My Extraordinary Wife

To no one’s surprise, the first contestant in the International Piano Competition finals gained a decent score from the judging committee.

More contestants took to the stage for their turns, and while some flourished, others floundered.

As a special guest judge for the competition, Caleb naturally scored the contestants as objectively as he could.

One of the contestants got a very low score, yet she muttered through sobs, “I have no regrets left in my life after meeting Mr. Powell in person. My heart is full even though I’ve lost.”

Soon enough, it was Hera’s turn to compete.

She took a deep breath before exiting backstage, her heels clicking across the floor.

Hera was confident of winning the competition because of her recent hard work.

She did not disappoint Sisley as her fingers traveled nimbly across the black and white keys and brought a beautiful piece to life.

Hera’s piece of choice was technically challenging and would have stayed off the list of options of most contestants, yet she did not shy away from the complex composition.

her performance, the audience

and grabbed the microphone. Then, she walked toward the judging committee and said, “May I say a few words to Ms.

her coolly and replied,

locked eyes as Hera deliberately wore an awkward smile,

you won’t deliberately give me a low score because of our personal grudges. After all, too many rumors have been spreading

immediately directed shocked

on Twitter, which alleged that Ashlyn purposely assigned low

Ashlyn arched a brow in response, making

remember any clarifications

rumors about Ashlyn’s unfair scoring out of concern that the latter would give

force Ashlyn to give her a slightly

Ashlyn held a grudge against Hera if she graded her

time to give your score.” The host hastily spoke

unfair, I’ll just forfeit my score. I don’t want to appear biased

stunned

forfeiting her scoring rights was unprecedented since the induction of

Ashlyn’s decision. The score for each contestant was an average of the