Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 472

Shirley nodded. "I've gone over everything a hundred times. I've done all the mental prep I can. I'm just a little nervous, that's all."

Effie turned to the cameraman, who was in charge of the livestream. "Try to keep the camera on Shirley as much as you can."

"Of course, Miss Bagnold."

"Ready? We're live."

As the stream started, Shirley stiffened, her posture awkward and her words stumbling over themselves as she spoke into the camera.

Effie shot her an encouraging smile. "So, Ms. Etheridge, rumor has it that Etheridge & Co. Jewels has a design that looks suspiciously like something from another company. What's going on there?"

Shirley took a deep breath, managed a small smile, and replied, "Honestly, I have no idea. But our team at The Etheridge Group released our designs a while ago. Why another company's pieces look just like ours is anyone's guess."

At that moment, the livestream chat was nearly dead-other than a few staffers monitoring for comments, there was barely a soul watching.

Later, as the stream wore on, a handful of viewers wandered in, drawn by Effie and Shirley's good looks. Still, the channel had almost no traffic.

The producer's voice came through Effie's earpiece, quietly updating her on the situation.

perfectly, but if the livestream numbers didn't climb, all their preparation would be

step away and leave Shirley to handle the stream solo while she called

"Annabel."

background as Annabel answered, and Effie

"Are you busy?"

work, Clay's in physical therapy, and there's no one

close Andie had brought her to the

might look sweet and adorable most of the time, but he was stilka child-and with a familiar face like Annabel around, he'd grown bolder, running wild and causing mischief

run around the office, But after her assistant pointed out the hazards, she realized

didn't want to wreck her beautifully curated

glued to him, unable to

except chasing after

"What's up?" Annabel asked.

said, "I need

"Go on, I'm listening."

explained the

of my artists to help drum up