Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

Kaylee was in deep trouble this time.

The judges had asked the staff to bring their computers up to the stage.

Kaylee quickly grabbed her computer, powered it on, and opened the necessary software.

Lily did the same with her computer, opening the software as well.

However, the initial versions of their design sketches were both dated ten days ago, and Lily's was even timestamped two days earlier than Kaylee's.

"How could this be..." Kaylee was completely stunned. She was sure Lily had copied her work, but how had they both ended up with designs created almost at the same time?

"Kaylee, do you have anything to say in your defense?" Louie asked, twirling a pen in his right hand.

The other three judges also turned their attention to her.

sensed something was off. The near-simultaneous creation of the

clear-cut case of plagiarism, and a premeditated

a serious disadvantage. Without evidence to prove her originality, she would be branded a plagiarist, even if she was

had somehow known about her idea beforehand, but how? "Kaylee, I've already given you a chance," Lily sighed. "If you had admitted it from the beginning, I wouldn't have pressed

"Plagiarist, go to hell!"

"Plagiarist, get lost!"

practically

there were murmurs and sighs

who seemed

to do

sneered, mocking the University of Maple Grove's contestants. The contestants from the University of Maple Grove turned pale, feeling utterly humiliated but unable to say anything in their defense, knowing

your work is original, we'll have no

if she couldn't even prove her work was original,