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!"

have brought gifts! This is a big

This is

of my official duties, I can't throw a big party for my daughter's engagement, but I wanted everyone to share in my joy, so I held this little banquet for my friends and relatives to witness and share the Morgan family's happiness!" "Those who are

praising Arthur's

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

again, "Now,

presided over such an occasion. At this moment, he was a kind and

exhibited his integrity by planning a small, low-key engagement dinner, treating

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

the Tomlinson family?" Lauren peered up at the staircase with great anticipation, waiting

over and said, "Not