The hidden billionaire heiress (Lyra Melvin) novel Chapter 44

Jamie paused, and the crowd instantly fell silent, waiting expectantly for what he was gonna say.

The look on his face turned solemn, "I believe that all the guests here know what happened to the Matton Corp a few days ago. It was agonizing to our family. But for the purpose that the Matton Corp could continue to prosper, I have decided to announce my new heir in the presence of all of you tonight, Charlotte Matthews."

As he finished, he turned his head and stretched out his arm to indicate the crowd to look upstairs.

Charlotte had changed into a new light yellow long dress, fluffy curls falling right on her right shoulder, and she even had her makeup fixed too, back to being the pretty Miss Matthews.

Her gentle and elegant smile seemed like she had totally forgotten what had happened over an hour ago.

The guests also applauded accordingly when they saw her.

With the lesson she just learned, Charlotte collected herself and came downstairs at an even pace, slowly walking up to Jamie and giving him a father-daughter hug.

And then, Jamie walked off stage, leaving the place to Charlotte.

Charlotte held the microphone. Under the spotlight, her eyes slightly red, she found it hard to restrain the excitement.

"I would like to thank my mom and dad for giving me this opportunity to do my part for the Matton Corp. I will do my best to learn about the company's affairs and to help the Matton Corp take another big step forward in the future. I would also like to thank everyone for joining me tonight and hope you all can have a great time. "

The guests underneath thought her speech was over so they applauded again.

But Charlotte was just doing a pause and now she went on, with a trace of sheepishness on her face.

"Perhaps many guests here already knew, but I still want to invite everyone publicly. In just a month, I will hold a formal engagement party with the Freeman Group president Mr. Melvin Freeman at the Grand Esther Hotel. I hope you could come to witness our love. "

She said with happiness on her face, looking sweetly towards Melvin, but in the meantime she cast a glance at Lyra's direction out of the corner of her eye.

Cody listened and also subconsciously turned his head to look at Lyra next to him.

Her face was simply expressionless; she was leisurely tasting a glass of red wine.

Cody was still a little worried and he comforted her, "Lyra, this scum has only been divorced not long ago, and now he got engaged so soon. What a bastard. Lucky that you divorced him. And this chick deliberately made such a high-profile announcement in front of everyone. She was clearly provoking you. What a bitch."

Lyra was amused by him and giggled, "You've said it all. What else do I have to say."

The two, laughing and chatting, were clearly seen by Charlotte on stage.

That bitch was pretending to be light-hearted. She didn't even take her seriously?

Malice flashed across her eyes.

After taking a bow, Charlotte stepped down and started toasting the guests one by one.

Katelyn was taking the lead and greeted everyone properly; the waiter followed behind her in silence holding the wine.

Charlotte toasted the guests in a group-by-group manner, since they were spontaneously divided according to topics.

Soon she reached Lyra.

After Charlotte finished toasting the others, she held up a glass of wine and looked at Lyra with a natural smile.

"Lyra, we had some minor disputes between us. But I know you're a forgiving person and will let it go."

Lyra also picked up the glass beside her, raised her eyes to meet with Charlotte's, red lips slightly curled up, "Miss Matthews may not know me very well. I'm the most vindictive, and I always abide the principle of tit-for-tat."

Charlotte's smile stiffened for a second, which soon turned into an even bigger smile. She slowly leaned in to Lyra's ear.

Others would think that the two got along well if they looked from beside.

"It must be hard for you to hear me share my love story with Melvin just now, right? After three years of suffering in the Freeman family for him, you only got to leave in disgrace. Tsk, poor thing."

Charlotte smiled in a sarcastic way.

Lyra sneered, "Oops, sorry. I don't seem to see how loving Miss Matthews and Mr. Freeman have been. I only know that Miss Matthews probably has poor eyesight who can't even tell whether a dress is a knock-off or not. So I guess your choice of man must be lousy too."

Charlotte's smile froze, and the image of her embarrassment in public just now popped up and lingered in her head.

She was so angry that she clenched the wine glass in her hand and lowered her voice even further.

"Don't be so smug. It's not certain yet who'll win and who'll lose. I won't let you off the hook!"

She smiled like an innocent child and stated her threat in the gentlest tone.