He picked it up and saw a message from his assistant.
[Mr. Lockwood, we have the results from the investigation into The Promise of Time.]
Dominic froze for a second before tapping open the attached file.
However, what loaded on his screen wasn't some legal proof of Valerie Vance's plagiarism. It was a video from ten years ago.
The video quality was grainy, the background incredibly stark. All he could see was a simple desk and a digital keyboard. But a second later, an agonizingly familiar face stepped into the frame.
It was Seraphina.
The Seraphina in the video looked much younger, her long black hair cascading casually over her shoulders.
She looked down to tweak some audio equipment, then sat at the keyboard and played the sheet music in front of her perfectly from start to finish.
As the familiar melody drifted from the phone's speakers, Dominic's entire body went rigid.
He knew this composition intimately.
Ten years ago, when he first opened that anonymous email, this was the exact melody he had heard.
Over the years, he had upgraded his phone countless times, but his very first action on every new device was to set this specific track as his ringtone. He had used it religiously for an entire decade.
Just days ago, Cynthia had sworn she had composed this masterpiece just for him.
Yet now, right here in the video, it was Seraphina sitting at the keyboard, playing every single note flawlessly.
Dominic stared at the screen, his brows pulling into a tight knot. He almost wondered if he was misreading the timestamp.
Ten years ago.
It was definitively ten years ago.
And the video wasn't over.
After finishing the performance, Seraphina smiled directly at the camera.
Back then, her eyes held a youthful innocence that was nowhere to be found today. She held up the sheet music and said, "I finally finished it. I revised it so many times, but I really hope he loves it."

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The readers' comments on the novel: Unloved Unwanted Unstoppable (Seraphina and Dominic)
Dominic is an idiot, stupid, foolish and brainless, Cynthia is the worst kind out there always getting saved by stupid Dominic...
Cynthia needs to be dealt with, she has caused too much trouble already!...
Dominic is such a fool, he doesn't seem to be able to think for himself. He believes what other people say without question....