Jilted Bride 151

Chapter 151

Suddenly, the mood in the banquet hall became tense and heavy. Those who knew Ople was Mrs. Sinclair were surprised

at first, then calmed down. After all, she had the right to be arrogant.

They were curious to see how Harris, who was unaware of this, would react,

Everyone knew that Harris was the kind of person who fiercely protects his own; when his daughter got splashed with wine, there was no way he'd just let it slide. Authority could be overpowering

He stepped forward, patted Ophelia on the shoulder, and joked, No wonder you're Theo's acknowledged granddaughter, your personality does have a bit of his character, don't you all think?

He turned around and looked at the people, and his gaze was unmistakably clear. From now on, her status in the business world would be taken 'under his wing by him.

"Girl, having a personality is good, but don't have too much... These words were quite meaningful, and there was a cold edge in Harris' eyes.

Finlay Carnegie and Henry were about to step forward, but a gid got there first.

Phoebe had a slight smile on her lips. "Uncle Harris, there's really no right or wrong in this matter, because Elia didn't do it on purpose. Things got a little heated when Cecilia spoke earlier, so how about we just let it be?" Harris' eyes fell on Phoebe, and his previously stern expression softened a little.

He turned his head and looked at Cecilia with a smile, his tone mildly critical "Cecilia, that wasn't right of you. How could you say such things about Ms. Carnegie? Let's just leave it now, be mature and let it go." The sudden change left Cecilia, who was expecting Harris to support her, feeling confused. "But Dad...

"Follow my order!" Harris' tone became sterner as he gave Cecilia a pointed look, his expression a deceptively kind smile.

He said, "It's normal for kids to have little arguments. Let's do this: have the crew prepare a couple of outfits and let Ms. Carnegie and my daughter go and change."

This "Ms. Carnegie" that Harris referred to was Ophelia. Ophelia glanced at Phoebe, who had "kindly" intervened. To outsiders, it seemed like she was helping to defuse the situation for her.

In fact, she was helping Harris. She knew that once things got out of hand, Kenneth would definitely get involved, which meant Harris wouldn't be able to keep his position for long.

right through their little schemes. As for Cecilia, she frowned with dissatisfaction, her gaze unintentionally fixing on Phoebe with intense scrutiny and curiosity. Cecilia thought, 'So young, yet she could easily make

I stained, ladies? Name

dress stained with wine, slowly walked

"What more does she want? Is spilling the wine not

scold the server?"

a dress? The Carnegie family's granddaughter acts like she's from the slums, nitpicking

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matter?

"That's right!"

assuming Ophelia wouldn't

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dress is custom-made and costs about 70 thousand dollars. So, tell me, how

this. He thought, 70 thousand dollars?

his knees were about to give way again, Ophelia caught his arm. "Your knees aren't

the people present were shocked by Ophelia's commanding stance. They thought, 'Does she

Why make things difficult for a

Let's not ruin a perfectly good dinner party just because of one

it's just an outfit. The waiter shouldn't have to pay

and said to the waiter, "If you don't want to cough up 70 thousand dollars, just tell the truth. Who told you to spill red wine all over me?" As soon as she said this, Cecilla and Sienna's faces went pale. Stenna said, "Ms. Spencer, are you serious? It's just a wine stain! A good dry cleaning can take care of that, and you don't neer to pay for my dress. Don't make it hard for him." That was certainly

it go." Just a moment ago, Cecilia was so assertive, but now her

have to

knew this incident was definitely connected to

and then turned to the waiter. "I want every penny for my

three years without spending anything. He couldn't handle this debt With determination, the waiter raised his hand and pointed at Cecilia and Sienna. "It was them! They told me to do it and even tipped me 700 dollars." He said,

told me to spill the drinks on you. They even tol me to kneel

waiter retorted, "If you think it's nonsense, just review the surveillance footage. Ms, Spencer, they were

security on this cruise was excellent, with cameras everywhere; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able

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