Winner Takes All novel Chapter 22

Shirley didn't accept his flowers but looked indifferently at Tommy on the ground.

The situation had turned into an awkward silence out of a sudden.

Everyone was stunned.

Then Shirley said apathetically, "I'm sorry, Tommy. I don't think I want to marry you yet. You don't even love me!"

Everyone was startled and started to talk about it after hearing Shirley's words.

Why did she change her mind finally?

Elissa felt humiliated and jumped up to ask why. But she was held back by Kieran and Katherine.

"Why?" Tommy was confused.

In a split second, tears started to well up at Shirley's eyes abruptly.

She took out her bank card and slammed it at Tommy's face, crying, "Because, you lied to me!".

Boom!

The crowds were in chaos.

This engagement party was screwed up!

Marital fraud?

Everybody bore the same thought in their mind right at the moment.

There weren't many relatives of the Parry family in this 30-table engagement banquet.

Elissa even invited her neighbors to the banquet merely for her sense of pride.

So, these people wouldn't be expected to show any respect to the Parry family.

"She's a girl. She would never do such a thing, especially in this kind of situation if she wasn't heartbroken."

"Shame on you! It's so humiliating. What had you done to this girl until she has to do this?"

"As I said, Shirley is such a good kid, and how could she look up to Tommy. It must be Tommy deceiving her!"

...

Elissa and Kieran nearly passed out after hearing the crowds' criticisms.

On the other hand, Katherine stared at the bank card Shirley had thrown out, feeling panicky.

"Shirley, what did I lie to you?"

Tommy was anxious as he took up the bank card standing up, interrogating Shirley.

In sorrow, Shirley wiped her tears and said in a quavering voice, "You still have the nerve to ask? Tommy, I didn't imagine that you were this kind of person."

Tommy was astounded, "What did I do wrong?"

Slap!

Shirley slapped Tommy, making him totally confused.

"Hey, Shirley! On what grounds you hit Tommy?"

Elissa exploded as she saw this.

She didn't bother to care about her image anymore as she wrenched herself from Kieran's grasp and rushed to the stage.

At that moment, Shirley pointed at Tommy wailing, "You promised to give me a bride price of 500,000 yuan. Why did you only give me 400,000 yuan? Tommy, this bride price isn't for me. It's for my parents! They raised me well. Now that I left my home to marry you, the 500,000 yuan is for their pension."

"How can you be so cruel? Even wanted to deceive me and deduct the money."

Boom!

The crowds burst out in shock again.

Everyone was bewildered.

The engagement banquet was being held already, but the bride price for the girl was not ready yet. Or they wanted to muddle through and get engaged first?

"Oh my gosh! Isn't it obvious that you are bullying a little girl?"

"The Parry family is so insincere, hosting such a luxurious engagement banquet, but they can't even raise enough money to give the girl a bride price."

"Shirley is far away from home to marry Tommy. It's reasonable for her to give the bride price to her parents as a pension. But the Parry family is really shameful for trying to muddle through the 100,000 yuan."

...

All criticisms were pointed at the Parry family.

No one even thought of any problems with Shirley making a fuss over the engagement banquet.

A girl left her home to marry Tommy. Who could even tolerate the bride price being deducted?

What's more, those who had known about Shirley and Tommy's situation, clearly believed that if Shirley was willing to marry Tommy, and it would definitely be her loss!

It was indeed shameless of the Parry family to cause a girl screwing up at an engagement banquet!

Pfft!

Katherine was startled and sat paralyzed in her chair.

The crowds' criticisms and rebukes were making her feeling dazed.

This big mess had really caused the Parry family being disgraced!

"That's not true, not at all!"

Elissa was into the point of break down. She invited all of her friends just wanting to show off.

But now, ridicules and accusations from the guests had let her anguished.

"Could it be possible that a rural girl like Shirley, would spill the beans and lie in front of all of us?"

Someone in the crowd shrilled, "Don't get married if you can't afford it! At least don't bully a little girl!"

Elissa trembled as she turned around looking at all the guests standing up. It was impossible to identify who was speaking.

Her eyes were slightly red as she ran towards Katherine.

Slap!

Katherine regained consciousness straight away after being slapped by Elissa.

Elissa was like a monster and was poking Katherine’s head, "You stupid, isn't that you had made a deal with Shirley? Hasn't she agreed? What's going on now?"

"Mom... I..."

Katherine wanted to explain, but she knew that she could offer no plausible explanation for it.

Not to mention there were few hundreds of people in the hall.

Elissa shrieked, "Oh, my God," and then collapsed on the ground, crying like a banshee.

The proud look of Elissa was no longer exist.

Kieran was also confused. He didn't expect that this engagement banquet would actually lead to the Parry family being so humiliated and disgraced.

Poof.

Kieran collapsed into the chair, with his hands covering his face. He was ashamed to face all the relatives right at the moment.

"Sister, what's going on here?"

On the stage, Kieran was down in the dumps and burst into tears, "Don't you screw me up even if you can't help me out!"

If Katherine really did make a deal with Shirley in advance, he knew Shirley well that she would not make such a fuss at this point regardless of the occasion!

"I... " Katherine mumbled, feeling aggrieved with tears dripping down.

At this time, an old man in the crowd came out trembling.

He pointed at Kieran and Elissa as he grumbled, "Kieran, Elissa, what you have done is a disgrace to our Parry family. Didn't such a luxurious party cost you a lot? You guys are even trying to deceive a little girl?"

The old man turned to the crowd as he said, "Go back home, all of you! This engagement is cancelled."

The crowd then finally left the banquet hall.

Shirley had secretly recorded the whole incident with her cellphone and sent it to Jack.

Seeing the crowd left, Shirley wiped away her tears and said to Tommy aggrievedly, "Tommy, if you really love me and want to marry me, then have the bride price ready first. I'm very disappointed with today's engagement banquet."

After saying that, she walked away.

"Shirley, Shirley..." Tommy cried as he tried to persuade her to stay.

But as soon as Shirley came down of the stage, she just ran away.

Watching this scene, Elissa was bawling as she suddenly screamed, "Ah".

Bang!

Elissa fell to the ground.

Kieran, Katherine and Tommy were all shocked.

"Oh, no! Your mom had a heart attack. Take her to the hospital!" Kieran yelled.

At the DT Jack watched the videos sent by Shirley. He sneered, "Shirley, you are brilliant! An engagement banquet turned into an imputation."

He ignored the last message sent by Shirley asked, "Are you free tonight?" before he continued to work.

Ding!

Katherine suddenly sent a message, "Jack, my mom had a heart attack. She’s in LJ Hospital now."

Jack replied indifferently, "My mom is already sick."

Putting down his phone, he suddenly remembered something important. So he got up and went out.