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

being quite old, Eddy’s respect for Ashley is

‘My student is far too

“This is rude!

make me want to dismiss

eme

reluctance, “Ms. Ramos, thank you for not taking my disrespect to heart.

want to see

she will play better than me!’

behavior, looked at her as if she was a fool about to meet her doom and was about to reprimand her.

hand to stop him, smiling faintly, “Your student is amusingly foolish. But according

she must

‘Amusingly

to play The

is unworthy

performance will be an insult to both Ash and

the gaze of everyone present, Ashley calmly took her seat in front. of

innate classical elegance emanated from her, as if she had

by

Ashley

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first note.

played the fifth and sixth notes, Matthew’s eyes were brimming with surprise, his profound gaze

himself, ‘It’s

when my mentor Ash personally played The

for the sake of learning or competing, but

this soul-resonating sensation when listening to

play, he found himself experiencing that same feeling:

‘What’s going on?”

online livestream audience had their eyes fixed on Ashley, who was seated before

distant and prolonged as if it transported people from the noisy

tranquil and graceful as if they had come to a quiet country lane,

quicken, adding a sense of loneliness, like countless men parting from their

desolate and profound. The rhythm became increasingly faster, unfolding a scene of strife and

at Ashley’s fingers on the

difficult part of playing

fluid grace and precision, without a hint of roughness

of the harp was