Worry crept into Simon's voice again. "Nora, now that he has gotten involved, you're going to be in a pickle."
Like what had happened previously, if the matter had just been about something she had supposedly said, Simon could still suppress the matter and explain to everyone that she hadn't said anything like that.
However, Blaine had popped up out of nowhere and issued a challenge to the alternative medicine circle. On top of that, he had done that in her name and even claimed that he was fronting the campaign for her.
Winning or losing was no longer important—because Blaine's actions had successfully caused a confrontation between alternative and modern medicine practitioners!
Should Nora show up with Blaine, it would cement what she had supposedly said previously. Even if she won the competition, she would lose the support of the alternative medicine community and would struggle in the States in the future.