Chapter 424

Who could possibly do this to me and why? Suddenly, I felt warm, steady hands on my shaking shoulders. "Evelyn, I promised you I'd get to the bottom of this. No one's ruining your debut. Just trust me, alright?" I looked up at Ethan, his eyes full of calm and assurance. I breathed in deeply, swallowed my tears, and nodded. "Alright, We won't let whoever's behind this win!" I got to my feet, my legs wobbly as I tried to walk. "Lianne, can you double-check backstage? I'll ask the rest of the staff if they've noticed anyone strange—" I didn't even finish speaking before a staff member ran over, out of breath. "Ms. Wiley, Mr. Grayson, we've got a problem! Someone's protesting in the backstage plaza, claiming we've violated her intellectual property and wants to stop our show!" "What?" Ethan and I blurted out, staring at each other in disbelief. Lianne's mouth dropped open. "Intellectual property? Who's claiming this? How could we have possibly done that?" The staff member shook his