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    The man smirked, scanning her with dismissive arrogance. “What kind of fiancé could a hick like you possiblynd? Some crude farmer equally unattractive and ignorant? Proceed, bring him forward. I will pummel him into unconsciousness!”


    “My fiancé is An Shaw, inheritor of the Shaw family empire!” Adah announced, her voice saturated with disdain. “You might look like you’ve got money, but do you really think you can take on my fiancé?”


    The man, who had been seething with rage, suddenly tilted his head back and erupted into thunderousughter. “An Shaw? If you’re truly engaged to An Shaw, I’ll consume excrement during a live broadcast!”


    Adah covered her mouth in theatrical astonishment, then pivoted and gestured energetically toward An. “Honey! Come here! This gentleman ims he’ll beat you unconscious and consume excrement on live television!”


    An yearned for the earth to crack open and swallow him whole. His engagement to the Norris family’s daughter—the child they had dispatched for countryside upbringing—wasn’t particrly confidential. However, until this moment, nobody realized his fiancée was this crude, ugly hick. Following such a spectacle, the revtion would ignite gossip like wildfire. He could already envision the aftermath—he would be the target of ridicule throughout his entire social universe.


    Manley, perpetually stirring trouble, smirked and tapped An’s shoulder. “Your fiancée is calling for you. Better go.”


    “Fuck off!” An hissed, directing a poisonous re toward Manley before lifting himself upright and advancing toward Adah. Adah had already summoned him into the public spotlight. With countless eyes bearing witness, avoiding it served no purpose whatsoever. He fortified his resolve, bracing himself to confront the situation.


    The coupleunched themselves upright the instant An approached.


    “Mr. Shaw,” they greeted him with submissive reverence.


    An gave them a curt, dismissive nod.


    “Mr. Shaw, please ept my profound apologies if our minor altercation disrupted your tranquility,” the man said, his tone instantly shifting to one of a groveling victim. “I have no idea how this deranged country girl even got in here. I’ll get her out of your sight immediately so she doesn’t ruin your evening.”


    The man extended his reach toward Adah’s arm, intending to forcibly drag her away, while hispanion positioned herself to assist his efforts.


    Yet, Adah demonstrated superior agility. She gracefully evaded the man’s attempted capture and wove her arm through An’s, pressing against him with theatrical desperation.


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    “Darling, they’re bullying me! Directly before your eyes! You must shield me from their cruelty!”


    The couple remained motionless, their expressions frozen in absolute incredulity.


    The man emerged from his stupor first, bellowing,


    “You backwoods fool! Do youprehend whose arm you’re clutching? Remove your contaminated hands from Mr. Shaw immediately!”


    Hispanion contributed her own piercingmentary.


    “He maintains notorious cleanliness obsessions! Physical contact revolts himpletely! You’re essentiallymitting an unforgivable transgression!”


    Before Adah could formte her counterattack, An spoke, his voice carrying the t, emotionless quality of winter stone.


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