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.

Just as Ariana was about to exit the building, she realized that she had forgotten her bag somewhere in

the studio. She told Sarah and the others to go forward while she rushed back to grab her bag.

Just when she stepped out of the elevator into the empty backstage area, Ariana saw a tall man in a

corner. The man was speaking on his phone, and there was a hint of urgency in his tone.

She wouldn’t have paid attention to the man if she didn’t suddenly hear him exclaim, “Miss Pierre,

please listen to me!”

Ariana froze and stopped in her tracks at once. Her interest was piqued and she listened intently as the

man continued, “I know you’re upset, but getting 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 said and I bribed everyone in the

studio audience to vote against Ariana’s team. But the online votes were totally different. How could I

control the entire Internet? The results are already published. There’s nothing I can do to change them

now.”

Hearing the man’s words, it suddenly dawned on Ariana that Sadie must have been sabotaging her

team this whole time behind the scenes. She should have known that Sadie would never pass up an

opportunity to harm her.

As the tall man continued to converse with Sadie on the phone, it was evident that a heated argument

was taking place. The tall man’s patience wore thin as he curtly declared, “I’ve carried out your request.

Now, it’s your turn to settle the outstanding payment.”

Sadie’s response wasn’t clear, but the tall man unleashed a torrent of curses.

A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y

“Where’s your 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 would turn things

around!”

After a few more heated exchanges, they ended the call.

The man grumbled to himself as he stowed away his phone. However, when he turned around,

Ariana’s sudden presence startled him.

Ariana maintained her composure and even smiled faintly.

Meanwhile, Sarah and the others patiently awaited Ariana in the car.

The six contestants behaved so well. They sat in silence without fiddling with their phones. Woodrow

even had a small notebook in hand, jotting down his thoughts about the competition. In a short span,

he had penned several hundred words.

After some time, Ariana finally appeared, accompanied by the tall man.

All eyes turned in their direction, watching Ariana and the man engage in friendly conversation.

Tom couldn’t help but assume, “Seems like Ariana has gotten yet another admirer.”

Jim glanced toward them, shook his head, and shared his reservations about this specific admirer.

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