Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee

Willow’s expression cracked. She couldn’t keep up with Tina! How was this possible?

The audience, who had been immersed in Tina’s music, all frowned simultaneously. Their expressions towards Willow were hard to describe.

“What on earth is Willow playing? She missed the first note!”

“She’s a renowned pianist, yet she can’t even match this Miss Reed from the countryside? Why does she even bother playing? She should just find someone to marry and settle down!”

“Get off the stage! I want to hear Miss Reed play!”

As everyone voiced their opinions, Willow’s face turned ashen. No way! She absolutely couldn’t lose to Tina! If she lost, how could she ever become the mistress of the Reed family? How could she control Tina?

She took a deep breath, trying to regain her composure, and raised her hands to follow Tina’s tune. Although she managed to catch up with the first note, it was a struggle. It felt as if Tina was suppressing her, and the more she played, the more exhausted she became, making mistakes along the way.

When the piece ended, Willow felt drenched in sweat and utterly drained. Tina stood up and looked down at her. “Ms. Ward, you need more practice if you want to play the piano well. And if you want to become Mrs. Reed, you need even more practice!”

Willow felt a wave of shame. Everyone knew she wanted to marry Jasper, but no one had ever said it out loud. Tina had brought it up in public and used the piano to humiliate her! Was she reminding her not to dream of becoming the mistress of the Reed family? Ridiculous! A daughter without a mother dared to dream of controlling Jasper? And who Willow married was not for Tina to decide.

The audience gasped in shock. They had already sensed that Tina was not easy to deal with. Now they realized that not only was she tough, but she also had a bad temper! She would publicly shame someone just because she didn’t want Willow as her stepmother.

Muff and Jasper from the Reed family watched this scene with mixed feelings. Jasper had never intended to marry Willow, but he hadn’t expected Tina’s reaction to be so intense regarding Willow’s desire to marry him.

“Hmph!” Griffin suddenly snorted coldly. “Ugly people cause trouble. A daughter just found wants to control Jasper?” He still held a grudge over being tricked by Tina into spending $12 million on useless raw stones. To him, Tina was as annoying as Amber.

He hoped Jasper would find a wife and start anew. In his eyes, Willow was perfect in both talent and appearance. Most importantly, Lily Ward was excellent! He preferred interacting with outstanding people rather than someone like Tina.

While everyone was lost in thought, Tina turned her head towards them and spoke slowly, “Today is my banquet. To thank the Reed family, I plan to play a solo piece.” Without giving anyone a chance to refuse, she sat down again and began playing.

Willow couldn’t bear to stay any longer and quickly got up. She walked over to Lily Ward with an angry glare at Tina on stage.

Tina wore jeans and a T-shirt, looking somewhat out of place at the piano. But as soon as the music started, everyone’s emotions were stirred and drawn into her melody.

The initial notes were gentle and clear like a fairyland, painting a beautiful picture for everyone. Suddenly, the music grew intense like a storm; it felt as if those in paradise were dragged into hell-helplessness, fear, screams-emotions clashed within their hearts.

The most terrifying part was when it felt like death itself gripped their throats; they couldn’t breathe or escape its grasp! Despair overwhelmed everyone!

Jared Farrell watched Tina on stage with surprise in his dark eyes. This was “Hell and Paradise!” The music struck his heart deeply; he wondered what experiences had led her to play such sorrowful music.

He suddenly stepped forward towards Tina, wanting to play alongside her and soothe her sadness. At that moment, Sutcliffe rushed out from the resting room in disbelief at seeing Tina play again after so long.

Inspired by her music as before, he quickly reached Tina before Jared Farrell did and began playing beside her.

Jared Farrell stopped in his tracks with narrowed eyes filled with coldness. How dare someone sit next to his Tina?

Just as he was about to pull Sutcliffe away, their music fused together-Tina’s sorrowful notes blended with Sutcliffe’s softer tones like flowing water changing the melody’s mood.

Jared Farrell frowned but didn’t intervene further. With Sutcliffe’s addition, everyone felt pulled from despair back into paradise once more.

When the piece ended after some time passed for everyone to recover from its impact-they stared at Tina speechless.

Willow and Lily Ward were completely dumbfounded! They never expected Tina could play so well!

Suddenly someone shouted: “Moonshine! She’s Master Moonshine!”

“Yes! Moonshine! This piece is ‘Hell and Paradise!’ by Moonshine-depicting happiness with her mother followed by despair during dark times-my god! Moonshine hasn’t released anything new for years yet we heard it today.”

“Moonshine’s piano pieces are legendary-I felt like I experienced her despair firsthand.”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Who said Miss Reed is an ignorant country girl? This is Moonshine we’re talking about! Her piano skills are phenomenal!”

Even those unfamiliar with piano knew about Moonshine-the mythical figure whose every piece won international awards despite never appearing publicly or attending events-no one knew what she looked like until now.

Farrell family members including Griffin were stunned beyond words-they never imagined that Tina was Master Moonshine!

Jasper looked at Tina with newfound depth in his gaze.