My mother noticed something wrong with my tone. "Did you get bullied, sweetheart?"

"Someone in my band made up stories about me being a rich woman's lover who has weak stamina from sleeping around too much, and that lousy mentor wants me kicked out of the band without looking into the situation!"

My mother was furious. "What?! This is outrageous of them! How dare they bully my boy? Wait where you are. I'll be there right away!"

The moment I hung up, Wade asked tauntingly, "Are all you lover boys so brazen that you would openly call your rich lover to get them to stand up for you?"

I glared coldly at him. "That's my mother. Only someone as dirty-minded as you would look at everything with filth."

Wade burst out with a laugh. "I get it! It's because she's your sugar mommy, isn't it? Aren't you afraid that her husband would find out about your affair and tear you apart for being her kept man?"

The two other bandmates chimed in right away.

"This is a recording, and shameless people like him would be edited out of it."

"That's probably why he called his rich lover without attempting to hide it. It's because he knows it can be edited out of the official broadcast."

"He must have asked her over to stand up for him because he knew that!"

Wade suddenly had an idea, and he took out his phone to point the camera at me while starting a live stream. "Check this out, everyone! This one-minute man in our boyband audition is proud to be in an affair with a married woman even though it's so disgraceful. He even openly asked his lover here to stand up for him after the truth about his affair was exposed!

"Please tune in to my live stream while we wait for his rich lover to appear. If anyone recognizes her, do inform her husband to catch her lover in action!"

Wade's live stream attracted an audience right away with such juicy publicity, and soon, more than ten thousand people were watching the stream. Moments later, the words 'One-Minute Man in Boyband Audition' started appearing everywhere, followed by comments filled with my pictures and videos.

My expression turned frighteningly dark as I said coldly to Wade, "Turn off that live stream right now!"

Wade replied without fear, "Are you finally scared now, Jordan? Weren't you acting all arrogant before this? I want everyone to know what a man in an adulterous affair really looks like. You're already using bags and watches worth tens of thousands at a young age without needing to work hard to earn your keep, but you still insist on snatching a spot from us in the boyband. Do you even have a conscience?"

I almost laughed at what he said. My mother sponsored this program because of me. Without me, Wade would never have had the chance to stand in front of me. Why would this be on my conscience? I snatched his phone and smashed it to the ground.

"This is a warning for you, Wade. You'll never debut as long as I'm here in Beige City!"

Wade screamed as he raised his hand at me, but I blocked it with one hand while punching him with the other. How dare he try to hit me when even my mother never laid a finger on me?

After getting punched, Wade lunged at me like a mad dog, but he could not beat me as I had taken self-defense classes since I was young, and he called out to the other two band members to help beat me up. Soon, all three of them had me pressed to the ground.

Wade gave me two hard slaps and spat on my face. "You're just a shameless lover boy sleeping with a married woman. How dare you hit me! I'm going to teach you a lesson today!"

The audience watching us from below the stage started cheering us on as they enjoyed the drama.

"Scratch that shameless lover boy's face!"

"How could he wreck a marriage just because he thinks he's young? All homewreckers should be punished!"

Some of the audience who had tissue packets, mineral water bottles, and even items such as eyebrow razors started throwing them at me, and Wade picked the eyebrow razor up to flash it before me threateningly.

"Your pretty little face is about to be ruined. Would your rich lover want you after that?"

I panicked with fear. "Don't you dare! My mom won't let you get away with this once she's here!"

Wade smiled at me with disdain. "Are you still thinking about your sugar mommy at a time like this? This program is sponsored by Lorne Corporation. Your sugar mommy would never offend the Lornes for you!"

The two other band members agreed. "You should count yourself lucky that the Lornes don't come after you for ruining the program they're sponsoring."

"Don't waste any time with him, Wade. Just scratch his face, and we'll see if he can still afford to be so arrogant!"

Wade raised the eyebrow razor and aimed it at my face. I could not move as they were holding me down, and I closed my eyes in despair. That was when a voice was heard roaring from the door.

"Stop! Let my son go!"