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    The audience on site had already begun to fiercely oppose Nadine’s continued participation


    in the show.


    Nadine’s face alternated between pale and ashen.


    Instinctively, her gaze shifted toward the direction of the camera.


    At the same time, Romina’s gaze happened to meet hers through theputer screen, as if the two were staring at each other across the distance.


    The hatred in Nadine’s eyes was instantly reflected in Romina’s.


    If she guessed correctly, Nadine must have already realized this was Romina’s doing.


    At that moment, the phone suddenly emitted a series of intermittent noises.


    It was probably under attack by a hacker.


    Romina took advantage of thest moments to say into the phone: “Ms. Lambert, please return the item to me as soon as possible. There will be someone waiting for you backstage.”


    Elliana signaled for Romina to hang up quickly, her expression especially anxious.


    It really did seem like her phone had been hacked.


    Sure enough, just as she put the phone down, before she could hang up, the screen suddenly


    went ck.


    “It’s been hacked…”


    Elliana looked at the phone, her voice much lower than before,


    Romina only nced at the phone before refocusing her attention on theputer.


    The scene was already in chaos, and Nadine had been escorted off the stage by staff.


    The host temporarily announced a pause in the program.


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    Elliana, who was beside her, quickly opened the trending news.


    Nadine had obtained the quartz hairpin by improper means.


    The topic was continuing to heat up.


    “Now it’s done.” Elliana showed Romina her phone screen. “In less than ten minutes, it’s already trending. Unless there’s even bigger news to overshadow this, she’s probably finished this time.”


    A cold, faint smile curled at the corner of Romina’s lips: “She brought this upon herself.”


    At that moment, a sharp cry suddenly came from nearby: “It’s over, even theputer’s been hit!”


    Elliana’s friend quickly tried to fight back, but was still not as fast as the other side.


    The entireputer screen was filled with trojans.


    Elliana quickly stood up and went over to her friend, then said calmly, “It’s fine, we’ll buy you a new er.”


    “We’re all friends here, no need to say that.


    Her friend smiled gently, her face full of warmth.


    Romina quickly got up from her chair, picked up her own phone, and said, “I’ll make it up to youter.”


    Before the other person could respond, she quickly walked to the balcony with her phone and used her secondary SIM card to send a message to Joaquin.


    “I’ve taken care of things on my end. Have you arranged for someone to pick up the quartz hairpin?”


    “Ding-”


    Not long after, her phone suddenly chimed with a text notification.


    She quickly picked it up and saw two messages, both from Joaquin.


    “I’ve already sent someone.”


    “Ms. Rose, who exactly are you?”


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    Romina’s hand, holding the phone, suddenly trembled slightly.


    Was he starting to suspect her identity?


    Logically, there was no way Joaquin could have traced the origin of the quartz hairpin so quickly.


    So how did hee to suspect her?


    Romina hadn’t replied yet when another message came through.


    “I watched the entire live broadcast, and I feel that Ms. Rose’s way of speaking is extremely simr to someone I know. Also, your names are very simr. Do you know Romina?”


    Romina’s heart suddenly leapt into her throat.


    She never expected that Joaquin would actually start suspecting her.


    But at this critical moment, she wasn’t nning to reveal too much.


    Suppressing her nervousness, she quickly replied to him.


    “Ding-”


    Joaquin’s phone, which was on his desk, softly chimed with a new message.


    The man’s fingers, which had been tapping on the desk, suddenly stopped.


    The next second, he quickly picked up his phone, swiped open the screen, and saw a message from Rose pop up.


    “It’s probably just a coincidence! I don’t know the person you’re talking about.”


    When the man saw this message, his expression instantly darkened.


    “Mr. Bowman, are you suspecting that this ‘Rose‘ is actually Romina?”


    Erick asked him curiously, his brows full of doubt.


    “It’s just my suspicion. Ever since I learned about this person, it’s as if she’s been hiding her voice. To this day, I’ve never actually heard her real voice.”


    “Now that you mention it, I really hadn’t noticed before.” Erick suddenly realized, “Just now, Ms. Rose sounded like she was using a voice changer. It probably wasn’t her real voice.‘


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