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."

event organizers, not even the host, had any

seized the moment, using Harry as bait to rake in

conflict between Harry and Stella was irreconcilable. Without hesitation, everyone sided with

when there was a homegrown prodigy right

Mr. Walden, who'd ignored a genius and picked Rachel —a

their phones,

chatted as they

the next round in person. Better book tickets online now,

about tickets now? They sold out five minutes ago! I couldn't even

was so

he glanced at the audience, searching for Mr. Walden, hoping he'd say

mouth, hesitated, and then swallowed

defended him, he'd lose both face and dignity. Steeling himself, Mr. Walden looked

catching Harry's desperate glance, felt

the same

others quit

his turn, he

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

reason? People wanted to see Harry embarrass himself

watched Harry with a