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Aurora stepped closer and looked at Jale calmly. “Stand up,” she said gently but clearly.Jale flinched, then hurriedly rose to his feet. His face was still wet with tears, his eyes red and swollen. As soon as he stood, he immediately bowed deeply toward Aurora.“Thank you… thank you so much,” he said repeatedly, his voice trembling. “I will not forget your kindness. Never.”Tina stood up beside him. She also bowed respectfully, tears still streaming down her cheeks. “Thank you, Aurora. We truly owe you.”Aurora only nodded slowly. There was no arrogance on her face, nor any satisfaction. She looked tired, yet relieved.Without daring to say anything more, Jale and Tina turned and left the hall. Their steps were hurried, as if afraid that all of this was nothing more than a dream that could vanish at any moment. The grand doors of the hall closed behind them, and the event continued.The music started playing again, the guests began to move, but the atmosphere had changed forever.Lis
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Max raised one hand, his palm open toward Jale and Tina. “Enough,” he said flatly. Max’s voice remained calm, controlled, like a king delivering a verdict, not an outburst of anger. “This is a lesson for you,” he continued. His gaze was sharp, pressing down without the need to raise his voice. “Envy toward another person’s success will only destroy yourselves.” Jale and Tina lowered their heads even further. “If you want to stand at the top. If you want to succeed,” Max said slowly, each word falling clearly, “work until your teeth are clenched from exhaustion. Build connections through ability, not hatred. Achieve success through effort, not through wrongdoing.” He paused briefly, letting his words sink in. “Never again try to destroy someone’s success just because you feel left behind,” he continued coldly. “Do you understand?” Jale nodded quickly, almost striking the floor with his forehead. “I understand, Mr. Max… I understand.” Tina nodded repeatedly as well, tears falli
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Max stared at Jale without the slightest change in expression. His lips curved up faintly—not a smile, but something colder, more like a quiet assertion.“You’ll find out soon enough,” he replied shortly.The words sounded light, almost indifferent. Yet it was precisely that calmness that made Jale’s heart pound wildly. There was something hidden behind those words—something moving fast, unseen, and completely beyond his control.And indeed.Less than a second after Max finished speaking, the sharp vibration of a phone shattered the silence of the hall.Bzzzt. Bzzzt.Jale flinched. All eyes turned toward him. His hand reflexively reached into his suit pocket—then froze when he saw the name on the screen.Daddy.His face instantly drained of color. His hand trembled violently, as if the phone had suddenly become unbearably heavy. Tina grabbed his arm in panic.“Answer it,” she whispered urgently.Breathing raggedly, Jale pressed the call button and raised the phone to his ear.“H-Hell
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Max wrapped an arm around Aurora.Manager Helen turned her head, and when she realized who the man in front of her was, her breath almost stopped. She bowed even deeper.“Mr. Max…” she said with a trembling voice. “I beg for your forgiveness. I am ready to accept any punishment. Anything. But please do not fire me.”She bowed again and again, her voice almost breaking. “I beg you. I made a huge mistake.”Max did not answer right away. His arm remained firmly around Aurora’s shoulders, his grip steady. He looked at Helen with a cold, assessing gaze that made her tremble even more.Aurora turned slightly toward Max, then looked back at Helen. “A chance does not come twice for people who abuse their power,” she said softly. “Remember that.”Helen nodded quickly, and tears finally fell without restraint.In the front row, Tina and Jale stood in silence. All their plans, all their confidence, all their pride collapsed in a single night. Aurora did not just return to the stage. She returned
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Manager Helen’s face turned completely pale. Cold sweat ran down her temples, and for a moment she seemed to lose the ability to breathe normally. Her hands trembled as she lowered her head slightly toward Lisa, her voice breaking and unstable.“I… I am sorry, Ms. Lisa,” she said in a stammer. “I truly did not know that Miss Aurora was someone you knew. If I had known, I would never have…”Lisa raised one hand, stopping Helen’s words without raising her voice. Her gaze remained calm, yet that calmness only made the pressure in the air feel heavier.“You are wrong,” Lisa said flatly. “The problem is not because she knows me.”Helen swallowed hard.“Aurora is the wife of the biggest investor in Star Entertainment,” Lisa continued in the same calm tone. “The investor whose funds support more than half of the projects you have managed all this time.”The words struck like a heavy hammer.Tina froze. The faint smile that had remained on her face vanished instantly. Her eyes widened, her br
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As the final note of the piano faded into the air, the grand hall seemed to fall silent for one second longer than it should have, before it finally erupted in applause that echoed from every direction. The guests rose from their seats, some of them clapping with wide smiles filled with admiration. Shouts of praise rang out freely, no longer trying to keep their voices down.“She is incredible…” “The notes are so clean, the emotion feels alive…” “Talent like this is so rare.” “And… my God, she is so beautiful.”Aurora slowly stood from the piano bench and bowed gracefully. Her face remained calm, almost free of excessive expression, yet her eyes reflected an undeniable strength.In the front row, the smile on Tina’s face had frozen. Her fingers clenched tightly on her lap, her nails pressing into her skin without her realizing it. Beside her, Jale stared at the stage with a stiff jaw, his eyes filled with restrained anger.“That should have been me,” Jale muttered softly, his voice
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