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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

with a flushed face.

she left, the banquet

by my side, gently guided me away from the piano, leading me toward the gathering of celebrities and influential figures mingling around the hall. The party had

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already sent shockwaves through the

I found myself swirling through a sea of faces, each one more distinguished than the

introduced me to everyone-from

of wine was thrust into my hand, the liquid slipping

up with the endless

the effects of the alcohol beginning to

my mind.

break,

terrace, I sat

provided a soothing backdrop to the chaotic evening, and I closed my eyes, letting the

approached, and I opened my eyes to see Leo

flickering with an

the silence

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began, but her voice faltered, her denial

in the air, the room falling into an expectant

face went pale, her eyes darting around the room, searching for an escape. But there was