"You didn't have the skills to translate it yourself, so you stole Quinn's manuscript, passed it off as your own, and now that everyone is calling you out, you want to publicly humiliate her?"
She wasn't just directing those words at Jade, but at Miles York as well.
Miles York's somber gaze swept over Yara Chase, his handsome face an unreadable mask.
He walked over to the event organizers and murmured something. The staff nodded respectfully.
Jade's facial expression was on the verge of collapsing as she spoke, her tone laced with panic.
"Yara, I didn't steal her work! You have no proof, so stop slandering me in front of everyone!"
The crowd was easily distracted by the juicy gossip. After all, Jade was standing next to the CEO of the York Corporation, and rumors had always swirled that Mr. York and the Winter family's eldest daughter were childhood sweethearts destined for marriage.
The public opinion quickly settled back into a neutral state. "So Mr. York, Quinn, and Jade are in some kind of twisted love triangle?"
But anyone with eyes could see that the CEO clearly favored his childhood sweetheart, while his demeanor toward Quinn remained entirely glacial.
Whispers broke out again. "Do you think Jade is right? Is Quinn just jealous of Mr. York's affection for her, so she's trying to ruin her out of spite?"
Unsure of what to believe, the audience fell silent, waiting to see how Quinn would prove her claims.
Quinn calmly walked right up to Jade. The two locked eyes. Assuming Quinn was finally provoked and waiting for her to lash out, Jade stared back with a subtle, challenging smirk.
But Quinn didn't raise her hand to slap her like she usually did. Instead, she spoke with a perfectly level tone. "Many spend their lives crafting a respectable mask. Over time, they actually start believing the disguise is their true face. But a soul that is genuinely whole never feels the need to parade itself around for others to judge."
"Wouldn't you agree, Jade?"


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