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

Ashley’s young age and Eddy being quite old,

thinking, ‘My student

“This is rude!

enough to make me want to

eme

Ramos, thank you for not taking my disrespect to

really want to see how

will

looked at her as if she was a fool about to

faintly, “Your student is amusingly

she must

‘Amusingly

was about to play The

unworthy of

poor performance will be an insult

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

her hand, an innate classical elegance emanated from

audience was immediately captivated by her serene and steady

widened his eyes as Ashley began to

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the first note.

Ashley played the fifth and sixth notes, Matthew’s eyes were brimming

himself, ‘It’s

when my mentor Ash personally played

not played for the sake of learning or competing, but played to enjoy the

felt this soul-resonating sensation when listening to Ash play.

he found

thought, ‘What’s going

online livestream audience had their

prolonged as if it transported people from the noisy and

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

listening again, they felt the harp’s rhythm quicken, adding a sense of loneliness, like countless men parting from their families, about to head to

increasingly faster, unfolding a scene of strife and conflict before

unblinkingly at Ashley’s fingers on

part of playing

intricate techniques, with fluid grace and precision, without a hint

the harp was its tranquility. You needed to