Chapter 288 - 285: Competition II (2/2)

After they worked on the instrumental, Emily was very satisfied. She can already imagine people dancing for her song. She was sure that it would be phenomenal. She has Charlton to thank as although her work was passable, with his input, she noticed significant improvement.

”When can we have it recorded?” Emily asked.

”You can come back here again tomorrow morning. Serena will also be recording her song then.” Charlton said.

Emily nodded. That's good. She also wants to hear Serena's new song so that she can compare her work with her new one.

”Alright. Again, thank you very much. I will see you tomorrow!” she said.

Charlton just nodded in response as he walked outside the studio.

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The next morning, Emily was first to arrive. As usual, she greeted the employees of Columbia's even bringing them some cookies which she said was her treat given the blessing she just received. She's having her song recorded that day.

The employees were all happy for her and wished her luck.

Afterwards, everyone else started arriving and they all went to the studio.

Since Serena has seniority over Emily, she was asked to have her song recorded first. Serena went inside the recording booth and wore the stand in earphones. The introductory melody for 'crazy for you' began to play, then she began singing.

Edward was again amazed. Serena's songs were truly golden and every time, it always feels new. It's never repetitive at all.

Meanwhile, Emily could truly say that Serena's song was again a genius, but her song was not far behind. She smiled. She was positive this time, that her song stands a chance to defeat Serena's.

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After Serena sang, she went outside the booth smiling. She was quite satisfied with her performance, and she thinks that her voice sounded better than the usual.

”That was very good Serena. I don't know how you manage to come up with these songs every time!” Edward praised.

Serena knew that she just plagiarized, but it was her gift in this timeline, so she won't start feeling guilty about it. Anyway, she turned to look at Emily.

She knew that in the novel, Emily was said to be a musical genius just like Charlton, so she wondered what kind of song she can come up with that can defeat Madonna.

Their eyes met, and irritatingly, Emily gave her a confident smirk when she thought that Charlton and Edward were not looking.

Serena raised her eyebrow as if saying, 'show me what you got.'

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TBC