She had felt the fury all the time. So this was her chance to shine again and show her the difference between the nobles andmoners again. Olivia raised her head and smiledcently as she looked at Evans when everyone was apuding and praising her.


    However, she became very uncertain when she saw her look of confidence.


    It was as if she was very confident in her sess. But soon she shook her head when Evan started ying the tune, she could see theck of knowledge. So it was all the fake bragging all this time! She chuckled and so did others.


    "Oh my, I seriously believed that the girl knew the piano the way she was behaving confidently."


    "I must say she is a good con artist!"


    "I wonder how the duke had chosen her for their one and only son. Even the daughter of a baron would have been better than her."


    "Ha! What could you expect from a house without the duchess. No matter how much they try, they are not able to work well."


    "I pity them. They should have bowed to Olivia and epted her when she showed her wish to marry at their house.`` The sarcasm and ridicule was filling the room. Eli and Eve looked around with embarrassment. Their cheeks were burning red; they did not have the courage to look above and meet anyone''s eyes.


    But Leo, who should have been enjoying the scene, was no different. Though he wanted everyone to ridicule Evan and he knew that the name of his family would be included but when this was happening, he felt his insides clenching. He could not ept it at all. His rage grew and he knew that if they did not shut their mouth, his sword would start dancing in the room.


    That was it! He did not care about anything else but the name of his father and family.


    "Evangeline." his loud voice bright everyone''s attention to him and so as Evangeline who was having trouble ying the wrong tune. Never in her life had she thought that ying the wrong tune was more difficult than ying the right one.


    "If you win, I will double my promise. So, you better win." her eyes widened as she heard him speak. Didn''t he want her to lose at any cost. Now he was offering her double of the offer! That meant four times of the initial jewels. Forget about the home she shared with her father. She would be able to have a big vi at that cost!


    When she was stifled with shock. Everyone, even Eve and Eli, looked at Leo with confusion. They did not understand what he was talking about and they were sure that Evan would not win. He was ying worse than even a 5 year old kid. They shook their heads and scorned while Eli moved and put her hands on his shoulder.


    He was speechless at their behavior but did not react. They would understand in a bit anyway. Yet he did not understand why he was so confident in her that she would be able to win now that he had asked her to. Even he was confused at his thought process. Since when had he started to trust others that easily.


    His deep and soulful eyes stared with fixation at the beautiful silhouette on the stage.


    A look of confusion swept past his eyes.


    "Everyone, I apologize for wasting your time, but it had been weeks since Ist yed so I was just warming my hands. Hehe" sheughed awkwardly at themest excuse she had ever given. They all mocked andughed but she did not care as she could show them now what she meant.


    She looked at the piano with glittering eyes, it was one of the finest pianos she had ever seen. And she was looking forward to ying it.


    Her hands roamed on the piano as the hands of a man ying with the body of his lover. She was swinging with the tune as if she had be one with it while her hands jumped back and forth on the ck and white keys.


    When the tune yed, everyone''s gazes were concentrated on the stage. Her fingers looked like freely dancing fairies.


    Her agile fingersbined with the pleasant tune as well as her outstanding and beautiful appearance.


    The way she sat there was like a pleasing set of scenery, nothing more beautiful could be imagined.


    The difficulty was all toward the end of the tune.


    The pianist needed to concentrate with all her attention due to the fast tempo.


    Compared to Olivia who yed with one strong beat, one weak beat, and only barely followed the score, Evan''s performance was more natural and smooth.


    A beautiful picture of their childhood formed before everyone with a fairy dancing to the music in the background.


    It was aesthetically beautiful and moving.


    The entire ballroom fell silent.


    The sounds of sarcasm and ridicules had unknowingly disappeared.


    Everyone held their breaths as they watched Evan''s performance on the stage, unable to take their eyes off of it. Their hearts seemed to have been clutched by her performance as her hands halted to a stop.


    They had unknowingly experienced the four types of human emotions, namely: happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy, from the other side of the universe along with her music.


    The song had many versions ying in the empire, Olivia had yed the versionmon in the inns, but everyone still enjoyed it as they knew the difficulty of the song. Even the yers there practiced daily but Evan yed the original one that was never yed by any musician except its maker. Eli and Eve were too stunned to not even take breath. They were holding it unconsciously as if they were afraid that their sound of breathing would disturb her.


    The look on Leo'' eyes deepened when he saw this scene, and his fingers, which were gripping his wine cup, tightened silently.