The organizers soon announced the investigation results.
The original design rights to Return to the Tide belonged to Madeline Hart. Vivian Blake's submission was found to involve serious plagiarism, and she was disqualified. Aurelia Atelier's submissions for this year's competition were suspended.
The livestream chat exploded.
Every camera swung toward Vivian.
She froze for a moment. Then she suddenly broke down.
"It wasn't my fault!" she screamed. "Daniel told me to use it!"
The whole venue went quiet.
Daniel looked up sharply. "Vivian Blake!"
He was quick to defend himself. "I was misled by her too. She told me from the beginning that these designs were her own independent work. I was only the project lead. I wasn't involved in the actual design."
I looked at him and almost la
