Chapter 83 It said:

Elizabeth is a bitch.

My hands trembled slightly as I realized the sheet music had been swapped.

The familiar notes I had prepared were gone, replaced by something far more sinister.

I looked up at the staff member responsible for turning the pages, but he refused to meet my gaze, his eyes deliberately averted.

A cold wave of realization washed over me as I scanned the audience, searching for answers.

My eyes landed on Aria, who had just finished her performance.

e sat confidently in her seat, her lips curled into a smirk that radiated endless provocation.

Beside her, Sorcia was laughing, her face twisted into a mockery of what I imagined my own expression might have been.

The two of them had clearly orchestrated this, bribing the staff to sabotage me, and now they were sitting there, waiting for me to fail.

A murmur rippled through the audience as the delay in my performance became apparent.

The restless chatter grew louder, and I could feel the weight of hundreds of eyes on me.

Panic threatened to rise, but I caught sight of my father, Orlando, seated at the judges' table.

He was watching me closely, a slight frown creasing his brow, as though he could sense something was wrong.

But as a judge, he couldn't intervene.

I had signaled that I was ready, and now I had to prove it.

Taking a deep breath, I pushed aside the overwhelming urge to give in to the fear.

I sat down at the piano, letting the familiar feel of the keys ground me.

Without the sheet music to guide me, I had no choice but to rely entirely on my memory and the music ingrained in my heart.

The room fell into an uneasy silence as I pressed the first note.

with it, the murmur

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Chapter 83

Chapter 83

have said that, you're just you, my one and

he buried his face in the crook of my neck,

you, thank you for making

that moment, something shifted between

the one that had been arranged by the Moon Goddess,

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that went beyond words, beyond

souls had aligned, and I knew that Leo felt it

and I could sense Lena, my

me that I needed to wait in the lounge area while they tallied

to leave Leo's embrace, but

something in Leo's ear before we parted, a matter for him that only

mine as he

by the other pianists, many of whom

words were kind, but I couldn't help noticing the way Aria stood to the side, her expression

but had also left her isolated, the other competitors giving her

I waited, the tension building with each passing

were in

as I stood, the weight

the other competitors following behind, I felt a surge

them aside, focusing on the sense of

I knew I had

all.

I stood there, waiting for the results, I couldn't help but glance over at Leo,

pride that made everything

Not the

shared and the knowledge that,

tension in the auditorium was

spectators, judges, and contestants, was on the verge of announcing the winner of the most

were six prizes to be awarded: three special prizes in

prize was announced, I watched as fellow competitors, some with smiles of victory and others with bittersweet acceptance, ascended the stage to receive

gold medal remained, and it was down to just two people:

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