Substitute Marriage: Reborn As The Top Big-Shot

Chapter 36 - 36: 036: Engagement Banquet

Chapter 36: 036: Engagement Banquet

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Watching that slender figure, the depths of Terrence Lentz’s eyes grew darker, his index finger slightly curved, tapping on the table intermittently. In a moment, he shifted his gaze to Adam Swantz next to him.

“The ring?”

“Which ring?” Adam Swantz was puzzled.

“The engagement ring.”

Patriarch Lentz had indeed prepared an engagement ring, but didn’t Terrence Lentz say that he would dissolve the engagement?

“Brother, aren’t you going to dissolve the engagement?” Adam Swantz asked.

“What engagement dissolution?” Terrence Lentz counterattacked.

“Just now in the lounge, you said it yourself! You haven’t forgotten that already?”

“You misheard.” Terrence Lentz’s tone was indifferent, as if he had never spoken about dissolving the engagement.

As the words fell, Terrence Lentz reached out to Adam Swantz, “The ring.”

Looking at the hand that Terrence Lentz had stretched out, Adam Swantz began to doubt his life.

Good heavens!

They say that women are fickle, but when did men start being so fickle too?

Adam Swantz swallowed, took the ring box out of his pocket, and handed it to Terrence Lentz.

Terrence Lentz took the engagement ring, stood up, and walked towards the stage.

At this moment.

A beam of light shone towards the stage.

Her figure was fully revealed before everyone.

The girl was about seventeen or eighteen years old.

Dressed in a pristine white gown, its body-hugging design revealed a slender waist, waist-length hair pulled up, exposing a graceful swan-like neck, exuding an air of nobility with a hint of coldness.

Her face was like a lotus, her waist like a willow.

With a gentle upward glance, the delicate peach blossom eyes brimmed with clarity, making all the colors of the world pale in comparison.

The carefully dressed ladies of refined society present all seemed to become her background.

The atmosphere in the air froze for a moment.

In a moment.

The discussion sounded again.

“My God! She is beautiful.”

“Beautiful? What’s the use of that? No matter how beautiful she is, she’s just a country girl who can’t be brought to social events.”

“This girl was adopted by Reg Thompson. If we go by the time, she is indeed the eldest daughter of the Thompson Clan. She was raised in the countryside all these years and was only brought back to River City recently for her engagement. ”

“It turns out that the one engaged to Terrence Lentz is not Elizabeth Thompson! The Lentz Clan has really been shameless all these years, always claiming to the public that Elizabeth Thompson is Terrence Lentz’s fiancée. Isn’t this a delay in the girl’s life?”

” I did say that the third son of the Lentz family is not good enough for Miss Thompson!”

Hearing these comments.

Patriarch Lentz’s face turned almost ashen.

Furious to the verge of a heart attack.

Fortunately, the housekeeper next to him fed him a Quick Acting Heart-saving Pill in time, allowing him to recover.

How could he have imagined that the Thompson Clan would come up with such a peach-swap trick?

What a clever stroke by Reg Thompson!

If Elizabeth Thompson did not fancy Terrence Lentz and wanted to break off the engagement, she could have said it directly. Why play such a humiliating game?

And he had even thought before that Elizabeth Thompson was not a shallow girl.

Bartley Lentz and Len Lentz, the two brothers, exchanged glances, both seeing the look of enjoying the drama in each other’s eyes.

Even the heart-saving pill had to be eaten; it seemed the old man was really furious.

It would be great if he could die directly from anger!

Mr. Lentz and his wife, Eleanor Armstrong, sat beside the patriarch.

Both of their faces were very ugly.

And very worried.

The Thompson Clan unexpectedly changed the protagonists at the last minute, leaving Terrence Lentz in an awkward position. How could he step down?

Harlan Lentz stood up directly from his chair, unable to hold back the urge to go and have a word with Reg Thompson.

“Harlan, wait.”

Eleanor Armstrong promptly grabbed Harlan Lentz’s hand.

Harlan Lentz hesitated for a moment.Eleanor Armstrong gestured towards the

stage, “Look.”

Terrence Lentz, with the engagement ring in hand, walked step by step to the girl on stage. His voice was deep, pleasant to hear, and magnetically attractive.

“Miss Thompson, hello. I am Terrence Lentz.”

Viola Thompson raised her eyes slightly and fell into a pair of deep pupils. The man had an extremely handsome face.

His narrow, phoenix eyes slanted upwards, and the sword-like eyebrows hinted at a faint smile. The high, sharp nose was as if sculpted with a knife, and the thin lips were almost pursed into a line.

He seemed like a ruler who dominated the world, unattainable and beyond reach.

As their eyes met, both were slightly stunned.

She didn’t expect that her unknown, cheap fiancé would turn out to be him.

That’s right.

This wasn’t their first meeting.

When the Thompson Clan had schemed to send her to Mr. Cooper’s room, it was Terrence who had taken her out during the chaos.

After parting hurriedly, Viola hadn’t even had time to ask for his name.

Unexpectedly.

He was Terrence Lentz.

Such a person didn’t seem at all like the good-for-nothing described in rumors.

Quickly, Viola came to her senses, gave a slight smile, and grasped Terrence’s hand, “Mr. Lentz.”

The host stepped forward at this moment, “Please exchange the engagement rings. ”

Terrence opened the ring box and took out the ring.

Under the light, the red diamond sparkled with a captivating brilliance.

Viola extended her hand.

Her hand was slender, fair, and soft like boneless, breathtakingly beautiful.

With the red diamond ring on, her fingers appeared even more slender and under the red diamond’s contrast, her fingers were so white they seemed to glow, making it difficult for hand-lovers to look away.

Red diamonds were already rare, let alone a ten-carat one that Terrence had brought out.

Seeing Terrence put the red diamond on Viola’s hand, the audience gasped in astonishment.

Everyone was talking.

“I heard there are only two red diamonds like this in the world! The other one is in the Uron royal family, said to be passed on to the next queen!”

“This is the Lentz Clan’s heirloom. What a pity, it’s been given to a country girl!”

“Patriarch Lentz has really gone senile.”

Bartley Lentz and Len Lentz stared at the diamond ring on Viola’s hand, their eyes turning red with anger. Clenching their fists tightly, the veins on their faces bulged prominently.

They had originally thought that the old patriarch would pass this ring to the future head of the Lentz Clan. They never expected patriarch Lentz to directly give the red diamond to Terrence.

Terrence was nothing but a good-for-nothing.

Did patriarch Lentz intend for Terrence to become the Lentz Clan’s next leader?

Absurd!

It was simply the height of absurdity.

Elizabeth Thompson was also in the audience.

Seeing the man on stage putting the priceless diamond ring on Viola’s hand, she frowned slightly.

Unexpectedly, the good-for-nothing reputed throughout River City was so impossibly handsome.

Perhaps there wasn’t a second man like this in the entire River City.

Somehow, Elizabeth felt a hint of jealousy toward Viola. At this moment, she should be the one wearing that ring.

However, Elizabeth soon came to her senses.

No matter how handsome Terrence was, he was nothing but an empty shell with a pretty appearance.

How could such a man be worthy of her?

A woman with a scholarly and refined temperament like her should be standing shoulder to shoulder with the high and mighty Mr. Terrence.

She had come tonight to make Terrence see the reality that they were not from the same world.

This would prevent the good-for-nothing from always lingering in her heart.

A good-for-nothing and a country girl were indeed a perfect match.

“Miss Thompson, what exactly is going on? How could you treat my son like this?” Unable to bear it any longer, Eleanor Armstrong approached Elizabeth and whispered.

In Eleanor’s view, Elizabeth was well-mannered, understanding, and certainly not a traitorous person.

Facing Eleanor, Elizabeth didn’t show any signs of panic; instead, she smiled gently and said softly, “Aunt Lentz, I don’t understand what you’re talking about. After all, from the very beginning, it was my elder sister who was engaged to the third son of the Lentz family.”

At this point, Elizabeth lowered her voice and leaned into Eleanor’s ear,

“Besides, I believe that one should have self-awareness, don’t you agree?”