Mr. Harrison, Wake Up—Your Wife's Gone novel Chapter 24

Chapter 24

“Yes, I’m with her right now. I’ll personally escort her over in a few minutes.” Footsteps approached, then Louie knocked and entered after getting permission.

One look and he froze.]

“Are you… Amelia?”

Louie’s voice was uncertain, questioning.]

You couldn’t blame him. She was much thinner than before, wearing a mask, and in this outfit she was breathtakingly beautiful.[]

Even Harper might not recognize this as Amelia![]

Amelia turned around, seeing Louie’s expression, and nodded helplessly.[]

“It’s me,” she confirmed. “Let’s go.“]]

“It’s m

Louie nodded dumbly, his heart racing.

Amelia had always been beautiful, but now she was devastatingly so.[]

The old beauty had been gentle. This new beauty was weaponized.[]

Still processing, he grabbed a long coat from nearby and draped it over her shoulders.[]

Louie helped Amelia out to the waiting van, where a makeup artist was ready to do final touches–nail applications, shoe selection, and other details.[]

The van started toward the ‘Voice of Heaven‘ studio.[]

At the same time, another van headed in the same direction.[]

That van carried Vivian.[]

While directing her makeup artist to emphasize her fragile, tragic beauty, Vivian called Nathan.]]

“Nathan, it’s me,” Vivian said sweetly. “Yes, today’s the premiere! You have to come to the taping–I saved you a seat.”

“Right, they’re only accommodating me because of you.“[]

“Nathan, I understand how good you’ve been to me. I’ll do my best tonight.“[]

After hanging up, Vivian sent another message:[]

Nathan’s coming tonight. Get the follow–up content ready.[]

Getting an OK response, Vivian smiled with satisfaction.[]

At the ‘Voice of Heaven‘ studio in Manhattan, Amelia waited backstage with the other contestants.

Amid a commotion, Vivian arrived with her assistant.[]

Everyone there was their label’s top priority, so all the companies had warned their artists: don’t mess with Vivian.[]

The moment she entered, everyone stood to greet her.

“Miss Hope!”

“Vivian!”

“Hey Viv!“]

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Amelia, wrapped in her long coat, stood at the back of the group, calmly observing.[]

She’d understood industry politics years ago. This time, Vivian had the backing of Harrison Industries–specifically CEO Nathan Harrison–so naturally everyone deferred to her.

But Amelia wouldn’t lower herself to greet Vivian.[]

Without speaking, Amelia simply got up and left, avoiding the scene.[]

Vivian responded warmly to everyone who greeted her, then glanced toward where Amelia had gone.[]

Her eyes flickered slightly. She’d reviewed all twelve contestants‘ materials—eleven were clear, except for this “Elena” person.[]

Cavendish Entertainment’s top priority, with classified information.[]

Even using Harrison Industries‘ influence, the staff wouldn’t provide details.

They said this was Louie Cavendish’s personal project, with files kept at Cavendish Entertainment beyond their access.[]

Vivian had just glanced at the person without recognition. Probably not someone she knew.]

The attitude seemed pretty arrogant though. Was this Louie’s kept woman?[]

Whatever. She’d already put Nathan’s legal wife Amelia in her place–what was one of Louie’s side pieces?]]

With that thought, Vivian dismissed the person entirely.[]

Meanwhile, Amelia was checking the stage setup.

‘Voice of Heaven‘ had twelve contestants, three judges, and five rounds spaced a week apart.[]

The show aired live first, then edited highlights were released later, capturing both audiences.[]

Tonight was the premiere–judges and contestants would be introduced, then teams would be chosen.[]

The twelve contestants would be divided among the three judges‘ teams.

One judge was Vivian; the other two were established, respected singers.

Amelia carefully walked through her staging.

There had been rehearsals, but she’d been too weak to attend, managing only remote observation and communication.[]

There had been rumors about contestant Elena being a diva, but Louie had settled that with executives by showing them an anonymized medical record.

Apparently there’d been a serious accident ten days ago.

Up close, staff could still see bruises under “Elena’s” makeup that foundation couldn’t completely cover.[]

This was clearly injury–related absence, not diva behavior.]

Amelia noticed the staff’s curious looks but didn’t understand the context, so she ignored them and continued her inspection.[]

After a while, excited voices made her look

up automatically.

7

She saw Nathan.

“Wow, it really is Nathan Harrison!“[]

“Doesn’t he usually avoid these kinds of events?“[]

“Duh, look who the judge is.“]

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“Oh oh oh, definitely here for Vivian.“[]

“Obviously. Harrison Industries is involved in entertainment, but different sectors–their main business is tech. Look at all these judges and contestants–besides Vivian, who else could get Nathan Harrison to show up?“]

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