Shattered Rose He Held On Tight novel Chapter 150

Chapter 150 Song of the Fading Tide

Sterling was stunned for a second.

Then, a pair of slender, pale arms wrapped around his neck.

Smack-

The sound of a kiss rang out, loud in the quiet night.

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Claudia grinned with her arms around his neck, her lips leaving his face damp. “Sterling is a good guy.”

Sterling’s gaze grew deeper. “So just because I’m a good guy, you can kiss me whenever you want?”

But logic didn’t matter to someone who was halfway drunk.

With another smack, she kissed the other side of his face.

Resting her chin on his chest, Claudia giggled at him. “Sterling, do you want to see me dance?”

Sterling held her by the waist, raising an eyebrow. “Didn’t you say last time you wanted to rehearse first?”

Claudia blinked in confusion. “Huh?”

She quickly brushed it off. “Who cares? I want to dance, so I’ll dance. Right now.”

Being her only audience, Sterling didn’t even have a chance to refuse.

He just smiled and watched as she fumbled with his phone, clumsily scrolling for music. After a bit of struggling, she managed to play a song.

She wasn’t that drunk. When she stood, she only wobbled for a second before steadying herself.

She kicked her high heels aside, walked barefoot until she was about ten feet from him, and stopped at the water’s edge.

With the broad river behind her and the city lights glowing across the skyline, she began to dance in her black, calf–length dress.

As her dress fluttered in the wind, she moved with stunning grace–fluid, confident, mesmerizing.

She was dancing the full version of Song of the Fading Tide, the piece Lydia had once performed

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Chapter 150 Song of the Fading Tide

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Celine’s first impression of Claudia came years ago, when she visited a high school to give a

talk.

It was a quiet afternoon in the dance studio, and a fragile–looking girl danced in silence, her passion and spirit impossible to ignore.

Song of the Fading Tide had already begun to take shape back then.

Some sea creatures live with the tide and perish when it retreats. Their brief existence was swept along by the vast and endless sea. They fought to survive, refused to yield, and lived a life that was both painful and radiant.

Celine was shocked by how a teenager could contemplate such deep things.

Her talent left Celine in awe, so she secretly coached Claudia, even considering taking her on as a student.

Song of the Fading Tide was their first and only collaboration.

To Celine, if it had ever been performed properly, it might have become even more acclaimed than Chasing the Wind.

Its emotions were so powerful and heavy that anyone watching would be moved to tears.

Now, years later, Sterling became the only one to see this lost masterpiece.

He had no idea which section Lydia had stolen all those years ago, but it was clear to him that, whatever part it was, Lydia had never captured a fraction of the original’s spirit.

Watching Claudia, who seemed to be born with the tide, fighting through darkness and despair only to fade away, Sterling’s eyes grew darker, lost in thought.

Song of the Fading Tide was named as a song of life, but it always ended with death.

Her spinning dress slowed and drooped, a breeze lifting her hair as she smiled up at the sky, her face full of relief.

With her energy drained, she opened her hands and let herself fall.

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