Way Back Into Love (Essie) novel Chapter 104

Then, Jim looked at Eva with a playful yet threatening expression in his eyes and thought, ‘I will be sure to remember this girl!’

At the same moment, the director entered the room.

"Essie, are you here? You’re going to sing ‘Reversed Attack’ with Jim for the opening."

Essie couldn’t believe what she heard. ‘What?!’ She couldn’t utter a word but she was already screaming in her mind.

The color on her face quickly faded. ‘Why the hell didn’t they inform me in advance?!’ Luckily, she was good at singing. Otherwise, she was already thinking about what a disaster it would be.

To her consolation, Jim was informed about it but he never rehearsed. After all, he was also good at singing and doing it in front so many people was a trivial thing for him.

"Don’t worry too much. I’ve got your back," Jim said as he winked at her. He tried to assure her that everything would be fine because it was evident in her facial expression that she was about to have a panic attack. "You just have to trust me. All right?" His eyes flashed with gentleness.

As everyone heard this, they glanced meaningful looks at each other. Their minds were running with every speculation that they could think of.

‘Why on earth is he being head over heels with this girl?’ ‘Don’t tell me that he really has a crush on Essie?’

As everyone was guessing in their heads, Nicole also couldn’t help but come up with one. She remembered that her agent told her before that Essie had a pretty powerful backer. Now, she was wondering if her agent was actually talking about Jim.

Hidden at one of the corners of the room, Sunny also witnessed everything. She was fuming with jealousy and resentment.

‘What on earth was so good about that good-for-nothing cockroach?! Hanson always misses her and couldn’t forget her. The handsome ice man is treating her like a precious treasure. Now, even Jim, the greatest superstar, has his eyes on her?’ Her face was so red, extremely furious at everything good that was happening on Essie’s end.

Everyone was already getting prepared as the program would start in a few minutes.

Inside the Yang City stadium, all seats were fully occupied. Even the aisles in between the seats were full of people. Most of them came here just to witness and see Jim in person.

Essie was very nervous as she waited for their turn to perform at the opening. Committing a mistake in front of this crowd and on national television was the last thing she wanted to happen. Fortunately, Jim was such a professional when it came to performing on-stage. His charisma and showmanship were not for naught. As soon as they got on the stage, Jim pulled her towards him and mesmerized everybody with their stunning performance. To think that they didn’t even rehearse in the first place, but managed to get the crowd on the edges of their seats with Jim’s leadership, the title of him being the "Prince of Entertainment" couldn’t even give him justice.

On the judges’ table, Hanson couldn’t help but clench his fists and grit his teeth. He was on the front seat of the live show that would cruelly torment his heart.

The gossips spread like wildfire. In just a few minutes, the performance and seemingly untold relationship between Jim and Essie went viral and were trending in social media. Even Hanson found it very strange that he directly sought for Essie as soon as he arrived at the stadium. There was no reason not to be suspicious.

In everyone’s eyes, they cooperated so well as if there was magnificent chemistry between the two. As he pondered upon this, his jealousy just surged up another notch. One rival in love was already too much for him to deal with, and now, there came another one. On top of that, Hanson thought that he was so far behind with his competitions. In his mind, he realized that he had to do something right away, or he would really lose her forever.

This round, Essie and Nicole unanimously won the first prize. It wasn’t much of a shock when the audience saw Jim give a full score to the tandem. On the other hand, Sunny was getting furious and frustrated as nothing was going right on her side. She was continuously losing face as the competition dragged on.

At the same time, Leila was drinking alone in a bar on the other side of Yang City.