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.

your arm?” Concerned, Rena helped

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

Hearing this, Rena froze.

checked Eloise’s

there were several blisters on Eloise’s originally supple

for words, Rena stared at her blistered 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.

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she handed the cash to Eloise

Rena cried herself

morning, there were dark circles under her eyes. No amount of concealer could cover

of your jobs. I can always sell that small apartment in the suburb and we’ll have

worry.

sighed and didn’t say anything

grabbed her bag and went to

she 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.”

didn’t hate her, but she didn’t want to have anything to do with her either. So she told her

too late. Cecilia had

came over and said with a sad smile, “Rena, I just wanted to know why you

this, the whole studio seemed to

knew that

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

colleagues all looked at her sympathetically, which only made Rena

at all. I just happened to have a prior commitment on your birthday. Why not ask someone

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