Save Myself from Desperation by Cara Agnes

Chapter 61

Eddy looked at Shirley with a mixture of melancholy and helplessness. “You do have some talent for the harp, but it’s rather limited. Yet, you’re so confident in yourself. As your mentor, it’s hard for me to constantly discourage you, so I haven’t told you that you played badly.”

Shirley couldn’t believe this was the truth.

Looking gloomy, Shirley gritted her teeth and retorted defiantly, “Mr. Moore, you speak so poorly of me. Are you implying that Ashley plays well? Is she even better than you?”

Eddy’s expression immediately turned stern. He firmly held his cane to thud on the ground and declared, “Of course, she’s better than me! Otherwise, why else would I treat her with such respect?

“How dare you address Ms. Ramos by her name? That’s disrespectful! Apologize to her now!”

In an instant, Shirley’s eyes widened in disbelief. She thought, ‘Apologize to Ashley?

Refer to her as Ms. Ramos?’

Bryce couldn’t help but let out a snort of laughter.

He had been worried that Ashley would be bullied, but now, with Eddy’s arrival, Shirley was utterly humiliated.

Among them, Ashley seemed to hold the highest status in the harp circle

there.

Eddy urged Shirley to apologize.

Raising her hand to stop him, Ashley said indifferently, “No need. I won’t stoop to her level.”

Eddy frowned at Shirley, clearly displeased. “Ms. Ramos is being generous by not holding your rudeness against you. Now, you should thank Ms. Ramos!”

Shirley’s eyes widened in disbelief again.

She thought, ‘Not only do I have to apologize to her, but I also have to

thank her?’

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The livestream audience, witnessing this unexpected turn only one thought.

events, had

Eddy being quite

thinking, ‘My student is far too disrespectful to Ashley.

“This is rude!

me

eme

saying with reluctance, “Ms. Ramos, thank you for not taking my disrespect to heart. However, although Mr. Moore respects you, according to the show’s rules, it’s your turn after I played

want to see how well

she will

was a fool about to meet her

student is amusingly foolish. But according to the

must have misheard.

‘Amusingly foolish?”

to play The

is unworthy of playing Ash’s The

poor performance will be an insult to both Ash and

everyone present, Ashley calmly took her seat in front. of the harp, gently pressing the strings with her left

raised her hand, an innate classical elegance emanated from

audience was immediately captivated by her serene and

his eyes as Ashley began to

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first

notes, Matthew’s eyes were brimming with surprise, his profound gaze fixed

thought to himself, ‘It’s

Ash personally played

played for the sake of learning

soul-resonating sensation when listening to Ash play.

play, he found himself

‘What’s going on?”

their eyes fixed on Ashley,

music was distant and prolonged as if it transported people from the noisy

as if they had come to a quiet country lane, looking at smoke curling up from the chimneys.

rhythm quicken, adding a sense of loneliness, like countless men parting from their families, about to head to the battlefield.

even more desolate and profound. The rhythm became increasingly faster, unfolding a scene of strife and conflict before their

unblinkingly at Ashley’s fingers on the

difficult part of playing

techniques, with fluid grace and precision, without a hint

characteristic of the harp was its