The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride novel Chapter 1258

Chapter 1258 

Even though she tried to convince herself not to care about those around her, those scattered words still left scars of varying depths in her already struggling heart. Chloe slightly clenched the hem of her dress, suppressing the bitterness in her heart. Her long eyelashes quivered slightly as she continued to move forward. 

Whenever she passed by and her silhouette drifted through, the crowd’s murmuring would decrease a tad. 

“Ms. Chloe is truly beautiful.” 

“Yeah, she’s so stunning that people are too intimidated to approach her.” 

Not until Chloe stepped onto the stage and stood in the center, her frosty yet dazzling aura instantly overshadowed Wendy from the Alonso family. 

A wave of awe and praise totally sidelined Wendy! 

At this point, people realized that what Royce had said earlier, about making a fool of oneself, was indeed true. 

“Although she’s the lady from the Alonso family, compared to Ms. Chloe, she seems pretty insignificant.” 

“Exactly, when you compare, Ms. Chloe‘ aura is unignorable.” 

“Yeah, no wonder she attracted the viscount from Y Country…“. 

Standing aside, Wendy felt extremely embarrassed. 

Presley and Wendy both were glaring at her. Chloe could feel the hateful gazes behind her and knew that all eyes were on her at that moment. However, she calmly picked up the microphone, let her gaze fall on the crowd below, and slowly said, 

“Tonight is my engagement ceremony. Although you were initially my guests, I heard some of you are here for Ms. Alonso’s engagement ceremony…” 

Her frosty voice clearly echoed throughout the banquet hall. She paused, her eyes slowly sweeping over the crowd below, and said coldly. “Please leave.” 

Those who had just flattered Wendy were awkward. Some even felt insulted and couldn’t help but say, “We came out of genuine goodwill to congratulate you, isn’t this a bit too much?” 

“We came to support you. It’s not up to you who we attend the engagement party for.” 

Chloe gave a faint smile. “Of course. As long as you’re not here for my engagement party, that’s fine.” 

“Who cares…” 

“Ungrateful!” 

“Even the fiancé doesn’t show up at the engagement party, huh…” 

“Let’s go. Compared to watching this joke of an engagement party, the engagement party of Miss Alonso and the CEO of the Harper Group is more worthwhile.” 

Although the grumbling voices below the stage were intentionally low, they still reached the stage. Chloe stood silently in the center of the stage, one hand holding the microphone, the other lightly holding the hem of her dress. 

One second, two seconds, three seconds, four seconds, five seconds… 

She stood at the forefront of the stage, emotionless. The hand clutching her dress was cold and slightly trembling. 

She waited quietly… As if she was waiting for even one more second for her Damon to show up the next second. 

Waiting, anticipating… 

The palm of her hand grew colder, and her lips couldn’t help but tremble. Seeing Chloe standing alone on stage, feeling abandoned by the world, Ned in the corner couldn’t help but speak up. “Sir…” 

Stanley stared gloomily at the resilient woman on stage and said coldly, “Let her wait! I want to see how long she can hold out?” 

In another corner, someone else was also itching for action. 

At this moment, Presley standing behind Chloe, coldly said, “Why be so stubborn? You should know, even if he could return, I wouldn’t let him appear here.” 

The crowd below the stage that had been quiet for a while also gradually lost patience, saying one by one, “Why isn’t she speaking?” 

“Isn’t this an engagement ceremony? Isn’t it starting?” 

Chloe’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and the joints of her hand holding her dress were taut. 

With things having progressed to this point, Wendy felt a sigh of relief, but she was unwilling to let Chloe continue to delay. With a slight curl of her lips, she slowly approached Chloe and said loudly, “Ms. Chloe, just cancel your engagement today. To keep dragging on like this is meaningless, it’s just a waste of time.” 

“Ms. Chloe, if it’s really impossible to continue, just cancel the engagement party…” 

“Yes, give the venue to Ms. Alonso…” 

“Right…” 

Chloe seemed not to have heard, ignoring the entire banquet hall’s commotion. But she still held the microphone firmly, her steady, cold gaze barely concealing her trembling 

Seeing her like this, Wendy’s mouth turned up slightly. At this point, Chloe holding an engagement party by herself only proved that Damon would not appear at this engagement party. Considering how much Damon had doted on Chloe in the past, if he could really make it, how could he let her hold an engagement party alone? She was certain that Damon would not come back tonight. 

Today, Chloe was finally hit with a setback. In that case, why not make her even more embarrassed? 

Raising an eyebrow, she stepped closer to Chloe and said softly, “Ms. Chloe, since this is your engagement party, where is your fiancé?” 

Hearing this, Chloe turned her head to look at her, suppressing her unease, and looked at her coldly. “What do you want to say?”