My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 1055:

They did not press with more than that. The question alone carried weight. Caught off guard, Carrie answered instinctively, “Yes. I completed it independently. I did not reference or borrow from anyone.” The response dropped into the room like a stone into still water. A stir broke out among the students.

“You’re lying!” someone blurted from the back.

“You plagiarized the work of Randell’s composer!”

As the accusation echoed through the room, Carrie turned to face the speaker. The warmth in her eyes vanished, replaced by a glacial calm. Her voice was composed, deliberate.

“Do you have any proof that I plagiarized?”

The student didn’t hesitate.

“Your composition is nearly seventy percent identical to Aliza’s. How can you possibly deny it?”

Aliza. That her piece was far more polished and

appearance of similarity was enough for most to condemn her.

asked evenly, “If our pieces are so similar, why assume I copied her? Why not the other way around?” Without waiting for his reply, she pressed on, her tone now edged with faint scorn, “Is it because she

us knew who would play when—not

sharply, “Maybe not, but you’re from the

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his voice steady

integrity of the

looked around

draw? Carrie wouldn’t need to go through this entire

wouldn’t have lasted in Isonridge, nor would it still be a place where students from ordinary backgrounds

would I always end up scraping the bottom?”

self-deprecating honesty left no

who had spoken up earlier seemed to realize the gravity of what he’d implied. Thankfully for him, he’d kept a low profile. No one besides his own family knew

looked down,