Too Late, Mr. Billionaire: You Can't Afford Me by Thedora Birnir

Chapter 762

Chapter 762:

By afternoon, the artists trickled in one by one. Her group consisted of six members, though how many would survive the competition’s ruthless winnowing remained to be seen. Hadley waited in a modest conference room. Linda was the last to arrive.

“Apologies for being late,” Linda announced as she entered, slipping off her down coat and passing it to her assistant. Among the group, she was the most well-known. Naturally, no one dared hold her tardiness against her.

“No issue.”

“We just got here too…”

Linda flashed a smile at her new colleagues and then glanced up—and her expression shifted the moment she spotted Hadley at the head of the table. “Hadley?”

The production assistant blinked in curiosity. “You two know each other?”

“Know each other?” Linda echoed, flicking her hair with practiced ease before throwing Hadley a teasing wink. “We grew up together.”

Hadley felt an invisible laugh coil in her throat—sharp, cold, and utterly silent. Some childhood friends were worse than strangers.

“That’s fantastic!”

at face value, oblivious to the chill in the air. “Miss Pearson is leading

beamed. “Hadley, I’m

responded with a faint,

glances, unspoken thoughts thick in the air. So it was true—Linda was already on a fast track.

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refocused on the room. “Take a seat. For the debut performance, the production team wants a group

sections, ranging from

your backgrounds—whether you’ve trained in any dance

artist at the far end.

“Alright, Miss Pearson…”

concluded, “Since all of you have some dance experience, let’s

“Got it.”

“Sure.”

hours passed, Hadley began forming a clear picture of her