Mr. Kane Got Blacklisted

Jaylene was convinced Sonia wouldn't pull it off and started throwing shade early.

"Quite the professional approach.

Stella, how long do you think she'll take to pull it off?" Stella shot her a glance and responded casually, "At most, two hours.

Didn't she say so? Are you deaf?" Jaylene scoffed, "If she actually manages to do it within two hours, that'll be something.

The company wouldn't be harboring a slacker.

uw Stella snapped back icily, Hasn't the company always had a slacker around?" Jaylene paused for a moment, then realized Stella was talking about her.

She frowned immediately and was about to snap back when Darcie cut in, "If you want to watch, keep it down.

Speak, and you're out." Some people never change! Why bother arguing with her here? Jaylene clamped her mouth shut in frustration, waiting for Sonia to fall flat.

brow, anxiously observing

it off, becoming the butt of

succeed, prematurely revealing her talents and

just there for the show, not believing a girl who got

to just own

be embarrassing." "I think she's pretending about

wouldn't even know she existed in the company." "Young people these days are so flighty; they're not grounded enough." The on-site discussions stayed relatively subdued, but in

Sonia's success, and Stella didn't recognize the

ranging from a few hundred to a couple thousand,

others in the group, "Why not bet on ‘success’? Only two

the winnings

step closer to getting a Luna." "I'm curious about those betting on 'success.' What are they thinking?" "I've only got three hundred left

gamble: either I get a