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Mia reckoned that every lady in the area was eyeing him. No matter where he was, he could easily draw attention from others with his inherent presence.
He sat and raised his head, meeting her eyes. Her gaze shifted away from him quickly as though she was simply looking around, not staring at him.
When she focused her gaze at the entrance, there was Claude and Maya! They walked side by side. seemingly to be in a conversation.
Mia was surprised to see that. Did they know each other?
At the entrance, Claude spared Maya a cold glance. “Give up already. You’re not gifted in piano.”
“Claude.” Maya was reluctant to admit reality.
“Don’t call me by my first name. I’ve never admitted you as one of us. After all, you’re just a fake.”
Despite his steely tone, she didn’t want to admit her defeat, but no words escaped from her lips.
She gritted her teeth furiously. Now that she knew the true Ms. Lane was in this college, she was determined to hunt her down before anyone did.
The Lanes must never find out who the true Ms. Lane was. Because Maya wanted to hog the spot to herself forever!
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After speaking with Claude, Maya gave Mia a provoking gaze and the latter noticed it.
Frowning, Mia couldn’t understand the meaning of that.
Not long after, Claude came up to Mia. “Mia, aren’t your legs tired from all the standing?”
“Nope, I’m fine. There’s a chair for me to sit on. Claude, I was surprised to see your name on the guest list a while ago. I thought it was another person with the same name.
“You didn’t tell me that you’re going to attend the music show.”
“This is how a surprise works.” He couldn’t bring himself to stand in a corner watching the music show. His brows furrowed at that. “Come sit with me. My seat is better.”
She hurriedly shook her head. “I’m fine with my spot. If something comes up, I have to go deal with it.”
It seemed like Claude had to deal with his helplessness himself. “Fine. When you come to Nord City, I’ll take you to a grander music show.”
When that time came, he would announce to everyone that he had such a kind and cute sister. He would organize a music show every single year just for her!
Mia nodded meekly in response and watched him head for the guests¡® seats until he sat beside
Timothy!
Her heart surged to her throat in a heartbeat. If she had accepted Claude’s offer to sit together, that meant sitting with Timothy!
Then, she watched Maya sit next to Timothy with an expression of a winner.
The glint in Mia’s eyes lost its sparkle as she quickly withdrew her gaze, focusing her attention on the decorations.
Meanwhile, Timothy cast her a fleeting look, mixed emotions stirred beneath his eyes. He actually saw Claude approaching Mia. The duo appeared to be close acquaintances.
Claude turned sideways, blocking Timothy’s view while voicing his opinion implicitly, “Mr. Barrett,
I think you should focus on the stage. The music show is commencing soon.”
In other words, “Stop looking at my sister or I’ll dig out your eye.”
“It’s none of your business,” Timothy retorted, displeased.
Maya piped up, “Timothy, Mr. Lane and Mia seem to be close. He actually personally supervised the decorations for the hall.”
Timothy became all grumpy at that instant.
Claude was a playboy in Nord City: his girlfriend never stayed the same every three months,
Looking at her, he responded, “Yeah. I think Mia is gifted in design and playing plano, at least much better than you.”
It was such a humiliation to her. “Claude, what are you joking-“
“Don’t call me that. Don’t act like we’re close. I have never acknowledged your identity.”
Her face fell at that because her biggest fear was Timothy finding out that she was a mere adopted child. When that came to event, how would she be able to marry him?
However, Timothy didn’t ask a question about it as though he hadn’t heard it.
She let out a sigh of relief and didn’t want to provoke Claude anymore. What if he revealed her true identity?
Then, the music show started.
It was Mia’s first time watching this kind of music show. Live performances felt different from watching them on TV. The beautiful melody could easily captivate one’s heart.
Vanta Armstrong, the chief, was playing the plano.
Mia watched his performance as her fingers moved along with the rhythm as though immersed in the music show.
Two hours later, the music show came to an end.
The applause didn’t stop, the host came forward. “It’s an honor to present such a marvelous music show by talented musicians.
“On a side note, we have a mini interactive corner for today’s event that is¨Ctwo lucky audiences would be picked randomly to come onstage to perform.”
A commotion surged among the crowd.
Mia appeared rather calm because it was an internal decision to pick the top scholars from the Music School, who were highly likely to join the musicians.
The light shone upon a senior student from the Music School. With grace, she walked up to the stage and played the violin.
Mia acknowledged her skills because she had a good sense of rhythm.
Then, it was time for the second audience to be picked.
Maya, who was at the guest’s seat, flickered her eyes in a direction. The ray of light skirted around before it landed upon Mia.
Surprise was evident from her expression.
Did they mistakenly direct the light at her? Was there a miscommunication among the staff?
At that time, Kennedy was equally baffled. However, after considering Timothy’s attendance, he simply assumed that it was a surprise from Timothy to his wife.
Just when the host had an idea of how to resolve the issue, Kennedy motioned for the host to proceed.
Hence, the host prompted, “Please come on stage and show us what you got. Ladies and gentlemen, please give her a round of applause.”
That put her in a tough spot. Although she had been practicing piano, the only pieces she was familiar with were two¨Cthe one Claude taught her and that children’s song.
Reflexively, she looked in Claude’s direction. To her surprise, he was all excited about it. “You can do it!”
Mia was rendered speechless. She was asking for help, not encouragement!
How could a beginner like her perform in front of a crowd of talented people?
Right then, Maya stood up and acted generously. “Ms. Bowen, if you don’t know how to play an instrument, you can ask for help. I can gladly offer a hand.”
Maya’s triumphant face gave Mia a hint. It was no wonder she was chosen. Maya intended to embarrass her in public!
Taking a deep breath, Mia rose from her seat. “No, thank you. I do play instruments as a hobby, but I don’t play them that well. I hope the audience doesn’t mind it.”
“Don’t take it so seriously. It’s just an interactive corner. Come on, give her a round of applause, everyone.” The host tried to lighten the mood.
After getting onstage, Mia was still all jittery. She raised her gaze and saw Claude, as well as
Timothy.
No one could read Timothy’s mind through those eyes.
But, for whatever reason it was, she didn’t want to give in just like that! No matter how bad she was at playing piano, never in her life would she let Maya replace her.
Mia seated herself before the piano and rewound the piece taught by Claude in her head. Her nerves calmed, and she began to play the piece she was most familiar with.
Maya’s expression changed the moment she heard the melody.
Maya stared at Mia in disbelief. It was that children’s song that Maya could never possibly forget. Was she hearing things?
How? How could this be?
The color drained from her face as her eyes widened in shock.
Previously, she heard that song by chance and began searching for the pianist from room to room. She also came across Mia playing piano in the classroom.
Maya simply brushed it off, assuming that Mia was just there for a practice session.
In fact, Mia was actually one of the people Maya suspected. Mia was adopted, so she should be an orphan.
Maya’s fingers were trembling. If Mia was the person she had been looking for¨Cthe true Ms. Lane she had been looking for¨Cwhat should she do?
