"Someone is definitely trying to slander me," Jeana tried to explain to Yvette and Lillian.But neither of them wanted to hear her excuses. Yvette switched the channel, and both she and Lillian continued watching TV while enjoying their fruits. Jeana was kneeling off to the side and felt increasingly out of place. The humiliation and frustration welled up inside her.At that moment, her phone rang. Seeing Zion's name on the caller ID, Jeana hesitated before answering. The voice on the other end was harsh and full of reprimand. "Jeana, I sent you to take care of Xav. What are you doing at the Shaw residence? You've embarrassed our entire family!"Jeana stood up and walked outside before responding. "Grandpa, those are just baseless rumors.""Where there's smoke, there's fire. It was your own mishandling," Zion said coldly.Jeana lowered her head. "I'm sorry, Grandpa.""How's it going with Xav?" Zion changed the subject. The Churchill family's ties with the Lane family had
The report clearly stated that Yvette and Yara were not related by blood.Yvette read the result over and over again. Even though Yara had told her before, seeing the confirmation in front of her still left her dazed. So, it had been true all along… Yara really wasn't her biological mother. So that was why Yara had never liked her since she'd been a child. But if that was the case, where was Yvette's biological mother?Yvette's hand trembled slightly as she held the report."Ms. Snyder, are you alright?" a staff member kindly asked.Snapping out of her thoughts, Yvette shook her head and replied in a hoarse voice, "I'm fine."As she was about to leave, the staff member couldn't help but suggest, "Ms. Snyder, we offer an online platform for family searches here. Your biological parents might be able to find you online if you register your information."The staff assumed Yvette had failed in her search for her real family, which was why she made the suggestion.Yvette paused,
Georgia set the food in front of Yara. "Please, at least eat something," she gently urged.Yara didn't have much time left. To Georgia, Yara wasn't an evil person as long as she hadn't committed any unforgivable crime.For the past few days, Yara had refused to eat, surviving solely on glucose drips. Georgia had expected her to reject the food again today, but to her surprise, Yara mustered the strength to sit up. Georgia immediately helped her up and moved the small dining tray closer to her. "I want to watch TV," Yara said."Alright," Georgia replied, turning on the television and putting on Yara's favorite dance show.Yara nibbled on the food while watching the program. "Please keep eating. I'm going to step out for a bit," Georgia said."Okay." Yara nodded.After Georgia left, Yara continued watching as the young dancers twirled across the screen, prompting her to reminisce about her own past. Once, her life had been full of happiness. But now...As one performance end
Before long, a melodious tune began playing, and Zoey was instantly stupefied.The music had no lyrics and no vocals. It was just pure instrumental. Yet, it was incredibly captivating.Zoey found herself deeply immersed. It wasn't until she had listened to most of the piece that she snapped back to reality."She wrote this? How is that possible?"At first, Zoey had been convinced that Yvette couldn't compose anything noteworthy. But now, after hearing this beautiful music, she suspected that Yvette must have paid someone for it."I'm not sure. Maybe it's plagiarized, or maybe she hired a ghostwriter," Mila echoed."Look into it. If you find anything similar in style, let me know," Zoey instructed.There was no way she could let Yvette become famous with just one song."Understood," Mila replied.After Mila left, Zoey still felt uneasy. She even arranged for people to boost the stats of the second-place contestant's song. Zoey was willing to spend any amount of money to ensur
The call connected quickly."Yes?" Xavier asked."Jeana got into a car accident on her way back to the Churchill residence. She's at the hospital and wants me to go pay her hospital bills," Yvette said bluntly. The Churchill family had no relation to her, and she had no obligation toward Jeana. If someone was going to take responsibility, it might as well be Xavier."I understand. I'll send someone to handle it," Xavier replied."Alright." Yvette hung up.…At the hospital, Jeana lay in bed, her body feeling shattered. She had done everything she could to stay, only narrowly escaping death. As the door opened, she struggled to open her eyes and saw Mark entering."Where's Yvette?" she asked, her dry lips barely parting."Mrs. Lane doesn't have to come here herself to pay your hospital bills," Mark responded coldly.He had come to confirm whether Jeana's accident was real or a ploy, and from the looks of it, it seemed real enough. With her right leg in a cast, Jeama proba
Xavier ultimately decided to take a cold shower in the bathroom. He didn't quite understand why he'd been feeling such an uncontrollable urge to protect Yvette lately."Xav."Suddenly, he heard Yvette's voice calling his name. But the voice disappeared when Xavier turned off the shower."Damn it, am I hearing things?"He quickly finished his shower and lay down. His head had been hurting less lately, but for some reason, he couldn't recall the memories of the past few years that Mark and the others had mentioned.Unable to sleep, he picked up his phone, hesitating to call Yvette. Just then, an incoming call came through. The notification announced it was Noah.Xavier answered immediately."Stinky Dad!" Noah exclaimed excitedly."Yeah." Xavier had fully adapted to Noah's various nicknames for him."Mom, come over and say hello to Dad!" Noah tugged at Yvette, urging her to speak.Reluctantly, Yvette cleared her throat and greeted, "Good evening, Xavier."Xavier? Noah suddenl
Most composers tended to self-assess themselves and their competitors. Yvette had listened to the song in second place—it truly didn't hold a candle against her own.Besides, that song had initially had low download and play counts. How had it suddenly taken off in less than half a day's time?Surely something must be amiss.Since it was getting late, Yvette decided to have Cynthia look into it the next day.…Before Yvette could call Cynthia, the latter had called her early the next morning. "Bad news, Boss!""What happened?" Yvette asked in confusion.Cynthia said, "I checked the competition this morning and found that the second-place song has surpassed yours. It was originally far behind your song "Never Give Up", but suddenly it surpassed yours."She had a bad feeling. "I suspect someone has tampered with the competition."Although the competition organizers had repeatedly stressed that bribing was not allowed at all, it didn't mean that the participants wouldn't try to c
Zoey knew there was no way Yvette could have composed such a great song. The latter must have plagiarized Cameron!Once Zoey realized this, she found a way to make Yvette a target for criticism in the music industry, ensuring that she would never dare to compose songs again.…Meanwhile, differing comments started to emerge among the sea of praises under Yvette's songs.A comment read, "This song is just so-so."Another said, "I feel as if I've heard this song somewhere else before."A commenter replied, "You're right. I felt the same way too! Don't tell me this composer named Yvette is another copycat just like those influencers."Someone else replied, "Do you even need to ask? She definitely is a copycat—how else would a newbie compose such a great song?"Someone said, "It's clear that she plagiarized Ms. Cameron's work."Another commented, "Is she trying to ride the coattails of that famous foreign composer?"The negative reviews completely overshadowed the positive ones.