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The wedding was held on the deck of the cruise ship. The guests could enjoy the evening breeze and some fine wine before the brilliant night view above. The only thing missing in the eyes of some male attendees was a collection of beautiful young ladies to share the intimate experience with…

This was Oceania's main selling point.

As William and the group walked onto the deck, they could spot some immaculately dressed men and women chatting with each other in small groups.

All of them were from well-to-do families, and were very difficult to access on regular occasions.

William sat down in the spot that was reserved for the Fords. Astonishingly, the Fords were given seats at the head table, which was normally reserved for close family friends.

The other attendees were none too happy about the seating arrangement, of course. "How come they get to take center stage? They almost went bankrupt!"

Caroline glanced at her surroundings, her eyes gleaming with excitement. "It's still early, Mom. Let's do some recon."

Rebecca readily agreed.

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Caroline," Rebecca said in a hushed tone. "There are many fine young bachelors here. It'd be nice if you could get acquainted with some of them."

Caroline smiled at her sweetly. "Don't worry, Mom. I know what to do."

William snorted. "Says the one who dated a complete scumbag."

Rebecca blushed, knowing that William was referring to Raymond. "We all make mistakes, dear," she said. "Look at what happened with Leo. You spoke so highly of him back then, yet he ran off on the day he was supposed to marry Kate Lawson. And he's still as useless as ever, after waltzing back into town."

William's features hardened as he let out another snort.

"Speaking of that charlatan," Rebecca said, glancing around. "I wonder if he's left already." Rebecca snickered. "He's a fool if he thinks someone like him belongs in a place like this."

Suddenly, William's phone rang.

William's expression sobered the moment he glanced at the caller ID. "Hello, Miss Ward."

"Hello, Mr. Ford. On behalf of Atlas Beauty, I'd like to propose a few stipulations regarding our collaboration..."

"Sure, sure... No problem." William nodded repeatedly.

"Who was that?" Rebecca asked.

and said, "Miss Ward from Atlas Beauty. She has made a few requests to us: prepare the marketing plan for 'Angel' in three days; find the right actress to endorse the product in half a month; and finally, the representative of the Ford family has

reasonable, but Caroline could not accept the last point. "Why? Didn't we agree that this project would be handled

with the news "Does that mean I won't be able to get any professional credit for

say. I'll talk to Leo about it later and ask him to lend us a hand. If I had known about this earlier, I would

Rebecca paled instantly, feeling a twinge of remorse in

is that Peter

many young

to locally as "The Big Four"; the Lawson family, the Smith family, the Yason family, and the Duncan family. Only the Lawson family was

of everyone's attention. Almost everyone present this evening had aspirations of making his

sit at

met, they were

to his senses first. He narrowed

William snorted in response.

order? I heard that you guys snatched a bid from us earlier? Very nice..." A dark glint formed

terrified. None of them had expected their victory at the auction to annoy

music began to play and Victor, the manager of Oceania, stepped onto

across the attendees. "Good evening, everyone. I'm honored to host the wedding for tonight's couple. This is certainly a proud moment in my

regretful thing in the world is a missed opportunity for love, and the most

soft voice echoed with the music to heighten the atmosphere. "Five years ago, he met a woman at his lowest

the bride and

music changed into a solemn and

instant, there was thunderous applause

for the sake of appearances, but both were puzzled by what they

are you getting the same sense of

she still looked relaxed. "But as I see it, Leo must have heard

probably right." Caroline regained her composure and clapped even harder. She thought, "I

the moment, flashes of

spotlight, a beautiful, attractive woman slowly walked

and a diamond crown

in hand with a

a pair of white ballet shoes, and a flower garland on her

none other than Lydia

Emilia gazed around curiously with her big eyes. She was not intimidated at all, even though this was her first time attending a real