My Extraordinary Wife

Ashlyn Berry! Madeline Saunders! That’s her in the flesh! Oh, my goodness!

Olivia’s lips began to tremble. For some reason, she didn’t want Ashlyn to look down on her.

Seconds later, Olivia regained her composure and sat down at the piano.

With both her hands on the keys, a rich and smooth melody soon followed.

As soon as the piece ended, Olivia couldn’t help but stare nervously at the judges.

Ashlyn was the first to give a score of seven point five.

The other judges, too, gave Olivia a score of either seven or eight.

That might not be anything to boast about, but her score wasn’t low either.

If Ashlyn had given a low score, Olivia’s initial plan was to file a complaint against her for abusing her power to avenge personal grudges.

surprise, Ashlyn’s scoring was fair and

make sense of the situation when Ashlyn’s crisp, cold

and expressive. My only wish is that you had picked a song that suited you more. If you don’t think you can showcase your skills through a difficult song, pick something easier that gives you a chance to shine. You can also remind yourself to slow down when you’re playing. It’s normal to feel nervous when you’re on stage, and your playing speed inadvertently increases along with your heartbeat. Therefore, if you don’t make a conscious effort to slow yourself down, you’d only become more prone to

as she

pertinent, and she had carefully dissected

that, Olivia felt

She truly has lived up

before taking a bow and

sit with her family in

neither commented nor

judged by Ashlyn, but the latter only

the last straw

trapped in a vicious circle when they try to perfect their techniques. And more

best example

to the semi-finals, much to the delight

the reputation of their families, it’d be a total embarrassment if the ladies

they could still take comfort in knowing that they were good enough to

host announced, “All right. Let’s welcome our next