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I Disappeared After Ninety-Ninth Engagement Chapter 10
A year later, I won first place at the World Classical Music Competition.In my acceptance speech I thanked my mother, Wyatt, Mr. Veil, and most importantly, myself.For being strong enough to walk through that much pain and still climb to the top of my own life.The spotlight was on me. I thought, for a second, I saw a familiar figure in the crowd.I was halfway through my speech —when a woman's voice tore through the hall."Ada, die!"The instant I saw Sheila, the blood in my veins froze.A gunshot cracked through the hall. I couldn't move. I closed my eyes and waited.When I opened them, the hall was in chaos.Julian was there. His men were already on Sheila. Then he was on the stage beside me, hands checking me everywhere, frantic.I looked down and saw the red.Wyatt was at my feet. Blood was pouring out of him onto the stage.My legs gave way. I dropped to my knees beside him, one hand pressed to the wound, the other fumbling for my phone to call an ambulance.Julian closed his
I Disappeared After Ninety-Ninth Engagement Chapter 9
I looked into his eyes. The arrogance that had always lived behind Julian's gaze was gone.What was left was just sorrow.I didn't answer his question right away.I undid the buttons at my collar and pulled the fabric aside until the scar showed.A long, raised line ran down toward my heart."Julian. Do you remember this scar?""The night before our ninety-eighth engagement. You took me out to see a movie. On the way there, a car hit me. The driver fled the scene. They never found him.""I was in the ICU. The only thing keeping me alive was the idea that I couldn't die before our engagement. I lay there and told myself, over and over: I will not die the night before Julian's engagement.""I got lucky. The doctor told me the deepest cut was a centimeter from my heart. Another centimeter and I would be gone.""I held your hand afterward and told you it had to be a sign, a blessing for both of us."Julian closed his eyes. Two streams of tears ran from the corners of his eyes back into his
I Disappeared After Ninety-Ninth Engagement Chapter 8
Mr. Veil took Julian back to the country for treatment. I didn't hear about him after that.But on the day after he jumped, Veil Group made a coordinated press release across dozens of major outlets.They cleared everything up. The concert, the photos, the confession — everything had been Sheila's setup. The photos had been queued by her own people to flash on the screen mid-performance. My on-camera "confession" had been extracted under threat, with my mother's life as collateral.Within a day, Sheila's social media was a wasteland. She was finished in classical music.And the reversal made me famous in a way I hadn't been before. People who saw the news googled me. They found out I was teaching at National. The invitations started coming in: concerts, guest judging slots on competition shows, theatrical collaborations. Student enrollment in my class doubled.The same people who had questioned why Wyatt had hired me suddenly had nothing to say.One day I was eating lunch in the facult
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Julian threw a punch into Wyatt's face."I knew someone was scheming to drive Ada away from me.""Don't think I haven't seen what you've been doing. Watching her for years.""I've been turning a blind eye. I never thought you'd actually try to take my woman."Julian had been running on pure emotion all day. He had torn through the National campus searching for me. By the time he threw that first punch, he had nothing left.Wyatt put him on the grass in three moves.The fight in both their eyes hadn't burned out yet. I lurched over and pulled Wyatt back."Julian. We're done. Stop calling me your woman.""You said I was using your father's favor to get something out of you. You said Sheila was the one you actually loved. Well, I'm gone now. You can be with her in public. Isn't that what you wanted?"I tugged at Wyatt's sleeve and turned to leave. Julian caught my hand."Ada. I was wrong. The second I knew you were gone, that's when I understood I can't live without you.""From the moment
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Sheila noticed Julian's expression change. She leaned closer, asking what was wrong.He didn't hear her. He kept dialing my number on muscle memory until his phone died in his hand.He couldn't hold back his panic, pushed her away and drove home frantically.He was shouting my name before he was through the front door. The staff had never seen him like this. None of them had the courage to tell him I was gone.He took the stairs three at a time. He threw open my door. The room was empty.A last sliver of hope kept him talking out loud."Ada's gone? No. She loves me. She wouldn't leave. She can't have left.""She's just angry I stopped her mother's medication. She must be transferring her to another hospital. That's what it is. That has to be it…"The last sliver died when he found the death certificate.He hadn't thought, hadn't let himself think, that the woman who had saved his father's life could die because he'd cut off her medication.His hand shook so badly the recorder fell out
I Disappeared After Ninety-Ninth Engagement Chapter 5
The next day was Sheila's graduation recital.Julian hadn't just packed the audience with classical music's elite. He had also arranged for live streams on a dozen major outlets.The concert was about half over when the big screen behind her suddenly lit up with photos.They were photos of Sheila in bed with different men.I was as shocked as everyone else in the hall.But the next instant, Sheila was off the stage and rushing toward me, pointing."Ada, why are you doing this to me?""I know the professor doesn't love you, but how is that my fault? Are you trying to kill me?"The look Julian gave me was pure fire.He pulled it back, though. He went to Sheila first, settled her into a chair, and said clearly enough for every camera in the room to hear: “I'll get justice for you.”Then he walked over to me, lifted me out of my seat by the arm, and dragged me to the front. He leaned in close, his voice low against my ear."Apologize to Sheila. Then face the cameras and confess. Say you we
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