Chapter 1538
The crowd burst into a discussion as they watched everything unfold.
"I can't believe she stole another designer's work."
"Isn't this a clear case of plagiarism?"
"She trusted her with her designs, yet she betrayed that trust. How shameless!"
"How did someone with such questionable integrity be appointed the team leader? It seems Stella hires anyone into her
company."
Felicity fumed, "This video doesn't prove a thing! If the design drafts were so crucial, would she just leave them casually on a
chair?"
"The method may be crude, but it’s effective. No one can prove whether Maggie glanced at them during that hour. And similarly,
no one can prove she didn't. They can spin any narrative they want," whispered Vermont.
Felicity became nervous, "What do we do? How do we clear her name?"
Vermont glanced at Keegan and said, "Don't you have anything up your sleeve? What kind of partner are you?"
Keegan shot him a sharp look. "Shut up," he said.
Vermont stayed quiet. He was initially quite worried, but
seeing Keegan’s calm demeanor, he suddenly thought things were not that simple.
Maggie tightened her grip on the microphone, her voice steady, "I can prove that I didn't go through her things." After speaking,
she turned to look at the big screen. The image on the screen changed instantly.
The surveillance footage in the coffee shop continued to play, but the time frame was after Barbara had left.
Maggie settled the bill and left while clutching the folder. The camera quickly switched to the scene of her exiting the coffee shop.
Then, it followed Maggie.
She made a call and carried her items to where she stood and waited. Occasionally, she would glance at her phone. After some
time, another person appeared on the screen. It was Barbara.
Maggie handed the design drafts to Barbara and then left. The fifty-six-minute recording, played at eight times the speed,
captured every moment from Maggie taking the drafts to returning them. She never once looked at the contents of the folder.
There was no way she plagiarized them.
Barbara was completely caught off guard by Maggie's defense. Her face turned pale. She anxiously protested, " This must be an
edited video! Who would have this kind of continuous footage in real life? This is not a movie.”
Stella smirked and said, "It's a drone footage. Haven’t you seen it before? It's the new drone from Vinci Rivera's
Frontier Series. You should check it out."