Filed To Story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
In addition to being the hostess of the Hansen family, Nora was also a well-known pianist.
To make friends with her, many rich wives started to learn piano, and some of them even sent their children to the piano tutoring class opened by Nora.
Now, for the music appreciation event held by Nora, almost all the rich wives from New York gathered in the piano room.
Incredibly, there were a lot of unmarried daughters who accompanied their mothers to the party.
Sara also brought Jane to attend. In addition to Jane’s extraordinary accomplishments in piano, Sara herself was also a well-known local pianist in New York, and many of New York’s piano competitions had invited her to be a judge.
“Jane, what have you been up to lately? See how thin you have become recently?”
Jane was striking among the crowd of famous ladies and daughters.
Especially Nora’s tender affection for her made Jane the crowd’s focus.
In contrast, Cora, who Nora had brought to be by her side for this wealthy wives’ party, her presence was almost transparent.
“Yes, Nora, except for the busy work in the hospital, everything else is fine.”
Jane had a non-aggressive, easy-going attitude through her words.
This was also the reason Nora liked her the most.
However, Nora didn’t know that while holding Jane’s hand affectionately, Jane was secretly glancing at
Cora from the corner of her eyes.
Cora was wearing a long beige dress today. She tied her hair sideways with a ribbon of the same color.
In addition, she had a pair of high heels of the same color. No matter how you looked at it, one could see that she was attentive to the party.
When Jane looked at Cora carefully, she saw Cora’s eyes suddenly swept over her way.
She quickly looked away and smiled at Nora.
“You’re a good kid. It’s Byron who is confused.”
Nora comforted Jane, but she was actually expressing her dislike of Cora to Jane in disguise.
In fact, Jane knew that Nora didn’t like Cora.
Otherwise, Nora wouldn’t have specially organized such a gathering to bring together many outstanding New York socialites.
“Nora, it’s not Byron’s fault, don’t take it to heart.”
Jane kept her considerate persona, and her words spoke to Nora’s heart.
Everyone knew that Nora spoiled Byron so much. She might complain about Byron, but if someone accused Byron of making a mistake, Nora surely would go to his defense.
So Jane spoke out her thoughts. In doing so, wouldn’t this win the favor of Nora?
But when Cora heard these words, she inevitably felt uncomfortable.
Jane didn’t admit that it was her own fault, and she also said that it wasn’t Byron’s fault, so was it Cora to blame?
Was she the scapegoat?
It was just that in front of so many people, Cora didn’t want to cause a scene.
So she didn’t express her opinion. She was like a wooden figure, and Nora didn’t take it seriously.
“Child, you are so sensible that it makes people heartsick. I will help you to talk to Byron…”
That hinted to Jane that Nora did not approve of Cora.
Jane thought that she and Byron were still possible!
Jane had been in this circle since childhood, so she naturally understood Nora’s hints and was immediately overjoyed.
Because during the party, she had a smile on her face all that time.
Especially when facing Cora, that smile was even brighter…
Cora could only temporarily ignore Jane’s almost provocative behavior, not because she was afraid of standing her ground, but because she really didn’t have time.
After greeting Jane, Nora instructed Cora to help in the reception of those wealthy ladies.
The reason was that you represented me and the Hansen family, hosting the wives and young ladies.
In all the grandeur, it made Cora a member of the waiters.
There was the lady who said she wanted to eat some fruit and asked Cora to bring it, and there was the young lady who thought there was not enough ice in the drink and asked Cora to get it.
It was not that Cora couldn’t see through these people. They were counting on Nora didn’t accept her, therefore, treated her like a clown.
But she didn’t want to refute Nora and didn’t want to make things difficult for Byron, so she could only grit her teeth and endure it.
The pair of 4-inch high-heeled shoes hurt her feet from all that serving coffee and pouring water, but she didn’t squeak…
When Cora was busy, Sara looked at her alluring back and suddenly suggested,
“There are many young girls at the party today. Why don’t they all come and play a song.”
“It’s a good suggestion. It’s been a long time since they competed against each other.”
There were other wealthy wives who conformed.
Nora agreed with this proposal and even offered to increase the reward.
“Yes, you have to encourage each other to make progress. Let them compete today, and I will give my bracelet to the one who performs the best.”
Nora generously took off the bracelet she was wearing.
Someone immediately recognized it.
“Isn’t this the gemstone bracelet that Byron bought at auction at the beginning of the year for 3.4 million dollars?”
“Yeah, Byron knew I liked this one, so he bought it from auction and gave it to me.”
While mentioning Byron, Nora couldn’t hide her smile.
Some catered to her pleasure and praised him,
“Byron is very filial.”
Then, Nora’s smile became even brighter.
But Cora, who was also close to Byron, couldn’t be happy after hearing these compliments.
Because she always felt that Nora took out the bracelet Byron gave her to increase the competition award, and she had other intentions.
It seemed to imply that whoever among the competitors got this bracelet would be equivalent to getting
Byron himself.
Hearing that those socialites and young ladies, each one of them had their eyes lit up, and they all were eager to try.
As a result, there were piano performances one after another.
One of the socialite daughters performed Polkarakoff.
Listening to the cheerful performance, Nora and Sara were laughing and commenting.
“This is a sixth-grade track, not bad.”
“The melody is colorful.”
Next was an E Major piece played by the Pope family’s daughter.
Amidst the soft music, Sara seemed intoxicated.
“This is an eight-level repertoire with a good foundation.”
Nora also admired it very much.
“It’s like a dream and an illusion, both true and false. It’s like a long stream of water, like a turbulent wave crashing on the shore…”
Many others volunteered to perform, ranging from the fifth-grade piano repertoire to the eighth-grade.
Nora and Sara both gave good advice and praise.
After the socialites had finished their performances, Nora suddenly urged,
“Jane, go up and show us what you can do. I haven’t heard you play the piano for a long time.”
Then one of the wealthy wives laughed and said,
“I’ve heard Miss Yoris play the piano before, and it feels like a master level.”
Someone hurriedly asked Sara,
“Did Miss Yoris pass the tenth level?”
Sara quickly smiled and said,
“No, just level nine.”
“It’s amazing! She’s such an outstanding surgeon of the cardiac surgery department and so good at playing the piano.”
“Miss Yoris, go up and play a song, and let them learn from you.”
So under a wave of praise, Jane reluctantly went up to play.
The repertoire she played was Croatian Rhapsody.
As soon as she started to play, almost everyone, regardless of whether they knew the piano or not, looked intoxicated, as if they had heard the sounds of nature.
Sara also nodded with approval.
“That’s right. She has improved again. It seems she can take the tenth-grade test after a while.”
Nora also said,
“This song should only exist in heaven, and it is rare to hear it in the world.”
The other wives also echoed,
“It’s like flowing clouds and flowing water pouring down from her fingers.
It’s a feast for the ears. Mrs. Sara Yoris, you are so lucky to have such an excellent daughter as Jane.”
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