Upon hearing Janet’s remarks, those students quickly looked at her. They were slightly relieved when they saw her in her usual state. Standing up, they went back to their seats. Meanwhile, Hazel let out a hiss at the sight, and it reached the ears of those students from earlier. They nearly forgot that Hazel had not apologized yet!
“Hazel, if we weren’t mistaken, you haven’t apologized to Janet.” They went to her and reminded her.
Hazel sat in silence for a long moment. Then, she looked at them coldly. “I’ve already apologized.” I’ve apologized to Janet on Messenger. Why should I do it again? This is ridiculous!
“But ever since Janet came in, you haven’t told her you are sorry!” After they learned that Janet was Rose, they naturally wanted to save face for their idol.
“That’s right. If you and Madelaine hadn’t posted on Reddit accusing Janet of plagiarism, we wouldn’t have misunderstood her.”
“Yeah. Had Eric Lawson not been here to clarify for Janet, she wouldn’t be able to prove her identity even at this point.”
“No matter what, you have to apologize to her in person.”
Standing beside Hazel, those students kept nagging at her.
Although Hazel found them unreasonable, she could only choke herself with silent fury. Keeping her wrath to herself, she went to Janet bitterly. Then, she took a deep breath and apologized reluctantly, “Janet, I’ve misunderstood you. I’m sorry.”
When Janet heard her voice, she lifted her eyelids lazily. Glancing at her, she said nothing and continued to play with her phone. Her attitude nearly set Hazel’s lungs ablaze with rage.
What’s that supposed to mean? I already apologized to her. Is she still going to hold a grudge against me? Huh. I really have to let Sheldon come to see for himself that the woman he likes is someone like this. How disgusting, thought Hazel. But the moment she recalled her brother’s words from earlier, she could only swallow her thoughts and return to her seat with clenched fists.
Janet’s fame is only momentary. After winning the first prize in the World Piano Competition, I’m sure there’ll be a lot of fans defending my reputation. How can Janet Jackson be my match? This is foolish.
It was ten minutes before the bell rang. Hazel had picked this time on purpose to put up her hand.
Nina raised an eyebrow at the sight of her. “Miss Fuller, what’s wrong?”
Hazel’s eyes flickered in response. Tucking her hair behind her ear, she said, “I may have to take a few days off next week to go back to Yobril.”
“Take a few days off?” Nina was startled for a moment. “You guys must be busy with homework recently. If it’s no big deal, you shouldn’t be running around.”
Hazel raised her chin slightly at her teacher’s words before she ducked her head down shyly. “Miss Hogan, this is not a trivial matter. The World Piano Competition will take place in Yobril, and Mr. Hilbert insisted that I have to go back and participate.”
As soon as she said that, the crowd was astounded.
“What? World Piano Competition?”
It was a well-known fact that there would be a lot of star pianists and musicians at the scene of the World Piano Competition. This kind of competition could be considered a global competition, and whoever won the championship would obtain glory for their country.
“I see. Then, you can send me the specific dates through Messenger.” Nina knew whoever participated in this sort of competition represented the country, and the competition was prestigious; she had to let Hazel go.
Noticing the envious gazes coming from her classmates, Hazel couldn’t help but look up at her teacher when she hummed gently in response. Her gentle, ladylike manners transformed her into someone different compared to her earlier ill-tempered behavior.
