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The group was in a state of befuddlement when Cordelia nodded slowly. “Nope.”

Stanton’s jaw dropped.

It dawned on him with a start. No wonder Cordelia couldn’t articulate his problem that day, and she had to play it on the piano to show him. She hadn’t learned to play the piano at all. She didn’t know the first thing about musical terminology!

He swallowed hard “How how do you know how to play then?”

Cordelia replied peacefully. “Figured it out myself.

Stanton went silent.

He was a maestro of the piano, but even with his innate talent, he had diligently practiced for countless hours a day since childhood to reach his current stature.

Compared to Cordelia, well, there was just no comparison!

As Stanton was questioning his talent, their exchange caught the attention of the others.

Loma was the first to ask, ‘Lia, you play the piano?”

Before Cordelia could respond, Rachel zeroed in on a more pressing issue. “Lia, you and Maestro Stanton know each other?”

From their interaction, they seemed familiar with each other.

Cordelia nodded at Lorna and then turned to answer Rachel with a simple “Yeah.”

Rachel was frantic. “How did you two meet?”

Cordelia usually didn’t pay her much mind, but she seemed to relish seeing Rachel squirm and replied leisurely,

“Did him a little favor.”

At the mention of a “little favor,” Stanton hastily interjected, “Little favor? Lia, you saved my life!”

If he hadn’t resolved that issue with the composition, he might have faced a psychological breakdown, unable

to play again.

being able to play was

thoughts rushed through his head, Stanton’s expression turned grave.

request.”

but if Lia asked, he’d grit his teeth and take on this, no, not a

no choice there. Cordelia

the others, however, his words meant

to

she might have inadvertently set Cordelia up for success despite all her efforts and

connections.

blurted out. “No way!”

the same time, Juliana also shouted, “Why

odd reaction from the two, Stanton was confused. Why was the concerned party

of the Delaney family, we stand by merit. If we get

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right. We don’t exploit favors Right, Lorna? Lia? We can’t

felt there was more to the story and turned to Cordelia, who stood there quietly, her detached and aloof demeanor marking her

Stanton caught on

the Delaney family

piecing it together, Rachel turned to Stanton. “Mr. Stanton,

confidently at Stanton

watched him, holding on to a

since you’re not interested, forget it. And as for the three

followed his declaration!

it and blurted out, “Why not? You just said my performance was not bad!”

them, he stopped holding back. 7 was too

is just the beginning! It means you’ve got the technical skills, but I can’t hear any emotion in your

you do ‘playing‘ the piano is an insult to the instrument. You’re not playing the piano, and you’re

the two, his gaze softened with pity as he looked at Joy. “It’s a shame. Beethoven went deaf in his later years, but you, at ten. Your grasp of music isn’t mature enough. I could teach you, but you’ll never

Joy weren’t surprised.

of us are good enough, then who is? After all this, you still

was stunned. “What nonsense are you talking about?”

heard Stanton’s following words. “I’m not