One Night With The Billionaire

The words echoed in the ears of Arianna. She was dazed and confused, she glared at Chase and he stared back at her in helplessness.Material © of NôvelDrama.Org.

“Yes, that’s it” she heard a loud yell coming from the back. Everyone was nodding their heads in affirmation to the decision taken.

Arianna was dazed. There’s no way her work can be a plagiarised one. She did it herself. She didn’t pay someone to do it. It’s her hard work and she’s going to prove it to everyone.

“No!” Arianna declared and stood up. She faced the organisers and said “you can’t just decide on who has plagiarised the other’s work by simply judging it by who submitted first” she rebuffed.

There was a sudden quietness that resounded in the entire auditorium. Her words suddenly made sense. That contestant number 7 submitted her work first doesn’t mean she’s the real owner of it.

“Your judgement is weak in the limbs” Arianna declared glaring at the organisers. “Did contestant number 7 design the draft in your presence and then submit it?

Didn’t she bring it to you? How then can you decide on taking such a lame decision and make me appear as a plagiarist? You should do the proper investigation before pronouncing a hasty judgement” Arianna Jason bellowed.

Her words made the organisers glance at each other in shame. It looked like they didn’t take the right steps before deciding. They need to do their investigation properly.

“Excuse me contestant number 10, you can’t try to Sweet tongue your way out so easily. You and I know, the real owner of this design draft is me” Contestant number 7 chided.

“I’m sorry contestant number 7 that you feel offended by my words. But you and I also know, that if it were possible for our hearts to be x-rayed, you know who is the owner of this draft and the one who is a plagiarist here” contestant number 10 declared.

Seeing it was going to arouse an argument, the organisers quickly intervened “okay then, we will have both contestant number 7 and 10 to move to the podium”

Lily Ambrose cast Arianna a deadly stare. This sly woman is at it again. She wants to ruin her reputation here. Rather than accept defeat, she chose to parade her haughtiness.

Thank goodness, she cannot use her body to achieve anything here. Chase Hudson cannot save her now. No matter how she had given her body to him, here, he is powerless against the judges.

The organiser gave a quick explanation “We are not here to favour anyone. The two contestant number 7 and 10 are representing Skyblue cooperation and the Hudson’s holding respectively.

We are not here to embarrass anyone either. But because this collision had happened, we would have to ask the designers a few questions and see who is able to provide a genuine proof to the ownership of this draft.

Whoever is found guilty, will not only be disqualified, but made to pay a huge compensation to the company who owns the draft and the designer. And the one who caused the whole fuss will be banned from Being a professional for the next 10 years…” the organisers concluded.

The Presidents of Skyblue cooperation and Hudson’s holding were invited to step out on the podium.

Chase Hudson glanced at Arianna and the latter shrugged, she’s not the guilty one here.

“President Somer Tony, when did you submit your design draft” the proud elegant man replied “on the 5th of July”

The organiser nodded and asked the next president “President Chase Hudson, when did you make your submission?”

“On the 8th of July” Chase replied. In fact he only did the submission on the last day before it closed.

There was murmuring among the crowd. Something is fishy already. Why will the Hudson’s holding submit their draft on the last day before the closing date?

“Both of the designs were sealed and stamped and put away before the presidents left. If it’s plagiarised, then it definitely doesn’t come from us” the organisers exempted themselves.

“Contestant number 7, tell us how you can defend this design. How can you prove to everyone here that you own it?” The organiser asked.

“I have worked tirelessly and this draft is my baby, born out of a painstaking and sleepless night. I have rough drafts that I can showcase as my initial practice before arriving at this amazing work” Lily Ambrose declared.

Everyone applauded her. She owns the draft. Contestant number 10 must have somehow gotten hold of her work and plagiarised it.

“Contestant number 10, tell everyone present how you can prove that this design was actually produced out of your hard work?” The organiser asked.

By this time, Somer Tony and Chase Hudson had gone back to their seats. Chase Hudson guessed where the whole flaws came from.

He had left his office and went for lunch with a girlfriend without shutting the door to his office with a lock. That was on the 4th of July.

That day, Arianna had submitted her final draft and he had left it on his desk without worrying about anyone tampering with it. Could it have been copied that day?

Jace Hudson was calm. He trusts Arianna with all his heart. She cannot do it. Besides, when did she get accustomed to the Skyblue cooperation to have gotten a copy of their draft.

But this shallow minded woman who has the brain of a fish was fired by him. He didn’t know she had gotten a job so quickly and she’s even representing her company.

But if he discovered that she worked with an insider, he would destroy that person and ruin him over entirely even if that person was Chase, his brother.

Senator Adrian Delmark waited, eager to hear Arianna’s response and defence. He intends to acknowledge her publicly and this cannot be happening.

“I have only one point to prove that this design is mine…” Arianna declared and chuckled softly.