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 placing her fingers on

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

in front of him. He was used to watching piano performances by world class pianists overseas, but no one held a

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 her lovely face from this

unimpressed and rather upset that things were not going according to her plan. She was just about to stop Emmeline when Abel placed his hand on the keyboard gently, silently asking Emmeline for permission

got a chance to duet with Abel. The whole of

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

“Abel…” Alana cried out.

me so casually!” Abel

him formally, holding back hot tears. All her party guests were witnesses

covered her face and disappeared 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 an impressive four-tiered birthday cake toward the

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

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