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She had spent a great deal of money pulling strings to bring Julian and his accomplice onto the show-their job was to secretly back her plays.
Julian could only silently pray the antidote would arrive fast.
He never wanted to keep living like this.
After reading the online discussions spreading across the planet, Scarlett headed over to Layla’s
quarters.
Layla spotted Scarlett and offered her a warm smile. “Come in, have a seat.”
Scarlett sat down across from Layla, grinning. “I knew I had good instincts about you.”
A faint, knowing smile played across Layla’s lips.
She gave a light cough. “Still, the viewers seem to have caught wind of the Starcore Essence.”
Scarlett waved one hand, completely unfazed. “That’s easy enough to fix. Leave the whole mess
to me.”
Layla breathed a small sigh of relief upon hearing that.
Scarlett pulled a crystal out from inside her coat and tossed it over to Layla. It looked nearly identical to Starcore Essence.
She smiled, “This will fool everyone.”
Layla turned the object over in her hands and smiled.
It felt exactly like Starcore Essence, minus its powerful energy hum.
Layla lifted an eyebrow toward Scarlett. “You’ve thought of absolutely everything.”
Scarlett smiled, a quiet glint in her eyes, “Growing up where I did, you don’t survive without a few tricks up your sleeve.”
Layla fell quiet, her mind turning over those words.
Scarlett stood back up soon after. “The production team is beefing up security right now. I can’t stay away for long. I need to go check on things.”
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Her tone turned serious, and she fixed Layla with a steady gaze. “I’m counting on you to handle this side. I know you won’t let me down.”
Layla thumped her own chest confidently. “Don’t worry. Nothing will go wrong.”
Scarlett had followed Layla for a long time before arriving. She knew Layla was thoroughly reliable, so she said nothing more.
She got to her feet and left.
Layla walked her out. On purpose, she held up the fake crystal Scarlett had given her and tilted it toward the sunlight for several long moments.
Vanguard zoomed in and filmed every detail.
Messages popped up in the live chat right away.
[If you look close, this doesn’t seem like Starcore Essence at all.]
[Definitely not. Real Starcore Essence gives off huge energy pulses. This is just a regular crystal, even if it looks sort of similar.]
[I really thought that was Starcore Essence for a second. She would’ve hit the jackpot if it had been.]
[Makes sense, though. It was already trending online. If it really had been Starcore Essence, tons of big-shot corporations would’ve moved in already.]
That single simple gesture from Layla put an end to all the online speculation.
The viewers felt a little disappointed, yet they dropped the subject and did not push for more
answers.
Ciara alone stared at Layla on the screen, her expression dark and unreadable.
A cold smirk tugged at her mouth.
Layla really is sharp; she has come up with a countermeasure so quickly.
Still, Ciara had her own theory-Scarlett had slipped in earlier, and she suspected Scarlett had a hand in this trick.
That only confirmed one thing.
The genuine Starcore Essence had definitely been caught on camera during the original footage. Carson would never have gone out of his way to hide it otherwise.
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Locating the energy field required specialized equipment.
Scarlett told Layla she had already placed an order for it.
While they waited for the gear to arrive, Layla and the rest kept going through the show’s normal routines.
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