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Henry stormed off in a huff, leaving the crowd next door stifling their laughter. Watching a well-known philanthropist and a respected noblewoman argue so intensely was quite a sight. Charlie's face even flushed as he struggled to hold back his amusement. From the adjacent room, the crash of Hailey flipping a table echoed, prompting a waiter to rush in for cleanup. Only then did laughter erupt. "I never imagined that old hag would almost start cursing!" Lyra shook her head as she savored the drama. "Gossip has never been this juicy. None of the past scandals even come close." Lyra turned to Maeve and asked, "So, with this fiasco, Clara's chances of joining the Brooks family are pretty much zero, right?" Maeve raised an eyebrow. "With things blowing up like this, Hailey will never accept Clara." Considering Nathalie's background, she should have been the perfect candidate: the right age, reputable family background, scholarly lineage, and her father a philanthropist. Compared t