Ava!Naya immediately understood what he meant and suddenly clenched her fists. Her eyes were filled with rage, but the next second, she looked at Mrs. Graham and her mother with a pitiful look.When Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Mendez saw Daniel leaving Naya and walking toward Ava, both women became furious."Daniel, stop right there!"Mrs. Graham suddenly shouted at Daniel to stop him without thinking about all the guests who were watching.The guests at the scene were confused. ‘Isn't this an engagement ceremony? Why did the lead character leave halfway through the ring exchange?’"Daniel, where are you going? Your engagement ceremony with Naya hasn’t finished yet." Mrs. Graham chased after Daniel to stop him before lowering her voice and giving him a serious reminder."Daniel, have you forgotten? If you leave Naya and walk toward that woman, your grandfather will faint from the rage!”When Daniel heard what his mother said, he immediately furrowed his brows and looked toward Ava, w

"What's going on here? Daniel, did you just say that your engagement to Naya is just an act?" Mr. Mendez immediately questioned him.Daniel nodded with a solemn expression and explained, "That's right. Naya was the one who suggested it. We did all of this just to appease my grandfather so that his condition will hopefully stabilize."Mr. Mendez looked incredulously at Naya, who looked livid as she stood on stage without saying a word. "Naya, is what Daniel said true?""..." At that moment, Naya did not know what to say to him.Meanwhile, Mrs. Mendez was furiously defending her. "Why would Naya joke about such an important event like her own marriage? Obviously, it’s because of this vixen! I bet she couldn’t bear seeing Daniel and Naya get married, so she came here to make trouble! Can't you all see it? It's that simple!"As Mrs. Mendez elaborated, she grew even more emotional. She pointed her finger at Ava, laughing with contempt. "This woman has no influential family behind her

Mrs. Mendez glared at the woman with displeasure. "And who are you? It's none of your business whether or not I teach this vixen a lesson! This is my daughter's engagement to my future son-in-law! Who let this nobody in?"When Ava saw the woman being insulted by Mrs. Mendez, she felt uncomfortable and was thinking of settling the matter herself when Mr. Mendez rushed over to stop Mrs. Mendez from attacking the woman again."Watch your mouth! She’s my guest. This is Ms. Xander from Y Country!" Mr. Mendez reminded her solemnly before apologizing to the woman with a smile."Oh, Ms. Xander! Please don't take what she said personally. I was going to invite you to this engagement ceremony! I’m really sorry that you had to see this buffoonery.”When Mrs. Mendez heard who the woman was, her entire expression changed instantly."So this is the Ms. Xander you were meeting today." A bright ingratiating smile appeared on Mrs. Mendez's face. "Ms. Xander, I'm so sorry! I didn't know it was you.

Before Naya could finish her sentence, Raegan immediately gave her a slap across her face.Naya let out a painful cry. Surprised, she held her cheek as her head jerked up to look at Raegan."H-How dare you hit my daughter?!" Mrs. Mendez hurriedly stepped forward to defend Naya as she glared angrily at Raegan. "Did my daughter say something wrong? Ava is a vixen! Who do you think you are to interfere—""Because I’m Ava's mother. Because as a mother, it’s my instinct to defend my daughter!""...""..."After Raegan said those words, the entire banquet hall fell into a moment of silence.After a few seconds, everyone started to chatter among themselves."What? The person Daniel proposed to is actually the daughter of the richest person in Y Country?""No way! I didn't expect Ava to come from such a family.""No wonder she said that it was the Grahams who would benefit from Ava marrying into their family! That's what she meant!"The crowd murmured, expressing their overwhelming

It seemed that everything had happened because the Grahams did not think Ava was good enough, so the two families came up with a plan and set up the whole thing.Madeline expressed her sorrow after hearing the whole story but she still felt happy for Ava."That Maisie girl is such a nice person. She sounds very resourceful and justice-minded. She wasn't even scared when she stood up for you."Ava smiled cheerfully. "Yeah, Maisie is very brave and justice-minded. And she's really good to me too.""Mm-hmm..." Madeline responded before continuing with a hint. "And there's someone else who's also very, very good to you.""I know, it's you, Maddie,” Ava replied without thinking, only to hear Madeline saying that was not what she meant."I was talking about your mother.""..."Ava fell silent when Madeline said that."Ava, I know I wasn’t there at the scene, but I think your mother really wants to make it up to you and regrets what she did when she left you behind last time."Madel