From Divorce To Dominance novel Chapter 68

Chapter 68
The next day was the first performance of Sweet Love.
Around eight in the morning, the internet started buzzing. Late last night, Tessa had quietly posted a cryptic tweet. [Tessa I’ve never encountered something so infuriating. It hurts when someone steals my work. But I have no power or influence. No one will believe me. Today has been such a terrible day. I hope tomorrow will be better.]
Tessa’s tweet was vague and left everyone speculating. She hadn’t followed up with any other comments, which only fueled more curiosity.
[Cheer up, Tessa. We all believe that it’s your work. The public knows the truth.]
[What’s going on? If I understood correctly, did someone steal Tessa’s work? Who’s that shameless?]
[Tessa has been in the industry for years, always working honestly. Is someone bullying her because they think she’s an easy target?]
[I think I kinda get it. Are you saying it’s that rich lady?]
[Who else could it be? This is hilarious. A lady of such stature resorted to stealing someone’s work? Does she even care about her reputation?]
[What’s going on? Can someone please explain everything to me?]
All kinds of speculation swirled under the Twitter post, and just as the debate was heating up, the first live performance of Sweet Love was about to begin.
At that very moment, one of Tessa’s major fans posted a long, adamant tweet.
In the tweet, she directly accused Natalie and the whole production team, claiming that Natalie bulled Tessa and the team covered it up.
The evidence was a video clip from a rehearsal.
In the video, Tessa and Natalie were shown confronting each other over an identical composition. Then, the scene cuts to Oscar nodding and bowing to Natalie.
After watching the video, netizens were furious.
[When will the production team stand up? Just asking, will the show crumble without Natalie?]
[It’s obvious that Ms. Xavier has strong backing. Even Mr. Pierce as so polite to her! You’d better watch your tongue.]
[This is too much. If Natalie has evidence, she should show it! If not, she should just shut up.]
[No way, does anyone believe that Natalie could have composed his piece? Don’t forget that she can’t even sing in tune. She stole the composition.]
[What proof do you have that Natalie stole it? Natalie is beautiful and rich. If she gets eliminated, she just goes home to inherit billions. Does she need to steal the composition? Ridiculous.]
[Who knows where she got her money? Anyway, I personally saw her having dinner with some old men a while ago.]
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[Just to let you know, someone anonymously reported that Ms. Xavier hasn’t been staying at Sweet Love Apartment recently. Think about it.]
After these few comments, everyone’s attention was unsurprisingly drawn in.
The music composition issue seemed to be forgotten, and everyone turned their focus on Natalie’s private life instead.
That was a bombshell. One explosive comment after another popped up.
[I knew she didn’t seem like a rich lady. Turns out she’s a h***er
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[You’re a h**er yourself. Are you jealous because you’re broke and hate Natalie? What kind of disgusting worms are you?] [Dirty-minded people see dirt everywhere. So what if she has dinner with older men? Rich folks don’t have daughters, huh?)
[But her info says she lives in Southoak Mountain. Since when do rich ladies live in the mountains?]
[She once held a raffle for 3 million dollars. My friend won, but has yet to see a penny! She’s just pretending to be rich.]
[A hillbilly from the mountains h**ks up with a sugar daddy. She doesn’t feel ashamed, but is she proud of it? Such a person doesn’t deserve to be an idol in the entertainment industry.]
At nine in the morning, the Sweet Love live broadcast officially started. The intense battleground moved from Twitter to the livestream, peaking at over 30 million simultaneous viewers, with numbers still climbing-
Oscar was grinning ear to ear for breaking another record when Gary dragged him to check Twitter. In no time, his face fell. Meanwhile, backstage, Natalie was waiting for her turn. She learned about the situation on Twitter from a maid. Seeing the comments targeting her and those old men, instead of getting angry, she flirtatiously tossed her long hair.
The maid asked worriedly, “Mr. Arthur Xavier called, asking for your decision on how to handle this.”
Natalie gave a flirtatious wink and remained calm. “No rush.” Through the crowd, she glanced at Tessa sitting not far away, smirked, and then lazily raised an eyebrow when her gaze fell on Vivian.
On stage, the first team was performing. As the team leader, Alice showed excellent leadership skills. Their team performed steadily during rehearsals and was even more in sync during the live show, delivering a near-perfect performance. The judges gave high scores, and it was almost certain they would advance to the next round.
Soon it was the second team’s turn. As soon as Tessa appeared, netizens couldn’t help but think of the Twitter exposure, the insults towards Natalie increased. Tessa’s fans quickly jumped in, praising Tessa’s composition skills and bringing up accusations that Natalie had copied and stolen the sheet music.
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[Tessa’s composition is simply amazing! My gosh. It gave me chills. This is incredible.J
[The rising star in the composition is definitely Tessa. I never expected that, besides dancing so well, her composition would be this spectacular.]
[Some so-called all-rounders steal other people’s music every day, while the real all-rounder gets bullied. Is there any fairness in this show?]
Tessa is so quiet and ladylike, but if anyone tries to bully her, they had better be ready to deal with us.)
[Natalie plagiarized. She stole the song. Just wait until she performs that stolen song. I will totally trash her.”
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Amidst the heated discussion. Tessa’s team finished the performance. The viewers were so blown away by Natalie’s choreography that they couldn’t be impressed by Tessa’s.
Although
put a lot of effort into her choreography and it had its unique features, Natalie’s piece had gone viral online. Everyone had seen it, so Tessa’s choreography didn’t stand out and didn’t earn any extra points.
Fortunately, her song was pretty good, so her scores were decent. It looked like she could still secure a stable second place.
The performances of the following teams confirmed this point.
Tessa was satisfied with her score, but now she was most interested in the performance of the sixth team.
They were up next. If they used the same song as hers, they would be roasted by the emotionally charged netizens. If they didn’t, there was no way they could come up with anything decent in just one day. Performing on stage would just be humiliating.
She couldn’t help but whistle, feeling very excited. She wanted to see Natalie fall hard from grace on a stage seen by
everyone.
Just then, Vivian’s voice rang out, “Alright, let’s welcome the sixth team’s performance.