Chapter 143

The last time she saw Adam Harper was on that variety show, and well... it didn’t end super smoothly for either of them. Alice bit her lip, hesitated for a second, but still picked up the call. “Hello?” “Hey, senior...” Adam’s voice was as gentle as ever, but for some reason, Alice clearly caught a trace of awkwardness in it. She cleared her throat, forced a half-smile. “What’s up, Adam?” “Just work stuff. After the last livestream, a couple other shows wanted to get in touch with you. I filtered through some and picked two that I think might suit you. Wanna check them out?” Hearing that, Alice relaxed a little. Adam quickly gave her a rough idea of both programs. They were both music-based — one was a remix challenge where she'd have to rearrange songs chosen by viewers in a set time, and the other was more of a chill travel show with music as a therapeutic theme, featuring a full cast of well-known musicians. “They’re both fixed roles, and they’re offering a pretty high appearance fe