Jasmine was outraged and stared daggers at Natalie. “Why are you stopping? I need to get to the bottom of this. I can’t let them frame me for no reason!”
“Did they frame you?” Natalie stared at Jasmine coldly. “Isn’t it a fact they made a copy of the design for you? Haven’t you conspired together with them?”
“That’s different. They…”
“There’s no difference!” Natalie interrupted with her lips pursed. “No matter whose instructions they were following, I’m still the victim while you did accept their help and copied my design.”
Since they couldn’t get the two to reveal who the mastermind was, she might as well let Jasmine shoulder all the blame.
After all, someone needs to be held accountable in the end.
With that thought in mind, Natalie walked toward Mr. Horner and whispered something to him.
Mr. Horner nodded and waved for Walford to take the lady and the reporter away. After that, he picked up the mic to announce, “Alright, now that the truth has been revealed, I hereby declare the winner of the competition to be Natalie Smith. As for Jasmine Smith, she has been disqualified!”
Everyone turned to look at Jasmine whose face had lost all color. Lowering her head as she tried to avert her gaze.
All she wanted now was the ground to open up and swallow her or for someone to rescue her from the scene.
However, no one came to her rescue and she had no choice but to stand there and be ridiculed. To rub salt in her wounds, she still had to watch as Natalie accepted the honors of winning the competition. The bitterness she felt was worse than death itself.
Finally, the competition ended with Natalie smiling on stage with her prize which was the entry form for the international competition.
Right on the spot, she filled in the form and handed it in.
While she was doing so, everyone in the conference room stood up and applauded her. Even the live stream was flooded with congratulatory messages.
Meanwhile, Jacqueline watched the live stream feeling envious and jealous at the same time. “Ms. Natalie is really awesome!”
Before her accident, she would also receive the same amount of applause after her piano competitions. In fact, the reception she received would be even raucous than that.
Unfortunately, applause aside, she couldn’t even play the piano anymore.
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