Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Chapter 65 We've Met Before

Long ago, she held a sacred admiration for the piano, believing it to be Hayden's favorite thing.

But now, she understood the story behind it.

Had that man been driven by a desire to win from the very beginning?

Hayden seldom mentioned his uncle in her presence. The real reason was that Julian was too perfect, his brilliance overshadowing all of Hayden's qualities. From his youth, Julian was the benchmark Hayden strived to surpass in everything.

"It's always me who love the piano, while he practiced relentlessly only to get better than me. Since you like him so much, haven't you noticed that his piano playing rarely carries any emotion?" Julian said, his voice tinged with a cold laugh. "No matter how skilled or dazzling his techniques are, or how flawlessly he plays a piece, he will never become a master. Because he doesn't truly love the piano. It's merely a stake in his competition with me."

Julian's words reminded Aurora of something. She had always thought Hayden's performances were perfect, yet their perfection seemed somehow amiss. It was only through Julian's playing that she realized Hayden indeed infused no emotion into his music. It was like a finely crafted vase, beautiful yet cold. She discovered she hardly knew the man she thought she was familiar with.

"It seems you've remembered," Julian observed. "Hayden has always wanted to defeat me and surpass me, not realizing he cared too much about me, to the extent that all his preferences became similar to mine."

Julian saw the situation most clearly.

reminder brought to Aurora's attention details she had previously ignored. Hayden's dressing style was just like Julian's. Even the way they held cutlery was the same. The way they cut steak and their favorite foods were strikingly similar. Initially, Aurora had ignored these details, only realizing their

merely a copy of

Hayden like her because

that's not possible... Except for that one night three years ago, I didn't even know you. The first person I knew was Hayden, and whatever he did later, at least our feelings during our youth were genuine." This was the most precious memory of her youth, one she did

secret he had kept for many years seemed

ago, that stormy night with lightning and thunder as well as the shipwreck?"

mistress yet to appear. Like a princess in a fairytale, she lived a life

early as usual. The cruise ship

By then, she had become quite independent, sleeping alone in a cabin. "Daddy, Mommy..." She ran out barefoot, the boat rocking with the swells of the sea. "Rory, Mommy is here. Don't be scared," her mother said, holding her in her arms as crew members hurried over. "Sir, madam, don't be afraid.

too young to understand the force of nature, naively said, "Mommy, is Mr. Sun catching a cold and sneezing now?" Her words made her mother laugh endlessly, gently pinching her little

ship in distress across from us, and many people in the

right now. Staying here longer will also put us at risk. No need

we are not going to rescue them?" the crew member asked

rescuing people would be a simple act of lifting a hand, but now, with such terrible