Chapter 507: Chapter 510

All of a sudden, Faye’s body trembled and her gaze as she stared at Sophia was filled with terror. Why does Sophia know about me and Richard? It was as if her whole body stiffened and she didn’t dare to say another word.

When Sophia loosened her grip on her, Faye was in a daze and she guiltily glanced over at Xyla and Richard. Then, her expression instantly changed and with a smile, she said, “Now that it has come to this, if we ruin the banquet right now, the money that we spent would be wasted. If there is anything else to discuss, let’s talk about it after the banquet.”

I can’t let Xyla find out about me and Richard now! Xyla is the only child of the Huff Family. After Richard married her, he has part ownership of everything that the Huff Family owns and is slowly taking over the Huff Family’s businesses right now. I can’t let a swindler like Sophia ruin our plan at such an important stage!

Meanwhile, when Sophia held Faye in her arms and whispered to her ear, Faye’s deep and charming gaze passed over the crowd and focused on Richard, who stood in the corner of the room. He had not said a single word since the beginning.

Richard didn’t understand lip reading, but he could understand the words that Faye mouthed. Does Sophia know about my plan with Faye? Is she going to expose us both if I don’t speak on her behalf?

All of a sudden, Richard felt his phone vibrate. He silently pulled it out of his pocket and saw that Sophia had sent him two screenshots of a video on Messenger. They were screenshots of what he and Faye did in Ido’s toilet the other day. I was right…

Instantly, the veins on Richard’s face bulged. If Sophia exposes us now, she’ll ruin my relationship with Xyla and I’m sure the Huff Family won’t let me go easily. I haven’t completely gained ownership over all of the Huff Family’s fortune yet and I can’t let all my previous effort go to waste! With that, Richard gave Faye a signal and the two immediately knew what they had to do.

Just then, they heard a knock at the door. A man entered and lowered his voice as he said, “The Fletcher Family has arrived and gave gifts to congratulate Sophia. Mr. Edwards and Miss Edwards, please hurry out and greet them!”

“The Fletcher Family?” Joe asked in surprise. “Which Fletcher Family?”

The man hurriedly replied, “The commanding general, Joel Fletcher, has personally come to hand you some gifts!”

Upon hearing this, everyone was dumbfounded. They never thought Joel would personally attend the banquet! When Sophia heard this, she fluffed her hair with her fingers and tidied her clothes as she stood up and said, “Dad, why did you ask such a strange question?

Of course it’s the founding father Mark Fletcher’s family. Who else in Bayside City would dare to take the Fletcher Family name? These are guests that I’ve invited so I’ll be going to greet them now. All of you can continue the discussion.”

As she spoke, she walked out the room and left Joe and the rest of the people in the room in a daze. I can’t believe this b*tch managed to invite the Fletcher Family!

There were several elders of the Edwards family and the daughter of the Mitchell family, Natasha, who attended the banquet. Joe already thought that was grand enough and never in a million years did he expect Joel from the Mitchell family to appear!

Joe didn’t even have a way to invite many of the guests that Sophia invited! Moreover, all the guests that Sophia invited had attended! Those from the Fletcher Family, the Edwards Family, the Winston Family, the West Family…

Joe made a split second decision and announced to the rest of the people in the room, “If there’s anything else to discuss, we’ll talk about it after the banquet.”

With that, he walked out of the room in a rush. As soon as he left, three elders of the Edwards family that hardly showed their faces immediately ran up to him and surrounded him.

They held onto Joe’s hand excitedly and said, “Oh, I didn’t know that you could manage to invite a precious guest like Linus Michel. You should’ve told us earlier. I would’ve asked the family head to personally attend this banquet!”

Joe was shocked. Back when he begged the three elders to attend the banquet, he almost fell onto his knees but at that moment, they were telling him that they should’ve invited the family head. One of the elders pointed at the corners of the banquet and said, “Look around.”

“That’s Joel, the young master of the Fletcher family! And that’s Natasha, the young lady of the Mitchell family!” “No, the most reputable person is the man sitting at the VIP table. Do you know who that is? He’s the second most powerful man of the Michel Family from Eastern Europe—Linus Michel!

Not even our family head has the power to invite such a prestigious man. Also, he just gave a cat that was gifted to him by the queen to your daughter. Joe, your daughter really is miraculous! You should quickly arrange a date to take her to meet the rest of the elders and the family head!”

It all happened so suddenly that Joe didn’t know how to react…

Meanwhile in the room, Xyla wanted to expose Sophia’s true identity but Faye and Richard hurriedly stopped her. “Xyla, stop interfering with this matter. This is the Edwards family’s business!” Faye persuaded bitterly.

However, Xyla ran out of the room like an angry bull. Fortunately, Richard helped Faye hold Xyla back.

Otherwise, Faye wouldn’t be able to catch her alone.

“Let go of me! I want to expose that b*tch’s lies and let everyone know the truth!” Why should I let that b*tch enjoy the status of being the second daughter of the Edwards family?

Richard hurriedly persuaded her, “Xyla, calm down. The money has been spent, the reunion banquet has started, and Joel is here. If you go out there now, you’ll offend Joel!”

“No! I won’t give up!” That sl*t is born to have a rotten life but now she’s becoming the daughter of the Edwards family. She even got 5% of the shares! Everyone was fooled by her! That b*tch! She’s such a sl*t! I will never allow her to change her destiny!

Seeing that Xyla was about to lose control over her emotions, Richard hurriedly left the banquet with her.

The reunion banquet was about to reach the highlight and the time for the acknowledgement session was about to begin. After that, there would be a dance.

“General, please excuse me for a moment,” Sophia murmured to Joel before she bowed slightly and walked away to change her clothes.

Joel nodded at Sophia in reply and watched as she slowly disappeared from his sight. After that, he looked away. As soon as he raised his head, he saw that he was surrounded by people who wished to talk to him and he immediately showed his discontent. Suddenly, he saw Stanley waving at him so he quickly walked over.

“Wow, Uncle Joel! You look really handsome today!” Stanley complimented as soon as he saw Joel. That day, Joel had received an order from Old Master Fletcher to attend the banquet and hand Sophia the gift so he deliberately dressed formally.

He wore a black tuxedo, matching it with a white shirt and a black tie and his patent leather shoes shone brightly. Although he had a short haircut, it went well with the formal suit.

Stanley had never seen Joel dressed so handsomely before. Even though everyone was dressed to the nines, Joel outshone the others. Later, Joel greeted Natasha and Linus. Although he only met Sarah, who was sitting in the corner, a few times, he still greeted her politely. Then, the five of them sat together and chatted happily.

All of a sudden, Stanley asked, “Sean, do you think I look good today? Do you think Sophia will agree if I ask her to a dance later? What do you say?”

Sean chuckled and shook his head. “Stan, doing that will only get you in trouble.”

Sophia had already told Sean that he must dance the first dance with her later.

No matter which man Sophia danced with that day, her ass would get beaten badly after she returned home. However, if she danced with Sean, a family member, she would probably be punished less.

After hearing Sean’s words, Stanley ignored his warning and said, “So what if I get in trouble? I’m still going to do it! I’m not afraid of anything! Come on! Get up and practice with me. You dance the female steps and I’ll dance the male steps.”

Feeling helpless, Sean was dragged by Stanley to practice dancing. Meanwhile, Joel smiled and said nothing. As he finished the cocktail in his glass, his narrow gaze flickered with something. Meanwhile, Linus had his head lowered and was looking at his cat and as soon as he looked up, he saw the light in Joel’s eyes… It was the kind of gaze that was filled with stubborn pursuit and a strong desire to win!