Chapter 573
Chapter 573:
“Shut up!” Janice shot him a glare. Daniel opened his mouth to retort, but her icy stare made him hesitate.
He cursed internally, wondering why he’d ever be intimidated by this woman. He consoled himself that it wasn’t fear; it was respect.
“Listen up!” Janice dismissed Daniel’s hesitation and spoke to the crowd. “I made a bet with Stephen, and he lost. This is his punishment—he’ll wear this suit for the day.”
“Oh my gosh! Janice, are you doing this just to make me suffer? I was dying to see Stephen’s perfect body!”
“Janice has gone too far! She knows this is a swim competition meant to show off physiques, and now she’s hiding Stephen’s body. What’s the point of that?”
“This is a protest! Janice made a private bet with Stephen without the show’s approval. They should cancel that bet and let us see his abs!”
The online audience was furious, especially Stephen’s fans, who flooded the live stream with criticism directed at Janice.
Devin, seeing the flood of comments attacking Janice, began to sweat nervously.
All eyes were on them, but Janice was the one taking the heat. If Leah turned on him, he didn’t know how he’d face her.
“Devin, what now? Should we talk to Janice and ask her to let Stephen change out of that suit?” a staff member asked.
Devin’s brow furrowed in concern. Janice had mentioned that Stephen was injured and couldn’t swim, and for a moment, he thought it would be fine for him to simply sit on the sidelines and act as a judge.
But who could have guessed Janice would make Stephen wear a diving suit? Now there was nothing left to see.
𝓢𝓮𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽 ⲅ𝓪𝓁ⲛ𝓞𝓿𝒆𝓁𝓼⸳𝖼𝖔𝖒
After all, the fans tuned in to see Stephen’s physique and his eight-pack abs.
As he sat there, torn, his phone rang. It was Leah.
“Devin, I know what you’re thinking, but don’t act on it. Don’t even consider it.”
“But the live stream’s blowing up…”
“Don’t stress, my team’s got it covered. You just focus on making sure the show keeps running smoothly.”
Devin sighed. With Leah giving the orders, he had no choice but to go along. “Alright, everyone, keep recording as planned. Don’t let the comments bother you.”
“The criticism’s getting worse, and now there’s a whole group of trolls going after us.”
This was exactly what Devin had feared.
Once the negativity started gaining momentum, the show’s rivals would take any chance to stir the pot.
Just then, a staff member watching the live stream comments shouted, “The negative comments are down a lot! Someone must be handling them behind the scenes.”
Devin blinked in surprise as he remembered Leah’s earlier instructions. It looked like Leah’s quick action in handling the comments had worked like a charm.
He hadn’t expected her to react so swiftly, managing to shut down the negativity in such a short span of time.
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