Chapter 47

"Of course, we're here for the banquet," Cameron said, breaking the silence. He gave Madison a cold look.

"You're here for the banquet?" Madison paused, a mocking sneer playing on her lips. "I haven't settled the score with you yet for yesterday's incident. And now you have the nerve to attend my banquet? Did I invite you?"

Timothy was hosting this banquet to compensate for Madison's ruined birthday party the previous day. However, she hadn't invited Cameron and Dakota.

"Why should we care whether you invited us? Timothy invited us," Cameron said indifferently, ignoring Madison. He pulled out two chairs. "Dakota, have a seat." He sat down, and after a moment's hesitation, Dakota followed suit.

"You're so shameless!" Madison flushed with anger at the uninvited guests.

Timothy had invited everyone the previous day to show respect to her and Archie's father.

"Madison's right! You're so shameless!" Madison's friends chimed in from behind her. "Madison never invited you. How could you show up unannounced? And you've even taken a seat without permission! Do you think you own this place?" Stephanie hissed.

"Hold on, Stephanie. Your words won't get through to them! After all, they almost got us killed yesterday! If they weren't so shameless, they wouldn't have dared to show up again!"

"They're terrible!"

"Why didn't I realize how shameless you were before, Dakota?"

"Birds of a feather flock together!"

"Absolutely."

Dakota grimaced under the barrage of insults, pinching her thighs to stop herself from trembling.

"Don't worry. I'm here," Cameron said, taking her cold hands.

Dakota relaxed at his touch. She didn't know why, but Cameron always made her feel safe.

"They're so disgusting!" Stella exclaimed.

Cameron chuckled, unaffected by Stella's provocation. Seeing his smile, Stella sneered. "Would you look at that? They're so shameless they can still smile after being insulted!"

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"Don't you think you're annoying?" Cameron said, giving Stella a cold look.

"What did you say?" Stella roared angrily.

"Cameron Morgan! Watch your tongue around my friends! Who do you think you are?" Madison slammed the table, pointing an accusing finger at Cameron.

"Brat! Get the hell out of here if you're just here to stir up trouble!" Archie warned. As the banquet's host, he had an image to maintain.

"You're the one causing trouble," Cameron said calmly, turning to Archie.

"Is that so?" Archie said with a faint smile, which quickly turned into a sneer. "So what if we're giving you a hard time? Mr. Dashner is only hosting this banquet because of my father. If you feel mistreated, you should ask him to throw a banquet for you too!" He snickered. "But do you have what it takes?"

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