On the surface, everyone felt that Justin was passionate and respected the bride well. However, only he knew that he was just terrified.

He was afraid that the reality might exceed his anticipation.

He was terrified to find that he was betrayed in the end when he had trusted Renee that much and treated her so sincerely.

"Justin, what's going on with you? How could you talk about that at such a time like this? The most important thing now is to make her come out and have this engagement

ceremony. We should do the guests justice. If not, everyone will laugh at us after we've kept our dignity well for so many years!"

Sophia couldn't understand his hesitation. They were just going to urge Renee to appear. It had nothing to do with their patience or ability to take good care of Renee.

Both Alexander and Francine looked at each other in confusion.

"Dear, did you do anything?" Alexander asked Francine softly.

might have been Francine's

was something Francine could have

frowned and scrutinized Alexander. "But did you betray me and plot something secretly with

didn't!" Alexander immediately waved and explained, "How could I have done that? You know your son well. I tried my best to persuade him to attend this ceremony, but he refused and made an excuse that

Francine held her face and became enthusiastic. Her eyes lit up as she said, "If that was the case,

we'll see our daughter-in-law and

sigh escaped Alexander. He looked worried-he knew it wouldn't end

you want them to

a great humiliation to the Baldwin family. If Stef did take Ren

a fight. Both families were strong after many years of accumulation of power to reach

none of them would win. They might suffer terribly and other families might gain an advantage from

At most, we'll see each other as enemies. It's not like we haven't done that before!" Francine

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