A Ruling Passion – Chapter 1669

Mark was so furious that he was about to explode. “Stop! Calm down and listen to me. Yes, I’ve paid him some money, but that’s the only method we have to resolve this at the moment. It doesn’t matter who plagiarized who, what we need to do now is clear our names first, then we can slowly investigate the matter. The only lead we have to crack this case is with James, yet he denies that he’s the one who’s plagiarized your work. Furthermore, we haven’t got any evidence to use against him, so what are we supposed to do other than neutralize the situation for now? I know what I’m doing and I have a plan to resolve this, so don’t cause me anymore trouble and get back to work please.”

Arianne wanted to say something but stopped. She did not approve of Mark’s method of resolving the matter through money. There was literally zero difference between hers and James’ designs, so it was confirmed that James had indeed plagiarized her work. ‘How did he plagiarize my design? Based on Mark’s attitude, did this matter really have nothing to do with Shelly? In that case, who could the real culprit be?

Mark suddenly remembered something and reminded Arianne as he said, “By the way, you really should stow away your unfinished designs in a safe place so that no one else can see them. You’ve got to be careful even if it’s your own colleagues, that way you won’t have that many issues arising.”

Arianne refuted as she said, “It wasn’t that I did not stow the designs away securely. In fact, I kept them safely locked in my desk drawer. However, I had to take Smore to the hospital that morning, but I wanted Sylvain to help me have a look at the designs as well, so I asked him to take them out. They had only been taken out for a short moment, who else could have seen them other than Sylvain and your aunt?”

Mark’s expression suddenly changed when he heard what Arianne had said. “Are you saying... that the time Sylvain took to have a look was the only time someone else would have the opportunity to see it?”