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Chapter 44
Chapter 44
Chapter 44
Jamie paused, and the crowd instantly fell silent, waiting expectantly for what he was gonna say.
The look on his face turned solemn, "I believe that all the guests here know what happened to the Matton Corp a few days ago. It was agonizing to our family. But for the purpose that the Matton Corp could continue to prosper, I have decided to announce my new heir in the presence of all of you tonight, Charlotte Matthews."
As he finished, he turned his head and stretched out his arm to indicate the crowd to look upstairs.
Charlotte had changed into a new light yellow long dress, fluffy curls falling right on her right shoulder, and she even had her makeup fixed too, back to being the pretty Miss Matthews.
Her gentle and elegant smile seemed like she had totally forgotten what had happened over an hour ago.
The guests also applauded accordingly when they saw her.
With the lesson she just learned, Charlotte collected herself and came downstairs at an even pace, slowly walking up to Jamie and giving him a father-daughter hug.
And then, Jamie walked off stage, leaving the place to Charlotte.
Charlotte held the microphone. Under the spotlight, her eyes slightly red, she found it hard to restrain the excitement.
"I would like to thank my mom and dad for giving me this opportunity to do my part for the Matton Corp. I will do my best to learn about the company's affairs and to help the Matton Corp take another big step forward in the future. I would also like to thank everyone for joining me tonight and hope you all can have a great time. "
The guests underneath thought her speech was over so they applauded again.
But Charlotte was just doing a pause and now she went on, with a trace of sheepishness on her face.
"Perhaps many guests here already knew, but I still want to invite everyone publicly. In just a month, I will hold a formal engagement party with the Freeman Group president Mr. Melvin Freeman at the Grand Esther Hotel. I hope you could come to witness our love. "
She said with happiness on her face, looking sweetly towards Melvin, but in the meantime she cast a glance at Lyra's direction out of the corner of her eye.
Cody listened and also subconsciously turned his head to look at Lyra next to him.
Her face was simply expressionless; she was leisurely tasting a glass of red wine.
Cody was still a little worried and he comforted her, "Lyra, this scum has only been divorced not long ago, and now he got engaged so soon. What a bastard. Lucky that you divorced him. And this chick deliberately made such a high-profile announcement in front of everyone. She was clearly provoking you. What a bitch."
Lyra was amused by him and giggled, "You've said it all. What else do I have to say."
The two, laughing and chatting, were clearly seen by Charlotte on stage.
That bitch was pretending to be light-hearted. She didn't even take her seriously?
Malice flashed across her eyes.
After taking a bow, Charlotte stepped down and started toasting the guests one by one.
Katelyn was taking the lead and greeted everyone properly; the waiter followed behind her in silence holding the wine.
Charlotte toasted the guests in a group-by-group manner, since they were spontaneously divided according to topics.
Soon she reached Lyra.
After Charlotte finished toasting the others, she held up a glass of wine and looked at Lyra with a natural smile.
"Lyra, we had some minor disputes between us. But I know you're a forgiving person and will let it go."
Lyra also picked up the glass beside her, raised her eyes to meet with Charlotte's, red lips slightly curled up, "Miss Matthews may not know me very well. I'm the most vindictive, and I always abide the principle of tit-for-tat."
Charlotte's smile stiffened for a second, which soon turned into an even bigger smile. She slowly leaned in to Lyra's ear.
Others would think that the two got along well if they looked from beside.
"It must be hard for you to hear me share my love story with Melvin just now, right? After three years of suffering in the Freeman family for him, you only got to leave in disgrace. Tsk, poor thing."
Charlotte smiled in a sarcastic way.
Lyra sneered, "Oops, sorry. I don't seem to see how loving Miss Matthews and Mr. Freeman have been. I only know that Miss Matthews probably has poor eyesight who can't even tell whether a dress is a knock-off or not. So I guess your choice of man must be lousy too."
Charlotte's smile froze, and the image of her embarrassment in public just now popped up and lingered in her head.
She was so angry that she clenched the wine glass in her hand and lowered her voice even further.
"Don't be so smug. It's not certain yet who'll win and who'll lose. I won't let you off the hook!"
She smiled like an innocent child and stated her threat in the gentlest tone.
Lyra raised her eyebrows languidly.
"I'll wait, but before I do, I want to share something with you."
Charlotte took two steps back to keep a suitable distance and was suspicious, "What is it?"
From an outsider's point of view, the two looked as if they had just finished having a private conversation.
Lyra unlocked her phone and put it in front of Charlotte's eyes, smiling playfully, "Isn't this funny?"
"You!"
Charlotte only took a glance at it, and instantly the anger in her heart could no longer be suppressed.
This bitch!
How dared she provoke her with the photo of her just now, disheveled, ugly, a total embarrassment!
Charlotte was so furious that she reached out to snatch the phone.
Lyra took the phone back one step faster.
"You've gone too far!"
Charlotte could not swallow this humiliation, and almost subconsciously she wanted to splash the red wine towards Lyra.
Cody, who was sitting next to them, saw it clearly. His face changed, and he was about to get up to block it.
Splash—
The red wine splashed head-on into the face and her delicate makeup was ruined, the light yellow dress instantly stained.
Charlotte wiped the wine stain from her face in disbelief.
Just now, when she was about to splash the wine on Lyra, her raised hand was instantly pressed down, and instead Lyra managed to spatter the wine on her without mercy.
Charlotte didn't expect that she was beaten by Lyra even on such a matter!
This was driving her bonkers!
Their movement drew the attention of the guests nearby, and the anger in Charlotte's eyes immediately turned into grievance.
"Lyra... I just want you to let go of Melvin. Why are you doing this?"
She started sobbing sadly.
The guests around heard the commotion and turned around to see what was going on.
When they saw the scene, they all thought it was Lyra bullying Charlotte.
After all, Cody had always been known as the "young devil", and it was no surprise that his female partner would take advantage of his power to bully others.
The crowd began to criticize Lyra.
Lyra didn't bother to retort, just staring coldly at Charlotte, "How many times have you used this trick. You've never gotten tired of it?"
A guest handed Charlotte a handkerchief and Charlotte wiped the wine stains from her face while whining, "What do you mean, Lyra? I just want you to leave Melvin alone. I really love him and as our engagement party is coming soon, can't you just give us your blessing?"
The people around smelled gossips in her words, and they continued to watch the show.
Katelyn arrived at the noise and was shocked to see how Charlotte looked like right now, "What's going on?"
Charlotte was about to explain when Cody interrupted her first. His eyes were flaming with anger and his tone cold,
"The Matthews family is simply unbelievable. First, you slandered my date, saying that she was wearing a knock-off dress. And now you accused your victim when it's in fact your fault. You really think the Carver family is okay with this? I'll settle the score with you later!"
He snorted a grunt and pulled Lyra away without looking back.
The other guests did not dare to mess with this little devil and make way for him.
Katelyn had only just arrived and was dumbfounded by what she heard.
What the heck?
Wasn't Charlotte the one that had been wronged?