Ivan's POV

She really didn’t back down. Before I knew it, the day of the engagement party finally arrived, and Betty was still stubborn to the core.

I had expected her to crack by now or beg for mercy, although I never planned to give her that, at least it would have been a good sight to see her beg.

It was already 7 pm, and the event started at 8. I decided to personally pick her from the Rivers' family villa in case she had a sudden change of mind and tried to run.

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