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Chapter 2268

Francine's cry attracted Alexander's attention. He was reading the newspaper while sitting on the sofa. It was the New Year, and everyone was waiting for Stefan to come home for a meal.

Alexander put the newspaper down and looked at Francine with confusion. "Dear, it's the New Year. Why are you making so much noise?"

"Nothing." Francine found herself unable to hold the invitation card. She wanted to throw it away, never to expose it to anyone else.

However, her reaction made Alexander feel that things weren't that simple. He placed the newspaper down and walked toward her.

"What have you got there? Who's getting married? They sent us an invitation card."

Alexander was already retired and no longer took note of the happenings around him. He also disliked handling people and affairs. Hence, he generally would not attend his relatives' or friends' events. He would just let Stefan handle them.

No one ordinary could deliver an invitation card to Hunt Manor. Francine's expression changed after she read it, so it wouldn't be that simple.

"Let me have a look." Alexander snatched the invitation card away when Francine dropped her guard. When he read the large gilded words on the invitation card, his expression turned livid just like hers.

"How... How could this be?!" He said the same thing as Francine.

He couldn't help it--he and Francine still felt that Renee was still a part of their family though she had divorced Stefan. To them, she was still his wife. Although they argued with each other, they could still remarry as they were still single.

Yet now, Renee was about to marry Justin from the Baldwin family.

Alexander smoothed his chest, infuriated. "Is she taking revenge on us? Why is she marrying Justin? Doesn't she know that our families fell out with the Baldwins back then? We even vowed to never get in touch with each other!"

He felt that Renee was obedient, virtuous, prudent, and sensible. She was a smart daughter-in-law; she would never do such a rebellious thing and humiliate the Hunt family.

After calming herself down, Francine analyzed, "It must be fake! I know it. She must have resented Stef for cheating on her, so she used such a method to express her dissatisfaction to force him to win her back."

"But they've already printed the invitation cards. Plus, the engagement ceremony is pretty big news. They invited all great families from all over the world. Based on their bad temper, they wouldn't trifle with their reputation, even for a trick."

Alexander was fully aware of the grudges between the Baldwin, Everheart, and Hunt families.

Even so, they didn't hate each other that much. They were just acting out of spite and wouldn't befriend each other as long as the others didn't take the first step to make peace.

For many years, the Everheart and Hunt families were close while the Baldwin family stayed at North City independently. The Baldwin family secretly competed against the Everheart and Hunt families.

Now, Renee was about to marry the enemy of the Hunt family. If it wasn't finalized, the Baldwin family wouldn't have spread the news.

If anything went wrong, everyone would feel that the Huns had defeated the Baldwins.

"Whatever! It's just an invitation card for an engagement party. We just have to come up with a way to stop Ren from marrying Justin," Francine said.