They returned to their work.

Thanks to the massive artificially-boosted online votes in their favor, Ariana’s team managed to make up for their low scores in other voting sessions and they could move on to the next round. On the glittering stage, the six members of the teams cheered jubilantly, waving to the audience in the studio.

Meanwhile, in Mistlyn, with furrowed brows, Sadie watched Ariana’s team celebrating on TV. Her hand holding the remote shook as she was overcome with a burning rage. After a moment, she could no longer contain her fury and grabbed the remote control which she threw violently at the screen. The screen shattered and shards of glass flew through the air.

How could Ariana’s team have won out? How was that possible? Sadie fumed, and her face was red with anger.

She couldn’t understand why on earth Ariana was always so unfairly lucky. She had survived the car crash, and then the fire. Why couldn’t that bitch, Ariana die and stop tormenting her? Why was that worthless wretch always favored by fate?

With her red eyes burning with anger, Sadie glared at the image of a smiling Ariana on the broken screen. She was so angry her chest heaved uncontrollably.

On the other side, once the show went off the air, Ariana and her euphoric team rushed backstage to pack up before heading out to celebrate their hard-earned victory.

forgotten her bag somewhere in the studio. She told Sarah

of the elevator into the empty backstage area, Ariana saw a tall man in a corner. The man was speaking on his phone, and

man if she didn’t suddenly hear him exclaim, “Miss Pierre, please

mad at me won’t solve anything. You saw it yourself, their audience vote count was by far the lowest. I did exactly what you

that Sadie must have been sabotaging her team this whole time behind

The tall man’s patience wore

response wasn’t clear, but the tall man unleashed a torrent of

L A ‘s

integrity? Money shouldn’t be a concern for you! You’re angry? Is that a valid explanation to delay payment? Who could’ve anticipated that the online voting

heated exchanges, they

stowed away his phone. However, when he turned around, Ariana’s sudden presence startled

composure and even smiled

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