Margaret stepped forward, her silver hair shining under the bright sunlight of the foyer.
She looked directly at Chloe, who was standing frozen near the marble staircase.
"Daniels, please, you have to believe me!" Chloe pleaded, her voice high and desperate.
"I had no idea who she was! I thought she was just a regular servant!" Chloe cried out.
Daniels turned around slowly, his face darker and angrier than anyone had ever seen.
"So it is acceptable to treat a regular servant like animal garbage?" Daniels demanded loudly.
Chloe flinched at his harsh words and looked toward the crowd for support.
Not a single guest would meet her eyes as they all turned away in disgust.
"I was just stressed out about the wedding planning!" Chloe tried to justify herself.
"That gives you no right to pour ice water over an elderly woman's head," Daniels said.
Margaret raised her hand gently to calm her angry son before he lost control.
"Let her speak, Daniels," Margaret commanded quietly, her authority obvious to every single person.
"I wanted to visit my home without fanfare to see the woman marrying my son," Margaret explained.
"I put on this old uniform to observe your character when you thought nobody important watched," Margaret added.
Chloe's chest rose and fell rapidly as total terror took over her entire mind.
The entire fortune, the mansion, and the family business were controlled completely by Margaret's trust fund.
Daniels only managed the operations because his mother had granted him proxy power.
By humiliating the founder, Chloe had completely destroyed her own standing in one second.
"Mrs. Vance, please forgive me!" Chloe dropped to her knees on the marble floor.
She reached out to touch Margaret's dress, but Daniels stepped directly between them.
"Do not touch my mother," Daniels said with total coldness in his voice.
"The wedding is officially cancelled as of this very second," Daniels declared firmly.
The crowd began whispering loudly, recording the dramatic collapse on their mobile phones.
Chloe looked up in terror as her dream of immense wealth vanished completely into air.
"Daniels, no! You cannot do this over a simple mistake!" Chloe screamed out loud.
"Cruelty is not a simple mistake, Chloe," Daniels replied without an ounce of pity.
"It is a clear reflection of who you truly are inside your heart," Daniels added.
He turned his back on her and turned his full attention back to his mother.
Margaret looked at her son with pride because he had chosen honor over greed today.
She patted his arm softly, ignoring the weeping woman on the cold floor.
"Call security to escort this young woman out of my home immediately," Margaret instructed.