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Thinking of that business partner’s fate, the assistant silently mourned for the business partner who sent dance troupe tickets.
The assistant took a deep breath, preparing to face Matthew’s wrath.
Unexpectedly, Matthew not only picked up the tickets but also examined them carefully.
Although the tickets were large, their design was extremely simple. Besides the main information, there was no other unnecessary clutter on the
tickets.
For some reason, Matthew recalled a scene from a long time ago.
Back then, Ashley was still around, even interning in the dance troupe and designing various tickets for them.
Whenever she came back late at night, Matthew would always hear her complaints about the dance troupe.
Especially the design of the dance troupe’s tickets was a major pain point.
Ashley liked simplicity, so the ticket styles she designed were also mainly simple.
But no matter how good her designs were, they would always be rejected by the higher–ups.
The reason was that they weren’t flashy enough.
Whenever she complained about this, Ashley would always mimic the way the leaders above said these things, often making him laugh.
By the end of her complaints, Ashley would always secretly vow that once she was in charge, she would definitely design the simplest dance troupe tickets.
But in this past year, Matthew had never seen simply designed tickets.
Until today.
As if possessed, he suddenly had an urge to go watch.
So, he put away the ticket and instructed the assistant beside him:“Get the car ready.”
In the theater, the crowd was bustling, and every now and then, someone would come to the first row to greet Matthew.
Matthew’s expression remained indifferent; even after others said a lot of flattering words, they would only get a “hmm” from him.
Perhaps seeing Matthew’s low spirits, no one dared to disturb him again later.
Soon, the curtain opened.
Under the spotlight, a woman in a pink dance dress held a round fan and danced gracefully with the music.
Her flowing hair was like black satin, every frown and smile capturing the gaze of the audience below the stage.
The only pity was that this woman wore a half–mask from beginning to end, making it impossible for people to see her true face.
Even Matthew, who was originally uninterested, straightened his back, his originally calm eyes also tinged with a trace of complex emotion.
There was no other reason than that the dance moves of the woman on stage were simply too familiar to him.
In his memory, there was only one person who liked to dance like this.
One afternoon that year, Ashley excitedly pulled Matthew to the practice room, eager to show him her newly choreographed dance.
At that time, Ashley’s dancing figure gradually overlapped with the woman on stage now, dressed in a pink dance dress.
In a trance, Matthew seemed to see Ashley again.
He couldn’t help but reach out to caress the woman’s face.
But the woman left gently again without even looking at him.
“Ash!”
Matthew’s heart inexplicably panicked, and he subconsciously wanted to get up and chase after her.
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The next moment, thunderous applause erupted.
The audience below the stage rose to their feet cheering, and all the dancers on stage also held hands and rushed from under the re–raised curtain to the front of the stage, bowing deeply.
It was at this moment that Matthew came to his senses and applauded along with the crowd.
But his gaze still followed the woman in the pink dance dress.
In the backstage, young girls in groups of three or five were excitedly celebrating the success of this domestic debut while greeting Ashley, who was standing in the corner.
Ashley politely nodded at them, her palm still on her chest, trying to soothe the wildly beating heart in her chest.
From the moment she stepped back onto capital’s land, she knew deep down that there would be a day when she would meet Matthew again.
But Ashley didn’t expect this reunion to come so quickly.
Even through the thick mask, she could still notice his complex gaze following her.
If it were before, Ashley would have long lost her composure and danced the wrong steps in front of everyone.
Now, she just pretended not to see him.
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So, what if Matthew suspected her?
As long as she stubbornly denied it, there was nothing to prove she was Ashley.
What’s more, when she faked her death back then, Matthew even held a funeral for her in front of the entire capital.
Thinking of this, Ashley’s restless heart also calmed down.
Just as she was about to return to her dressing room to remove her makeup, the dance troupe director of the dance company suddenly walked over and clapped her hands.
“Everyone, get ready. The Allen Family’s CEO and other leaders will be coming backstage to comfort us shortly.”
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