The look on Kian's face was absolutely priceless, like someone had just smacked him over the head with a heavy club and left him stunned stupid.
His whole hand shook as he jabbed a finger at us.
"Y-you... you two..." he stammered.
"Hazel. Ethan. You two teamed up to play me for a fool, didn't you?!" he shouted.
His voice shot up so sharply that it cut through the dead silence of the banquet hall like a shard of broken glass.
"You two really put on a whole big show just to get my attention, huh!" he added.
He spun around to face the crowd of guests craning their necks to gawk, desperate to claw back a little control of the situation.
"Do not fall for their trick," he said. "This is my uncle. They must have planned this whole thing together."
"Hazel, are you that desperate to keep me
