Waylen!”

Tyrone greeted him enthusiastically as though the two weren’t rivals.

Waylen let him sit down at their table. Tyrone then grinned at Rena and introduced her to the teenage girl he came with. “Rena, this is my younger sister, Danna. She’s in urgent need of a reliable piano teacher! Please let her be your student!”

Rena blushed in embarrassment.

Waylen knew what Tyrone was thinking, but he didn’t give a damn. He simply took out his wallet, pulled out a wad of cash, and then left it on the table. “Miss Gordon, since you’re busy, I’ll get going first.”

Rena nodded and escorted him to the door of the restaurant out of politeness.

When they reached the exit, Waylen nodded to her and left He walked away with his head held high as though nothing had happened.

By the time Rena went back inside the restaurant, it was time for her to go onstage again.

Tyrone didn’t want to bother her while she was working, so he waited until she was done and then found a place for them to talk.

Danna was a sweet girl, and Rena eventually agreed to teach her. Tyrone’s offer was quite high, and he even paid Rena two months ‘ worth of tuition fees in advance.

Rena knew that Tyrone was just trying to help/her out. If her family wasn’t in so much trouble, she might’ve refused his offer, but now she couldn’t afford to let her pride get in the way.

When Rena made it home, she found the apartment empty.

She called Eloise to ask where she was, and Eloise said she was just running some errands and that she’d be back soon.

Around half an hour later, Rena heard the door unlocking. Eloise had come back, but her arm was red and swollen.

to your arm?” Concerned, Rena helped Eloise

“Oh, I’m just so old and useless. I tried to work for a while, but my arm

Hearing this, Rena froze.

checked

were several blisters on Eloise’s originally supple

After a long time, tears started to roll down her cheeks. She wiped them hurriedly, but no matter

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hesitation, she handed the cash to Eloise and asked her

cried herself

under her eyes. No amount of concealer could cover how tired she

I can always sell that small

shook her head firmly. “Don’t worry. I can

didn’t

and went to work in the

a colleague whispered to her, “Rena, a Miss Fowler has been waiting for you! If you don’t want to see her, we can tell her that you’re on leave.” Rena paused. Before she could say anything, she

want to have anything to do with her either. So she told her colleague to tell Cecilia that

it was too late. Cecilia had seen

said with a sad smile, “Rena, I just wanted to know why you don’t want to perform at my birthday party. Do

asked this, the whole

knew that she used to date

Harold’s fiancee was, trying to get Rena to like her. It was too

which only made Rena feel

in a low voice, “I’m sorry. It’s not like that at all. I just happened to have a prior commitment on your birthday. Why not ask someone else

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