Chapter 19: Pride (1)
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“So? What do you think of my prodigy? I found him myself!” Harriet said with a proud voice. She carefully observed the man’s expression as if searching for something, an emotion that was invoked.
“There might be something in him…” Griffin said as he looked at the man, the performance just now made him feel unsettled. He felt as if he’d just witnessed a lover’s quarrel as a third party, it felt like he wasn’t supposed to be there. It was realistic but also excessively dramatic, the man’s intonation, their words, their quick minds, each movement, gesture and micro-expression seemed to be on point…
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After Felix went back to his dressing room, he heard a knock on the door.
Giovanni had come to speak with him again. “That was quite the performance.” He s
