Chapter 145: Live Stream Unmasking, Lika Turns Out to Be Amelia!
Everyone was watching Lika on stage, including Isabella at this moment.
If Zaid was the only one who had that uneasy feeling just now, now she had it too!
Lika gave her a strange sense of familiarity as well.
Amelia continued to dance. As her face was gradually revealed bit by bit, she looked toward William in the distant audience seats.
Through the mask, she saw his slightly furrowed brow and the hint of confusion in his eyes.
Amelia's red lips curved upward.
It was time to end this.
End all of this.
She lowered her eyes slightly and raised her right hand.
Again came the sound of a carving knife.
Then, half of the plaster on her face crumbled and scattered in the wind.
William's eyes narrowed sharply, as if he had thought of something.
At this moment, only one small piece remained on Lika's face on stage.
By now, some people were starting to react.
William's lips pressed into a tight line. He stared intently at Lika on stage, as if unable to believe it, and as if wanting to confirm something.
At this point, Lika made no other movements. She lowered her head and gently waved her right hand.
Then everyone saw the last piece of plaster mask on her face fall away at that moment.
A breeze blew past, her hair fell loose, and as she lifted her head, her long hair gently swayed, revealing everything to the audience.
In the audience seats, William suddenly stood up, looking at Lika on stage in disbelief.
The live audience let out screams after screams.
"Amelia?"
"What, Lika is actually Amelia!"
"What? This person is Amelia? William's wife!?"
"This can't be right! How could Amelia possibly be Lika!"
"They must have gotten it wrong. Did Lika realize she was about to be blacklisted, so she worked with Amelia to have Amelia perform?"
No one could believe it.
Lika's abilities were clear for everyone to see, especially since the third livestream. What everyone had been boycotting was only because of her fake donation - no one had ever questioned her abilities.
Even during the fourth show when Lika was caught up in rumors of rigging, she had crushed those rumors with absolute skill!
And now...
Lika is Amelia?
The Amelia who stayed silent at home waiting for Isabella to die for wealth and glory, while William was out with Isabella multiple times, practically like boyfriend and girlfriend?
The Amelia who could never match Isabella's 25 seconds in her entire life?
No one believed it, because it was too absurd!
"I don't believe it! This can't be real, it must be fake!"
Countless people began screaming, one after another, and the scene descended into chaos.
In the back, Jeffrey watched Amelia on stage. He smiled as he looked at Zaid, whose face showed fear.
"You see, a miracle happened, didn't it?" Jeffrey said with a smile.
Zaid looked at Amelia on stage in disbelief.
As if he couldn't believe his own eyes at all.
Only after confirming it over and over again did Zaid stiffly turn around and look at Jeffrey in disbelief.
His eyes were full of fear.
Screams rose and fell, and at the same time, everyone's eyes focused on Isabella on stage and William in the hidden seat in the audience area.
Isabella was completely stunned.
She had just received a message from Zaid, and she herself had some bad feelings, but she didn't dare believe her eyes.
She remembered William telling her that Amelia would come today, and he had even saved the seat next to him for Amelia.
But no one had told her that Lika was Amelia!
Suddenly, Isabella shuddered. She suddenly remembered how she had previously threatened Lika, trying to get Lika to join her in dealing with Amelia together...
If what she was seeing now was real, then...
No, impossible. Lika and Amelia absolutely couldn't be the same person!
Isabella whipped her head around to look at William.
William stood in place, gazing at Amelia on stage from afar.
He couldn't believe his eyes.
How could it be Amelia?
How could he not recognize Amelia?
He had known her since their youth, and later she had been by his side for seven years. So many days and nights, so many intimate moments - he was familiar with her body. She had always stood by his side. He couldn't possibly not recognize her!
The scene of first meeting Lika flashed before his eyes again.
At that time, she was wrapped in a coat, and Jeffrey was helping her walk backstage.
And there was Lika's first performance.
Lika stood under the spotlight, wearing the Burning Rose costume. The cool light shone on her body, covered with large patches of bruises connected together, looking seriously injured - so seriously injured she looked like she was dying.
In his mind, he heard again that day at the hospital, after Amelia rolled down the stairs, her distant call of "William" behind him.
His right hand trembled slightly. He remembered again, after the first livestream, when he called her to the woods. She was so weak she could barely stand, and in the end could only leave in Jeffrey's arms.
William could barely stand steady. His face was drawn tight, his lips pressed firmly together.
He seemed to have little expression, but those who knew him well could tell that his heart was in complete turmoil at this moment.
Why hadn't he been able to recognize Amelia?
Was it just because of a mask?
Could a mask really prevent him from recognizing the lover who had been by his side for so many years?
No...
From the very beginning, he had felt an inexplicable familiarity with Lika - her singing style, her way of playing instruments, and that strange sense of familiarity in his heart each time he saw her.
But he had denied it again and again.
Isabella said she got inside information that Lika had been injured and miscarried 10 days before the livestream, so she couldn't participate in rehearsals.
At that time, Isabella speculated that Lika was Jeffrey's woman.
And also...
William's clenched fists trembled.
His eyes reddened slightly.
In his memory, Amelia wasn't as thin as Lika.
From the last time he saw Amelia at the hospital to when Lika went on stage, it had only been a few short days.
He didn't dare think that in just a few days, a person could lose so much weight.
This was also his initial reason for denial.
But what about later...
That day at the Brown Villa, he had clearly noticed she had lost a lot of weight, clearly noticed that she was still afraid of the cold in April, and her health had deteriorated so much...
Why hadn't he discovered it then?
His nails dug into his palms. William stared at Amelia on stage, his vision swimming.
In his current state of inner turmoil, William didn't notice that not far from him, York was sitting in the shadows watching him.
At this moment, York's face no longer held its usual warmth and calm. His eyes looking at William were filled with nothing but coldness and killing intent.