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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continue with her lies. She turned around and ran out of the

with a flushed face.

she left, the banquet

leading me toward the gathering of celebrities and influential figures mingling around the hall. The party had officially

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shockwaves

swirling through a sea of faces, each one more

everyone-from world-renowned musicians to

into my

keep up with the endless

on, the effects of the alcohol beginning to

my mind.

a break, a moment to

a secluded spot on the vast terrace, I sat down, the

the chaotic evening, and

approached, and I opened my eyes to

unreadable, his eyes flickering with an

sat beside me, the silence between us heavy

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but her

in the air, the room falling into

around the