Let’s start all over again,shall we?

Chapter 201 The Game of Power

That sentence made Sierra seething with rage.

All her bragging suddenly turned ugly as she shot a fierce glare at Maggie: “What did you just say?”

Maggie smirked and said, “I said, maybe you’re overestimating yourself a bit. Winning a few awards by splurging money and pulling strings doesn’t make you the chosen one, you know?”

Those awards of yours are, like, totally shallow. Why don’t you check out what others are saying about. them on the forums?”

Sierra was shaking with anger. “You know nothing about music. Do you think you can judge me? Maggie, who do you think you are?”

Maggie raised an eyebrow. “And what if I do judge and comment? What are you going to do about it?”

“You-!”

Sierra instinctively moved to slap Maggie.

“Sierra!”

Just then, Olivia’s stern voice cut in.

Olivia quickly stepped forward, grabbed Sierra’s hand, and said sharply. “What’s going on? You just came back and are already causing trouble.”

“Maggie, Sierra has been struggling with something in her heart for a while now, let’s not argue with her.”

Hearing this, Maggie chuckled softly.

Yeah, why didn’t I realise it in the past life?

If Olivia treated me as her child, why would she always protect me and scold Sierra whenever we had conflicts of interest, without bothering to ask the reasons?

In this new life, she finally grasped the dynamics between them.

It was all just a charade devoid of genuine emotions.

“Mom, I won’t bother getting into it with her. Don’t worry. I’m just worried that if she acts the same way. towards me during the competition, it could cause some trouble. It might mess up Dad’s plans…”

sounding a bit helpless.

all, for the Camerons at the moment, the top priority was reviving the Luster Corporation. Otherwise, its failure would surely impact each

worry, Maggie. I will have a word with her.”

touch of provocation and scorn in her eyes. after walking

The Game of Power

that Sierra, tears welling up, said, “Mom! Why did you stop me? It’s all because of her that

already helping to boost your profile. Don’t go causing trouble recklessly. Once the Luster Corporation stabiliscs, you’ll have plenty of chances to

Sierra back to the room and talked

returning to her room, Maggie took

turned on her computer and worked on a design proposal for Timmothy’s house, probably knowing it wasn’t convenient for her

message.

for a while, Maggie leaned back against the headboard with a pillow, lost in thought. Her mind

would focus on this competition, but after thinking about it,

Camerons went all

natural they’d pitch in now. And for Ronald, his daughter was the most reliable.

closed her eyes, and a few names popped

Sierra, the Pierces, and herself.

was already involved, so she

but lack of smarts, was the perfect pawn.

could I drag both the Camerons

pondered for a while, until late into the night, when she had

for information related to the piano

official blog just for it. With all the promotion from big sponsors and universities, it was making waves, almost as big as the

and stumbled upon a post by a big

Sierra surprisingly made the cut and was even predicted to grab second

shot a message to Leo, asking if he could increase

wanted to play, they might

next morning. Maggie left the Camerons‘ place.

the car, she called Nathael,

1 borrow

replied in a warm

it online to hype things up, Maggie explained cheerfully, already having some

serious tone,

seconds, realising that he was offering to

myself. Just a casual recording, nothing too