achel sat on her couch scrolling through all the vicious tweets about her, looking completely chill, like they were dragging someone else entirely.
Meanwhile, Valeria had also seen the viral drama and her heart was pounding.
She hadn’t expected that bitch Rachel to actually enter the competition.
She’d figured Rachel had backed out at the last second.
But whatever–so what if Rachel entered? Valeria had submitted first, and she had all the “proof” she needed.
Valeria quickly pulled herself together.
She’d been planning for this exact scenario, even creating fake design sketches and backdated timestamps to “prove” she was the original creator.
She smirked and muttered, “Rachel, this time I’m going to completely ruin you.”
2
Valeria immediately opened her laptop and logged into Twitter, posting her fake evidence along with a carefully crafted thread.
“I’m absolutely devastated about this design controversy. ?”
“As a designer, I’ve always stood for original creativity and will NEVER tolerate plagiarism. I’m considering legal action against those engaging in this malicious behavior.”
“I hope everyone can see through this and continue supporting authentic original design. #OriginalDesign #StopPlagiarism”
Her tweets sounded perfectly righteous and convincing.
The thread immediately blew up, getting thousands of retweets and replies within minutes.
Valeria’s followers came out swinging, calling Rachel a “plagiarizing fraud” and demanding she be canceled from the design world.
“YES QUEEN! We stan an original artist! ?”
“Plagiarizers are trash and don’t deserve to call themselves designers. @RachelK needs to get tf out of the industry!”
Valeria watched the overwhelmingly supportive responses flooding her notifications and grinned smugly.
Twitter mob mentality was incredibly powerful. As long as she controlled the narrative, Rachel would never recover.
The story kept exploding across all platforms, reaching absolute chaos levels.
Cassian definitely knew about it by now–he called Rachel immediately.
After she explained everything, Cassian’s tension finally eased. “Handle this however you want. I’ve got your back no matter what.”
Those words made Rachel’s chest warm with confidence.
With Cassian in her corner, she wasn’t afraid of anything.
Right as the controversy hit peak insanity, a detailed Twitter thread with photos and video evidence quietly went live.
Rhodes Corporation, CEO’s Office
Philips reported respectfully, “Mr. Rhodes, Ms. Campbell just posted her response thread.”
Cassian nodded grimly. “Buy promoted trending for her posts. Make sure they hit number one on Twitter.”
“Yes, sir.”
Rachel was also ready to face the media directly and set the record straight.
She reached out to the competition committee to explain the real situation.
The committee took this super seriously and scheduled an emergency press conference to address the scandal.
This was massive news in the fashion world, so reporters from everywhere showed up.
At exactly 10 AM, Rachel stepped up to the podium in a sharp white dress, facing a sea of cameras and microphones.
A reporter in the front row immediately went for the throat. “Ms. Campbell, what do you have to say about plagiarizing Valeria Campbell’s design?”
Rachel stared the reporter down coolly. “What proof do you have that I plagiarized her work?”
The reporter looked flustered, then got pissy and defensive. “I mean, isn’t it obvious? You haven’t shown any real evidence of your innocence, and honestly, you don’t really have any notable work under your belt, do you?”
Rachel let out a harsh laugh. “Is this how journalism works now? Making assumptions without facts? What if she’s the one who stole from me?”
That completely triggered the reporter. “Fine! If it turns out Valeria Campbell actually plagiarized you, I’ll publicly apologize on my knees.”
She’d been bought and paid for by Valeria, so she was going all–in to defend her.
