Chapter 6 Coming Early is Not as Good as Coming at the Right Time

"Cufflinks, J brand watch, eternal true love? Wow... I gotta say, these things really are all stuff Mr. Green could use."

"Uh... did we misunderstand Ms. Brooks? She's pretty capable. It makes sense that Mr. Green brought her to the charity gala to help him pick out jewelry."

"If there's nothing going on between them, then Miss Johnson targeting her like this is kind of judging a gentleman with a petty mind."

Nora's performance successfully silenced everyone present. People now looked at her with more appreciation, and those who had mocked her earlier quietly retreated to the back of the crowd.

"Ha, who knew Nora knew so much about jewelry. Looks like I really found a treasure."

At this moment, Samuel, who had been silent all along, suddenly let out an ambiguous chuckle and looked over at the gala's organizer.

"Mr. Lewis, I'll take those items my secretary just pointed out. Send the jewelry to my company, and contact Assistant Nelson about payment. He'll transfer it to you."

"Yes, Mr. Green."

Mr. Lewis bowed respectfully to him, then walked over to Nora and cheerfully patted her shoulder.

"I should thank Ms. Brooks too. Without you, Mr. Green probably wouldn't have noticed those three pieces."

"You're too kind, Mr. Lewis."

Nora weakly forced a smile. She'd been able to act so confident earlier because she was fueled by anger, but now that the anger had dissipated, her head started spinning again.

She shuffled toward a corner of the ballroom, wanting to find somewhere to be alone, but Emily wasn't ready to let her go.

"Ms. Brooks, I admit you have some skill in jewelry appreciation, but to be Samuel's personal secretary, knowing how to pick jewelry isn't enough. You also need to know how to make me happy."

Emily strode over to Nora, grabbed her arm, and dragged her to a piano.

"Samuel and I are getting married soon. Play 'Wedding in a Dream' for us. Consider it your blessing for me and Samuel."

Play the piano?!

This trick again!

When Samuel first brought her back to the Green family, Emily had used the excuse of having her show off her talents to force her to play piano for Samuel's parents.

She'd embarrassed herself terribly that time, angering Samuel's parents and getting kicked out of the Green family.

What had Samuel done back then?

Oh right, he left the Green family with her and told them that even if she couldn't do anything, he would love her forever.

But what about today?

With his fiancée treating her this way, how would Samuel react?

Nora knew she shouldn't count on Samuel to save her, but after hearing Emily's words, she couldn't help glancing at him—he just stood there calmly, as if the drama unfolding before him had nothing to do with him.

Right, she was the one being bullied now, not his fiancée Emily. Samuel had no reason to react.

Nora closed her eyes and forced out a sentence from her throat.

"Fine. It's my honor to play piano for Miss Johnson."

After saying this, she suppressed the discomfort spreading through her body and sat down at the piano.

Fine, fine, fine. She'd rather embarrass herself in public than say a single word begging him for mercy, is that it?

Samuel's gaze followed Nora's movement. He held back and held back, but finally, the moment her hands touched the piano, he couldn't hold back anymore.

"Nora..."

He took two steps forward, wanting to find an excuse to stop Nora from playing.

But he'd barely opened his mouth when melodious piano music filled everyone's ears.

Every note Nora played in "Wedding in a Dream" was accurate, but the music flowing from the piano held no anticipation for a wedding—only intense pain and sorrow.

It was as if... she had once deeply loved someone, but in the end couldn't spend her life with that person.

Samuel froze. His hands clenched into fists in a corner where no one was watching, veins bulging on the back of his hands and forearms.

"Miss Johnson, is this satisfactory?"

As the last note fell, Nora stood up and looked at Emily expressionlessly.

"When did you learn to play piano?"

Emily's expression changed repeatedly. She'd abandoned all pretense of grace, her tone filled with cold jealousy.

She'd learned long ago. After being kicked out of the Green family with Samuel, she'd secretly gone to learn piano.

She'd thought that someday, she would play in front of everyone to vindicate Samuel, to let everyone know that his taste in girlfriends wasn't bad at all.

But... she never imagined that the first time she played piano in front of Samuel would be in circumstances like these.

Nora let out a long sigh, wanting to make up some excuse to dodge Emily's question, but at that moment, her vision suddenly went black.

Then her body fell uncontrollably toward the ground.

"Nora!"

Before her consciousness completely faded into darkness, she seemed to see a figure rushing toward her in a panic.

That person... who was it?