Mia heard ady squealing next to her. “Oh my god, Mom! He’s hot!”


    “He is. You were reluctant toe when I asked you to, though. You must surely regret not dolling up,


    don’t you?”


    “I’ll do that now.” Nancy whipped a tiny mirror out of her bag and applied some lipstick on her lips.


    Liam snorted. “Do you really think he’s hot?”


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    Nancy and Bethany were taken aback. They spun around, wondering who had the gall to speak about


    Timothy like that. It was then they realized six attractive men were standing before them. Stunned,


    Bethany chanced a nce at Nancy and remained silent.


    An excited squeak escaped Nancy’s lips. “A–Are you Linden Lane?”


    “Yeah, I am.”


    “Oh my god!! I can’t believe my eyes–my favorite celebrity is standing right before me! Mom, can you


    pinch me so I know this isn’t a dream? Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”


    Slightly frustrated, Bethany chided, “Nancy, stop it. Weren’t you praising Mr. Barrett for his looks


    earlier?”


    “But Linden is on another level!” Nancy squealed. Staring at him with starstruck eyes, she asked, “Mr.


    Lane, can I take a photo with you?”


    “Sure, butter.”


    “Alright!” Exhrated, Nancy took her phone out to spill the news to her friend. She still couldn’t digest


    the fact that she met her favorite actor at today’s banquet!


    Bethany sighed. She intended to make Nancy show up at the banquet to get her connected with


    Timothy, since he was now divorced. Who knew they might have hit it off?


    Everything seemed painfully familiar to Mia. Back when she was still married to Timothy, socialites


    would taunt her during banquets, saying that Timothy was too good for her. Not like she was bothered


    about it now.


    ncing around at the guests, Laura said, “I had a close call to death because of my sickness. Thus, I


    organized this banquet to celebrate that I still have more years to live on, and secondly, to express my


    gratitude for the person who


    ensured my sessful surgery. She’s kind and earnest, though she might have more bad days than


    good ones in our family, she was still forgiving enough to persuade her family to perform surgery on


    me.”


    Mia’s eyes turned red. As Laura spoke, she sauntered toward her and held her hand. “Mia used to be


    thedy of the Barrett family. Now that she has be the daughter of the Lane family in Nord City,


    I’m sincerely happy for her. She’ll always remain as one of our most important guests. Thus, I hope


    everyone will take care of her for the sake of our family.”


    A round of apuse erupted among the crowd. Someone couldn’t help but jeer, Mrs. Barrett Senior,


    since you’re so fond of her, why don’t you make her remarry?


    “Yeah, isn’t that a pleasure for both families? They both share the same status, and it’s splendid to


    have the most prominent families in Bern City and Nord City to merge as one!”


    Mia didn’t expect those people, who used to mock her, to actually propose for her to remarry Timothy.


    In fact, Sharon was quite intrigued as well. Pride swelled in her chest once she imagined herself


    boasting about having the daughter of the Lanes as her daughter–inw.


    The tension dripping off the Lane brothers caused the jeers to cease to a palpable silence. Dominic


    began politely, yet indifferently, “We appreciate Mrs. Barrett Senior’s hospitality toward Mia. I hate to


    say it, but we’re not particrly fond of forging familial ties with the Barrett family.”


    Nathan added grimly, “If we had found Mia three years earlier, we wouldn’t have let her marry so soon


    either.”