"Enough!" Gabriel shouted.

Silence fell.


Vivian trembled, raising her head timidly, her clever eyes looking at me expectantly.

Her meaning was clear.

She had ruined my engagement, made me a laughingstock, and felt guilty.


If I didn't speak, she wouldn't stop.

Fine.


Then continue.

I raised an eyebrow slightly and continued sipping my wine.

Vivian gritted her teeth and bent down to kowtow again.

Suddenly Gabriel stepped forward, and—smack!

He knocked the wine glass off from my hand.

"Elaine Lindell, don't push it!"