Chapter 128

“Wow!”

The audience was suddenly all hyped up!

The host, trembling with excitement, asked, “So, you never ever contradict her? Is that true?”

Egbert chuckled lightly with his gaze still fixed on Eileen.

The host, taking a deep breath, turned to Eileen. “Ms. Lopez, if I may ask, what’s your relationship with Mr. Reed?”

Eileen picked up the microphone and coolly replied, “I’m his boss.”

Seeing everyone fall silent, Eileen continued, “If anyone bullies him, I’ll step in and protect him. I also take him to collect his winnings, so being his boss shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

Egbert calmly said, “Let’s move on to the next segment.”

The host stammered, trying to guide Egbert to his seat. Suddenly, he received a notification from the director through his earpiece. “Put Egbert in the judges’ seat. We paid him 500,000 for his appearance. He should be on camera more!”

The host felt awkward, turned off his microphone and whispered into his earpiece, “Director, isn’t that inappropriate? The four coach seats were specially made, we can’t just add one.”

was invited by Eileen, so they can sit together.

resigned himself to the situation, turned his microphone back on, and continued chatting

the behind-the-scenes maneuvers, and amiably chit-chatted

invited Egbert to sit next to Eileen at the judges’ table.

just Ms. Lopez’s guest today. He’s also our

But hey, they paid him a whopping

most of his star power? Otherwise,

hard the director had to work to get that appearance fee approved? He almost had

Egbert calmly took his seat, the host announced the

the coaches, and

their reviews, the audience started voting. The coaches’ scores

of the morning performances

hit

both contestants started crying. One accused the other of stealing her spot. The other contestant retorted that she was supposed to be in the lead to begin with,

a public argument! The cameras all zoomed

switched-out contestant, “I didn’t switch you out because of someone’s complaint. I watched your performance and thought you had problems with your steps

for five days. But she was made the lead at the last minute and couldn’t keep up. We had

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