The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 279

Chapter 279

Mila’s face had darkened with shame. The confident look on her face was shattered

She couldn’t keep up with Vivienne?!

How could that be possible?

Meanwhile, down in the audience, the people who had been engrossed in Vivienne’s performance all simultaneously furrowed their brows.

They looked at Mila with very annoyed, even sort of disgusted, expressions

“What the heck is Mila playing?! Couldn’t she even get the first note right?”

“She’s a renowned pianist, and she can’t even outshine Vivienne, a country girl? What’s the point of her playing at all? She should just go home, get married, and become a housewife”

“Hurry up and get off the stage! We want to hear Vivienne!”

Everyone chattered as Mila’s face slowly turned a ghastly pale

No! She couldn’t lose to Vivienne!

If she lost, how could she ever become the matriarch of the Brooks family?

How could she handle Vivienne?

She took a deep breath, tried to regain her composure, and lifted her hand to catch up with Vivienne’s rhythm.

However, although she managed to keep up with the first note, she struggled a lot with everything else.

Vivienne seemed to be pressing her down, and she felt weaker and weaker as she played. She even made another mistake in the middle of the piece

When the piece ended, Mila felt as if she were soaked in sweat

She didn’t even have a bit of strength left

Vivienne stood up and looked down at her from a superior position “Mila, your piano skills need more practice. As for becoming the matriarch, you might as well forget that You’d need to practice for a hundred years just to be considered

Mila felt even more shame now.

Although everyone knew she wanted to marry Scott, no one had ever spoken about it openly.

Vivienne not only brought it up in public but also used her piano skills to make her lose dignity.

of becoming the matriarch of the

Ridiculous!

she could not become Scott’s wife?

had no right to

gasped in

seen that Vivienne was

that not only was Vivienne intimidating,

could shame you in public without a hint of remorse.

because she didn’t want Mila to be her stepmother, she openly shamed Mila in front of all the prestigious

to crawl into a hole and

for the Brooks family, Baron and Scott watched the scene as their thoughts

he never expected Vivienne to have such a strong reaction to

“She’s just a nobody who’s trying to act important. A newly found daughter wanting

he had been tricked

annoying as Arabella,

hoped that his uncle, Scott, could find a

of talent and appearance, he thought

importantly, Calista

excellent people,

and looked at all the quests at

my family reunion banquet To thank the Brooks family, I plan to play

she sat down again and started playing.

no dignity to stay seated and quickly

at Vivienne on stage with a blazing

and a T–shirt. So, in truth, she looked a bit out of place while sitting in front of the piano

playing the piano, everyone’s emotions were stirred, and they were drawn into her dream–like

It created

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aggressive, as if a storm were rising. The dream–like scenery shifted, as if everyone in the fairyland had

they felt like something was tightly choking their necks, making it hard for them to breathe. It was like death had arrived and was standing

free but found that no matter how hard they tried, they

Despair!

fell into unprecedented despair

regret streamed down everyone’s face.

at Vivienne on stage as a flash of surprise crossed his deep and alluring

the world–renowned piece called “One Step

struck his heart, suddenly squeezing

she experienced all these years to be able to play such a mournful and harrowing melody?

and walked towards Vivienne

her and soothe her

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