Unfinished Business with You novel

Chapter 865

Sirius' face was so gloomy as if a violent thunderstorm was about to happen.

"What are you talking about, Azalea? The King has decided for you. How can you not appreciate his kindness?"

Azalea replied, "Dad, Hayes, relationships can't be forced. I know what I'm doing, so don't worry about us."

Before Sirius could say something, Eugene beat him to it and grabbed the microphone. "Thank you for the gracious offer, Your Highness and Sir Sirius, but Princess Azalea has already made it clear that we are just friends. It's her birthday banquet today and therefore, I'm only here to celebrate her birthday. Please don't speculate anything between us, everyone."

Hayes smiled at that. Seeing Sirius pulling a long face, he uttered, "I understand that Sir Sirius admires Eugene, but things that are forced never work out. The thing with relationships is that only the ones involved are clear about their feelings. As parents, we should just offer our blessings to them!"

Hearing that, everyone started whispering. "How desperate is Sir Sirius to be willing to sacrifice his daughter to attract supporters?"

"Sadly, his daughter betrayed him."

if she wants to be engaged, Eugene might not agree to it!

Perhaps he's trying to avoid embarrassment, which is why he

not in the mood to pay attention to their comments as she was watching the waiter walking toward Hayes with

didn't you visit me first when

very welcoming and insists that I stay to celebrate Princess Azalea's

me tonight. Let's have

have a drink right here. It doesn't matter where you have it, right?" With that

Hayes was about to grab the wine, Olivia panicked. No matter whether the glass would fall into Hayes or Eugene's hands, her intuition told her

to not see the road, she bumped into a man next to her. "Ah—" Her scream attracted the

pulled one of the buttons off the man's shirt. Her middle finger and thumb worked perfectly to flick it toward the leg of the waiter serving wine on the stage. The sudden, sharp pain didn't cause him to scream, but he lurched forward due to momentum, causing the wine to spill all over. In that case, the wine on the tray couldn't be