Anthony responded, “Okay.”
Naomi put the wine glass down, turned around, and left. She carried her dress walked to the promenade, looked around, and finally walked toward the garden, where the fountain that was located in the middle of the courtyard reflected the colorful lights.
She walked to a bench, sat down, tightly wrapped herself in her coat, rubbed her freezing hands, and exhaled warm breaths onto them.
Hearing the sound of a piano coming from not far away, Naomi looked around, got up, and followed the sound of the music. only to see a lot of people gathered at a spot as if they were looking at something.
She fought through the crowd and saw an elegant-looking man with gold-rimmed glasses who was sitting in front of the piano and playing it.
When the music ended, everyone around gave the man a round of applause.
Someone in the crowd asked, “What’s the name of the song that you just played?”
Before the man could answer the question, Naomi had already uttered the name of the song.
“Moonlight”. The man’s gaze landed on Naomi’s face, and he gave off a smile.
“You’ve heard it.”
Naomi nodded, “I heard it when I was studying music.”
“You studied music?”
She replied with a smile, “I used to be a member of the orchestra department and I took piano lessons while I was younger too.” Is that so?’ The man stood up instantly and offered Naomi the seat in front of the piano.
“I really want to hear you play a song.”
She was startled and waved her hands hastily.
“I… I’m not very good at playing,”
The man smiled. “It doesn’t matter. Just take it as a casual game. I only tried to play because I was bored.”
Everyone around joined the man and asked her to try it out. Seeing that they were so enthusiastic, Naomi became too embarrassed to reject their request.
Thus, she walked over to the piano, sat down, and placed her fingertips on the keys. Soon after that the piano sounded, and crisp melodies permeated the whole courtyard.
After she finished playing a song, the applause around her brought her back to her senses. She stood up and said, “I hope you’ve enjoyed the song.”
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