Ethan had his back to the camera, and his voice was low.
"There are so many people here today. Don't make a scene."
"Then what am I?"
"Lily."
"Don't say my name!" She pushed him away and cried even harder. "Don't you love me? Didn't you say you don't want to be with her?"
The ballroom went silent.
Ethan's mother's face turned deathly pale. The teacup in her hand crashed onto the table.
Lily's mother's eyes widened, as if she couldn't understand who the person on the screen was.
On the screen, Ethan fell silent for a moment. "I never said I wouldn't marry her."
Lily's voice trembled. "But you never said you would abandon me either."
"Lily, I can't let this blow up right now."
"Then when can you?"
Ethan sighed, exhausted. "Wait a little longer."
The moment he said those words, t
