A Good Show
Chapter 181 A Good Show
A sharp glint shed through Ronald’s eyes, but he hid it well.
No one noticed.
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Ronald tilted his head toward the girl beside him. He bent slightly, his smile easy and warm. “Didn’t think you’d trust me this much, CeeCee. You didn’t let Erin sway you at all?”
Tracy looked up and met his steady gaze.
Her heart gave a sudden jolt, and she quickly turned away uneasily.
“Notpletely,” she admitted, coughing lightly. “It did feel like Erin could … I don’t know, mess with people’s heads. Like you couldn’t help but follow along with what she said.”
Ronald understood exactly what she meant. He smiled. “But in the end, you still chose to believe me.”
He was never shy about showing what he really felt. His voice was low and serious. “CeeCee, you just made my day.”
His smile had a warmth to it, almost like magic, and it smoothed away the unease Erin had nted in her chest.
Tracy’s lips curved faintly upward. She was about to say something when the sound of the host’s voice rang out from the stage in the hotel’s grand hall.
The main event of the conference-the part Tracy had been waiting for-was about to begin.
The two of them fell silent in perfect sync, turning their eyes to the tform and the massive screen behind the host.
Every big event began with a long-winded introduction and a few pointless formalities.
But the real highlight was always the reveal-the moment when the main project appeared on thergest screen in the hall.
Tracy stood quietly in the crowd, her eyes never leaving Winona, who waited near the stage, ready to step into the spotlight.
Maybe her stare was too intense, because Winona suddenly turned her head.
Their eyes locked. Tracy’s lips curved into a small, deliberate smile.
Though they were far apart, Winona saw her smile.
It made her chest tighten with an unexinable unease.
Before she could dwell on it, the host’s voice rang out, “Ladies and gentlemen, please wee Ms. Miller to present the details of this year’s Investor Conference!”
The spotlight hit Winona, catching the flicker of panic she hadn’t managed to hide.
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She quicklyposed herself, forcing a stiff smile as she walked up the steps.
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Her family had been preparing for months. Tony had made sure Winona would be the one delivering the presentation.
She had rehearsed her lines so many times-even in her sleep-that she stepped onto the stage full of confidence.
But now her head was full of Tracy’s smile.
What did it mean?
Did she do something?
Is she setting me up?
Those thoughts kept crashing into her mind, making Winona stumble over her words and forget her lines again and again.
From the audience, the Renaults weren’t happy about this. Even Tony, still wearing his polite smile, looked strained.
Winona noticed, and her panic only grew worse. The more she tried, the more mistakes piled up.
After fumbling for several minutes, she finally managed to shift the focus. “And now, please take a look at the video presentation I’ve prepared.”
She stepped back, pointing at the massive screen behind her, letting out a heavy breath of relief. She had already decided-once she stepped off this stage, the first thing she’d do was have someone drag Tracy in to answer for that smile.
But before she could exhale fully, a strange voice echoed through the speakers.
“Look at the camera-smile.”
“Haha! I’ve never seen anyone drink mop water before. How does it taste? Sweet?”
“Come on, let’s get a group photo. A memory worth keeping.”
The screen showed a group of girls forcing another drenched and shaking girl to the ground. They scooped filthy mop water into cups and shoved it into her mouth as she cried and begged them to stop.
The girl on the floor was pinned down, powerless to fight back. She kept apologizing through tears, begging them to stop, but her cries only drew louder, bolderughter from the others.
One voice stood out above the rest-the girl behind the camera,ughing the hardest. That voice sounded all too familiar.
By the end of the video, the camerawoman finally stepped into view. Her smug, triumphant grin filled the
screen.
It was Winona. Every other face in the video had been blurred, but hers was perfectly clear, standing front
and center.
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“N-no! That’s not me! It’s not me!” Winona’s face drained of color as she stumbled backward, nearly losing her bnce.
Her first instinct was to throw herself in front of the screen to block the evidence. But they had chosen thergest disy for the conference. No matter how hard she tried, there was no way she could cover it.
Like a clown in the spotlight, Winona wed at the screen, her voice raw and breaking as she screamed at the staff below, “Turn it off! Shut it down! Shut it off right now!”
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