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Otherwise, she would not be able to play such a soulful piano piece. a That scene was remarkable. When Joyce sat there playing the piano, she looked like a moving portrait. It was so beautiful that no one wanted it to stop.
The only sound in the hall was the piano music on stage. Everyone held their breath and even breathed quietly. After the song ended, Joyce got up with a faint smile and winked at Julie.
Julie nodded and handed over the gift in her hand to Joyce. Ian’s gaze was so sweet and tender as he locked his eyes onto Joyce.
Joyce looked at lan and took out the exquisite and expensive Patek Philippe watch from its box. Every diamond on the watch glimmered in the light.
“That song is for everyone, and this watch is for Second Young Master Carter. Ian, this is my gift for you.” Just as her words fell, a hand tightly grabbed Joyce’s wrist. “Joyce…”
“Mr. Beckett, what are you trying to do?” Ian Carter said with dissatisfaction because Tristan just ruined such a romantic moment.
‘So what if he’s Tristan Beckett? I won’t let him get his way!’ Ian thought. Tristan did not even care about Ian and only stared intently at Joyce with a deep and dark gaze.
The Patek Philippe in her hand was dazzling, but Tristan had never felt more hatred for this watch than at this moment, so much so that he wanted to throw out his entire collection of this brand of watches into the trash.
Joyce frowned and twisted her wrist away from Tristan’s big hand. She looked at him coldly. “Mr. Beckett, what’s the matter?” Tristan’s lips were tightly pressed into a straight line.
He was just about to speak, but Joyce did not give him the chance. “Mr. Beckett, save whatever you want to say for later.
This is Second Young Master Carter’s birthday party, so you don’t want to steal the limelight, right?” As she said that, Joyce smiled and carefully put the Patek Philippe on Ian’s wrist.
When she was done, she had a satisfied smile on her face. “Happy birthday, Carter!” Ian moved his arm exaggeratedly to look at his new watch to deliberately rub it in Tristan’s face.
“Thanks, Joyce. This is the best gift I’ve ever received! It’s really worth keeping for the rest of my life…” Ian looked at Joyce with such deep affection in his eyes.
Joyce held her breath for a moment. Ian’s gaze was so warm, passionate, and tender that she felt so overwhelmed.
She also could not ignore the piercing cold gaze on the other side of her that was heavy and depressing. > Tristan thought, ‘She celebrated his birthday, gave him gifts, and played the piano for him…
That person is not even me!’ Looking at this scene, Tristan felt hurt like he was stabbed in the chest. It was as if those memories that only belonged to him were about to be uprooted.
The pain was unbearable! In a few seconds, Joyce lowered her eyes and chuckled. She looked at lan, who was standing in front of her and teased him. This one should be quite valuable in a few years. You should keep it properly…”
Julie saw Joyce standing in such an awkward situation between those two men. Tristan was also so dull that he had no intention to leave and even stared at Joyce unblinkingly.
‘What an idiot!’ Julie hurriedly walked over and dragged Joyce away, deliberately finding an excuse to save her from that awkward situation.
“Joyce! I lost my purse… Quick, help me find it!” 2) Joyce understood and quickly followed Julie. “You always lose your stuff…”
“ Tristan looked at Joyce’s back until it faded away before he withdrew his gaze. In front of him, Ian smirked and said, Mr. Beckett, it’s clear that Joyce doesn’t want to see you, so stop being an eyesore to her.” The surrounding temperature instantly dropped to freezing point.
A bitter chill enveloped Tristan’s body. His gaze was dark and cold. “Mr. Carter, if you don’t want me to ruin your party, you’d better stay away from me.”
Tristan’s aura was so domineering with undisguised resentment. ‘I didn’t come here for Ian’s bullsh*t birthday! Is he even worth it?’ Keith saw what happened and quickly went forward to pull Ian away.
He laughed and said, “Second Young Master Carter, don’t mind him… He has a weird temper… By the way, I haven’t wished you a happy birthday yet…”
Keith pulled lan away and came back to Tristan after a while. a Seeing Tristan’s cold and gloomy eyes affixed in one direction, Keith smiled and asked, “Whatchu lookin’ at?” Tristan ignored him. Keith did not give up.
They were friends for so many years, so he knew what Tristan was thinking about and grunted. “Are you looking at Joyce?” Tristan coldly swept him a glance. “Will you die if you don’t speak for a second?” Keith laughed and teased him.
“Beckett, are you really starting to miss your ‘ex-wife? > How could he mistake Tristan’s odd behavior? If Tristan was only feeling remorseful, there was no need to be so angry when he saw Joyce giving someone else a gift for their birthday, right? Tristan almost lost his stature and demeanor as the President of Beckett Corporation! Tristan’s eyes sank.
His breathing stalled for a moment. His voice was cold and oppressive as he said, “Keith Ludwig, I haven’t come to you to settle accounts and you still have the cheek to ask me this?!” ‘Who swore that Joyce prepared a gift for me? Who said that Joyce would definitely attend my birthday party? Look what happened! My birthday is only one day ahead of Ian’s, yet everything Joyce prepared was for Ian, not me! If it wasn’t for Keith, I wouldn’t even have such high expectations! Such high expectations only set me up for such bloody disappointment! Damn it!’
Keith put away his smile apprehensively. The corners of his lips twitched. “Ahem… Uh… I didn’t expect this to happen either Keith thought, ‘Ingrid’s the one who misled me to think in that direction in the first place! I didn’t think that Joyce would be so heartless either.
That scene earlier was simply a slap in Tristan’s face!’ Meanwhile, the two ladies walked backstage while talking and laughing. Julie and Joyce casually found a dressing room and walked in, just in time to see someone coming out after getting changed. It was Luna.
Luna stiffened slightly when she saw Joyce. She walked up to Joyce and was just about to speak when the Carter family’s butler came in with some bodyguards. The butler looked at Joyce and bowed respectfully to greet her.
“Ms. Powell, please excuse me. I have to take care of a little matter. It will be settled in a few minutes.” Joyce and Julie glanced at each other and nodded. “Go ahead.”
The butler nodded at the two burly bodyguards behind him. The bodyguards went forward and took Luna’s arms, then dragged her towards the door.
“What are you guys doing? Is there some kind of misunderstanding?” Luna knew that the Carter family’s butler was an honorable man, whose words and actions represented the Carter family, In Mediania, one should not offend the rich and powerful.
Thus, Luna was afraid of what the Carters would do to her. She did not want to ruin her career in the entertainment industry in Mediania.
‘If I go back to Korea, I’ll be laughed at! What’s happening?’ Luna thought. “Ms. Luna, you didn’t perform according to the negotiated terms.
In the event of such breach of contract, we’re required to return you to your company and cancel the contract. I will contact your agency directly.
As for the penalty fee, we’ll wait for the results of the negotiation…” The butler looked serious and indifferent. “What? I didn’t…” Luna suddenly saw Joyce standing there and her expression changed drastically.
She was shocked. “Joyce, it’s you–” Joyce, who was suddenly named, was slightly stunned. She let out a cold laugh and looked at Luna.
“You’re not even an actress, but you ‘re quite the drama queen, huh?” “Besides you, who else would…” Joyce took a step forward with her arms folded. Her cold and aloof expression was quite intimidating.
“Ms. Luna, excessive naivety is no different from stupidity.” She faintly hooked the corners of her lips and took out her phone to call the President of Falcon Entertainment, Dominic Young, right in front of Luna.
“Dominic, it’s me. Find out which company Luna is from. From today onwards, I don’t want to see her in any public event or on screen. Try to make her name disappear to the best of your ability.”
The other party did not even hesitate and instantly responded, “Yes, Ms. Powell. That won’t be a problem. The name Luna will completely disappear from showbiz from this moment on.”
Dominic Young was confident that he could bury an unknown artist in a snap of a finger. Luna’s face instantly paled. Her body went limp, and she almost fell.
Joyce raised her eyebrows with an indifferent expression on her face. Her voice was clear and cold. “Ms. Luna, whatever that was earlier wasn’t me.
Now, this is my doing. Got it?” Joyce had always been frank. She would admit to whatever she did. Why would she need to cover it up? This was Joyce’s capability.
“Didn’t Jenny Lynch tell you that her family’s HS Corporation is about to go bankrupt?” Joyce looked at Luna’s shocked face and continued to hit her with shocking information.
“My Powell Corporation is about to acquire HS Corporation, but it’s a pity that you won’t get the chance to witness this in Mediania…” When the words fell, Luna’s face turned pale.
‘Joyce is acquiring HS Corporation? In Korea, HS Corporation is also a very large-scale company, even more so than my family’s KXY Group… But to Joyce, acquiring HS Corporation is just a matter of words? She can do it so easily…’
Luna suddenly felt a sense of trepidation.’ What if Joyce starts to target KXY Group … In an instant, Luna felt an icy feeling in her heart. ‘Jenny Lynch lied to me?! She used me to offend someone so rich and powerful like Joyce! Did Jenny want to get me killed?!’
Looking at Luna’s state, Joyce laughed lightly and walked to the sofa on the side. ‘She’s such a poor thing being tricked like that… But, serves her right!’ The Carter family’s butler stepped forward.
Joyce is such a nasty lady
I feel so sorry for Tristan