Besse knew what Queen Carol meant. She wanted her to admit to the plagiarism in front of the media but in a clever way. For example, she could say that she had seen it before but didn't pay much attention to it until she designed something similar herself.
"I haven't seen it," Besse told Doyle seriously.
She was sure that if she had seen the design before, she would remember it. And there was no way she would borrow someone else's design. If she had seen it before, then why would her design be so similar?
"I know," Doyle nodded quickly. "I believe you too. But maybe..."
Doyle hesitated.
Besse looked at him.
"Maybe because of your amnesia... after all, this is an eight-year-old design and you may not remember whether you've seen it or not."
"If I can't remember anything from my past, why would I remember this particular design?" Besse asked rhetorically.
"Maybe subconsciously..." Doyle looked at her.
Besse stared back at him.
"Forget about it." Doyle suddenly gave up. "You're right. Since you don't remember anything from your past, there's no way you could have remembered this particular design either. Let's go back to Jolencami first and talk more when we get there."
"Doyle, I don't want to leave." Besse suddenly spoke up.
Doyle's expression changed visibly.
"I don't want to go back until we figure things out."
"Besse, you promised me that we'd leave together." Doyle couldn't hide his emotions anymore.
"Before all of this happened, yes! But now that something has happened like this, I need to understand everything first." Besse said firmly. "You were right earlier, maybe something subconscious from eight years ago made me think of a similar idea and caused me unintentionally plagiarize someone else's work. If that is indeed the case then I will apologize!"
"Besse..."
At that moment airport staff came over, "Mr George, Miss Besse, please board now."
Doyle nodded and grabbed hold of Besse's hand, "I'll help investigate everything for you; let's go home for now though. Staying here won't do any good as people here won't understand nor care about your past experiences or who you are as a person."
"Doyle! You know what kind of person I am. I can't leave like nothing ever happened. Karami will be ruined if we just abandon our market stall in Northfield!"
Doyle took a deep breath He said, "Okay, I'll stay with you."
Besse's personality was also very clear to him. She didn't want to involve anyone. Even less did she want to cause harm to others because of herself. So since he couldn't change her decision, he could only choose to support her.
"Doyle, you go back first." Besse was very serious.
Doyle's face visibly changed. He might have been a little frustrated just now. But now he was furious. "How could I let you stay here alone?"
"Listen to me," Besse anticipated Doyle would be very excited. "First, this matter is just a simple confirmation and not complicated at all. I can handle it on my own. Secondly, this matter involves designer plagiarism. You are also a designer and I don't want the conflict involved in your original design work dragging you down as well. Plagiarism is the biggest scandal for designers regarding original design work; I don't want it affecting you..."
"Besse."
"Let me finish," Besse interrupted him. "Lastly and most importantly, Karami is currently in turmoil because of my situation. Your mother has been accompanying your father on external interviews during this time and doesn't have the energy or resources to deal with internal issues within the group right now, you must return home and stabilize things."
Doyle seemed hesitant at this point.
"So far, this plagiarism incident should be Karami's first major negative event in such a long time; the group doesn't have strong PR capabilities, even if what you said earlier about market brand influence, and there are many objective factors that won't affect Karami too much politically hold true, but have you considered competitors? When they encounter such good opportunities, will they not take advantage?" Besse spoke logically," Doyle, this isn't an emotional moment right now. And, I promise that I will take care of myself so that you won't worry."
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