Chapter 197

Summer tapped on the Messenger app with a mixture of anticipation and dread. Her screen lit up with a barrage of congratulatory messages that should’ve warmed her heart, but today, they felt like just another reminder of the facade she had to maintain.

Craig: [Congrats, Summer! National finals? You’re not just a Parkside High School Prodigy Class student. You’re a star.]

Allison: [Hats off to Queen Summer for making it through to the next round.]

Jenny: [I’ve got champagne on ice. Let’s celebrate your victory tonight.]

Lily: [I’ll swing by and pick you up.]

As she scrolled through the well–wishes, Summer’s grip on her phone tightened. Inhaling. deeply, she began replying to each message, her fingers dancing over the touchscreen with practiced ease. No matter what, she had to keep up her image at the company.

After responding to her squad sisters, she finally shot a message back to her manager Craig.

for her. As soon as her competition results. were out, he’d been on the ball, lining up PR moves to hype her

a screenshot of your national competition ranking. I’ve got the PR accounts ready

drift immediately and

with a reality show director about a

If you get on it,

betraying her cool

How’d you know? It’s still in the planning stages. Even I only heard about it because I

[My brother mentioned it

The one who sings?

[Summer]: Yeah.

music scene, that could explain it. [Well, if I can’t

project but didn’t have much hope of swaying the producer to pick Summer. So, he had been leveraging

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