Emma and Liliana also spotted them. Emma saw Amara's scowl and Keith's eye-roll, and her anger flared.
She quickened her pace and called out, "You two, stop right there!"
Her tone was sharp and commanding, and more importantly, she blocked their path.
Forced to a halt, Amara said coldly, "Is there something you need, Mrs. Emma Everly?"
Emma looked Amara up and down with utter contempt, then turned to Keith. "I really don't understand. I hear you're quite a catch. Why would you marry a divorcée?"
At her words, the nearby wedding planners and hotel staff lowered their heads, wishing the ground would swallow them whole.
What terrible timing to overhear such a high-society dispute.
Some might find listening to such gossip interesting, but those who had experienced it knew it was best to know as little as possible.
Amara's expression darkened. Just as she was about to speak, Keith squeezed her wrist. He then looked at Liliana and said in a cheeky tone, "Why don't you answer your mother-in-law? Why would anyone marry someone who's been married before?"
His words made Emma's face change drastically. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"Exactly what it sounds like. Isn't Finnian divorced? Our Amara didn't want him anymore, so she dumped him. That makes him a divorcé, doesn't it? Am I wrong?"
Amara's tirade stunned everyone around them.
No one had expected the seemingly gentle and elegant Amara to have such a sharp tongue, holding nothing back when she let loose.
But inwardly, everyone agreed with her. Was Mrs. Emma Everly crazy?
She was calling Amara a divorcée, but she failed to consider how that came to be. Wasn't her own son a divorcé too?
Emma was furious, her finger trembling as she pointed at Amara. Before she could say another word, Amara grabbed Keith's arm and whispered, "Let's go. Don't waste our time with this crazy woman." With that, she pulled him away and they left.

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