Allie
By the time I reached the production office, the clip had already been watched more than two million times.
I stood beside a desk covered in cables, abandoned coffee cups, and printed schedules while the interview replayed silently on a monitor. The official segment had ended several minutes earlier, but my phone continued vibrating inside my hand.
Message after message appeared.
Mia.
My manager.
GlowHaus.
Three unknown numbers.
Then a headline notification.
CHASE RYDER CAUGHT CALLING ALLIE HARPER “BEAUTIFUL” DURING LIVE INTERVIEW.
I closed my eyes.
The sound technician kept apologizing.
“I thought the digital feed had been muted,” he said for the third time. “The main broadcast ended correctly, but one microphone stayed connected to the online stream.”
The producer stoo
