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!

that she could not become

right to even speak on

audience gasped in shock

that Vivienne was not to be

only was Vivienne intimidating, but she also had a bad

someone who could shame you in public without

didn’t want Mila to be her stepmother, she openly shamed Mila in

wanted to crawl into a hole and

for the Brooks family, Baron and Scott watched the scene as

of marrying Mila, but he never expected Vivienne to have such a strong reaction to the matter of Mila wanting

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

brooding over the fact that he had been tricked by Vivienne into

just as annoying as Arabella, especially in

uncle, Scott, could find a wife and start his life

terms of talent and appearance, he thought

Calista was

liked to interact with excellent people, not with barbaric creatures

drifting, Vivienne turned her head and looked at

reunion banquet To thank the Brooks family, I plan to play

to refuse, she sat down

had no dignity to stay

glared at

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

as she began playing the piano, everyone’s emotions were stirred, and they were drawn

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

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

choking their necks, making it hard for them to breathe. It was like death had arrived and was standing right before

wanted to break free but found that no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t escape death’s grip

Despair!

fell into

streamed

Vivienne on stage as a flash of surprise

piece called “One Step to Heaven, One

heart,

had she experienced all these years to be able to play such a mournful and

abruptly stepped forward and walked towards Vivienne

wanted to play with her

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