Marrying His Nemesis: Kicking My Scumbag Fiancé Away!-Chapter 90: YOU, GET OUT!

Sean Hale was the first to step forward, followed by two police officers, one on each side, holding the arm of a young man.

Seeing the young man’s face, Seraphina Thorne gasped in surprise.

"Ian Morrison?"

The young man brought on stage was none other than Ian Morrison, the pianist Seraphina had previously hired.

"You..." Seraphina frowned, "Where did you go just now?"

Ian hung his head in shame, not daring to meet her eyes.

The policeman who held him gave his arm a stern slap.

"Won’t you speak?"

"I’m... I’m sorry, Sister Seraphina," Ian swallowed, "I had a moment of foolishness and was tempted by the Chamberlain Family’s money, so I didn’t come to help you in the competition."

"You!" Mrs. Chamberlain leaped forward, pointing and scolding Ian, "What nonsense are you spouting? When did we ever give you money?"

"I’m not lying," Ian raised his face, "I was already at the competition venue when she stopped me. She said... as long as I didn’t show up, making it impossible for Seraphina to compete, she’d give me a hundred thousand."

He pulled a backpack from his back, took out an envelope, and showed the money inside to everyone.

"This... this is the money she gave me!"

Glancing at Seraphina, Ian lowered his head again.

"I’m sorry, Sister Seraphina, my... my family is very poor, and my mom has been sick recently. I... I just... I’m so sorry, truly sorry."

Julia Chamberlain stood behind her mother, biting her lip and lowering her head.

Mrs. Chamberlain, however, was not going to let it go, rushing to the front of the stage, acting shamelessly.

"It’s truly bullying us. Judges, please understand. All of this is a setup by Ethan Sterling and Seraphina to falsely accuse us. I... I don’t even know who he is. How would I know he’s Seraphina’s pianist... He’s lying, it’s all orchestrated by Ethan and Seraphina!"

"I’m not lying!" Ian spoke loudly, "I was introduced to Sister Seraphina by the head of the school orchestra department. She definitely heard about it from the school."

"Truth cannot be faked, and falsehood cannot be true," Sean Hale lifted his chin, "Play the surveillance footage."

Just before going on stage, he had already recorded the surveillance footage from the music hall.

The staff projected the surveillance onto the big screen used for the competition, and Ian’s figure immediately appeared on the screen.

He had just reached the entrance when someone suddenly stopped him, pulled him to the side of the steps, and shoved a heavy envelope into his hands.

From the clothing of the person, it was clear that it was Mrs. Chamberlain.

Mrs. Chamberlain watched herself on the big screen, her face turning ashen in an instant.

She had thought everything was flawless, never expecting it to be caught on surveillance.

"This..." Realizing she was exposed, Mrs. Chamberlain immediately began to cry insincerely, "Judges, this... this was my personal idea, and it has nothing to do with my daughter... I... I apologize to you, please... please don’t disqualify my daughter from the competition!"

"Simply shameless!"

"Indeed, using such methods to influence someone else’s competition is absurd."

"Do they think the competition is run by their family, and only their daughter can win?"

...

The audience began to buzz with discussions.

"Julia Chamberlain, you trash, get out of here!"

Ivy Langley, unable to bear watching any longer, shouted hoarsely from the audience.

Claire Clayton was not as fierce as Ivy, stood at the entrance, glaring angrily at the mother and daughter on stage.

Bang!

After hearing the assistant translate, the main judge, David, couldn’t hold back any longer, slammed the table, and stood up.

"Ridiculous, shameless!"

The normally elegant violinist was furious, his face turning livid as he berated in English.

"Your actions are entirely an insult to the committee, an insult to music itself... As the head of the sub-division of the committee, I will not allow such things to happen."

He raised his right hand, pointing at Julia Chamberlain on the stage.

"YOU, GET OUT!"

Even Mrs. Chamberlain, who didn’t understand much English, understood his last sentence.

"Judge... no... no, you can’t, our Julia... she..."

Mrs. Chamberlain wanted to say more, but Julia Chamberlain couldn’t hold on any longer and ran off the stage in tears.

"Julia, Julia!"

Mrs. Chamberlain hurried offstage in pursuit.

"Sister Seraphina!" Ian looked at Seraphina with tears in his eyes, "I’m really... extremely sorry."

Seraphina pressed her lips together and turned her face to the side, not even glancing at him.

Back then, the department head had recommended three pianists to her.

The reason she chose Ian was because the head told her that Ian’s family was struggling, so she left the money-making opportunity for him and even raised the pay from one thousand to two thousand.

In the end, he turned on her. How could she possibly forgive him?

"If you knew this would happen, why did you do it in the first place?" The police officer pulled Ian by the arm, "Let’s go, back to the station and wait for processing!"

The two officers escorted Ian off the stage, one on each side.

The female host standing next to them returned to the center of the stage.

"Our competition has always valued fairness. As Mr. David just mentioned, this was a desecration of music, and such contestants are unworthy of participating. Therefore, I’d like to formally congratulate the originally fourth-ranked contestant, Claire Clayton, and congratulate her on becoming the bronze medalist of this competition. Please welcome... Claire Clayton!"

Claire, who was originally standing at the edge of the stage, was a bit taken aback upon hearing her name suddenly called.

"I... I’m the bronze medalist?"

A contestant next to her gave her a playful push, and she came back to her senses, hurriedly smoothing her skirt as she walked onto the stage to stand beside Seraphina.

Seraphina grabbed her friend’s hand and gave her a brilliant smile.

"Congratulations!"

"Alright, now let’s invite our sponsor, Mr. Ethan Sterling, to distribute the prize money to the top three contestants!"

The host led the applause.

The audience immediately burst into applause.

After the small incident with Julia Chamberlain, the awards ceremony regained its enthusiastic atmosphere.

The staff handed over specially prepared mock checks, and Ethan received them, handing them to Claire and the runner-up contestant.

Finally, he took a wreath and personally placed it around Seraphina’s neck, handing her the check with a figure of one million written on it.

"Congratulations!"

Seraphina accepted it with both hands.

"Thank you!"

Ethan extended his arm and gently hugged her back.

"You forgot again, I did say... you’re not allowed to say thank you to your husband!"

He whispered softly in her ear before releasing her.

In the audience, Ivy Langley watched them, smiling so wide her lips almost reached her ears.

Sitting in front, Chloe Foster wore a deep expression.

The host’s voice rang out again, "Let’s once again give a round of applause to the three... true winners."

Applause filled the venue once more.

Ethan nodded to the crowd, stepping back to the side of the stage.

"Now, please welcome the head judge and chief organizer of the subdivision, Mr. David, to present the trophies to the top three contestants and to issue the Paganini Violin Global Finals invitation to our champion, Seraphina!"