Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 612

The implication was clear: it wasn't her fault. Her doctoral advisor had been the one who plagiarized Noreen's paper.

It was, admittedly, a clever way to shift the blame.

After the plagiarism incident came to light, Noreen and Halley Joyner had agreed to let their lawyers handle the accountability process.

It was the only effective way to protect their rights.

But it also meant navigating a complex legal battle.

Bianca had been counting on that, which was why she hadn't issued any apology or made any public statement.

She was likely hoping time would dilute the issue until it was forgotten.

Even if Noreen won the case, the most she would get was a perfunctory, meaningless apology from Bianca.

That was the reality. Intellectual property protection laws were still lacking.

What Noreen hadn't expected was for Henry to confront Bianca so publicly.

Bianca was just as shocked.

She couldn't understand why Henry had suddenly changed his attitude toward her.

"Are you saying your doctoral advisor plagiarized the paper, and you had nothing to do with it?"

"I'm not saying I had nothing to do with it, just that it wasn't all on me," Bianca said carefully, avoiding a full denial.

Henry pressed further. "So you're saying the content was Professor William's, and you just put your name on it?"

"Does that mean all those papers you published in the WT Business School journal and the SSCI were produced the same way?"

Bianca clenched her jaw, her expression stiff as she denied it. "Of course not! Those were all my own work!"

"Are you sure?" Henry's questioning was relentless.

Bianca hardened her resolve. "Of course!"

"To solidify your stolen identity, you even registered an email address identical to Ms. Gilmore's, just adding the number '3' at the end. And you claimed you'd forgotten the password to the old one. I have to say, your methods are quite something."

"That's not how it was! It's not!"

Even at this point, Bianca desperately denied everything.

Her lips trembled as she argued, "I got into WT Business School on my own merits, not by impersonation! You can check! All the procedures were legal and above board!"

Bianca dared to say this because Yvonne had assured her that everything back home had been taken care of.

No one would ever find any discrepancies.

That was the source of her confidence in this confrontation.

Henry had indeed checked.

And just as Bianca claimed, all the procedures appeared to be perfectly legitimate.