Beyond the Divorce

The people in the hall suddenly fell silent as we waited for Arthur's speech.

Like us, everyone here was speculating about the purpose of the Morgan family's invitation.

Arthur cheerfully said, "Everyone here at this Morgan family gathering today are my dear friends and relatives. Perhaps you're curious about why I invited you all here today?"

We all looked at each other, and someone loudly said, "Yes! Stop keeping us in suspense, Mr. Arthur! We've been trying to guess what this is all about!"

Arthur laughed heartily. He was clearly very happy.

Then he loudly declared, "I have some good news to announce! This is the engagement banquet of my daughter Mia Morgan and the son of the President of the Monora Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Leonard's son, Ernest Tomlinson!" There was instantly an uproar, with people complaining, "This isn't right, Mr. Arthur! You should have told us this was such a big event. Look, we..."

"That's right, Mr. Arthur, you were wrong to do this!"

brought gifts! This is a

you all! This is the

and relatives to witness and share the Morgan family's happiness!" "Those who are here are my trusted confidants and family members. We won't accept any gifts, of course. Let's just gather, have a good

admiration, praising Arthur's integrity and congratulating

at Lauren and said, "So that's why we

again, "Now, let's

an occasion. At this moment, he was a kind and respectable patriarch, and a good father figure. Arthur

his integrity by planning a small, low-key engagement dinner, treating it like a private

was cunning and sophisticated. Although he seemed low-key, his methods were

up at the staircase with great

and said, "Not just anyone can