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 to decide that she could not become Scott’s

to even speak

gasped in shock

Vivienne was not

not only was Vivienne intimidating, but she also had a bad

was someone who could shame you in public without a

want Mila to be her stepmother, she openly shamed Mila in

crawl into a hole and die night

Brooks family, Baron and Scott watched the scene

Vivienne to have such a strong reaction to the matter of Mila

coldly. “She’s just a nobody who’s trying to act important. A newly found daughter

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

as annoying as Arabella, especially in his

could find a

talent and appearance, he thought Mila was

importantly, Calista

excellent people, not with

thoughts were drifting, Vivienne turned her head and looked at all the quests at her banquet

thank the Brooks family,

a chance to refuse, she sat down again and started

had no dignity to stay seated

Calista and glared at

she looked a bit out of place while sitting in front

began playing the piano, everyone’s emotions were stirred, and they were drawn into her dream–like piano

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

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rising. The dream–like scenery shifted, as if everyone in the fairyland had been dragged They were helpless and terrified, and they couldn’t help but scream as

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

found that no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t

Despair!

fell into unprecedented

regret streamed down everyone’s

on stage as a flash

piece called “One Step to Heaven, One

his heart, suddenly

had she experienced all these years to be able to play such

stepped forward and walked towards

wanted to play with her and soothe

moment, Debra, who had been in the resting room, suddenly