Fragrance competition scene.
Selena publicly accused Leah of plagiarism, shocking the audience.
Leah's pale face turned white, her face almost twisted in anger as she glared at Selena. "Selena, how dare you slander me?"
"Slander me?" Selena sneered, suddenly standing up from her seat and walking towards Leah.
Her dark eyes stared at Leah, her tone tinged with cold mockery. "Do you think everyone is like you, born with a deformed heart? Always scheming, either not speaking or hurting people when you do speak?"
Leah's body trembled with anger and she unconsciously stepped back under Selena's cold gaze.
Selena coldly smiled. "Leah, what are you? Don't you have any morals? Besides using schemes and slandering me, setting me up and hurting me, what else can you do?"
"From the time you were little, everything you have, except for Mrs. Riddle, was stolen from me, snatched from me, or taken by force. Except for what you took from me, what's left of your life in the past twenty years, Leah?"
Leah heard Selena's words and was first stunned, her eyes blank for a moment.
But then, her face unconsciously showed an expression of extreme grievance, tears falling fast and fierce. "Dominic--"
Selena suddenly raised her voice. "I haven't done anything to you yet, and you're already crying! I'm prettier than you, more delicate than you, and I've experienced so many bad things and lost so much, but I never cried. What qualifications do you have to cry?"
"Every time you're in a situation like this, you cry to the man next to you and act pitiful, coaxing your brainless fans to speak for you... what else can you do?"
Selena's sudden sharp words frightened Leah.
She stood there stiffly, tears falling but not crying, as if she were a stone.
Selena stared into her eyes, her tone cold and intimidating. "I'm sick of your underhanded schemes. I don't want to see them anymore."
"Stop your tears! Today, right here, in front of everyone, stand up straight and confront me honestly from this moment on!"
"If you didn't plagiarize, no one can wrongly accuse you in front of so many people!" Selena snorted. "If it turns out that I have wrongly accused you, I will publicly apologize to you, and not only that--"
She curved her lips in a smile that was both a smirk and not. "I will also hand the championship over to you and retire from the fragrance industry. As long as you--"
"Really are innocent!"
With a powerful aura and an emphatic speech, Selena instantly swept the entire audience off their feet.
Everyone was stunned by Selena's charisma and determination, even those who were originally her haters were left speechless.
After all, Selena even said things like "I will forever quit the Perfume Competition", it's not like she's trying to take advantage of the situation, so no one had the right to accuse her.
Leah stared at Selena with a resentful look, her sharp nails digging into her palms, drawing blood.
Before the audience could recover from their shock, Selena laughed and said, word by word, "But if in the end, it proves that you, Leah, are indeed a shameless plagiarist--"
Selena paused for a moment, her black eyes filled with a chilling light, her smile turning menacingly, "Then your fate goes without saying!"
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