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,

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

Hearing this, Rena froze.

checked Eloise’s

several blisters on

hurriedly, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t hold back her

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she handed the cash to Eloise and

Rena cried herself

up the following morning, there were dark circles under her eyes. No amount of

I can always sell that small apartment in

firmly. “Don’t worry. I can take good care

didn’t say

eating, Rena grabbed her bag and went

arrived at the studio, 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 caught a glimpse of Cecilia waiting

do with her either. So she told her colleague to

late. Cecilia had

“Rena, I just wanted to know why you don’t want to perform at my birthday

this, the whole studio

colleagues all knew that

to get Rena to like her. It was

looked at her sympathetically, which only made

said to Cecilia 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 to

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