She Quit Her Family and Found Herself novel Chapter 79

"When I published this paper, the foundational data wasn't fully complete. Many of the conclusions were purely theoretical. I included clear disclaimers stating as much in the footnotes, which the journal printed verbatim. It took me another three months of solid deduction to finalize the optimized data sets."

Hulda turned her gaze to her rival. "Ms. Delaney, you built an entire real-world report off theoretical concepts. That was your first fatal mistake. Without absolutely flawless data to back it up, theory remains exactly that—theory."

In that exact moment, the entire room's perception of her fundamentally shifted.

The truth was glaringly obvious: blinded by ambition and desperate for a breakthrough, Ursula had committed undeniable plagiarism.

Yet as the victim of that theft, Hulda hadn't spent a single second publicly humiliating her or throwing a tantrum. Instead, she had remained completely objective, systematically dismantling the fatal technical errors in the stolen work.

"She is truly something else."

"Her temperament is incredible. She never once lost her cool. I honestly don't think I could have handled it that well."

"And her intellect is off the charts. No wonder Dr. Lowe fought so hard to bring her back."

"We were completely out of line earlier. We let our own ignorance blind us."

Brandon remained comfortably in his seat, watching her masterfully command the room. A deep sense of pride swelled in his chest.

*Conrad, you really should have been here for this,* he thought. *Our girl is even sharper than she used to be.*

Thoroughly humiliated and exposed as a fraud, Ursula's rigid posture finally broke. She collapsed into her stolen chair, a lifeless husk.

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