The Double or more Life of the Fake Heiress (Mirabella) novel Chapter 1220

Conrad felt the weight of everyone's stares on him. He clenched his fists, then relaxed them, trying to keep his cool. Ever since the group had jumped to their conclusions, his mind was racing, trying to come up with a plan. He said, "Yeah, I did make this remedy myself. As for the bottle the president has, I'm not sure how you got it. My cousin asked me for a bottle a while back. She mentioned it was a gift for someone."

This explanation seemed reasonable enough—coming from the same source made it believable. Conrad had latched onto this excuse after he heard David say, 'a friend gave it to me' instead of 'crafted it,' so he stuck with his story. He could only hope that David's friend wasn't the actual creator of the remedy.

Presley glanced over at Conrad. He didn't look rattled, but Presley was suspicious, remembering how Conrad had suddenly approached him a few days ago to talk about the exam ingredients. After a moment, Presley turned to David and said, "Even if Conrad was desperate to win first place, he wouldn't stoop to using someone else's remedy."

Just then, David's phone buzzed with a message. He didn't rush to respond to Presley but checked his phone instead. It was from Mirabella.

[Yeah, I gave a friend a few doses of that remedy. Why?]

With a confirmed reply, David looked up and said, "Well, it's quite a coincidence. My friend also claimed she crafted the remedy herself, and she gave a few doses to a friend too."

Conrad's heart dropped at this, but he'd already spoken, and with all eyes still on him, there was no way he could backtrack now. Plus, he wasn't sure if David was fishing for the truth. After a moment, Conrad said confidently, "The remedy for today's exam was definitely made by me. Everyone was there, watching the whole process. How could there be any cheating?"

"That's true," a deputy nodded, "If there was any deceit, it wouldn't have slipped by us. Maybe there's just been a misunderstanding."