Abandoned Wife Rebirth To Slap Faces - Chapter 36: Chapter 36

In the physician's office at Saylor Hospital, Noelle stared at Gemma. "You're telling me to steal Georgia's author account 'Georgie' and verify it under my name?"
Gemma raised an eyebrow as she nodded. "Exactly. Once you sign the contract with that account, you become Georgie. That's the only way to prove Georgia plagiarized you."
Noelle's excitement flared instantly. Gemma added, "You know how Cedric wanted to take Georgie as his student years ago. If you become Georgie and shine at the finals, becoming Cedric's student is guaranteed."
Gemma leaned closer. "Plus, with On Traditional Medicine Acupuncture and the Art of 72 Needles under your name, your medical career will skyrocket."
Noelle's hands trembled with exhilaration, yet doubt crept in. "Ms. Kirkland, isn't this too risky? What if we're exposed? I'm afraid—"
"Afraid? Afraid of what?" Gemma's smile vanished. "Georgie was never legally verified by anyone. Your age matches the profile."
"And tell me." Her nail tapped on the table. "Is your skill really worse than Georgia's?"
"Of course not!" Noelle protested. "I've studied On Traditional Medicine Acupuncture cover to cover. Besides the Art of 72 Needles and Art of 108 Needles, I've mastered the Flower-Twisting Needling Technique."
Listening to Noelle's eager defense, Gemma's lips curled. Once Noelle signed as Georgie, she'd ensure the competition committee kicked Georgia out during finals.
This move would win over Noelle, destroy Georgia, and make Cedric take Noelle as a student—three victories in one strike.
That night, Gemma took Noelle to meet Frank Byers, the publisher who had put out the book On Traditional Medicine Acupuncture back in the day.
When Frank, nearly sixty, laid eyes on the young, beautiful Gemma and Noelle, his eyes lit up right away.
But everyone knew Gemma was Louis' sweetheart—he wouldn't have dared hit on her. Looking at Noelle, who had no powerful backing, Frank smiled and said, "So you're the young, talented Georgie?"
Noelle nodded prettily. "Yes, Mr. Byers."
"That's odd." Frank's face was creased with fat as he grinned, but he said on purpose, "How come I remember Georgie calling herself Georgia five years ago?"
His beady eyes lingered on Noelle. She was young, with a pretty face and great figure—and what's more, insanely talented. Frank, in his sixties, had never come across such a stunner.
Noelle and Gemma knew perfectly well what Frank was really getting at. Seeing the disgust in Noelle's eyes, Gemma shot Noelle a sharp glare.
Noelle was scared. Over the past few years, the success she'd achieved in medicine owed entirely to Gemma's help.
Facing Gemma—the Kirkland family's daughter, champion of the nationally famous top doctors ranking, and with Louis as a powerful backer—Noelle had no choice.
Reluctantly, she pushed down her disgust for Frank. But this balding, beer-bellied man really grossed her out.
Swallowing the humiliation burning in her chest, she forced a bright smile, lifted a glass of wine, and sat on Frank's greasy lap.
"Mr. Byers," she cooed, "how can you trust someone like Georgia? Come on, let me toast you. Tonight, we're not calling it a night till we're good and drunk."
Frank immediately wrapped his arm around Noelle's waist, his hand sliding into her clothes as he downed the wine from her hand. "You're a smart girl."
Noelle had a smile plastered on her face, but in her heart, she pinned all this hatred on Georgia.
'Damn Georgia, it's you—you're the one who did this to me,' she seethed. 'Sooner or later, I'll make you suffer tenfold for this disgrace.'
Watching the two embracing, Gemma curved her lips in satisfaction and quickly left the room. 'Now it's up to Noelle to work her magic,' she thought.
Noelle and Frank spent two full days and nights indulging themselves at the hotel. Noelle's efforts didn't let Gemma down, either.
While Noelle was with Frank, he'd already had someone seal the deal—signing off on Noelle's book, On Traditional Medicine Acupuncture, published under the pen name Georgie.
When Noelle walked out of the hotel, holding onto the wall, hatred filled her eyes. 'Georgia, now I'll watch you burn.'
Back at the hospital, Noelle wanted to release the news right away to crush Georgia. But before she could act, Gemma chewed her out, "What's the rush? Just wait. There's a good show coming up for us. And I promise you'll get your fill of it."
Gemma continued viciously, "Ever seen a cat play with a mouse? A cat never gobbles up a mouse right away once it's caught.
"Instead, it wears down the mouse's will bit by bit—watching its prey wait, terrified, as life drains away little by little. You get that thrill, right?"
If Georgia dared to reveal she was Georgie, they'd make sure she never got back on her feet. Noelle was secretly shocked. 'Thank God I'm not her enemy. She's so terrible.'
Online comments continued to surge wildly. With the preliminary round over, the surprise from Georgia's demonstration gradually faded.
What people focused on more was figuring out who Georgie was—and whether Georgia had plagiarized.
To gear up for the finals in better shape, Noelle didn't even go to the hospital these past few days.
She figured, anyway, that after the finals she'd become Cedric's student—and from there, go international. As for Saylor and Gemma, they would only drift out of her life.
Georgia, however, had thrown herself wholeheartedly into Phillip's treatment these days. After a few days, Phillip could already sit up on his own.
As the finals were about to kick off, Lida, with Georgia's permission, posted a statement online: [To all netizens who care about Georgia, there's been a lot of buzz lately over whether Georgia plagiarized.
[We now make it clear: Georgie was Georgia's pen name five years ago, and the book On Traditional Medicine Acupuncture was originally written by Georgia. So there is no such thing as plagiarism at all.]
After sending it, Lila let out a long breath. 'Finally, I can get that pent-up resentment off my chest. Now I'm just waiting for all those gossip-loving netizens to be stunned,' she thought.
But what she didn't expect was that, as soon as her post was released, the official account of Saylor Hospital immediately posted a statement.
[In response to someone's claim that Georgie is Georgia, we have the right to pursue legal liability against them.] Attached to it was the account certification proving that Noelle had signed for the pen name Georgie.
At the same time, Saylor Hospital also held a special press conference for Noelle. Netizens were utterly shocked, and the internet erupted in an uproar.