The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 590

"If the O'Brien family loses him again, I'll take you to court and file for a change in custody."

Without waiting for Haynes to respond, she turned on her heel and walked away.

Stella barely had time to breathe these days.

Between preparing for the upcoming concert and juggling a slew of performances and competitions, her schedule was packed.

On this particular day, Stella spotted Rachel at the competition venue.

Given how few high-profile contests there were in the industry, it wasn't a total surprise to bump into Rachel here.

The sight of Rachel quickly set off a quiet ripple of gossip among those nearby.

"Wait, is that Rachel? She's competing this year too?"

"I heard Rachel got a recommendation from Mr. Walden-she doesn't even have to go through the preliminaries."

"Rachel's Mr. Walden's protégé. What chance do any of us have?"

there

stood beside Mr. Walden, deep in conversation with the event organizer. Stella only

straight into the main event, bypassing the preliminary rounds. In rare cases, it

unfair at first, but the pressure on the recommending mentor was immense—if their student was knocked out early, it would throw the mentor's judgment and reputation into question. That's why most mentors rarely put their own credibility on the line, unless

it obvious she'd been late to sign up. Thanks to his recommendation, she was allowed to skip the preliminaries

a big deal it

endorsement, skipping straight to

of.

showcase, performing alongside the best from around the world These global events always attracted attention; they were the fastest way to gain both

music scene had seen a real drought

if it hadn't been for Antoney pulling up the average score, Novaris might have ended up at the

competition that had launched Antoney's

year, Antoney wouldn't

after the concert, he'd

win the team or solo championship, but you have more talent-and more drive than I ever did. I believe you're going to take

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hesitated, then added, "I heard Aurora is officially representing Solmaris this year. This is her shot at making a name for herself internationally, too. Star, win this for the Williams family. Show them how wrong they were to cast you aside and put all their

preliminaries were no challenge