Side Chick Era... Over

Chapter 851

When Victoria saw Johanna again, she could hardly believe her eyes.

“Johanna… you look really different!”

Johanna wore an elegant, ladylike dress. Her long hair cascaded smoothly down her back, so different from the image she had always shown the world.

Johanna gently adjusted a strand of hair and said softly, “Thomas told me my silhouette doesn’t match the one he remembers. In his memory, that back belonged to someone far more graceful.”

She paused briefly before continuing.

“I’ve done some digging. Kelly’s style has always been exactly that, so it’s no wonder Thomas mistook her for his savior. And as for Sharon…”

At the mention of Sharon, a glint of icy light flickered in Johanna’s eyes. (1

“She, too, once carried that kind of image.”

Something about it all felt off, but Victoria couldn’t quite place her finger on it.

“So, Johanna, does Thomas fully believe it’s you now?”

“Yes. But I want to

“But… to change yourself so

laughed lightly. “Do you really think I’d remake myself for a man? This is nothing more than a tactic-to win him over, to make him fall

her brows knitting. “You’re

on Johanna’s hands had never fully healed. Calluses still lingered, faint but

expression tightening with

in my violin playing feel hollow. I’ve barely touched the violin in years,

an advanced piece. Since I focused on technique, I easily neglected the emotional part. The only way is to keep practicing,

studied Johanna, words caught on the

whatever you want to say.

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never seen you pour so

deepened, pride and arrogance

ambition aren’t worth my time. As

no lovestruck softness in her face. She

I thrive

the cost of persistence. By the time she realized it,

phone rang. She glanced at the screen, and

“It’s Thomas.”

call was brief. “All right. I’ll