"This is not theft. It is merely a minor misunderstanding. Fiennes Holdings will assume full responsibility for any losses or repercussions."
Sebastian delivered the words with an air of magnanimous authority.
And no one bought it.
In the world of fashion design, plagiarism was an unforgivable sin.
The requirement for complete originality had been announced over and over before the competition. For Genevieve to submit someone else's work as her own amounted to open, brazen defiance.
The storm of camera flashes fixed on Genevieve's face below the stage pulled me straight back into last year's plagiarism scandal.
I stepped forward and spoke in a cool, clear voice.
"Mr. Fiennes, even if the original designer were dead, you would still hold no authority over her work. And given Geneviev
