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,

Shirley, thinking, ‘My student is far too disrespectful to

“This is rude!

me want

eme

looked at Ashley, 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

thought, ‘I really want to see how well Ashley can play.

believe she will play

if she was a fool about to meet her doom and was

her hand to stop him, smiling faintly, “Your student is amusingly foolish. But according to the rules, I shall play The Land.”

must

wondered, ‘Amusingly foolish?”

to play The

thought, “This jinx is unworthy of playing Ash’s

be an insult to both

front. of the harp, gently pressing

classical elegance emanated from her, as if she had been one with the harp for many

immediately captivated by her serene

widened his eyes as Ashley began to pluck

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the first note.

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

thought to himself, ‘It’s just

Ash personally played The

sake of learning or competing, but

had only felt this soul-resonating sensation when

he found himself experiencing that

‘What’s going

at the venue and the online livestream audience had their eyes fixed on Ashley, who

and prolonged as if it transported people from the noisy and flashy modern city to a poetic

and graceful as if they had come to a quiet country lane, looking at smoke curling up

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

unfolding a scene of strife and conflict

stared unblinkingly at Ashley’s

was the most difficult part of

with fluid grace and precision, without

of the harp was its tranquility. You