Chapter 330 Plagiarized Song
“We’ll do as you say, then. If there’s anything you can’t handle, you can always let me know. I’ll deal with it for you,” Colton offered in a gentle tone.
Nicole felt rather uneasy to see the warm expression on his face, so she took a few steps back before nodding in agreement. “Alright. Thank you, President Gardner.”
A while later, Anna brought Hayden out of Benedict’s room as Benedict wanted to take a nap. Anna had intended to get Nicole to stay for dinner, but Nicole rejected the offer as she claimed that she had other matters to deal with at home. Then, she brought Hayden back to the villa.
Once they got home, Nicole found that Whitney had already dug up all of Sarah’s dark history. It wasn’t just her music copyright issue that they found; they also gathered some videos of Sarah engaging in immoral activities for the sake of more fame and sponsorships.
Nicole was certain that Sarah’s reputation would be ruined if they uploaded these videos. However, Nicole didn’t want to be so harsh with Sarah just yet. After all, Sarah had only uttered those words after Kylie and Joanna convinced her to do so.
So, Nicole told Whitney to prepare a comparison of her original song and Sarah’s version of it before uploading it to the Internet. Sarah was one of the new trending artists who was gaining more followers each day, so the post gained a lot of attention even before Whitney tried to promote it to more people.
This was part of Sarah’s dark past, and many netizens started blasting her harsh comments after they saw the video. They scolded her before they even verified the information.
When a few news and entertainment accounts saw this post, they reposted it onto their sites. All that they needed was more public engagement, so they didn’t mind using Sarah’s name as a means of gaining more attention on their accounts.
Soon enough, the news spread like wildfire and turned into one of the trending searches on the Internet. Sarah began to panic on her end.
Her manager had already been furious to find out that she had ruined her job opportunity with F&M Apparel. Now that Sarah was involved in another controversy, her manager was close to losing her mind.
“Didn’t you say that you were the one who wrote this song?” she shouted at Sarah.
When Sarah saw how legitimate the evidence on the Internet looked, she couldn’t seem to explain herself. “I… I didn’t…”
Her manager brushed her off angrily. “Stop explaining yourself. I just want you to tell me if you were the one who wrote this song!”
“I…” Sarah seemed rather troubled. She had intended to claim that she was the one who wrote the song, but her manager was an experienced woman.
Through Sarah’s hesitant tone, her manager could tell that Sarah had something to hide. “You’ve already fallen into a burning pit of fire, Sarah. How do you expect your company to save your reputation if you’re not going to be honest with us?” her manager uttered.
Sarah finally spoke up when she understood how critical the situation was. “It’s true. I didn’t write it. My classmate wrote it and gave me permission to sing it.”
The manager pressed a palm against her forehead. She shut her eyes as she felt her limbs turning weak. I knew it, she thought. “Did you ask to purchase the song from her? Did you pay her anything?!” the manager asked in a shaky voice.
“I did, but she didn’t want anything from me.” Sarah had no choice but to be honest when she saw how mad her manager was.
“Are you saying that it was just a verbal agreement?” The manager knew that things were about to get out of hand this time. The verbal agreement between Sarah and Nicole wasn’t the issue—the issue was that Sarah had marketed herself as an independent and talented woman who wrote her own songs.
Now, even if her classmate had once agreed to give her the song, the public would still find out that Sarah wasn’t the one who wrote the song.
In that case, Sarah’s reputation would be tarnished. She would have to lose all her recent contracts and ambassadorships, and she would have to pay tons and tons of compensation fees.
“You idiot!” the manager cried.
Sarah hesitated for a moment before she realized something. “I know who posted this online. I’ll look for her!” Nicole has to be the one who posted it after our fight in the restaurant the other day. She clenched her fists as she thought, Nicole!
