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.

took a seat at the piano. She pushed her luscious locks away from her face before placing her fingers on the piano

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 more

play the piano. Abel Ryker too was completely mesmerized by the woman in

and standing by her side. Emmeline looked up at him and smiled while her hands were still deftly maneuvering

to stop Emmeline when Abel placed his hand on the keyboard gently, silently asking

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

fiancé?!” She raised a menacing hand, ready to

your words, we were never engaged to begin with,” he

“Abel…” Alana cried out.

speak to me so casually!” Abel snapped at

addressed him formally, holding back hot tears. All her party guests were witnesses to her very public humiliation, but she had one more trick up her

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 an impressive four-tiered birthday cake toward the center of the

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

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