Chapter 686
At the Costello family engagement party, chaos empted. The enicee had called out Colby and Sophie’s names three times, yet no one
came forward
m. “Where has everyone gone?”
Observing this, Lennon frowned and asked the butler beside him,
“Well I just saw them a moment ago
The butler was clearly perplexed, but Lennon quickly sensed something was amiss and said, “Tell the emcee to keep the situation under control. Everyone else, follow me outside.”
“Yes, sir”
The news of the incident at the Costello household reached Bea next door.
Bea was upstairs dealing with Nichole and Marian’s situation when the security at the door relayed the news from next door. Bea’s eyes lit up as she said, “You mean to say both of them are missing?”
Bea glanced at Marian, whose face was scratched, and then at Nichole, whose hair was in disarray, and suddenly felt a rush of schadenfreude
If things were tough here, the Costello family wouldn’t have it any better!
Bea said. “Marian, you’re really too careless. Do you even realize the significance of today? Why aren’t you downstairs already?”
Yes, Madam
Marian left, dissatisfied, and then Bea turned to Nichole, saying, “We’ll be meeting the guests soon. Why don’t you tidy yourself up? Look at you. Do you even resemble the future Mrs. Burke?”
Yes, Grandma”
Despite feeling hurt, Nichole had no choice but to change into a new dress and freshen up her appearance. Otherwise, she would become the laughingstock of the engagement party.
Bea asked, “Where’s James? Why hasn’t he arrived yet?”
At that moment, James, who hadn’t appeared until now, walked in from outside the room. He had changed into a sharp black suit, and his hair was neatly trimmed. He stepped into the dressing room and, upon seeing the scene, frowned slightly and asked, “What happened?”
Bea put on a smile and said, “Nothing serious, James. Today is your big day. Why have you just arrived?”
“Got held up by some matters on
the way”
James spoke indifferently. Bea didn’t think much of it, though she faintly sensed an odd scent on James.
Bea frowned and said to a lady–in–waiting behind her “Go, bring a bottle of cologne over,”
“Yes.”
While adjusting James suit, Bea said, “Is this what I taught you? Your appearance and the cologne you wear are important. What is this smell on you? We can’t let people laugh at the Burke family, can we?”
“I understand, Grandma. I’ll pay more attention from now on.”
ཆེ གཽ ྃ རེༀ ག ཅ ú ཟྭ ཝཿ རྗ
Once James acknowledged her concem, Bea nodded in satisfaction.
Bea cast a meaningful glance at Nichole and James and then said, “I will wait outside for you. Once you’re ready, come out quickly
James nodded
After Bea left with her entourage, James approached Nichole and asked, “How did you end up in such a mess?”
“It’s all because of Marian. She bullied me!” Nichole, feeling aggrieved, tugged at James‘ arm and said, “James, after we get married, con we get a new maid?”
“Alright, everything you say is perfect.”