Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 573

Everyone waited with bated breath.

They were all waiting for Halley's answer.

Halley spoke slowly, "Who told you their scores were the same?"

The reporter was taken aback. He glanced at Bianca, then at Noreen. "They both scored 255. Aren't their scores the same?"

Halley chuckled and denied it. "Of course not!"

Lillian grew anxious. "What do you mean, not the same? My sister just checked. It was 255!"

Halley raised a hand. "Then I suggest you check again."

Bianca's heart began to race. She quickly took out her phone to check her score again.

Her hands were trembling as she entered her password.

Several people leaned in to look at her phone, and the atmosphere grew tense.

The page loaded, and the score finally appeared on the screen.

The moment she saw it, Bianca's mind went blank.

Lillian gasped, "How can it be zero?!"

Jude cried out, "How is a zero even possible?!"

Henry's face froze.

Zero?

"That's impossible! I just checked at 9:05, and it was 255," Bianca said, her composure shattering.

Only Seth remained calm, reminding her, "Check it again."

"Right, right, it could be a system error. Sis, check it again," Lillian urged.

Bianca quickly exited the page and logged back in.

However, no miracle occurred.

There was no system glitch.

Her score was, clear as day, a zero.

"This can't be!" Lillian shot up from her seat. "The system must have malfunctioned!"

She even started ordering Professor Selwyn around. "Aren't you going to call someone and report this? Tell them to fix the bug!"

Bianca stood frozen, feeling as if she'd been plunged into the dead of winter.

Impossible!

There was no way Halley could know!

William had given her that thesis topic and had explicitly told her it had never been published. It was untraceable online, and she could use it without worry.

So, it was impossible for Halley to know!

She struggled to compose herself and was about to feign ignorance and question Halley.

But Halley's next words drained the blood from her face.

"Your paper on the 'Black Box Investment Technique' was plagiarized, so your exam score has been voided!"

After a split second of silence, the reporter who had been hounding Noreen swiftly changed targets, turning on Bianca.

"Miss Lowell, was your graduate entrance exam paper plagiarized? Why would you do that?"

"What are your thoughts on your score being nullified?"

"Will this affect PerseTech's public offering?"