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.

pushed her luscious locks away from her face before

pleased to note the jeers and jibes from the crowd. 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 toward a

was completely mesmerized by the woman in front of him. He

up at him and smiled while her hands were still deftly maneuvering the piano keys, not breaking melody. Abel’s heart raced as he looked down at

to stop Emmeline when Abel placed his hand on the keyboard gently, silently asking Emmeline for permission to duet. Emmeline immediately understood his request and allowed him to pick

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

“How dare you seduce my fiancé?!”

pushed her away from Emmeline forcefully. “Watch your words, we were never engaged to

“Abel…” Alana cried out.

to me so

her party guests were witnesses to her very public humiliation, but she had one

candles lit up the hall. The crowd clapped excitedly

Ms. Alana Lane to make a wish!” Alondra announced. “Then we’ll all get to enjoy some delicious cake

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