The Scorned Heiress's Hidden Empire (by Jade Quinn) novel Chapter 87

The middle–aged man sitting in the third row was so excited he could hardly speak. I’ve been attending concerts for thirty years, and I’ve never, never experienced anything like this.

“No wonder she’s a musical prodigy!”

“What’s the name of that piece?”

‘I don’t know… Natalie didn’t say.”

It must have a name, right? A piece this amazing has to have a name!”

Nora sat in the audience, gripping the hem of her dress so tightly her knuckles turned white, utterly shaken by the power of he music.

This was the first time she’d ever heard her cousin Natalie, the legendary musical prodigy, perform in person.

t was at this moment that Nora finally understood what it really meant to be a once–in–a–century musical genius.

Evelyn was totally blown away.

she didn’t really know much about music, but she could feel it hit her right in the soul.

she could also see that the gap between her own daughter and Natalie was absolutely massive.

After hearing Natalie play, the Mitchell family felt a mix of pride and heartache.

They didn’t even want to think about what their daughter must have gone through to write a piece like that.

she was only nineteen, but she had a level of calm and composure way beyond her years.

Edward Lopez took the stage, smiling as he spoke a few words.

I’m hearing this piece for the first time, just like all of you.

I asked Natalie, and she told me it’s called ‘Untitled Piece!

Alright, the second half is just as amazing, so make sure you don’t zone out,” he said with a grin.

After firushing his remarks with a smile, Edward nodded politely to the audience and then took his seat at the piano

The second half of the performance kicked off

Edward’s fingers danced across the keys, launching into Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody

The lively, upbeat melody poured out, bursting with energy, a total contrast to the last pices of the thist hall which had been so haunting and full of destiny

The audience was quickly drawn back into the world of music swept up in the lighthearted and joyful atmosphere

Piece after piece flowed seamlessly each one a total classic that left everyone absolutely mesmerized

Every single performance was a masterpiece captivating everyone in the audience.

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dward was a true master. His fingers danced arrows the keys, sometimes as light as a fractory

thunder

The hall was awash with nothing but the piano’s melody

Time quietly shipped by as the muur played on

Without anyone noticing over an hour had gone by

The final piece was Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy”

As that familiar tune echoed through the hall, everyone started humming along without even realizing

The last piece came to an end.

Edward got up, made his way to the center of the stage, and bowed deeply

Everyone stood up, and the applause exploded again.

Edward said, “Thank you, everyone, for coming tonight. That’s the end of our concert. I hope you all had a wonderful evening

The applause rang out once more.

The lights slowly came up, and the audience started to file out

“That was incredible…

Edward Lopez is truly a master?

And Natalie, she blew me away! I will can’t get that Untitled Piece out of my head…

“Who knows if we’ll ever get to hear her play live again…

The audiener was abuzz with excited conversations, everyone talking at once.

On vagy Ydward was posing for photos with the others, and Evelyn hurried Nora up to join them

By then, Natalie had already changed and stepped out from backstage Charlotte Mitchell spotted by Leather eyes sparked

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He turned to Ethan, who was coming over with Charlotte and William, the only brother who never gives him a hard tin “Ethan, can you believe these guys?”

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on, your mom and I will be there for every show, every important

ided. “Thank you, Mom and Dad. Thank you, brothers”

straight over to the Mitchell family

Of course, they’d prepared flowers for him too, and his assistant, Zoe, was there

finally found her family

avitation, Count on me to be there!”

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sing out for her all these years

dward replied.

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The rest of the group chimed in, chatting with Edward and joining the lively conversation Natalie was standing off to the side when she glanced over and her eyes met Henry Pieme’s

He waited until most of the people had cleared off the stage then finally walked up onto it

Rosie Rowan came bouncing over, her eyes shining with excitement. “Na You’re seriouly aman mention you’re actually Mr. Lopez’s protéger

Natalie just gave a faint smile and didn’t say anything

Henry walked up and said. ‘Great job tonight”

Natalie just nodded, only now realizing he’d shown up.

He’d mentioned on WhatsApp that there was a concert tonight, but he never said which one.

With so many concerts happening in Harbor City, she never expected him to show up at this one.

Why did y

On the way home, Ryan kept scrolling through videos of Natalie playing the piano, but in every single one, you

make out her face.

Even though each video had just gone up, the likes were already blowing past ten thousand

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