Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After

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Christine seethed with anger, thinking, "If Rachel hadn't just told me that Meryl's piece would be a strong contender, I would never have risked sabotaging her cello! After all, with so many eyes on me, was I out of my mind?"

She couldn't believe that instead of standing by her side, Rachel was trying to push her out of their group.

"Who says I didn't lift a finger in the composition? I actually offered Rachel a ton of advice!"

The truth hit Christine like a ton of bricks. She felt utterly used by Rachel.

Yes, she was the one who had tampered with Meryl's instrument, but she had been egged on by Rachel all along.

Filled with resentment, Christine shot a venomous glare at Rachel.

"It was her! She's the one who pushed me to do it!"

She mused, "What a clever way to throw someone under the

bus!"

But as the realization sank in, all Christine felt was regret.

She had only herself to blame for being so foolish.

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"Christine, it was you who did it! Why are you lying?

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"Even though we're on the same team, this was your choice, and I had no idea!

"You got caught because of your own shady business, so don't drag me into it! "Supervisor, please trust me!"

Rachel's voice quivered with distress, almost as if she were genuinely wronged.

Christine could hardly believe Rachel's audacity.

She thought, "How could someone be so shameless?"

She stamped her foot in frustration, wishing she could wipe that smug look off Rachel's face.

Backstage was in chaos, yet the live stream on stage continued without a hitch.

The scores had finally come in, and everyone was gearing up for the award ceremony.

Staff members urged the contestants to move to the front and prepare for the presentation.

score, but she was more worried about Christine's reckless accusations ruining her chances. She turned her gaze to Christine and softened

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I promise to make sure you're credited in the recording. You'll get your

strategy was clear: backpedaling to keep

that making a scene now would hurt

a bit

was streamed live, which meant the organizers wouldn't make her disqualification public; they'd handle it quietly. In the end, her name could still appear alongside the piece

co-composer.

big screen, the scores were

didn't expect to win-after all, the competition was fierce, and she had only just

of the ten pieces took the stage together,

first time competing in such a

innocence. Her lips were painted with a light pink shade that accentuated

was the image Rachel

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to make a name for herself in the entertainment industry, but with so many drop-dead gorgeous women vying, for attention, she needed a unique angle. The title of "talented composer" could be her ticket in,

luck, this competition would help her

were kept under wraps, leaving everyone in suspense about who might take

knowing it would be more commercially valuable than simply placing

to the piece

a bundle of nerves, glancing instinctively toward

were so close, Meryl

in thought, and

a live competition being broadcasted nationwide-such a holy and solemn

so zoned out? Is she really

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can't

as nervous as I am and just pretending to be

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with third

clutching their trophies, their excitement spilling over as they struggled to find the right words. Now

brimming with

the

didn't want the host to call her name-

sights set on the

host tightened her

to our first-place winner,

crowd held its breath in

down the

read an ad aloud before taking

The

online out of sorts.

couldn't believe how the host was