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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

of talents.

Lacey stood side by side in the center

be asked

turned around and swiveled a monitor

Jean blinked.

display screen. It was

on the

eyes. When he spotted Jean

She Wants

in person, so we’re doing the audition over

really wasn’t any other

had managed to secure Easton thanks to some serious

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practically guaranteed,

Easton, then Taylor had

then came the

format–it was a duo concept. Each guest needed

to be

single person Taylor suggested

Don’t like

a

asked him outright what kind of partner he was looking for. Easton didn’t answer. He

It was maddening.

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

teased him at first, saying, “You really like watching high

told him he thought the Tree in the performance was surprisingly moving. Really

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

“Not bad, I guess.

that was a

he didn’t even bother being polite.

“not bad” meant he

And that was huge.

got

Tree could be the one

So here they were.

of this, just for

from the screen. “Let’s start. Show me what you’ve got.

one hand, expression cool and