Terminate the contracts?


    At those words, the dancers exchanged triumphant nces. Lunar was finally getting kicked out. With Elvira as the lead, they wouldn''t have to worry about screen time.


    Elvira breathed a sigh of relief, a smile gracing her lips.


    But that smile hadn''t evensted two seconds before Rachel spoke.


    "Here are the termination agreements. As of now, you are no longer dancers for this music video, and you have no further affiliation with Era Media."


    What?


    Hearing this, everyone stared in disbelief, their eyes widening.


    Wasn''t Lunar the one getting fired? Why were their names on the contracts?


    "Rachel, what are you talking about?" Elvira asked, her smile frozen on her face as she looked at the stack of papers.


    "Isn''t it obvious?" Rachel mmed the contracts onto a table. "You maliciously ndered Master Lunar, defamed her character, and acted without integrity."


    "I just spoke with Master Lunar. You all voluntarily withdrew from the music video. And Master Lunar has decided she only needs one backup dancer for this project. As for the rest of you, feel free to leave."


    Maliciously ndered? Elvira''s face drained of all color, bing deathly pale. "We didn''t," she stammered. "Someone told us she..."


    "See for yourselves!" Rachel pulled out her phone and showed them the recent, positive news articles about Lunar.


    As Elvira scrolled, her expression grew uglier and uglier.


    How could this be? Ynda had sworn that her stepsister was a terrible person. She had even shown them a mountain of negative reports about Lunar.


    She had trusted Ynda, and she had been deceived!


    "Do you have any idea how much effort I put into convincing Master Lunar to do this music video? And you all had the audacity to disrespect her? Era Media is a small pond, and we can''t amodate whales like you," Rachel said bluntly. "After you sign your papers, someone will handle your off-boarding."


    It was only then that they all realized what had happened. They had been yed by Ynda. Not only had they failed to get rid of Lunar, but they had also lost the opportunity of a lifetime to dance in Mr. Tate''s music video.


    And worse, who in the entertainment industry would dare to hire anyone fired by Era Media?


    Termination was tantamount to being cklisted.


    It was over. Their dancing careers were over.


    "Rachel, please give us another chance." Panicked, they didn''t dare look at Mr. Tate and could only plead with Rachel. "We were wrong. We''ll apologize to Master Lunar, we''ll get on our knees and beg for her forgiveness."


    "I can''t lose this opportunity, I can''t..."


    Rachel looked at Jimmie, awaiting his instructions.


    "My... Master Lunar shouldn''t have to look at such filth," Jimmie said, his handsome face grim, his expression utterly cold. "You know what to do."


    Rachel nodded. Of course she knew. When it came to his sister, termination and cklisting were getting off easy. She had no doubt that if there had been a knife handy, Mr. Tate would have dly used it on anyone who ndered or bullied his sister.


    After Jimmie left, Rachel finally spoke, "You have thirty minutes to clear out your things. If you''re not gone by then..... you''ll face the consequences."


    With that, she turned and walked away without a second nce.


    "Elvira, what do we do?" the other dancers cried, turning to Elvira, who stood frozen, as if all the blood had been drained from her body.


    What could they do? Mr. Tate himself had told them to get lost. Who would dare to stay? She could have at least been a backup dancer if she didn''t get the lead role... but now, she had nothing.


    And it was all Ynda''s fault.


    Snapping back to reality, Elvira clenched her fists and stormed upstairs. She was going to make that witch pay!