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Chapter 204: Maia gave a nod, her earlier defiance softening. "Alright."

Without sparing Rosanna a single glance, Maia turned and walked off with Brielle.

The crowd was left frozen, gaping in shock, mouths hanging wide open.

Even Vince and the Morgan family in the audience were stunned. Rosanna stumbled back, her mind reeling in disbelief.

Maia and Brielle…

They… knew each other?

How could that be?

Rosanna pinched herself. The searing pain shooting through her - this wasn't a dream.

But then, something even more jaw-dropping unfolded.

Brielle led Maia straight to the judges' panel.

Maia confidently walked toward the center seat.

Just then, the commercial break came to an end.

The broadcast director swiftly cut back to the stage, the camera zeroing in on Brielle, the Queen of Pop.

Then, the lens shifted to Maia.

In an instant, hundreds of millions of viewers watched as she took her seat. K's seat.

The comment section went wild.

Social media platforms, especially Facebook, were engulfed in total chaos.

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"Isn't that Maia Watson? Why is she sitting in K's seat?"

"Is this a mistake? Why hasn't the official team said a word?"

"Hold on… Could Maia actually be a judge? And is she… K?"

"No way! Maia's an ex-con. If she's K, I'll eat my hat."

The online frenzy intensified, with discussions spiraling out of control.

Rosanna stared at Maia in shock, her expression hollow as if all life had drained from her.

How dare Maia sit there? She was nothing more than a former convict who'd just been released.

Rosanna's fans were no better. They flooded the internet with outrage, demanding answers and threatening to boycott the competition unless the organizers stepped in.

The competition's complaint hotline was bombarded, and the organizers were swarmed with demands for a statement.

Vince, too, was stunned as he watched Maia. Had she lost her mind? Why did she take K's seat? If K saw this, wouldn't it cause trouble unnecessarily?

But no one was more stunned than Jarrod. In his wildest dreams, he never imagined that Maia would dare sit in K's seat and pass herself off as the legendary composer.

To him, K was the pinnacle of musical greatness. Every song she wrote was a gem, permanently etched into his playlist.

In his eyes, K was the ultimate hero of the music industry.

Years ago, when the industry was on the brink of collapse, K's song "One More Day" had taken the world by storm. Since then, each of her releases had been a hit, reigniting the fire and energy of the music scene year after year.

How dare Maia - an ex-convict, a woman with scandal hanging over her - impersonate the composer he revered most?

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