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.

arm?” Concerned, Rena

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

Hearing this, Rena froze.

checked

blisters

palms blankly. After a long time, tears started to roll down her cheeks. She wiped them hurriedly, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t hold back her tears. She applied medicine on Eloise’s blistered palms and then went back to her

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the cash to Eloise

night, Rena cried

dark circles under her eyes. No amount of concealer could

out, just quit one of your jobs. I can always sell that small apartment in the

worry.

sighed and didn’t say

grabbed her bag and went to work in the music

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

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

too late.

I just wanted to know why you don’t want to perform at my

soon as she asked this, the

knew that she used

get Rena to like her.

her sympathetically, which only made Rena feel even more

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

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