The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella and Romeo) novel Chapter 419

"You, you're the epitome of stupidity!" Zachary's mom slammed the table angrily, her headache becoming unbearable and her heart starting to hurt.

"Look at what you've done to your poor mom!" Mr. Panter quickly comforted his wife, then said, "Next Monday is the wedding date we originally agreed on. I'm only going to ask you once, are you sure you want to get engaged to her?"

"I'm sure!" Zachary's responded firm as if he had already decided to give everything for love.

"Alright, I respect your decision!"

"Honey!" Mrs. Panter wanted to say something, but Mr. Panter signaled her to calm down. It's just an engagement party. Let's let the Murphy family lower their guard first. If they did something to disappoint Zachary, he can always call off the wedding.

"But we're old now, so you'll have to handle all the arrangements for the engagement party and the guests yourself." Mr. Panter clearly didn't think much of the Murphy family's daughter or care about the wedding party.

But for Zachary, he preferred to handle it himself. He would consult Yoli and make sure the engagement party was to her liking.

Once Zachary left satisfied, Mrs. Panter couldn't hold her anger any longer. "You didn't stop him, and you even encouraged his nonsense? That girl from the Murphy family isn't easy to deal with. She's cunning! Zachary marrying her would be worse than marrying Arabella!"

"Arabella is a piano master. Would she even look at your son? Don't worry. The Murphy family won't last long, their financial problems worsen, and bankruptcy is imminent. We, the Panter family, always honour our commitments. Holding the engagement party as planned will give us a good reputation."

"But."

"It's just an engagement. Let the Murphy family think the wedding is a done deal. Once they can't keep their cool and do something to disappoint our son, calling off the wedding will be inevitable."

"What if they don't do anything that disappoints Zachary?"

"Did you forget? A janitor raised that girl from the Murphy family. I found out that the Murphy family didn't treat the janitor well. After the engagement, if we really don't want to proceed, we can expose this scandal. If she can't even respect the woman who raised her for 18 years, how could she respect us after marriage?"

"That makes sense."