After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter 52

I stepped forward, my voice clear and strong.

"The piano is right here, Aria. If you have the talent, prove it. Play a tune and show everyone that you deserve the music you covet."

The tension in the grand hall was palpable as Aria's eyes darted nervously around the

room.

Her face, usually so composed, was now a mask of panic. She clutched her hand, her voice

embling as she tried to excuse herself.

"I-I hurt my hand earlier. I can't possibly play right now," she stammered, her words lacking the conviction she so desperately needed.

The crowd remained unconvinced.

Whispers of doubt filled the air, their collective suspicion cutting through Aria's weak explanation.

She stood there, under the harsh scrutiny of the onlookers, with no choice but to fall silent, her earlier bravado reduced to nothing more than a pitiful facade. Leo was staring at her from a distance..

"if you can do it well, come on play it." Someone from the crowd shouted.

Aria looked puzzled and her eyes were unable to meet the public.

"I can do it better than her, it's just I am not well... She insisted to lie stubbornly... The crowd knew it now, so did Leo... I was at peace..."

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lies. She

with a flushed face.

she left, the banquet

side, gently guided me away from the piano, leading me toward the gathering of celebrities and influential figures mingling around

the Cold Alpha

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sent shockwaves through the

swirling through a sea of

introduced me to everyone-from

into my

to keep up with the endless

wore on, the effects of

my mind.

a break, a

spot on the vast terrace, I sat

to the chaotic evening, and I closed my

eyes to see

unreadable, his eyes flickering with an

the silence between us

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not - " she began, but her voice faltered, her denial weak and

challenge hung in the air, the room

eyes darting around the room, searching for an escape. But