Chapter 768
This time, she must make Jenna notorious in the international piano circle and show everyone her true
colors. Let''s see how Jenna''ll pretend to be innocent with that pure face of hers.
Mrs. Ritter has always held a grudge against Jenna, believing that Sylvia refused to take Ashlyn as a
student because Jenna spoke ill of her daughter and interfered.
The Graley Piano Competition is important for almost every musician and is considered a heavyweight
international award. If they fail, they will be theughingstock of the music world.
It would directly block Jenna''s piano career. She became famous as a teenager, winning first ce in
the pianopetition and receiving much attention.
Mrs. Ritter was extremely jealous, thinking that it wasn''t due to her own talent but rather because
Sylvia had good guidance. That''s why she wanted to send her daughter to study under Sylvia as well.
Then when the winner of the pianopetition turns out to be an ipetentposer who insists
on participating inpetitions...
Mrs. Ritter even thought about what headlines she could use at that time.
She was just waiting for Jenna to fall short at Graley Piano Competition''s live performance venue so
Mrs. Ritter could feel morefortable inside.
A little slut who wants to show off in front of her? Does she really think The Ritter family is nothing?
Jenna''s head buzzed with noise while an impulse rose from deep within wanting desperately escape
this situation but no... she couldn''t do it... she knew it wouldn''t work...
When she walked out of the Piano Association half an hourter feeling lost and disoriented, Ashlyn
followed closely behind, mocking, "Miss Shepherd, what kind of expression is that? You look like you''ve
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been hit hard or something! Oh my goodness I have some friendly advice - It looks like snow ising
soon, so hurry up and go home."
The sky was gloomy; it looked like snow was reallying soon with cold winds blowing fiercely
causing pain all over their bodies
Jenna turned pale; feeling ufortable almost suffocatingly.
"Why are you ignoring me? That''s too much! Do you think you''re cool just because you''re going
participate in Graley Piano Competition?" Ashlyn pushed Jenna without warning
The girl fell down unexpectedly onto the ground scraping her hand on impact making small sounds
from pain escaping through gritted teeth.
She instinctively looked down at her hand only seeing blood seeping out from where skin had been
scraped off
Biting back tears while ring angrily at Ashlyn "Why did you push me!"
Ashlyn looked down at her with an arrogant posture. "You identally fell, and you still want to me
me?"
Jenna gritted her teeth in anger.
"Jenna!" Just then, a car pulled up to the association building''s entrance. A tall man stepped out of the
car and quickly walked over to Jenna, helping her up from the ground.
"How are you?" Brayden held onto her as she breathed lightly against his neck like a feather scratching
him.
His deep eyes seemed bottomless, but when he saw Jenna''s bleeding hand, a sh of anger passed
through them.
"I''m fine. Let''s go." Jenna whispered softly.
Why was Brayden here? She didn''t want him getting into trouble because of her altercation with
Ashlyn.
"Your hand is bleeding; how can you be fine?" Brayden stood like a wall in front of Ashlyn, towering
over her by more than a head height. He red at her mercilessly and said, "Miss Ritter, next time you
bully someone, I hope you can see your target clearly."
Ashlyn felt ufortable inside as she suppressed the fire within herself. "Are you guys trying to scam
me?"
Last night she had eavesdropped on Mrs. Ritter and Donovan talking about how deeply rooted the
Ritter family was - even if Cody got promoted, they wouldn''t be afraid.
So today Mrs. Ritter humiliated Jenna.
Since Ashlyn had support from her mother, she naturally wanted to step on Jenna too.
She wanted nothing more than crushing anyone rted to Sylvia underfoot - when Sylvia and Franklin
bullied Ashlyn in the mall that day, it left an indelible impression on Ashlyn''s mind
In this office building where there were not only members of the piano association but also many white-
cor workers from otherpaniesing back-and-forth frequently attracting quite some attention
soon enough.
Jenna''s face turned gloomy; originally feeling extremely bad now being watched by so many people
due to this small matter made it unbearable for her - She couldn''t help but shrink into Brayden''s arms,
"Brayden, let''s go home."
Brayden red irritably at Ashlyn. His precious girl who he protected every day being humiliated by
such a despicable woman was touching his bottom line!
He grabbed hold of Ashylnn''s neck tightly warning. "I warn you. If you ever again dare bully my sister,
you''ll face the music!"
"You!" Her face turned red with anger as she struggled against him just then Braydon threw one arm
out flinging Ashlyn onto the ground!
She was wearing high heels, and being in such a messy state on the ground made her feel both
embarrassed and angry. And it hurt too! She rubbed her long manicured fingers against the ground,
breaking several of them. The pain made her grit her teeth, unable to manage her expression.
"Ah, these are my new nails."
"Miss Ritter, do you know why you can''t y the piano well?" Jenna walked up to Ashlyn and looked at
her broken fingers. "Because... you use too many fancy things. Which outstanding pianist would make
suchplicated nails with their hands? It affects your touch too much."
After speaking, Jenna said to Brayden, "Brayden, let''s go."
"Miss Ritter... Jenna is too arrogant." A member of the Piano Association who had been watching all
along came over and helped Ashlyn up from the ground. "She must be retaliating against you because
she is unhappy that Mrs. Ritter arranged for you to participate in thepositionpetition."
Ashlyn stood up and looked at her fingers with heartache, "It''s okay. She''ll see how good I am in a few
days when wepete."
She red hatefully at Jenna''s back as she thought, "Jenna, just wait for me."
In the hospital.
Sylvia and Franklin entered Cody''s ward only to see him sitting on his bed eating breakfast with a
pillow behind his back.
"How do you feel, Cody?"
Cody smiled, "Sylvia and Franklin are here? I''m recovering pretty well."
Mrs. Wright saw Jasper put down his gift bag on the table so she quickly said politely,"Why bring gifts
when visiting us? We''re not strangers after all."
"Cody really picked up another life this time around. I wonder who was behind it all?"
"Mrs. Wright, don''t worry. MI6 is investigating this matter. Cody has just taken office. There must be
someone who has coveted this position for a long time. Everyone sees managing Urgford as an easy
job, right?" Franklin spoke softly.
"That makes sense." Mrs. Wright sighed, "The higher one climbs, the colder it gets."
Cody took it lightly, "The police department has also been instructed by Mr. President to investigate this
matter. It shoulde out soon enough after some time passes."
Sylvia was flipping through Cody''s medical records. She read them for a while before saying, "There
isn''t anything serious. Resting for some time will do good though."
As she put down Cody''s medical records, she saw that there were many gifts piled inside his ward.
They were probably from many noble families in Urgford who hade to visit him .
After all, with the new secretary just taking office, who wouldn''t want to show some enthusiasm and
refresh their presence?
At that moment, Jasper, who had been sitting on the couch scrolling through his phone, murmured
softly, "Master Brayden?"
"What''s up?" Franklinzily sat on the couch. Even while sitting down, he still exuded a strong aura that
affected everyone in the hospital room.
"Master Franklin, take a look at this." Jasper moved closer to him and handed him his phone.
Franklin''s deep gaze looked over and saw #Secretary Cody''s Son Master Brayden publicly beating a
woman# trending high on social media. He watched the short video clip where Brayden was holding
Jenna in his arms while his other hand gripped onto a woman''s neck.
The woman seemed vaguely familiar but since he never paid attention to women before he couldn''t
remember who she was.
Sylvia frowned as she heard her phone beep with Twitter notifications of thetest news. She watched
Brayden''s video clip.
"Ashlyn! Did this woman bully Jenna? Is that why Brayden is angry?"
"The Ritters?" Franklin raised an eyebrow sharply at Sylvia as they exchanged nces suspecting
them as one of their targets.
"Jenna and Brayden haven''te back yet but this incident has already gone viral online so it''s
obvious there are people behind it." Franklin quickly drew conclusions.
Mrs. Wright was confused, "What are you guys talking about?"
"Take a look." Sylvia handed her phone over to Mrs. Wright who turned pale after seeing such
headlines which would directly affect Cody''s career path.
It could range from being punished by public opinion or even losing their position entirely if they were
caught up in scandals like these for too long.
As Mrs. Wright had been married into the Wright family for many years now she always kept low profile
whereas even though Brayden was very cautious when speaking out loud...
This time...
Just then, Brayden came back holding Jenna''s hand and immediately felt the tense atmosphere in the
hospital room, "What happened?"
"Brayden did you have conflict with the Ritter family?" Mrs. Wright spoke first sounding pained, "Why
are you so impulsive? The Ritter family isn''t easy to deal with especially since your father just took
office..."
"How do you know what happened outside?" asked an odd-looking yet puzzled expression appeared
on Braden''s face.
"It went viral online." Sylvia exined further, "You''re getting mmed byizens right now."
Jenna''s face turned pale. "I''m sorry, it''s all my fault. I shouldn''t have gotten into a conflict with Ashlyn..."
"Brayden just wanted to stand up for me, but he was used by someone with malicious intent," she
continued.
Mrs. Wright looked anxious. "What do we do now? Jenna, don''t me yourself. The Ritters have been
causing trouble for a long time."
Franklin pondered for a moment before speaking up. "The Ritter family has always been arrogant and
Donovan Ritter, Ashlyn''s father, even tried to run for Secretary before the President chose Wright
instead. Sylvia and I suspected that it was likely that the Ritters caused the Wrights to be injured."