Way Back Into Love (Essie) novel Chapter 201

"Are you deliberately trying to humiliate my wife?" Zac leaned over and whispered to Mary's ear with restrained anger.

"What are you talking about? I asked her before we arrived here and she said she knew how to play the piano." Casting him a stare, Mary said in a sharp tone, "The daughter-in-law of the Rong family is very popular and behaves very well at any parties of celebrities. Do you want an exception for her?"

"No other woman could ever compare with my wife." Zac took Essie's hand while he stared into her eyes and murmured, "I'll play with you."

There was a subtle smile on her face and she said nonchalantly, "There's no need for that. Could I play just any song?"

"If you really don't know how to play, you could just go and play 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star'," Valery burst out with a huge contemptuous smile plastered on her face. In that moment she could already imagine how Essie would make a fool of herself in front of the audience. 'Mommy is so clever. Essie will be the laughing stock of the whole high class societies by tomorrow. Too bad for her, she won't be able to show herself to the public after this,' Valery thought to herself with her lips curling into a sinister grin.

Essie couldn't even bother to respond to her, as if the words went straight out to her other ear.

She walked with elegance to the stage, and she had a calm and graceful demeanor.

Mary was surprised at the sight of her composure as she went to the front.

"I will now begin my performance," Essie said with a smile that made her look like a blooming lotus.

When the sound rang from the piano, the whole banquet hall settled down into silence.

Both Mary and Valery's faces contorted into a revolted expression at the same time.

Essie played a piece called 'Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op.30' composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff, which was considered one of the ten most challenging piano concertos in the standard classical piano repertoire. It was one of the pieces that famous pianists would play to show off their technical skills.

Besides that, the section of the piece that Essie played was the most difficult part.

Her fingers moved with whimsical exuberance along the keys. The series of running notes ran around like ten thousand horses galloping in a desolate field, majestic and powerful. It could also be compared to a waterfall gushing into river, shocking everyone in the audience.

A loud and rapturous applause burst out from the audiences in the banquet hall.

Zac himself was also shocked as he watched his wife on stage.

His little fool was not only a skilled and excellent golf player, but was also talented and masterful in playing the piano.

He wondered how many more secrets he would discover from her.

"Sister-in-law is remarkable! I can't even properly play this concerto until now." Ivy gawked at Essie's figure with praise and admiration.

"I also failed to complete this piece as I found it too difficult. Never thought that sister-in-law would be so good at playing," interjected Daisy, who was also overwhelmed with astonishment.

Valery watched with hard staring eyes as anger brewed inside her soul. She started to get dizzy and felt like she was about to faint. It felt like she had come from the moon and had fallen into the bottom of the Great Rift Valley. In this moment, Valery was reminded of her childhood nemesis, Cathy, who could master the world's top ten piano concertos. In their youth, she would catch everyone's attention by playing different challenging piano pieces, and would leave Valery completely invisible to everyone.

She had always hated Cathy so much that she cursed her a hundred times every night before she went to bed.

Essie was like an exact replica of Cathy, who had always cast a huge shadow on her.

Besides her family background, she was completely outperformed by Essie in every other aspect.

On the other hand, Mary sat beside her while her face turned blue and her lips trembled. It seemed as though she was inflicted by the cunning fox. Her plan was to initially humiliate her, so that her two sons would lose interest in her and mock her instead. She didn't expect that she would end up making a fool of herself. She turned back her head to look at Walt, who didn't even spend a single second taking his eyes off Essie. It appeared as though his soul had completely been sucked in by her. Now, Mary didn't know how he would be able to pay attention to any of the other girls, and the ball had not even started.

'Damn it! This turned out to be a mistake,' Mary thought with repressed vehemence.

Essie's fingers slipped from the treble of the keys to the bass, just right before the music ended abruptly.

Her performance was flawless and impeccable.

She received a thunderous applause and a standing ovation from everyone in the hall.

"Anyone who could have the privilege to become a hostess of the Rong family really must be an extraordinary woman."

"I suppose that if the son of the Rong family would take an interest on her, she must be a really talented and beautiful woman."

The socialites all gossiped amongst themselves.

Essie stood up and with an elegant curtsy, she yelled while waving her hand, "Thank you, everyone!"

As soon as she returned next to Zac, he held her into his arms and gave her a passionate kiss. In his eyes, it was only her shadow that could be seen. She was the only woman in the world who could catch his attention, and the glamour of his other fans totally repulsed him.

There were eyes that were green with envy from all the girls surrounding them.

Jealousy and unimaginable pain instantly struck through Walt's core. He turned his head away immediately, not wanting to see such an agonizing scene. When Mary noticed the hurt expression on Walt's face, she started to get really anxious.

'Oh god. Our family is screwed! Both my sons would end up hurting each other because of this one bitch. The Rong family will fall into chaos and will be doomed forever!'

"Walt, the girls in this ball have been handpicked and not only are they the most eligible in Dragon City, but in the whole country. If you fancy any one of them, you can ask them to dance."

"Mommy, what if I choose a girl but you don't like her?" Walt asked all of a sudden.

Mary was taken aback when she heard this, but understood what he had implied straight off the bat.

"I believe in your preference. Whoever you choose, I will like," she said hastily. However, the reality was that she would accept any girl as long as it was not Essie. Any girl who would take his mind off from her would do. If there wasn't a suitable girl from Dragon City, she would go out of her way to help him choose one from all over the country. If not, she would not think twice about scouring the whole world for better woman. In Mary's eyes, there were too many women in the world and she was sure that she would be able to find one who was better than Essie.

The women all around the room gazed at Walt with eagerness and anticipation, hoping that they would be chosen to dance with him.

Walt walked around slowly, shifting his gaze towards the women around him, when his eyes finally fell on a sweet and gentle woman. She was the daughter of a high-ranking official.

The woman looked up straight into his eyes, and she immediately blushed.