Chapter 177:

After leaving Merlin’s office, instead of heading straight back to the practice room, Elyse lingered in the corridor, waiting for Darren.

A few minutes later, Darren emerged, wearing a long face. As soon as the office door closed behind him, Elyse hurried over, concern etched on her face. “Are you okay?”

Darren shook his head, his expression somber. “I’m fine. But I’ve told the director, and he’s not going to pull any strings for me anymore.”

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Elyse nodded understandingly. “Right now, only a handful of us know about this. If it gets out, everyone in the orchestra will be demanding answers from him.”

Darren heaved a sigh of relief. “Yeah, I don’t need my uncle risking his own neck for me. It’s a shame, really. I had plans to play along. I was going to call him out in tomorrow’s selection process for breaking the rules. But you’ve put a stop to that,” Vicky said regretfully.

Hearing the sound, they turned to see Vicky leaning against the wall, arms crossed, a mischievous grin on her face. Vicky had known Darren for ages; after all, her instructor was the assistant director. She laughed at Darren without restraint. “Everyone thinks you’re just average. If your uncle wasn’t the big shot here, you wouldn’t even be in the running against me.”

frowned. “So

chuckled. “If you don’t want me to know something, don’t do it. There are no secrets as

her gaze on Elyse. She stood tall in high heels, looking down

and your instructor’s chances of promotion, didn’t they? As a matter of fact, you don’t want fair competition; you just want to

only give you the illusion that you stand a chance against me,” Vicky raised her chin defiantly, especially at Elyse. “You think your little

with Vicky’s attitude, Darren decided to confront her. “Well, considering she’s tied with you for first place,

up. She shot Darren a venomous look. “Not convinced, are you? Just wait and see. I’ll show you,” she spat before striding away

Elyse felt a surge of irritation.

always been like this. Arrogant and full of herself.

other in a clash over who would play the violin better. After that party, Darren had gained another enemy: Vicky. The two of them had been secretly battling it out for years. While Vicky, who was usually so

though Vicky’s

“You’re being too hard on yourself again. You need to have more faith in your abilities. I

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