A nursery rhyme?! The crowd roared with laughter.

“Alana, you’re too kind,” Alondra said. “I’m not sure if she could even manage a nursery rhyme…”

“Emmeline, ignore them!” Julianna bellowed. “It’s no big deal if you can’t play the piano! After all, you gave me three grandchildren!”

Rosaline glared at Julianna spitefully. Julianna had indirectly insulted Abel for not being able to have more children than Adrien.

“Hmm, let me give it a go, since it’s a party after all!” Emmeline tried to diffuse the tension.

“Go on! You could try ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’, or ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’,” Alana encouraged her cousin.

She pushed her luscious locks away from her face before

However, all of a sudden, Emmeline’s fingers picked up the pace and burst into a smooth, tuneful melody. She was playing ‘A Comme Amour’, a famous piece by Richard Clayderman. The piece started out soft and playful, but Emmeline was building up

watched Emmeline play the piano. Abel Ryker too was completely mesmerized by the woman in front of him. He was used to watching piano performances by world class pianists overseas, but no one held

standing by her side. Emmeline looked up at him and smiled while her hands were still deftly maneuvering the piano keys, not breaking

keyboard gently, silently asking Emmeline for permission to duet. Emmeline immediately

at playing the piano, she even got a chance to duet with Abel. The whole of Struyria

her skirt and stomped toward Emmeline, her eyes burning with anger. “How dare you seduce my fiancé?!” She raised a menacing hand, ready to

away from Emmeline forcefully. “Watch your words, we were never engaged to begin with,” he growled in a

“Abel…” Alana cried out.

speak to me so

Ryker,” Alana addressed him formally, holding back hot tears. All her party guests were witnesses to

into the back of the house. A moment later, the chandelier lights dimmed. A violinist began to play ‘Happy Birthday’ as hundreds of candles lit up the hall. The crowd clapped excitedly as a man dressed up as a clown pushed a trolley with

to make a wish!” Alondra announced. “Then we’ll all get to enjoy

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