the career she had worked so hard to build, he chose to distort the facts and shield her wrongdoing. At the industry review panel, a gathering of leading figur

