Even though Michael felt terrified, he still tried to keep a smile on his face.
Yes, yes. You’re awesome! You’re the best!
Everyone looked in Michael’s direction, then back at Cooper. They all felt afraid for Michael.
One could only imagine the pressure he must have felt as the husband of the only daughter of the world’s second-largest arms dealer.
If a son-in-law from another family made a mistake, the worst that would happen was that he would be removed from the family with no possessions in his hands.
If Michael made a mistake, he would be lucky if he only ended up paralyzed.
Alas, Cooper concluded his speech.
“I, Cooper Mitchell, have committed many murders before. People are like ants to me. I can easily kill someone if I want to.”
Rolling his eyes, Quinton thought, Tsk. You can’t even get rid of Jordan.
Still, he could not refute it at a place like that.
If Michael ever made Sophia suffer one day, Cooper would definitely cripple him.
Cooper managed to get everyone’s attention with just three sentences. They might not have been Cooper’s son-in-law, but they could all feel the terror and could not help but look at Michael with empathy.
Feeling tremendous pressure, Michael watched as Cooper came over to hug Sophia and glare at him at the same time.
He simply smiled along and even started clapping pretentiously to keep the atmosphere alive. At least they were done with the formalities now.
Cooper had gotten off the stage after the brief speech. Sophia grasped Michael’s hand and murmured, “He’s just scaring you. He would never let you die!”
Upon hearing that, Michael only gave an insincere laugh.
When Cooper was done talking, Michael looked at Theo like a lost and helpless child hoping that his father could also say a few things to save him.
Theo, however, did not have a lot of experience. He was just a young man in his thirties, making him even younger than Michael and even more incapable of taking charge of the situation.
All the formalities were over, and it was now time for the awaited bouquet toss.
Sophia caught the bouquet two days ago, and now she was married—it was a cursed bouquet.
Since very few young unmarried women had attended the wedding, the young unmarried men and young married women came forward to scramble for the bouquet.
With her back toward them, Sophia was anticipating tossing the bouquet. Moreover, it was a bouquet that Michael had put together himself.
“Are you ready?”
She held the bouquet in her hands in preparation as she looked back at the unsettled crowd.
“We’re ready! Toss it!”
Stanley was standing on his tiptoes with his hands high up in the air.
“No one is allowed to fight with me!” Sarah was over two meters high in the air among the crowd. Looking closely, she was riding on Harry’s shoulders.
Harry had a look of resignation on his face. What’s so great about catching the bouquet? Does she want her second marriage to fail too?
Aside from the few who were present at the bouquet toss two days ago, Callum and Cade also joined in this time.
Since Sophia got married right after catching the bouquet, perhaps, whoever caught it next would also be able to find someone.
“Here I go!”
She tossed the bouquet behind her with all her might. While they made a fuss and fought over the bouquet, the elders were shaking their heads and smiling at the side.
Unexpectedly, Sophia was terrible at tossing the bouquet because she did not have any prior experience. The bouquet flew over to where the elders were. They were busy talking to each other and did not notice the bouquet. Only a pair of small hands reached up and caught it.
“I caught Mommy’s flowers!” Carmen shook the bouquet happily as she grinned at the crowd.
They all became quiet.
Michael was feeling touched just a moment ago, but he turned angry when he saw that Carmen had caught the bouquet. He started to take a couple of steps toward her when he saw Sophia lift her up in the air effortlessly and even caressed her forehead.
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