The crystal chandeliers of the grand banquet hall gleamed above three hundred distinguished guests in tailored tuxedos and evening gowns.
Ethan adjusted his silk bow tie and raised a crystal flute of vintage champagne, smiling happily as his family lawyer tapped a fork against a water glass.
Ethan: To new beginnings, a bright future, and the merger of our family estates!
Guests: Hear, hear! Cheers!
Ethan brought the bubbly champagne toward his lips, ready to take a drink.
Suddenly, a blonde female chef in a crisp white uniform rushed out from the catering line, her eyes wide with urgency.
Before Ethan could take a single sip, she reached in forcefully and smashed the champagne glass straight out of his hand.
The crystal glass crashed onto the polished white marble floor, shattering into hundreds of tiny shards as golden liquid splashed across the tile.
Maya: Stop! Don't drink that!
A collective gasp echoed across the grand hall as guests stood in stunned shock, staring with wide eyes and open mouths.
Ethan turned around in furious rage, his face red as he shouted angrily into the female chef's face.
Ethan: What are you doing, idiot?! Have you lost your mind?!
Maya: Calm down and look at this screen right now, sir.
The blonde chef stood completely calm, holding up her smartphone inches from Ethan's eyes.
Maya: Your fiancée mixed something in your drink three minutes ago.
Ethan glared at the phone screen as a video clip played on loop.
The close-up footage showed a manicured hand with a massive sapphire ring pouring a bright neon green toxic liquid from a glass vial into Ethan's champagne glass behind the floral centerpiece.
Ethan's furious anger instantly dissolved into absolute horror, disbelief, and shock as his breath caught in his throat.
Ethan: You... you just saved my life...
His fiancée Victoria stepped forward, her face turning pale as death, realizing her secret plan had just been exposed in front of the entire city elite.