My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 1056:

The confidence in her tone left the accuser floundering. His earlier certainty had evaporated, replaced by uncertainty and doubt.

Just then, Aliza, who had been quiet all this time, stood up. Her voice rang clear.

“I didn’t just perform before you—I submitted my composition earlier as well. The mentors even praised how quickly I turned it in. They said only two people submitted before me. Surely you’re not claiming to be one of them?”

As part of the process, all participants were required to submit their compositions in advance so the judges could review them during performances. Aliza had rushed hers in after only a few edits, hoping to gain an edge.

Someone from the crowd suddenly chimed in, “Carrie didn’t submit early. I was there. We turned ours in together, just before the deadline.”

Aliza’s smile returned, confident and composed. With testimony and timestamps on her side, it seemed like Carrie had no way to defend herself.

light above her cast tiny gleams in her eyes, like stars caught

the same quiet smile,

composition. From what I understand, his newest piece was released publicly earlier today. If we are going by

had expected Carrie to defend herself—not to toss the accusation straight

just like that, a suspicion flared in Aliza’s mind, sharp and sudden. Did Carrie steal the song too? Perhaps she had hired

now

Aliza mulled it over, the

wrote the occasional screenplay, but music? If she truly had that kind of talent, she would have stormed

yes, but rarely visible to the wider public. Only those deeply entrenched in the arts truly cared about them. Besides, no one in the entertainment industry would dare challenge the Morrison family over something as niche and non-commercial

it was plagiarism or ghostwriting, Carrie had likely crafted a plan she thought was watertight. But fate had handed Aliza a twist—Carrie’s original manuscript had somehow fallen into her hands. Carrie could not risk outright denial anymore, not when Aliza held the evidence. So instead, she tried to drag Aliza into the

it. This could only end in two ways. Either neither of them had plagiarized, and it would