The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

The livestream chat exploded. Comments flew by at lightning speed:

"Do the dog impression! Come on, bark like a dog! I wanna see it!"

"Let's all bark together! Woof, woof, woof, woof, woof!"

Seeing the chaos, Howard Shaw quickly set up a live poll.

He invited everyone to vote: should he bark like a dog or should he quit the competition?

And as for a third option... there wasn't one.

Back when this all started, Harry hadn't given Stella any other choices. He wasn't some benevolent saint who'd let a foreigner humiliate one of their own.

The host, hearing about the poll from the director, thought privately, "Howard's

finally catching on. That's a brilliant way to stir up controversy."

Controversy, after all, was the secret recipe for going viral these days.

The bigger the scandal, the more attention it drew.

Addressing the viewers, the host announced, "We've opened up a live poll online. You can all go and cast your votes-think of it as giving Mr. Harry a bit of advice."

organizers, not even the host, had any intention of helping Harry

moment, using Harry as

Harry and Stella was

onto a foreigner when there was a homegrown prodigy right in front

as Mr. Walden, who'd ignored a genius and picked Rachel —a choice no one

phones, eager to vote

chatted as

show is wild! I have to come to the next round in

about tickets now? They sold out five minutes ago!

this unfold, Harry was so furious he

audience, searching for Mr. Walden, hoping he'd say something to

Walden opened his mouth, hesitated, and then swallowed his

he'd lose both face and dignity. Steeling himself,

catching Harry's desperate

the

quit

Now, when it was his turn, he didn't want to keep his own

host didn't bother exposing him. Instead, following the director's que, he announced, "The poll results are in-eighty percent of viewers want Mr.

People wanted to see Harry embarrass

watched Harry