But the man detected the tremor in her voice, and for a fleeting moment, panic crept into his own tone as he inquired, “What’s the deal exactly?”

Ariana gathered herself, wiping away a stray tear from the corner of her eye, and retorted coolly, “Nothing much. Just some work stuff.”

The man attempted to dig deeper, but Ariana didn’t afford him that opportunity. She said, her tone ice-cold, “If it’s nothing, I’ve got to go.”

Ariana terminated the call after allowing two seconds for a response.

Holden’s countenance darkened in the car as he stared at the phone screen displaying the abruptly ended call.

His brow furrowed, and he turned to Shawn with a troubled expression.

“What’s happened during my absence these past few days?”

Holden was primarily concerned about Adele’s well-being. Thus,

acknowledgement and then probed further, “What about Ariana? Is she in a

took Shawn by surprise, as it marked the first time his boss had

the day’s events, Shawn chose

Miss Edwards’ team led the charge, and they put on quite a show. However, things got a tad dicey when they

involving the boss’s fiancée was best. Instead,

Shawn couldn’t help but notice that Sadie was specifically targeting Ariana’s team. While others might

couldn’t express it in front of his boss, so all he could say was, “Miss Edwards’ team is at risk, according to the program’s guidelines. They could get eliminated if they fail

kept his face expressionless. He did nothing except staring at the paused video displaying

handling some backstage matters, Ariana decided

important to do there, and most importantly, she didn’t want to run

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