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Chapter 40 - The engagement party

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Rayner’s Pov

We got to the venue which is Crystal Hall and to my surprise, the place was already packed with a lot of people. We came down from the car and Nath carried my bag and also held my hands. I remembered I hadn’t called Mac Jayson.

“Nath, I haven’t called Mac Jayson, did you send him the venue details?” I asked Nath while we walked inside. There were a lot of reporters around all taking pictures of us. I didn’t panic because of course, I was expecting it.

“Yes, I did,” Nath replied.

“Okay, thank you for that.” I was about to ask when Mom would arrive because Nath sent a car to go pick her up when my phone rang. Nath stopped walking, raised the bag, opened it pulled out my phone from inside, and then handed the phone over to me.

I checked the caller and it was Betty, she had told me earlier that she would be coming with Jeff and I had forgotten about it. I answered the call immediately.

“Hey Betty,” I said.

“Ray, where are you guys?”

“At Crystal Hall already, you should be her
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