There was an audience watching off the stage, along with more than a dozen cameras set in different corners to capture all scenes of the public performance at any time.

Naturally, there were some cameras aimed at the exclusive seats of the agents to capture their reactions.

Even if Ariana and Jasper were hostile to each other, under the constant surveillance of the cameras, they had to force themselves to smile and behave.

“It seems you've had a good time recently. I can tell by your face; it's much rounder." Jasper's comment was clearly meant to provoke her since he knew Ariana couldn't do anything to him now.

Ariana didn't reply and stared straight ahead, ignoring him. She did roll her eyes inwardly.

When she didn't respond, and since he was an arrogant person, he assumed she stayed silent because of fear.

He turned to look at Ariana's lovely face and warned, "Don't get too full of yourself. Sarah may have been in the limelight recently, but you'd better be careful. You know what they say. The bigger they are, the harder they fall."

Annoyed, Ariana changed her posture, increasing the distance between them as much as she could and moving farther away from Jasper.

Jasper thought he hit a nerve. He kept the fake smile on his face and prodded again, “Are you angry? By the way, you must have seen my brother's recent scandal. As his wife, you must be heartbroken. But I advise you not to put all your focus on your career. Don't work so hard just to win the bet. I suppose if you lost his favor, the loss would outweigh the gain."

It was quite obvious that Jasper was good at provoking her. He only said a few words, yet he brought up a bunch of horrible memories in Ariana.

Since she left without letting him know that day, Theodore never reached out to her again. She assumed he must have returned to Eleymond. Perhaps he had forgotten about her and was flirting with his lover now.

Ariana was annoyed at this thought, but she was more infuriated about being provoked again. She snorted and mocked Jasper, “Since you have the time to gossip, maybe you should be taking better care of your artist. Just look at Elva. There are dark circles under her eyes and blisters around the corners of her mouth. No amount of foundation can cover that.”

Jasper glared at her and gnashed his teeth with hatred. Elva was the one most affected by Sarah's rising popularity.

Both of them were singers who debuted at the same time and, thus, were consistently being compared all the time.

Five years ago, Elva had been not nearly as good as Sarah. But who could know that Elva was still no match for the current Sarah, who hadn't been on stage for the past five years?

How humiliating!

Elva was so wrought up about it that she kept begging Jasper to find a solution.

Jasper had thought he had an easy win by betting on Elva. He didn't expect that he would end up cleaning up the mess.

Jasper's eyebrow twitched, but he controlled his temper and snapped at Ariana, "Don't be too complacent. Extreme joy begets sorrow."

Ariana brushed him off. She thought Jasper was talking nonsense.