Astrid looked at her with a mocking expression, "You think I'm afraid of you? Do you think the Fredrick family can just strut around Haseton? I'm warning you, if you see me with Briana in the future, you'd better take a detour. Otherwise, I'll hit you every time I see you!"

"You!"

Aurora was so angry that her face turned ashen, wishing she could rush up and tear Astrid's face apart.

Briana Cameron looked at the icy-faced Maxim, closed her eyes and said, "Astrid, let's go."

There was nothing left to say between her and Maxim. If they met again in the future, they would be nothing more than strangers. She didn't want to waste any more time on him.

Astrid turned her head, saw the exhausted look on Briana Cameron's face, abruptly let go of Maxim's hand, and returned to Briana Cameron's side to support her.

"Alright, let's go!"

Briana Cameron didn't glance at Maxim again, she turned around and left directly.

Maxim had no expression on his face, no one could tell what he was thinking at that moment.

It was not until Briana Cameron and Astrid disappeared from the doorway that the host hurriedly said, "It was just a minor interlude, everyone please don't mind, let's continue toasting."

In the following segment, Maxim's face was even colder than before, casting a chill over the entire banquet hall. Everyone could tell that his mood was extremely foul at that moment.

After toasting, returning to the main table, Cosmo said with a stern face, "Maxim, don't keep a straight face, or everyone will think you are being forced!"

Maxim sneered, looking at Cosmo mockingly, "Wasn't I forced?"

"Don't forget, you promised this yourself!" Cosmo said angrily, his face grim as he glared at him coldly.

"Of course, I agreed myself, but did I have any other choice?"

"You!"

Maxim didn't speak again, he simply picked up the wine on the table and took a sip, then stood up and said, "I've played along with this charade, can I leave now?"

Having said that, he turned around and left directly, regardless of the expressions on everyone's faces.

Benjamin gritted his teeth in anger, glaring at Cosmo and exclaimed, "Cosmo, isn't he going too far! It's as if Aurora has to pay him to marry her, and you're not doing anything about it!"

Cosmo quickly apologized with a smile, "Don't be angry, you know I didn't know about his existence before, nor have I ever raised him. How could he possibly listen to me now? Young people these days, they all have a bit of rebelliousness. But once they get married and have children, they will change."

Aurora bit her lower lip, slowly saying, "Dad, this is my choice, I will definitely make him fall in love with me."

Benjamin wanted to say more, but Aurora had already lifted her skirt and chased after.

Watching his daughter's retreating figure, Benjamin sighed, his eyes filled with helplessness.

Under the circumstances of the Fredrick family, Aurora could have found any kind of man she wanted, but she had to fall for Maxim. It was really headache-inducing.

Outside the hotel, Aurora only caught up with Maxim at the door.

"Maxim, we are already engaged, your past with Briana Cameron is over, whether you like me or not, we are going to be together for the rest of our lives, we..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Maxim's icy, terrifying gaze made her forget her next words, and she even took a fearful step back.

After all... Maxim's gaze was too terrifying, as if he would reach out and strangle her neck the next second...