Classic Novel
Chapter 377
Chapter 377
While Coralie and Josephine were chatting.
Almost all of the engagement ceremony guests had arrived. Hera and Wayne had also arrived with
Hendric.
Hendric wore a sapphire blue suit today, and he looked very energetic.
"Mom, you look so beautiful today."
Hendric ran over to Coralie as soon as he saw her.
"Thank you!"
When Coralie saw how cute her son looked in the suit, she could not resist bending down to pinch his
little face.
Wayne followed behind Hendric and said, "Coralie, you and Skylar are finally getting engaged. I have
been waiting for this day since high school."
In the past, when Wayne was in high school, Skylar, who was a college student, was like a God to him.
Skylar was very good in his studies, sports, and even video games.
Wayne had always thought that all college students were like that, but he realized that Skylar's
exceptional talents were extremely rare when he went to college.
"The road to happiness is full of hardships."
Coralie could only answer Wayne that way.
While she was talking, she remembered that besides Wayne, Jamie was also on the invitation list.
Coralie looked around and wanted to ask Wayne where Jamie was, but she found that a middle-aged
couple was sitting next to Jamie. One of them was Queenie, and the other, although she had not met
him before, she could have guessed that he was Jamie's father.
Wayne followed Coralie's gaze and immediately knew what she was thinking. "Coralie, forget it, I will
not go with you. I'm afraid that Jamie will quarrel with her family again."
That day was an auspicious day. If Jamie and Wayne were together that day, Queenie would definitely
stop them. Knowing Jamie, no matter what the occasion was, she might not be able to control herself
and have a big quarrel with Queenie.
"Yeah." Coralie saw that Jamie seemed to be in a bad mood, so she turned to Wayne and asked, "How
is it going with your team?"
"There have been some achievements, but now we're still the A- Team. Whether we can join the
professional league or not depends on the points at the end of the year, but I'm confident."
Wayne gave a big smile.
The engagement ceremony officially began.
Coralie and Skylar stood together. Skylar took the microphone and said, "The story between Coralie
and I is very long, but I remember every detail clearly. The first time I met her, it was at the university's
entrance. That day, I rode my bicycle to rush to the students' meeting. Because I rode it too fast, I ran NôvelDrama.Org owns © this.
into a girl at the intersection..."
Skylar stood on the stage and told the story between him and Coralie in college.
It was an innocent and beautiful time.
Coralie stood beside him and listened, as tears pooled in her eyes and wet her lashes.
Skylar talked about many things, including their first kiss in the rehearsal room. She thought that Skylar
had forgotten, but apparently, he still remembered...
"My love, will you marry me?"
When Skylar finished his story, he got down on one knee and took the diamond ring out from his
pocket.
It was a formal proposal.
The diamond ring's beauty; its dazzle and purity, was perfectly shown under the illumination of the
crystal light in the ballroom.
Soon after, someone in the audience recognized the diamond ring.
"Wasn't that diamond ring priced at about 35 million dollars?"
"Yes, it turns out that President Holland was the one who bid for it."
"This is so romantic. It's a marriage proposal that's worth 35 million dollars!"
Coralie had no intention of listening to the audience at all. She lowered her head and looked at Skylar,
who was half kneeling in front of her. Tears were flowing from her eyes.
She said, "I do."
When Coralie said the two words, she was already choked with sobs. She thought that this kind of
marriage proposal would only appear in TV series, but she did not believe that this exact moment
would happen to her.
Skylar lifted her left hand with her right hand and put on the diamond ring for her. Then, he got up and
said, "My dear, I've been waiting for this moment for a long time."
Skylar said, and leaned over to kiss Coralie's cherry lips.
At this moment... there was a sudden commotion at the door of the banquet hall.
"Madam, you can't go in."
"Get out of my way!"
"Auntie Ford, let's forget it."
"No, I want to see how Coralie will get to be a part of the Holland family today without my consent!"
As soon as Coralie heard it, she knew who it was.
She was worried before that if Skylar did not invite Lillian, Lilian would certainly not let the issue go.
However, she did not expect Lilian to come so soon!
After the commotion, the banquet hall doors opened. Lillian pulled Valerie in and pointed at Coralie on
stage while shouting, "Coralie, I'm Skylar's mother. If you want to marry into the Holland family today,
you will have to step over my dead body!"
"Skylar..."
Coralie looked at Skylar helplessly.
Skylar took Coralie's hand, looked at Lillian calmly, and said, "Mom, let's talk about it when we're home.
Don't make a scene here." "A scene? Do you think I'm making a scene? You are getting engaged
today, and I, as your mother, don't even know about it. How can you think that I'm making a scene?"
Lillian was a plump woman, and she spoke with much energy.
Everyone in the ballroom could hear her.
No one in the room dared to speak.
In fact, everyone present that day were acquaintances. Everyone knew Lillian's character, and they
knew that she favored Valerie.
"Auntie Ford, I might not be your most desired daughter-in-law, but I will try my best..."
"Shut up. How on earth did you make my son fall in love with you? He actually knelt before you that
day because of Hendric? Do you know who my son is? Why should he kneel before you?"
Coralie was trying to mediate, but she was rudely interrupted by Lilian in the middle of her speech.
"Skylar, what you are doing now has really hurt Auntie Ford's feelings. Everything that she is doing is
for your own good."
Valerie added fuel to the fire.
"That's right. How can you marry this woman? She brings bad luck to her husband!" It was unclear
where Lillian had heard the news from, but she began to say, "Her first husband, Howard, was sent to
jail. Didn’t she marry the third son of the Watson's
family, Leo? No one knows if Leo's alive or dead now, yet you want to follow in their footsteps? You are
my only son."
Lillian's voice was amplified.
Everyone heard her clearly. Even Queenie and her husband, who were initially silent, and Franklin's
parents, were whispering among each other at this moment.
"Mom, if you are here to congratulate me today, I'll accept it, but if you continue to make a scene..."
Skylar spoke while turning to the service staff next to him and continued, "Bring the document there
and let her sign it."
At that moment, a service staff walked over to Lillian with a black tray in his hand.
On the other side, Lillian was crying and making a scene. When the tray was brought to her, she
stopped for a while to take a look. After that, Lillian cried even harder. "How can I give birth to such an
unfilial son! You want to cut ties with your mother for this woman."
The document that Skylar had asked the service staff to bring over was a Termination of the Parent-
Child Legal Relationship Agreement.