Chapter 1677


    Larry’s smile crystallized, his gaze flecked with scorn.


    “Humph, so you decline a dance with me? Do you cling to the notion of being the cherished girl of the Moreno couple? You’re


    now just a murderer’s daughter... My offer was a courtesy! | shall ask once more.


    Will you dance?”


    The color drained from Selina’s cheeks as she held firm.


    “My answer stands, | am unwell.”


    Her distinguished status diminished, yet she refused to grovel before one she deemed unworthy.


    Could he not see their mismatched heights made him look all the more diminutive?


    With a scoff, Larry barked, “Shame eludes you, it seems. Mark my words, just you wait!”


    He turned around and departed.


    Selina inhaled sharply, quelling the surge of sorrow within her, and cast her gaze in search of the Moreno couple.


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    Boldly, she had arrived, seeking the spotlight.


    Now, with Aldrich’s impending engagement to another, she was left with no choice but to establish a new safeguard for herself.


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    She was determined to prove she hadn’t lost her standing.


    At that moment, the banquet’s music ceased, and a voice echoed through a microphone.


    “Esteemed guests, today we celebrate the Moreno couple''s daughter reiming her ce. Surely, it’s only fitting for the gifted


    among us to exhibit their talents in honor of her return, wouldn’t you agree?”


    The voice, achingly familiar, prompted Selina to halt and turn toward the stage, where Larry stood, poised for mischief.


    The crowd, initially puzzled, soon showed their youthful zest with an affirmative cheers.


    Larry proimed, “| daresay the most gifted here is Selina, once a butler’s child under the Moreno’s roof. What say we have her


    grace us with a dance?”


    A hush fell for a heartbeat, then apuse rippled through the crowd, eager for spectacle.


    They all knew of Selina’s dance prowess, her former glory.


    With her father’s crime history, they relished the prospect of her descent.


    At Larry’s behest, they eagerly agreed.


    Selina’s expression darkened; she hadn’t anticipated Larry''s swift, spiteful retaliation.