'After this spectacular proposal, the wedding should be next. It won't be too late to give the world another surprise when they get married.'
'Otherwise, if she ruined it now, her plan wouldn't be able to proceed.'
She dismissed the person in black and sullenly smoked a cigarette, watching the blue-gray smoke curl and fill the entire room. Only then did she feel a bit more at ease.
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The proposal in the auditorium was still ongoing. Joan Shaw stood there stunned, like a puppet, still unable to process what was happening.
'Their previous engagement had been a complete disappointment, so she never imagined the wedding would be this grand. Besides, she had only just brought up getting married to him this morning. She wasn't mentally prepared at all for it to happen tonight…'
The hired crowd members Miles Xavier had planted in the massive audience started a coordinated chant in unison, "Marry him! Marry him! Marry him!"
