Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism



As Jenny walked away, she muttered, "You and Jasper were once together. Even if he knows what happened, he might cut you some slack. After all, you two were a thing."

Hearing those words, Evelina felt like her heart had been thrown into hot oil, sizzling with pain, only to be doused with cold water.

It was true-she and Jasper had dated.

But from the beginning to the end, she was never in control.

When they broke up, she didn't even get a say. She was informed.

Afterward, Evelina thought about trying to win him back. Still, Jasper was so decisive that he changed the passcodes to the villa and cut off all contact. She couldn't even reach him privately.

When she pushed too hard, Jeffrey had warned her to back off.

That's when she finally gave up.

But now, hearing Jenny's words, Evelina couldn't shake the feeling that maybe Jasper never truly cared about her.

A strange, unspeakable sadness washed over her.

Had he ever really liked her?

Before long, Evelina arrived at the office, only to be told that Jasper wasn't there.

She took a car to his villa, but it started to drizzle when she arrived. The iron gates were firmly shut, and she was left feeling dejected once again. Jasper was probably inside, but he didn't want to see her.

Her flight to the Wiltonshire was scheduled for the day after tomorrow.

Before leaving, Evelina kept trying to contact Jasper but never got through.

At first, she was nervous.

But since Jasper never made a move, she reassured herself that maybe she was overthinking it, scaring herself for no reason.

It was when Evelina arrived in the Wiltonshire for her surgery that things took a turn.

She was about to head in for her appointment when Henry's assistant suddenly informed her the surgery had been postponed.

Evelina was furious that Henry had canceled at the last minute, but she could do nothing. She had to reschedule.

The surgery was delayed by more than a month.

With no choice but to stay in

Wiltonshire, Evelina tried to maintain her usual high standard of living. Still, the cost living in Wiltonshire was high, and her savings were depleting quickly.

Winona and the other two were with her, and their expenses fell on Evelina.

Meanwhile, back home, Apex was rapidly promoting Susan. The company still wanted Violeta to mentor her. Hence, they had a custom script written specifically for the two of them.

Violeta didn't mind. As long as the script was good, she was open to it. She didn't really care who she had to act alongside.

Eugene had caught wind that Evelina had gone to the office looking for Jasper but couldn't see him.This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

While chatting casually with Violeta,

he said, "That whole mess at the

Hundred Blossom Award was probably Evelina pulling strings. The boss found out, and when she showed up at the office later he

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Aster chimed in, "I knew it! I knew the music at the awards wasn't a coincidence-it was deliberate."

Violeta asked, "Mr. Scott, how do you know that?"

Eugene replied, "The boss was actually at the office that day, but when Evelina showed up, he had someone send her away."

Violeta nodded. "So that's what happened."

It turns out Jasper was at the office that day. He just chose not to see Evelina.

Eugene sighed, "You guys handled that whole situation at the awards well."

After the Hundred Blossom Award, The Golden Ages's team trended on social media again. With them, Jasper's name also made it onto the hot topics list.

Jasper had trended once before when he returned from the Wiltonshire to take over Apex.

Back then, people had praised him as a real-life CEO straight out of a novel, but Jasper had paid to remove all the pictures.

He didn't like being the center of attention-he wasn't a public figure.

But this time, his impromptu piano performance at the awards, saving Violeta from an awkward moment, blew up. The public discussion was far greater than before.

Even though the buzz died quickly, this incident was now forever recorded in the official video archives of that year's Hundred Blossom Award. It was going to be there, permanently.

It was out of character for Jasper to do something like that, but somehow, he had.

Aster rested her chin on her hand

and mused, "But you know, people online weren't wrong-our CEO looked really handsome playing the piano You'd never guess he could play just by looking at him. It was such a surprise!"

Violeta smiled and added, "Yeah, it was my first time learning that Jasper could play the piano, too."