Chapter 198 Engagement Ceremony VS Birthday Banquet
As he kissed Cecily, images of their embrace and her bright smile at Blaise flashed through his mind.
It was really annoying!
Darian's eyes turned red, and he let go of her, only to be met with two slaps.
Darian stared at her flushed face, "Are you planning to leave with him and the children?"
Cecily held her breath.
She didn't speak.
"Answer me, is it true?"
Cecily pressed her hands against his chest and pushed forcefully, "Let go of me."
"Darian, I told you to let go of me!"
The man's tall figure stood firmly like a wall, motionless. "Didn't you say you wanted to make me regret? Didn't you say you were wrongly accused back then? Then, show me the evidence. Until I see the evidence, you won't be able to leave with the child."
"You want to keep me trapped in Silver Frost Capital, constantly by your side? Do you think I can't find the evidence from back then, or do you think everything I said was a lie?"
"What does it matter if I want to leave? Do you have the authority to stop me?"
Darian's handsome face was filled with anger.
This damn woman.
"I do want to leave you. I don't want to see you or Ophelia anymore. I don't want to deal with the mess here."
Cecily forcefully pushed Darian away with both hands. "You have no right to interfere in my affairs."
Her eyes were filled with moisture, but she stubbornly held back her tears.
As Darian listened to Cecily's cruel words, he felt a dull pain in his chest and an indescribable surge of complicated emotions.
What did it matter to him?
They were already divorced...
They had no relationship anymore...
He wasn't even the biological father of the children, so why should he interfere in her affairs?
The two of them once again parted ways, and the next day, Darian went on a business trip.
He gave her a chance.
If she wanted to leave, she could leave.
If he didn't go see, he wouldn't stop her.
...
The Fitzgerald family and Flores family's engagement banquet garnered a lot of attention.
Many people envied and anticipated, and some were even waiting to see the show, to see Ophelia become a laughingstock.
Half a month ago, within two days, the Fitzgerald Family had changed their engagement announcement and retracted it several times. Rumor had it that Owen and Darian had differing opinions.
Owen wanted Darian to engage with Miss Flores.
However, Darian insisted on calling off the engagement.
The grandfather and grandson were at odds. Although the engagement banquet proceeded as planned, according to rumors from employees of the Fitzgerald's Group, Mr. Fitzgerald was not in Silver Frost Capital today.
By not being in Silver Frost Capital on the day of the engagement banquet, the intention was clear.
Owen and the Flores family would proceed with the engagement, as not canceling it was his maximum tolerance, but he would not attend or acknowledge the event.
However, rumors were just rumors, and the truth was unknown. Many people were speculating and observing.
As everyone speculated about Darian's attitude toward the engagement banquet, the supposed grand gathering of guests was not as crowded at the time.
"Did Mr. Fitzgerald and Miss Ophelia's engagement banquet actually take place or not? It's already at this time, and there are still not many people here."
Usually, with this kind of event, many people would have already arrived, everyone would want to be the first.
"I'm not sure. I heard that Mr. Fitzgerald made it clear he was refusing this engagement banquet, and now people are not in Silver Frost Capital. I think it won't proceed."
"Really? That's so embarrassing for Miss Ophelia."
"There's no other choice. She rushed to marry him, so she has to endure it even if it's embarrassing. Remember when she threatened to jump off a building before? I heard it was because of the cancellation of the engagement. She said she would jump if he didn't marry her. It's really ridiculous. She's so extreme. If I were a man, I wouldn't want her either."
"What are you all talking about?" A dignified voice sounded.
Everyone was startled and turned around to see Owen standing behind them with a walking cane and silver hair, but still full of vitality and an aura of majesty.
Everyone quickly closed their mouths and looked at each other.
"Sir... we... were just joking."
"Even in-jokes, there should be a limit. Don't speak gibberish. These are all unreal things."
Did Owen just deny the rumors that Darian was not in Silver Frost Capital?
The group exchanged glances.
"Yes, sir, we were wrong."
The young girls quickly apologized.
In this kind of situation, Owen naturally wouldn't reprimand them too much.
After apologizing a few times, they quickly left.
Owen couldn't hide his anger. Darian really wasn't in Silver Frost Capital.
He truly didn't want to get engaged to Ophelia.
"Go bring Darian back. This is ridiculous." Owen angrily said to Sawyer.
Sawyer was sweating profusely.
He knew Darian's personality.
If even Owen couldn't persuade him, how could he, as a butler, convince him.
But Sawyer still had to gather his courage and respond, "I will contact Mr. Fitzgerald right away."
"What about Ophelia?"
"Miss Ophelia is already in the dressing room preparing her makeup."
"Hmm." Owen let out a deep sigh.
At this moment, Ophelia in the dressing room was very anxious, not even thinking about doing her makeup.
The rumors about Darian not showing up at the engagement banquet were growing stronger, and there were even many media reporters on the scene. If Darian didn't come, her engagement banquet would be a failure, and she would become a laughingstock.
Ophelia didn't know what to do. She didn't expect Darian to be this heartless.
"Mom, what should I do? Will Darian really not come?"
Tabitha asked the makeup artist to leave and held Ophelia's cold hand, advising, "No, there is still some time before it starts. Owen will definitely make Darian come back. All you need to do now is to dress up nicely and get engaged with Darian beautifully later."
However, how could Ophelia be at ease?
She frowned and suddenly thought of Cecily's birthday banquet. "Mom, has Cecily arrived?"
"I haven't seen her yet, but her invitation has been sent out. She will definitely come."
Ophelia looked at herself in the mirror and took a deep breath. "Have you instructed the people at the door?"
"Yes, both the guests for the engagement banquet and the birthday banquet can enter."
"That's good." Ophelia gritted her teeth.
Then, she would wait for Cecily to be kicked out of the banquet hall along with her guests because the banquet hall was not properly arranged.
With such a joke beforehand, even if Darian didn't show up in the end, it would help relieve some of the public pressure on her.
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