Jaylin hung up and stared at the phone for a while. They had invited a lot of distinguished people to the engagement party. The Davies family wouldn’t be reckless enough to cause trouble, right?
He took another deep breath, plastered a smile on his face, and went out of the study to return to his guests.
Meanwhile, over at the Shaw residence, Alick was sitting casually on the sofa and adjusting his tie.
He had heard his father’s conversation on the phone just now.
“Are they trying to go back on their word?”
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Adolf sniffed and harrumphed.
“Not exactly. They wanted to postpone the engagement. That Jaylin is too timid for his own good. He probably has this made-up scene in his mind where Brayden would carry Lydia off and ruin the party.”
Alick snorted, echoing his father’s disdain.
“That bastard can certainly try. If he takes Lydia away, the Davies family will be disgraced in front of Valmere’s elite.”
“Oh, I’m sure he would do no such thing. If nothing else, his family would definitely stop him.” Adolf turned to look at his son.
“You should get ready and head out.”
Alick rose to his feet and leisurely stretched his arms.
“Come on, what’s the hurry? If anyone should be nervous right now, it’s the Phillips family, not us.”
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In another part of the city, Declan watched as Eliana observed herself in the mirror. He didn’t want to attend the engagement party, but she had gone ahead and put on a dress, and was now choosing the purse to match it.
“Are you really going to the engagement party?” Declan asked with a frown.
“The Edwards family has nothing to do with the Shaw family; we don’t even do business together. Why are you so keen to go?”
Beside him, Sadie scoffed and rolled her eyes. She didn’t like Eliana at all, and would never miss a chance to take a dig at her.
“She probably wants to hog the limelight, like she always does. Be sure to keep a close eye on her, Declan.” Sadie looked Eliana up and down.
“She doesn’t care about our family’s affairs at all. She doesn’t even do any housework! ALL she does is dress up and meet up with other socialites every single day. Honestly, I have no idea why you’re with her in the first place. Back when Hannah was still here, she took care of everything around the house. If she is this lazy when you haven’t even gotten a marriage certificate yet, how much worse will she get once she gets her name in the family register?!”
Eliana’s face turned ugly when Sadie compared her with Hannah.
Even so, she did her best to calm down and turned to Sadie with a smile.
“You think Miss Moore was such an excellent sister-in-law, huh?
Then why did you keep complaining to me about how vulgar she was?