The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 279

Mila’s face had darkened with shame. The confident look on her face was shattered

She couldn’t keep up with Vivienne?!

How could that be possible?

Meanwhile, down in the audience, the people who had been engrossed in Vivienne’s performance all simultaneously furrowed their brows.

They looked at Mila with very annoyed, even sort of disgusted, expressions

“What the heck is Mila playing?! Couldn’t she even get the first note right?”

“She’s a renowned pianist, and she can’t even outshine Vivienne, a country girl? What’s the point of her playing at all? She should just go home, get married, and become a housewife”

“Hurry up and get off the stage! We want to hear Vivienne!”

Everyone chattered as Mila’s face slowly turned a ghastly pale

No! She couldn’t lose to Vivienne!

If she lost, how could she ever become the matriarch of the Brooks family?

How could she handle Vivienne?

She took a deep breath, tried to regain her composure, and lifted her hand to catch up with Vivienne’s rhythm.

However, although she managed to keep up with the first note, she struggled a lot with everything else.

Vivienne seemed to be pressing her down, and she felt weaker and weaker as she played. She even made another mistake in the middle of the piece

When the piece ended, Mila felt as if she were soaked in sweat

She didn’t even have a bit of strength left

Vivienne stood up and looked down at her from a superior position “Mila, your piano skills need more practice. As for becoming the matriarch, you might as well forget that You’d need to practice for a hundred years just to be considered

Mila felt even more shame now.

Although everyone knew she wanted to marry Scott, no one had ever spoken about it openly.

Vivienne not only brought it up in public but also used her piano skills to make her lose dignity.

Was she telling her not to dream of becoming the matriarch of the Brooks family?

Ridiculous!

she could not become Scott’s wife?

right to even speak

audience gasped in

that Vivienne was not to be messed with

intimidating,

someone who could shame you in

because she didn’t want Mila to be her stepmother, she openly shamed Mila in front of all the

a hole and die

Baron and Scott

he never expected Vivienne to have such a strong reaction to the matter of Mila wanting to marry him.

suddenly snorted coldly. “She’s just a nobody who’s trying to act important. A newly found daughter wanting to control her own father’s love

the fact that he had been tricked by Vivienne into bidding 12 million dollars for a worthless gemstone

annoying as Arabella, especially

uncle, Scott, could find a wife and

appearance, he thought Mila

Calista was

with excellent people, not with barbaric creatures like

turned her head and looked at all the quests

the Brooks family,

giving anyone a chance to refuse, she sat down again and started

had no dignity to stay seated and quickly

Calista and glared at Vivienne on stage with a blazing

and a T–shirt. So, in truth, she looked a bit out of place while sitting

everyone’s emotions were stirred, and they were

was initially gentle and clear. It created a fairyland, leading everyone into a

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if a storm were rising. The dream–like scenery shifted, as if everyone in the fairyland had been dragged They were

them to breathe. It was like death had arrived and was standing right before them, leaving them completely terrified.

but found that no matter how hard

Despair!

into unprecedented despair

of regret streamed down everyone’s face.

a flash of surprise crossed his deep and alluring eyes.

world–renowned piece called “One Step to Heaven, One

struck his heart, suddenly squeezing it with a tight

years to be able to play such

forward and walked towards Vivienne

play with her and soothe her sadness.

who had been in the resting room, suddenly rushed out and looked