Side Chick Era... Over

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One after another, exclamations filled the hall. Shock rippled through the crowd, too overwhelming to contain.

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With Victoria’s brilliance shining ahead of her, everyone had assumed Sharon would be eclipsed, made into a laughingstock at tonight’s banquet.

And to those who knew Victoria, that was only natural. Wherever she appeared, she was

always the brightest star. No one else could steal her light.

It was precisely for this reason that unless a hostess was particularly close to her, admired her deeply, or had no choice but to invite her, few young socialites dared to include Victoria at their events. Who wanted to be upstaged at their own gathering?

Over time, invitations for Victoria grew fewer. But she never minded.

Envy, jealousy, exclusion-she was used to it. To wear the crown was to bear its weight. And

Victoria carried it with ease.

But now, history had shifted. For the first time, her unbroken reign was shaken-by a woman who had grown up outside their world.

The crowd’s gazes turned back to Victoria, some curious, some gloating, as though watching a drama unfold.

They had assumed this late-acknowledged daughter would be unpresentable. But reality

had proved otherwise. She stood as dazzling as Victoria herself.

By now, every eye in the room was fixed on Sharon. Praise poured forth from every direction.

Though her background was far humbler than Victoria’s, the admiration—bordering on exaggerated-was well earned.

Then, cutting through the chorus of compliments, came a discordant voice.

“So what if she’s pretty? Beauty alone makes her nothing but an empty shell. How could she ever compare to Victoria? Victoria is a violinist, a painter, a racecar driver, a perfumer…

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of her achievements isn’t extraordinary? To compare this

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all. And this Sharon… I heard she only went to middle

you like, she’s still just a pretty face with

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back and stepped forward

school education? You see something online and take it out of context? Let me set the record straight-Sharon is no middle

whose name still hangs in Bell University’s Hall of Fame-that’s Sharon. Why don’t you go find someone to verify it, or better yet, ask the Kalen family themselves if Sharon’s

mention the part where she is a violin prodigy? Her victory over Harry Wells made global headlines. Can Victoria manage that? Or would she be

went rigid.

rose, unwilling

the violin well. What does that matter? She’s still a divorced

a razor-sharp

she’s divorced with a child? Since when is that

divorce or have children outside marriage. Otherwise, none of you will

man was struck

her. Online, they cherry-picked whatever suited

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join Kalen Group. Tonight’s banquet wasn’t only attended by powerful families, but also shareholders and board members of the Kalen Group who were eager to see for themselves what kind of

only one aim: to soil her reputation before she could

disruption barely

microphone with a genial smile

my daughter, Sharon. She is a graduate of Bell University Conservatory of Music. She once went by the name Jenna, and is an accomplished violinist. Soon, she will be joining Kalen Group. I hope you will all look