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Chapter 232 Leona took a step closer to Madeleine . " You probably don't know , but I was later accepted into the Santorian Dance Academy . " Madeleine's face was blank . " Is that so ? Well , congratulations . " It was clear Leona didn't come with good intentions , and Madeleine didn't plan on wasting any more words on her . She planned to walk around Leona to get to her seat , but Leona turned and called out to her . " Madeleine . " Her voice was much colder than before . " I looked you up . You stopped dancing . Why ? " Those words struck Madeleine like a bolt of lightning .

Ever since she woke up with amnesia , this was the one thing Chapter 232 Madeleine couldn't accept . She had lost the thing she loved most and had taken a path completely different from the one she had imagined as a child . After realizing this was the narrative control , an unavoidable outcome , she could only keep telling herself to accept it . She had just managed to come to terms with it , but Leona's words easily tore the scab right off . Simply because it was Leona , the rival she had once respected .

When Madeleine didn't answer, she narrowed her eyes and asked again : " I just saw you talking to a contestant . Are you ... family ? " " None of your business . " After a long moment , Madeleine stiffly forced out the words . " Are you sure ? " Leona seemed to think of something , a slight smile playing on her lips as she pulled a work ID from her handbag . She was ... a judge . Chapter 232 Madeleine's heart tightened instantly . Leona was very satisfied with Madeleine's sudden change in expression . She dangled the work ID for a moment before putting it back in her bag .

" So , is it still none of my business ? " Madeleine's nails dug into her palms . From the years she'd competed against Leona , she knew her well enough . She wouldn't make pointless provocations . By revealing her identity now , Leona's intention couldn't be clearer . She was using Minerva , who was about to perform , to threaten Madeleine . " What do you want ? " " Oh , nothing . " She scoffed , " I'm just curious . Just how talented can a contestant be to have the once high and mighty ballet princess , Madeleine , personally watch over her ? I'll be ... paying special attention .

" " Leona ! " Chapter 232 Madeleine's breath hitched , and she grew anxious . " This is between us . Don't drag someone uninvolved into this . And , " Madeleine gritted her teeth , " I always thought our relationship was purely competitive , that there was no bad blood between us . " Even with the rumors back then , she had never schemed against Leona because of them . But Leona looked as if she had just heard a hilarious joke . " A purely competitive relationship ? " Her body shook with laughter . " Madeleine , do you really have the nerve to say that ?

All those rumors about your family bribing their way through the competition back then , you really think everyone forgot ? " " You said it yourself , they were rumors ." Madeleine really didn't expect Leona to remember it to this day . She felt annoyed . Society was always like this ; once your name Chapter 232 was dragged through the mud , it was impossible to get clean . Leona took a deep breath . " Forget it , it's depressing to talk about that stuff . It's enough to know you're not qualified to be my rival anymore . " She turned her head , looking at the stage in the distance .

" Back when you had the best resources and everyone put you on a pedestal , you probably never imagined this day would come , did you ? " Madeleine gritted her teeth , a tightness in her chest . Words from someone who knew you best always cut the deepest . " If I had known back then that you were so fragile , not even worthy of being my rival ... " Leona turned her head back but didn't finish her sentence . But the unfinished sentence was more suffocating than any vicious words .

She gave Madeleine one last glance , her expression a complex mix of triumph , disdain , and a barely perceptible trace of old Chapter 232 resentment , long buried by time . " Take a good look . See who's standing at the top now ." After saying that , she didn't linger , turning and walking toward the judges ' exclusive passageway . Madeleine just stood there , frozen . Leona's words were like icicles , piercing the most painful spot in her heart . More and more people filled the venue , and the surrounding noise grew louder . But all those sounds became increasingly blurry to Madeleine .

Her blood ran cold until music started playing in the venue , and Madeleine snapped out of it , numbly walking to her seat in the front row . After calming down , Madeleine looked at the five judges ; several were big shots in the dance world . Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief . No matter how malicious Leona was , she probably wouldn't mess with Mina's score at a time like this . Chapter 232 Besides , she was confident in Minerva's abilities .

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