Chapter 464
Juliana seemed to have heaved a sigh of relief. In a very soft voice, she muttered, “That''s good to hear.
Otherwise, the world will go topsy-turvy if the disciple bes the sister-inw.”
“What are you muttering about?”
“Huh? Nothing, Master. You can''t be Zeke''s younger sister. Otherwise, it will be the end of the
world.”
Bailey was at a loss for words.
The buzzing sound of an engine was heard in the distance. It was the private jet getting ready to take
off.
Two bodyguards in ck approached them and urged Juliana to hurry. They wanted her to board the
jet quickly.
Bailey reached out to pat Juliana''s shoulder. “Remember what I told you. Your journey onward is long.
You''re the only one who can protect yourself.”
Juliana did not say anything.
A look of sadness shed across Bailey''s face as she watched the private jet hover in the air for a
while before flying into the clouds.
I''m destined to be stuck in Hallsbay. But there''s still so much to see in the world. It''s good that Juliana
will be exploring it on my behalf.
At Century Hotel, the engagement party between the children of the Shurmer and the Gourd families
was proceeding as scheduled.
Standing in the corner, Zayron pointed to the center of the stage before turning to Maxton and asked,
“Dummy, are you willing to let the woman be our aunt?”
Maxton followed the direction of his brother''s finger, and his gazended on Shirley. Then, he shook his
head earnestly. “A phony woman like her is an eyesore. There''s no way I''m willing to let her be
my aunt. Is she even qualified to be my aunt?”
Once those words fell from his lips, he tilted his head to look at Zayron. With sparkling eyes, he asked,
“Are you nning to create amotion?”
A mischievous smile yed about Zayron''s lips. At the same time, a cunning glint shed across his
eyes.
“The engagement ceremony will start in twenty minutes. If we don''t want her to be our aunt, we
must think of a way to ruin this engagement party.”
Maxton looked at him with excitement.
Are we going to wreak havoc? I''m so in!
“What are you going to do?” he asked.
Zayron leaned in and whispered in his ears.
Upon hearing his ns, Maxton stared at him with shock. “W-Will it be okay? If we''re not careful, the
whole hotel might be destroyed.”
“What are you afraid of? The hotel is a property of Luther Group. The public will only think of us as
wastrels if it''s destroyed. We won''t be hurt. As of now, the most important thing is to save our uncle.”
Maxton gritted his teeth. With much determination, he nodded in agreement.
Fifteen minutester, the emcee announced that the engagement ceremony had officially begun.
The guests stopped their conversations and proceeded to circle around the stage.
The first person to appear on stage was an elder from the family of the groom-to-be.
Steven stood on the stage and gave a short speech of pleasantries. Then, as the groom-to-be''s father,
he gave the couple his blessing.
A round of apuse resounded through the hall.
At that moment, a speaker inside the banquet hall sounded all of a sudden.
“This is an emergency. I repeat, this is an emergency. There''s a fire on the third floor of the hotel. The
fire is raging and starting to spread rapidly to the upper floors. All guests on every floor are requested
to stop their activities at once and leave using the emergency exit quickly.”
Three seconds of silence passed in the banquet hall. Then, chaos erupted.
Those who were near the floor-to-length windows quickly peered outside. Sure enough, they were able
to see the raging fire on the third floor. Licks of me burst out of the windows. It was both spectacr
and terrifying.
“Oh my goodness! It''s true. There''s a fire. Look at it. It will only take a few minutes before it spreads to
the sixth floor.”
“That''s right. What a huge fire! Everyone, let''s leave now. Quick!”
“Let''s stop the engagement ceremony today. Don''t just stand here. Move fast. Save your lives!”
All of a sudden, everyone inside the banquet hall panicked and ran toward the emergency exit.
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Shirley was resentful beyond words.
It took a lot of effort to force Zeke to agree to hold our engagement party. Many guests are here now.
The ceremony will bepleted as soon as we exchange the engagement rings. But why is this
happening to me?
“Shirley, let''s leave this ce quickly,” Genevieve, her mother, urged.
Pursing her lips, Shirley walked forward and grabbed Zeke, who was trying to evacuate the guests.
Hastily, she said, “Zeke, the fire hasn''t spread up here yet. We''re on the sixth floor, so we won''t get
burned to death so soon. Only a few steps are left for the ceremony. Let''s just skip the others. Why
don''t we go on the stage and exchange the rings?”
Zeke''s face darkened. He nced at her coldly and reprimanded, “Is this engagement party more
important than human lives?”
Shirley wanted to say “yes,” but his cold and emotionless eyes deterred her from doing so.
Genevieve noticed that her future son-inw was getting angry. Thus, she quickly grabbed her
daughter''s arm and said, “Shirley, don''t be crazy. The engagement party can be held againter, but
we''re doomed if we don''t get out of here alive. Be a good girl. Don''t make things difficult for Zeke. He
needs to evacuate all the guests, so stop distracting him.”
With tears in her eyes, Shirley looked at Genevieve andined sadly, “Mom, it took me so much
effort to get him to agree with the engagement. I hate that something like thises up. I hate it!”
Not knowing how tofort Shirley, Genevieve sighed. There was nothing she could do other than
grab her daughter''s arm to stop her from pestering Zeke.
At that moment, Zoey walked over from the side. She reached out to pull Shirley''s other arm and said
in a low voice, “You still have time. There''s no need toplete the engagement today. I received
news that Juliana had returned to her home country with the Hoffman family. No one will cling to Zeke
anymore. What are you still afraid of?”
“That b*tch left?” Shirley asked with slight astonishment.