“Well done, Professor Zizka. You truly deserve to be a top-tier architect,” she dered with a nod and a


    smirk. “You don’t just tolerate your student’s discourtesy. You concoct stories to assist her in damaging


    others. You two seem to be colluding to obscure the reality!”


    “Choose your words wisely, Miss Torres,” Leopold cautioned, irritation seeping into his voice.


    “I don’t want this to descend into chaos.”


    “Aren’t things chaotic enough already? As a guest here, Professor


    Zizka, I should have shown you respect. However, your behavior has left me with no desire to extend


    you any courtesy.”


    After a brief pause, Loraine stated solemnly, “Professor Zizka, you’re leveraging your profession to


    settle personal scores, encouraging your student to nder others. You’ve utterly twisted the truth!


    Your actions are despicable. Regardless of your reputation, I refuse to endorse your ims. You’re unfit


    to appraise my work.”


    No one anticipated Loraine’s audacious retort to Leopold.


    His face flushed crimson with fury.


    Keely, unfazed by the escting tension, cried out, “Professor!


    Loraine’s audacity is staggering. It’smon knowledge in our field that you’re a man of honor. Her


    usations are an affront to your personal integrity and industry standing!”


    Matching Loraine’s intense gaze, Leopold’s eyes flickered with a fiery determination.


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    “Miss Torres, I extended you courtesy out of respect. Yet, you’re the one refusing it. You’ve copied


    someone’s creation, thus you’re unfit to call yourself an architect! Am I wrong?”


    Upon uttering these words, Leopold felt a wave of dizziness, as though the room were spinning. He


    stumbled, nearly falling.


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    Keely rushed to his aid, trying tofort him, “Professor, please don’t take her words to heart. She’s


    malevolent through and through.


    Your wellbeing is my primary concern.”


    As Keely helped Leopold regain his bnce, she shot Loraine a triumphant and vindictive re, as if


    proiming Loraine’s imminent downfall.


    The room filled with silent contemtion as everyone digested


    Leopold’s usation.


    In the design world, giarism was an unforgivable sin. Loraine’s swift rise from obscurity to fame


    raised questions about the originality of her designs.


    ALL eyes were fixated on Loraine, their gazes tinged with doubt.


    Loraine’s heart skipped a beat; she hadn’t anticipated Leopold’s usation that she had mirrored


    another’s design.


    The usation,ing from Leopold, felt like a cruel joke without a punch Line.


    This usation from a respected academic could bring an abrupt halt to her promising design career.