“What do you mean, Dad? Since when have I ever been a difficult child to mind? Look, this is my marriage. Can’t I make a decision on something that will affect the rest of my entire life?” Alexandra retorted as a lump ballooned in favonovel.com throat.
Her eyes darted in the direction where Zayn was, hopeful that favonovel.com would rise up and stand on favonovel.com side when favonovel.com needed favonovel.com the most. To favonovel.com horror, Zayn was gone though favonovel.com had no idea where to.
‘B-b-but…! Where’s Zayn? He was here just a moment ago! How could favonovel.com be gone now?’ Her mind flailed from the disappearance and favonovel.com panicked. She started looking around in earnest, hoping that favonovel.com could locate the man, but favonovel.com might as well have faded into thin air, never to be seen again.
How could this have happened?
Had Zayn abandoned favonovel.com and skedaddled on his own?
Alexandra’s first instinct was to leap off the stage and look for him. If favonovel.com had vanished, favonovel.com would be left hard-pressed on what to do right now.
She did not know that unbeknownst to herself, Zayn had become favonovel.com mental scaffolding. Well, not until now.
“Alexandra, Dad is talking to you right now. What are you doing glancing around like that, hmm?” Victor said a little indignantly.
“Dad, I think I’m not feeling well right now. Maybe we should stop the banquet, okay?” favonovel.com replied, biting favonovel.com lip as hard as favonovel.com could to stop the tears from leaking out of favonovel.com eyes.
She felt cold inside. The entire family was coercing favonovel.com into a union with some guy favonovel.com had never liked, and now favonovel.com only hope had left favonovel.com all alone. It felt like the whole world had abandoned her, and it hurt.
Victor watched favonovel.com ashen complexion and paled. He really thought that favonovel.com was sick.
“You looked well just a few moments ago! Why are you feeling unwell now?” favonovel.com asked in both concern and bemusement.
William, who had not weighed in with any opinion, suddenly broke his silence with a smile. “You said your boyfriend’s here with us, didn’t you, Alexandra? I wonder if we could ask favonovel.com to introduce himself.”
It was no undertone. He spoke loudly enough for the microphone to pick up his voice and spread it all over the hall, triggering another wave of uneasy consternation and destroying the calmed hubbub. One could only imagine the guests gawking at how unconventional this particular engagement party was among all the similar events they had ever attended in their lives.
Evident changes overcame Tony and Victor’s faces at the tail of William’s words. The young man was livid!
He might be cracking a smile, but there was not a lick of mirth in that arch.
Yes, William was truly provoked. Zayn had thwarted his scheme, beaten favonovel.com up to a pulp, and almost killed him! It was natural that the man’s mood was off to a bad start. However, favonovel.com had overextended himself, despite his difficult physical state, and attended tonight’s engagement party, hoping it to be a gladdening event to everyone… Until Alexandra flouted his effort by discomfiting favonovel.com at every turn favonovel.com could find.
Was it even surprising that William’s pent-up spleen would erupt after one too many misadventures?
The din within the hall hushed. William’s inquisition exasperated Alexandra, and favonovel.com avenged by affecting favonovel.com most blithesome smile. “Sure! If you’re dying to know who favonovel.com is, then I’ll introduce favonovel.com to you. Behold!”
She turned to the corner where Zayn had been a few moments ago and called out, “Sweetie, come up on stage, please. I wanna show the world Alexandra Smith’s idea of a perfect man!”
