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.

sound echoed through the hall, and with it, the murmur of the

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Chapter 83

Chapter 83

you're just you, my

crook

can't lose you, thank you for making

something shifted

one that had been

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a connection that went beyond words,

aligned,

I could sense Lena, my own

I could say anything, a staff member approached, informing me that I needed to wait in the lounge area

reluctant to leave Leo's embrace, but knowing I had

in Leo's ear before we parted, a matter

mine as

the lounge area, I was surrounded by the other pianists, many of whom came over to express their admiration for

kind, but I couldn't help noticing the way Aria stood to the side, her expression bitter as she

only failed but had also left her isolated, the other competitors giving her a wide

passed slowly as I waited, the tension building

the staff returned, announcing that the results were in and the

stood, the weight of

competitors following behind,

them aside, focusing on the sense of accomplishment that

outcome, I knew I had

all.

as I stood there, waiting for the results, I couldn't help but glance over at Leo, who had taken a seat in the audience... His

pride that made everything else

that moment, nothing else mattered. Not the

knowledge that, no matter

tension in the auditorium was

was on the verge of announcing the winner of the most prestigious award in the

awarded: three special prizes in

I watched as fellow competitors, some with smiles of victory and

only the gold medal remained, and it was down to just two

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