Fake Daughter Is The Real Legend (Iris Sutton) novel Chapter 77

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Seeing that Ethan still looked unconvinced, Grace pulled up the rehearsal footage.

“If you don’t believe me, listen to Miss Sutton’s opening piece for yourself.”

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Several nearby staff members immediately found excuses to walk away. None of them wanted to endure it a second time.

The camera quality was poor because the equipment hadn’t been fully calibrated, so the footage showed only a blurry figure standing onstage with a violin.

Three painful minutes later, Ethan looked like a statue that had developed cracks.

He simply couldn’t reconcile that sound with the soulful, inspired performance he’d heard from the girl in the music building.

They sounded like two completely different people.

As Iris passed through the backstage area, she glanced at the shell–shocked Ethan but didn’t pause for even a second.

“Iris!”

A familiar voice suddenly called out.

Iris’s steps faltered for the briefest moment. Pretending she hadn’t heard him, she quickened her pace toward the exit.

She knew Ethan had mistaken the identity of the violinist in the music building, and she very much preferred that he continue making that mistake and keep chasing after Olivia instead.

Seeing that she wasn’t stopping, Darius immediately ran after her.

Meanwhile, Ethan remained rooted to the spot, unable to understand how Olivia could possibly have performed that badly. A possibility surfaced in his mind, only for him to reject it almost immediately. He would rather believe that the performance he’d heard in the

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music building had been a one–time flash of brilliance.

The truth, however, was unavoidable.

Olivia’s skill level simply wasn’t good enough for the Capital City Music Gala.

And after Ethan’s outburst, everyone’s impression of Kingsley had only worsened.

Having spent years as the mayor’s son, Ethan understood how to read a room. He immediately apologized to Grace and the others.

“Iris!”

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“Why didn’t you answer me when I called you?”

Darius’s long legs allowed him to catch up within seconds.

One of Iris’s hands was already on the car door.

“I have something to take care of. I need to head back.”

“But that piece I wrote-”

Before Darius could finish, he was greeted by a face full of exhaust as Zane’s car pulled

away.

He could only stand there coughing while watching it disappear into the distance.

Ding.

His phone chimed.

Pulling it out, he saw that Iris had accepted the file he’d sent.

Darius instantly grinned.

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He knew it.

Iris always acted cold, but she had a soft heart.

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That afternoon, Ethan finally got his repaired phone back. Almost immediately, he received a call from Mayor Vaughn.

The conversation consisted mostly of being scolded.

The mayor ordered him to stay away from Olivia and gave him a thorough lecture.

After the owner of Lee’s Kitchen had recovered enough to return to work, Mayor Vaughn had personally visited the restaurant to ask whether his canceled Gold Membership could be restored. During the conversation, he learned about Olivia’s behavior.

Combined with the disaster at the gala rehearsal, his opinion of her had plummeted.

“I’ve always been a good judge of character. Those two incidents alone tell me she’s trouble. You are absolutely not dating that girl. Do you understand me?”

Holding the phone, Ethan offered a few distracted responses. His mind remained trapped in the memory of that day in the music building.

So much time had passed that the girl’s face had already begun to blur.

Still unwilling to let it go, he sent Olivia a message.

[Olivia, about your rehearsal performance yesterday…]

Olivia had been waiting for his message all day.

She knew people would eventually tell Ethan how poorly she had played, and she had already prepared an explanation.

[Ethan, I was just about to tell you… I think my playing has gotten worse recently. My parents hired a new teacher for me, but she constantly criticizes my techniques and ideas. I’ve been under a lot of pressure.]

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Back at the Noir residence in Capital City, Chloe had been riding high for days, her confidence practically overflowing.

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