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Chapter 68 She Wants to Withdraw

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“I originally planned to have you two audition together last time, but since you didn’t show up and I ended up having something come up as well, I had to cancel it. Now that I’m free again, I figured I’d bring you both in today…”

Lacey sat stiffly on the couch, her chest tightening with a flood of agitation.

Why did Jean have to show up?

Was she too gentle last time?

While Taylor spoke, Jean casually observed Lacey’s expression.

At this point, she’d more or less pieced it all together.

There was a 99% chance Lacey was the one who poisoned her.

And the motive was laughably simple: keep Jean from auditioning for the variety show, so Lacey could swoop in and steal the spot

That look on her face when Jean said she was perfectly fine? That shock wasn’t faked.

Clearly, she never expected Jean to recover so quickly. It threw her whole plan into chaos.

Come to think of it, she owed her recovery to Samuel.

If not for him, she might still be stuck in a hospital bed, in agony, with no diagnosis in sight.

Lacey’s heart was even nastier than Jean expected.

No wonder the host eventually took matters into her own hands. Girls like this deserved it.

“Jean, are you ready to start the audition now?” Taylor’s warm voice brought her back to the present.

jean looked over at him and smiled. “Of course.”

Lacey stood as well.

This wasn’t going how she’d planned. She thought she’d already secured the gig.

But now Jean was here. And suddenly, the odds felt stacked again.

going down without

plenty of talents.

stood side by side in the

be asked to

turned around and swiveled a monitor

Jean blinked.

a display screen. It was a

person on the screen–Was

his long, elegant hair falling near his eyes. When he spotted Jean on the other

68 She Wants

to Easton. He couldn’t make it in person, so

really wasn’t any other

to secure Easton thanks to some serious back–end wrangling

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fan of using A–list celebrities in variety shows. Sure, the ratings were practically guaranteed, but in his eyes, the soul of a show had to come from the content–not the

the investors wanted Easton, then Taylor had to make

came

wasn’t a solo format–it was a duo concept. Each guest needed

to be picky, but not

single person Taylor suggested was rejected

Don’t like

Not a

of partner he was looking for. Easton didn’t answer.

It was maddening.

happened to play back a recording from the Hope Cup finals–the Stellarford Academy

saying, “You really like watching high school kids

told him he thought the Tree in the performance was

eyebrow but didn’t scoff. He paused for a long moment, then said

“Not bad, I guess.

that

he didn’t even bother being polite. Just “no” or “not

to say “not bad” meant

And that was huge.

got

maybe that Tree could be the one Easton would actually say

So here they were.

this, just for

said lazily from the screen. “Let’s start.

rested against one hand, expression cool and