“I’m sorry. I have a business appointment tonight.”

Tati rejected Manny’s invitation without hesitation.

Manny had been pursuing her relentlessly. If she were to have a meal with him, the paparazzi stalking them would take pictures and she would be on the local entertainment headlines the next day.

She would not give Manny any chances to advertise false information about their relationship.

Manny looked disappointed. “Another day then.

“By the way, you’ll be attending a banquet two days later, right? Can I be your escort?”

Tati and Isabella would not attend just any banquet. Families who could invite them were wealthy and close to the O’Connors.

Ordinary banquets could never have Tati and Isabella as guests.

Manny had gathered information for two days. He heard that one of the wealthy families in Satbury would be holding a banquet to celebrate their old missus’s eightieth birthday, and many guests were invited to liven up the celebration.

A missus of that family was clos