Debra scoffed, "That''s a bit rude. She''s your fiancée?"


    Drake shrugged. "Business arrangement. No feelings involved."


    "Aren''t you straightforward?" Debra snorted, her gaze flickering to the group of journalists. "But if you n to use the Lowe family to outmaneuver Marion, I''d save myself the trouble if I were you." "Doubting my capability?" Drake leaned in. "You yed me so many times. I''ve been kind enough not to hold it against you. But today, you''ll bear witness to how I take everything Marion holds dear." "Oh, I''m sorry. I didn''te here to see you win anything."


    "Oh? Then why are you here?"


    "To watch you make a fool of yourself."


    ***


    In the center of the banquet hall, the host took the stage and enthusiastically began introducing the evening''s main event: Drake''s engagement with Cathryn.


    The reporters sprang into action, publishing the news on various tforms.


    As the host''s voice echoed through the room, Drake handed his champagne ss to Debra. "Watch closely. Everything Marion has will soon be mine."


    With calm confidence, he strode toward the stage. Cathryn joined him halfway, slipping her arm around his.


    Debra nced at her watch, patiently waiting for the show to begin.


    She had orchestrated this moment meticulously. The gamble she had proposed to Liza and the measures to prevent Liza from meeting Cathryn were all leading up to this.


    An hour ago, she''d leaked the venue address to Liza, knowing full well what would happen next.


    And, as expected, just as Cathryn and Drake ascended the stage, the doors to the banquet hall burst open, followed by heavy, purposeful footsteps.


    Drake frowned, while the guests turned to see a team of bodyguards forcing their way into the hall.


    At their head was none other than Liza, storming straight to the center of the room.


    "Nobody moves," shemanded.


    The guest recognized her and didn''t dare make a sound.


    "Liza?" Cathryn was surprised, instinctively taking her hand off Drake''s arm.


    Drake''s brow furrowed further. "What are you doing here?"


    "I want to ask you the same question," Liza snapped, her face flushed with anger.


    Kael


    Without hesitation, she grabbed a cake from a nearby table, ready to hurl it at the pair. But before she could, a deep voice came from


    behind her.


    "Liza, don''t act up."


    Debra looked over and saw a man standing in the doorway.


    He was d in a perfectly tailored suit. His sharp eyes were glinting behind his gold-rimmed sses.


    "Gand!" Liza stomped her foot in frustration.


    Gand surveyed the room, his gaze


    pausing briefly on Debra. But he


    quickly moved on, focusing on Drake


    and


    Cathryn.


    With a measured, deliberate tone, he spoke. "Mr. Lowe, getting engaged is a major event. Yet you didn''t even inform us. That was a bit


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    unceremonious."


    There was an undercurrent of usation in his words, and the room fell silent under their weight.


    Debra was lost in thought. The way he spoke felt oddly familiar.