Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 398 Best Newcomer Award

Zelena was consumed by jealousy.

The awards ceremony began soon after, similar to the previous film festival. The main event was, of course, the awards presentation.

After the host gave a few polite opening remarks, they dove right into the awards.

They started with the smaller awards and worked their way up to the big ones. First, they handed out prizes for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing. Then, they finally got to the highly anticipated Best Newcomer Award.

"Who's going to win the Best Newcomer Award?"

The room went quiet.

Everyone was watching the two presenters up on stage.

The presenter opened the envelope, peeked at the name inside, and gave a playful smile to the crowd.

They then looked over at the row of newcomers, including Violeta.

The camera followed, catching each person's face as it moved down the line.

Everyone wore a calm smile, and the camera finally settled on Violeta, who gave a little smile back to the camera.

Then, the presenter's voice rang out.

"And the winner of the Best Newcomer Award is...

"Tracy!"

camera instantly switched to Tracy's

eyes widened, and she covered their mouth with her hand,

Tracy as she

from

kept their best faces

so many cameras around, showing any annoyance

and walked to the stage, with everyone

dress was so big, some staff members helped her hold

sitting in the front row, turned and gave Tracy a faint smile. Her gaze then subtly moved over

expression remained unchanged, so it was hard to tell anything

Lydia knew that Violeta must have been feeling awful

Violeta's discomfort, Lydia clapped

by,

"Thanks, Lydia!"

looked bewildered and confused when he saw Tracy win the Best Newcomer Award. Aster rushed in from outside, exclaiming, "Eugene! Can you

"Yeah, I saw

this happen? How did Tracy win? Her godfather really has

down so hard that his

couldn't believe that the Best Newcomer Award had actually gone

his iPad behind, and quickly left the room to find a

did she end up with

pulled Eugene to a quieter spot and said, "Why are you