Was she kept in the dark all this time? Was this a surprise from her father?
Maxwell Peary furrowed his brow slightly. After hearing what Mr. Swan had said, his hand tightened subtly around his wine glass.
"Oh? How come I wasn't aware?"
An engagement banquet?
What a surprise, an engagement banquet.
But, he was already a married man.
"Uncle Swan, surely you're aware that I am already married."
The expression on Maxwell Peary's face remained unchanged, as if nothing bad had happened.
Just like a moment ago, he stood there, emanating a sense of majesty that compelled people to look up to him.
Belinda Swan lowered her gaze, looking at her own dress hemline.
"There are no records of your marriage at the Civil Affairs Bureau."
Mr. Swan wouldn't act without a plan. He had already wiped out the record of Maxwell Peary's marriage.
In the Civil Affairs Bureau, Young Master Peary was still single, with no ties to Nia Mitchell.
