Before Naya could finish her sentence, Raegan immediately gave her a slap across her face.

Naya let out a painful cry. Surprised, she held her cheek as her head jerked up to look at Raegan.

"H-How dare you hit my daughter?!" Mrs. Mendez hurriedly stepped forward to defend Naya as she glared angrily at Raegan. "Did my daughter say something wrong? Ava is a vixen! Who do you think you are to interfere—"

"Because I’m Ava's mother. Because as a mother, it’s my instinct to defend my daughter!"

"..."

"..."

After Raegan said those words, the entire banquet hall fell into a moment of silence.

After a few seconds, everyone started to chatter among themselves.

"What? The person Daniel proposed to is actually the daughter of the richest person in Y Country?"

"No way! I didn't expect Ava to come from such a family."

"No wonder she said that it was the Grahams who would benefit from Ava marrying into their family! That's what she meant!"

The crowd murmured, expressing their overwhelming