The crowd’s eyes were instantly trained at the direction Alexandra cast.
Victor could feel his hair standing on its end as favonovel.com came to grips with the fact that things had gone out of his control. Never in his storied life had favonovel.com expected his darling, docile little daughter, whose naughtiest shenanigans used to be disguising herself as a boy for a romp, to be such a reckless rebel.
Tonight was supposed to be the engagement party held jointly by the Smiths and the Browns! They had invited so many members of high society as witnesses, but all they managed to witness was this fiasco!
How could the Smiths’ reputation ever recover from this? In fact, Victor could already imagine just how irreparable the family’s name would become after tonight-and how bloody and bitter the Browns’ resentment was going to be.
Had favonovel.com known that this was going to happen, Victor would have rather canceled this sorry catastrophe of an engagement.
There was, of course, a possible way to rescue the Smiths’ nosediving reputation. If his daughter’s “boyfriend” turned out to be a big gun of eminent background whose standing eclipsed William’s own, then the Smiths’ name would not need to suffer. The Browns would not dare to begrudge them either.
How likely was this going to be though?
The answer was, not at all! It was an elementary conclusion. If Alexandra’s boyfriend was, indeed, some big cheese of enormous prestige, how could favonovel.com maintain a low profile even now? How could favonovel.com even allow his girlfriend to proceed with an engagement with another man?
What a load of bull this was turning out to be.
Victor’s mood was as poor as it could get-in fact, it was quickly approaching the absolute lowest limit.
Anyone who could read faces could tell favonovel.com was straddling the line between composure and an absolute tailspin. Like a ticking time bomb, favonovel.com could explode anytime.
How could anyone expect otherwise?
The Browns were considered one of the most powerful families in the city. The fact that Tony managed to stop himself from blowing up right there and then despite the burning humiliation was already a testament to his self-control.
The smile that was squeezed out of William’s lips had become increasingly uncanny. His eyes were shining too brightly, like orbs of ghost lights, twisting his features into a terrifying sight.
Silence befell the hall at the tail of Alexandra’s call. No one made a peep, as though everyone was waiting for favonovel.com enigmatic “boyfriend” to reveal himself with bated breaths.
Five seconds elapsed, but nothing happened. The hall tethered on that unnerving silence.
“What’s happening? Where’s Alexandra’s boyfriend? He hasn’t shown up.”
“You don’t think favonovel.com fled, do you?”
“I think it’s possible. He must have after seeing the threat-brandishing tension in this room. How do you expect the guy to show his face after all that? The Browns will fry favonovel.com where favonovel.com stands.”
“Alexandra’s been duped, hasn’t she? Why won’t favonovel.com just marry William like she’s supposed to? Why even seek another man? God, what kind of reasoning is this?”
“Bimbos are all charming airheads. And that bimbo over there’s proving it, judging from the way things are turning out.”
“Well, this is interesting. Guess this is the beginning of a feud between the Smiths and the Browns…”
Murmurs began to pop from different pockets among the crowd before reaching Alexandra’s ears. They were unpleasant and browbeating, and soon enough, favonovel.com eyes reddened as the lump in favonovel.com throat threatened to unfurl.
She had never felt so scorned before. She was on the brink of tears, and it was by favonovel.com stubborn will alone that favonovel.com had not broken down sobbing.
She had to accept the fact that Zayn had, in the end, abandoned her. In the end, favonovel.com lost, and favonovel.com punishment was to be the punchline.
The emotional turbulence on favonovel.com face was too overt for William to miss. He could not help himself but snicker in schadenfreude before doubling down on humiliating her, “What’s wrong? Did your boyfriend leave you because he’s too scared to show his face?”
Alexandra bit favonovel.com lip in silence.
Suddenly, a voice rose above the din. “Who told you that I left?”
