CHAPTER 225: CHAPTER 223 DON’T LEAVE HER BEHIND [3 UPDATES]

On the other end of the phone, Liam Spencer listened to Elijah Reed’s report and was choked with emotion.

After a moment of silence, he instructed, "Elijah, help me announce that the engagement is on hold."

"BOSS, but Miss Spencer is still standing alone on the stage, what is she supposed to do?" Elijah was most concerned about Maya Spencer’s emotions at this moment.

Being stood up at the engagement scene, who wouldn’t be able to take it? Let alone Miss Spencer.

Although she seemed quite thick-skinned, Elijah knew her pride was very strong, and if BOSS gave up this opportunity, Miss Spencer might never reconcile with him.

Even if it was just acting, she wouldn’t act again. She would rather fight to the bitter end than compromise a second time.

Thinking of this, Elijah earnestly advised, "BOSS, please don’t do this, don’t leave Miss Spencer alone here, okay?"

Liam listened to Elijah’s advice and weakly said, "I will explain to Maya."

After Liam finished speaking, he hung up the phone, leaving Elijah looking helplessly at the phone.

Announcing the postponement of the engagement party was something he could do.

But what about Miss Spencer? How should she face everyone and how could she quell the fire in her heart?

After a moment, Elijah dismissed the search team and returned to the engagement scene.

The banquet hall was still noisy, and presumably, everyone knew that the previous game was just a stalling tactic by the host.

At this moment, various speculations arose among the crowd.

Rumors were suddenly rampant.

Elijah looked up at the crystal platform suspended in mid-air, he saw Maya Spencer squatting on the ground, motionless.

These days, he finally saw a cheerful Miss Spencer. It seemed he would never see that again.

He took a deep breath and slowly approached the stage. At this time, the host also came up and secretly asked, "Assistant Reed, what’s going on, where is Young Master Spencer?"

Elijah ignored the host and took the microphone from his hand, scanning the banquet hall.

Then, he calmly said, "Dear guests, due to an emergency that Chairman Liam Spencer needs to handle, today’s engagement ceremony is temporarily canceled. After dinner, everyone is free to enjoy any entertainment projects at the hotel, with all expenses covered by Owen Clan Group. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding."

On the crystal platform suspended in mid-air, Maya had still held a sliver of hope that Liam had a surprise for her.

However, with the appearance of Elijah, her hopes were completely shattered.

She tightly clutched her knees and told herself, Maya, don’t dream, that man doesn’t care about your face, he’s just playing with you. Is there really anything more important today than the engagement?

She swallowed and slowly stood up, looking towards Aron Hanson in the audience, giving him a look to let her down.

Aron looked at Maya’s eyes. He initially intended to wait until the crowd dispersed before letting her down, but he feared that if he didn’t comply, she might act rashly, so he lowered her anyhow.

The crystal platform descended slowly, and reporters had surrounded her, ready to interview at any moment.

On the stage, Elijah saw Maya come down, quickly handed the microphone back to the host, and hurriedly rushed to the base of the crystal platform to wait for Maya.

"Miss Hanson, do you know what happened? Why is Young Master Spencer absent from today’s engagement party?"

"Miss Hanson, how do you feel now, do you blame Young Master Spencer?"

"Miss Hanson, is there anything you’d like to say to Young Master Spencer at this moment?"

Just as the crystal platform landed, Maya was surrounded by reporters from all directions, and Christopher Scott and Asher Norton immediately began dispersing them.

In the crowd, Christopher cursed angrily, "Damn! Could it be that Grace suddenly came back?"

"It shouldn’t be! Even if she came back, Third Brother wouldn’t pay attention. Their affair was long over, Third Brother had long moved on," Hudson furrowed his brows and commented.

"Keep your mouths shut, don’t talk nonsense, Maya is in a bad mood right now." Xavier was afraid that Maya would be upset listening to these rumors, so he quickly reprimanded the two.

At this time, Elijah quickly grabbed Maya’s wrist wanting to take her away.

However, Maya shrugged off Elijah’s hand and asked, "Where is Liam Spencer?"

"Miss Spencer, I don’t know where BOSS is either. He said he would give you an explanation." Elijah answered helplessly.

Maya listened to Elijah’s explanation, thinking about how she was so infatuated these days with him, Maya even had a death wish.

To cut off any relations with Liam Spencer and to avoid falling back into the same predicament, Maya decided to sever ties with Liam altogether and would not proceed even with a collaboration.

From this moment on, apart from unfinished resentment, there was nothing between her and Liam.

Hence, she looked up and faced the reporters, solemnly announcing, "From now on, Liam Spencer and I have no relation whatsoever, our engagement is officially canceled."

"Miss Hanson, with Young Master Spencer not present, can a unilateral engagement cancellation be valid?"

"I’m not marrying, can anyone dictate that to me?" At this moment, even recalling someone’s gentle smile filled Maya with hatred.

"I apologize, Miss Hanson is not accepting interviews at this time. Regarding the absence from the engagement banquet, Young Master Spencer will hold a press conference at a later date, thank you for your understanding." Elijah feared that Maya, in a fit of anger, might speak more harshly, so he blocked the reporters, preventing the interview.

"Miss Hanson, do you have anything else to say?" But all the reporters wanted to seize this rare opportunity to extract more insider information from Maya.

But Maya wasn’t foolish. Apart from the engagement cancellation, she wouldn’t say anything, nor cared to.

Xavier, seeing the reporters relentlessly pursue Maya, got angry and grabbed a camera and smashed it directly to the ground.

Then he instructed his subordinates, "Anyone who pesters Miss Hanson again, smash cameras and phones, I’ll bear the cost."

Xavier’s subordinates were not the kind to talk nicely, and since Young Master Graham had spoken, they were unceremonious, grabbing the cameras and without even offering an explanation, "bang bang bang" smashed them into pieces.

Maya watched the chaotic scene, only feeling dizzy, unable to listen to anything.

In the crowd, Ella Turner and Ethan Turner hurriedly came over and took Maya away through the back door.

In the banquet hall, Charlotte Owen looked at the chaotic situation, exhaled deeply, picked up her purse, and walked away nonchalantly, with Noah Owen following behind.

She thought to herself, it’s all to blame on Liam Spencer for being disobedient for this embarrassing situation.

If he had listened to her advice a few days ago, it wouldn’t have escalated to the engagement banquet.

But now, finally, Maya canceled the engagement, watching her so angry while doing it, Charlotte felt relieved.