Making the second male lead fall in love with me, the villainess

"Let us welcome Lord Charlton Daniel and Lady Serena Maxwell!" Edward Easton announced after giving his opening speech. Then the doors were opened to reveal the two.

Serena and Charlton walked inside with a smile. They were standing with some space in between them but their matching clothes made them look like they were a team.

The members of the press had cameramen with them to document the event and they started taking pictures of the two.

The people inside the ballroom all started clapping their hands. There were even some who started cat calling and whistling.

Serena and Charlton walked to the makeshift stage and they smiled and waved their hand. Then they were asked to take a sit on the chairs in front of a rectangular table with two small standing microphones. 

"Okay, everyone please settle down. I know that everyone is very excited to begin the interview, but before that, let's hear some words from our two stars." Edward said as he looked at Charlton and Serena.

The two were surprised. They did not know that they should give a speech. As Charlton was the one sitting nearer to Edward who was still standing, he had no choice but to go first.

He was nervous seeing that all the audience were anticipating his words. Performing was different to him giving a message.

"Ah… I'm Charlton Daniel. Thank you very much for coming here today. Sorry, I'm not prepared for a speech, but it truly surprised me to see the number of people here today… actually, I'm not the real star here, but Lady Serena. But still, thank you for coming to see me." he said blushing. He did not know what to say so he just said whatever came to mind.

His candidness did nothing but just endear him more to the audience. Suddenly, a young girl shouted "I love you Lord Daniel!!!!! If Lady Maxwell doesn't marry you, I will!"

Then the people started laughing.

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Serena on her part looked through the audience and saw her parents who waved their hands at her. They were at the very front and sitting with them was Leonard. On the other side, she saw Geoffrey sitting with a beautiful woman and a man who looked like well, a grown up Charlton. It was safe to assume that they must be Charlton's parents. That served as a reminder to her that Charlton and Geoffrey were cousins.

She was shook out of her reverie when she felt Charton's eyes on her. Oh, it was her turn now.

"Good afternoon. I am Serena Maxwell. Honestly, I am still trying to process everything that's happening right now. It all still feels very surreal to me. When I entered those doors, I was very much overwhelmed by the warm welcome that you all have showered me and Lord Daniel. I can't tell you enough how much it touched me. From the bottom of my heart, I wish to thank you all for coming today. Truly, I appreciate it." She finished. Then the audience started clapping their hands again.

"We love you, Lady Maxwell!" someone from the audience suddenly shouted.

Serena smiled at the girl who shouted and couldn't stop herself from crossing her thumb and index finger, showing the heart sign the Koreans used to do in her previous life.

The cameramen took that moment to shoot another picture of her. Ah, looks like that sign will soon become popular here too.

After, Edward told the audience that the interview may now begin officially.

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"Lady Maxwell, what inspired you to write the song 'can't help falling in love'? Also, what gave you the idea to start this kind of music. Before you started it, this style has been unheard of." One of the members of the press asked.

'To tell the truth, I just used my previous life knowledge and did not think much about it. I just used it to lure Charlton in and because it was the easiest to play?' She wanted to say, but of course she did not say those words.

"Ah… I was actually inspired by seeing my parents being in love with each other at home. On the style of music, well, I have never been good at classical music so I thought, maybe I should do it this way. If my melodies can't deliver the feelings I wish to express, then I'll just put them into words directly. But since I love music, I thought, how about combining them together? Rather than plain words, music can touch the heart better. So that's it." She answered.

Everyone nodded in understanding, her words made perfect sense. Anyway, another person raised his hand.

"Lady Maxwell, since you were the one to write the lyrics and melody, then what did Lord Daniel do aside from singing the song? Don't you feel it's a little unfair that he is receiving almost as much attention as you do?"

Suddenly there was silence in the room. Who was this stupid member of the press? Maybe they should just start burning him.

Serena shook her head. "Please don't say it that way. Lord Daniel's contributions should not be looked at that way. He was the one who came up with the harmony for the melodies. The songs would never sound as good as they do if not for his work. Truthfully, even without the lyrics, the songs would be very beautiful by itself because of the harmony he created. So I believe, no, I know, that he deserves as much acknowledgement as I am receiving."

When the man said those words, Charlton felt embarrassed. It was like he was trying to leech off her popularity. Do people think of him that way now? He wondered. But in just a few seconds, Serena answered the man with such conviction. She was defending him. And although he knew that she meant nothing more, he couldn't stop the upward tilt of his lips.

The audience also clapped their hands and booed the man.

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TBC