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 erupted

stood up from the piano bench and grabbed the microphone. Then, she walked toward the judging committee

coolly and replied, “Go

eyes as Hera deliberately wore an awkward smile, acting the part of a poor, bullied

personal grudges. After all,

immediately directed shocked stares in

rumors spreading on Twitter, which alleged that Ashlyn purposely assigned low

brow in response, making her thick-lashed,

“You seem to be a fan of rumors, Ms. Chapman. Why didn’t you remember any clarifications of the matter in other online articles? Instead, you only remembered the slanderous comments about

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

believed that public scrutiny would force Ashlyn to give her a

all, the public would believe that Ashlyn held a grudge against Hera if she

time to give your score.” The

declared, “Since Hera thinks I’m unfair, I’ll just forfeit my score. I don’t want

stunned everyone

was unprecedented since the induction

she pondered the implications of Ashlyn’s decision. The