Chapter 153

Seven-star hotel. Arthur Blake had been seriously stressed out lately because of the piano competition. And more than anything, he felt terrible about what happened with Amelia Johnson—but now really wasn’t the time to apologize. If paparazzi caught anything, it’d just cause her more trouble. He opened his laptop, staring at the message he sent five minutes ago. It was marked as read. But no reply. His assistant tried to persuade him, “Mr. Blake, maybe we should just let it go if this J person clearly isn’t interested. Besides, the winner of the competition’s already decided.” Arthur pressed his lips together, clearly deep in thought. After a pause, he finally said, “Stick to the plan I mentioned earlier. Reply or no reply, I want everything ready.” The assistant had no choice but to nod and leave. Arthur wasn’t the type to give up that easily—not until the very end. On the day of the performance, Sabrina Johnson was practically bouncing with excitement backstage. She even went over to