Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

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.”

seats. He was invited by Eileen, so they can

the situation, turned his microphone back on, and continued chatting with Egbert.

oblivious to the behind-the-scenes maneuvers, and amiably chit-chatted with the

Egbert to sit next to Eileen at the judges’ table. Aurora couldn’t help herself and asked, “Isn’t the guest seat over

Ms. Lopez’s guest today. He’s also our honored judge and award presenter!

spot. But hey, they paid him a whopping 500,000, right? That was a cool

was here, so why not make the most of his star power? Otherwise, wasn’t that money just going to get

know how hard the director had to work to get that appearance fee approved? He almost had to beg at the door

his seat, the host announced the

after each group dance, the coaches, and the

finished their reviews, the audience started voting. The coaches’ scores and the audience’s votes

morning performances went well.

Hubery’s group hit

their dance, two contestants started stepping on each other in a bid for the center spot. After the performance, 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, having practiced for five days. But the night before, the coach

cameras all zoomed in

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

five days. But she was made the lead at the last minute and couldn’t keep up. We had to reduce our movements to match her steps. Is that fair to us? Did we waste the past five days for