Liam arrived early at Sy mansion. Miley, who was busy with the dinner arrangements, greeted him and said, "Why is your aura so gloomy? It's supposed to be a happy celebration…"

  Liam looked at her with a blank expression and said, "Call me once the dinner is ready. I will go inside my room first and rest for a while."

  He then walked towards his wing and went inside his room with cold shoulders. He was still feeling frustrated thinking about Lana and that he only stared at his mobile phone's screen.

  After some time, Jorge called him out since dinner was already served and everyone was already there.

  Jorge didn't say much. He suppressed himself from telling Liam that Lana was also there.

  Liam was in a bad mood because his mind was wandering towards Lana. He didn't want to come down to eat with everyone at all but he knew this dinner was important for Chelsey and so he reluctantly got up and went down.

  Upon arrival in the dining room, he was caught off guard and was shocked to see Lana there. The woman who occupied his entire thoughts the whole day.

  He stopped in his tracks and waited for a moment to regain his composure. Then walked nonchalantly and sat on the only empty chair beside her. His family was obviously ganging up against him leaving only one vacant chair for him, that too beside Lana.

  "We are all present here for this special occasion. Thank you all for taking out time for coming over and celebrating together." Senior Sy commented and greeted everyone else before he signaled all to start eating dinner.

  In the middle of dinner, he took up his glass of wine and clinked it to ask for everyone's attention and said, "Some of you here are aware of my intention to propose to Chelsy during the dinner, but I proposed to her this afternoon and I want you all to know that she had accepted it, so we will now plan with our wedding as soon as possible."

  "Oh, that's good news." Lana could not help but comment as she congratulated the two of them.

  "Indeed it's good news and I hope you guys will have a strong bond and relationship. I wish that you two stay together no matter what happens and whatever problem comes in your relationship, instead of running away from each other!" Liam interrupted and Lana could not tell whether he was simply congratulating them or trying to ridicule her when he looked at her with a mocking smile.

  He raised his glass of wine and said, "A toast to a strong relationship that we all always hoped for our father to have…"

  "Cheers!" Miley commented with an awkward smile, thinking hard about how to ease the tension his party pooper brother suddenly created with his heavy and meaningful words.

  Lana sighed and raised her glass as well, as she whispered, "Cheers."

  There was a lot of chatting but mostly Lana, Chelsy, and Miley were talking to each other. Senior Sy urged them to join for more drinks at the veranda under the night sky.

  ??It's been a while since we all gathered for a family time like this," Senior Sy casually commented.

  Lana gulped another glass of wine and went ahead for more. Miley noticed Lana was having more drinks despite drinking a lot of it already, so she said, "Hey… You're drinking too much."

  Lana, who's cheeks were already red, smiled at her and said, "Nah… It's fine. My tolerance has increased a bit now."

  A naughty idea crept up in Miley's mind and she did not stop but started offering more drinks to Lana intending to make her dead drunk. She even elbowed Jorge and signaled him to do the same to her brother Liam.

  "Lana, what are your plans now? Are you still going to set up your law firm and work independently or do you have some other plans for your career as of now?" Chelsy asked of curiosity.

  "Nope. I will shift my focus a little and will pay more attention on managing the company mom left behind. I will take a rest from the courtroom for a while since I've been exhausted solving cases for more than a year now." Lana answered then she looked at Liam and with a playful smile added, "I also need time in pursuing my personal case and will be busy courting Liam as well so I won't have enough time for any other case to solve for the time being…"

  Chelsy gulped, caught off guard with such a bold answer in the presence of that master of the hell. Well, she was not the only one who had the same surprised expressions since all of them were utterly surprised to hear her use such words.

  Miley could not help and cheered, "Yeah go for it and I am sure you can do it!"

  Jorge elbowed his wife since he noticed how dark Liam's face was at that moment.

  "No wonder you are busy fooling around with another man, I see your wooing and sincerity towards me…" Liam wryly accused, making Lana's eyebrows collide.

  "Fooling around? Me? With another man? When? As far as I'm concerned… there has only been one man in my life… ever… and that's you?!" Lana blurted out.

  Liam squinted his eyes and didn't say another word, staring at her deeply, boring holes in her body with his piercing gaze.

  Miley, Jorge, and Senior Sy exchanged meaningful glances, seeing the two arguing with each other……

  'Is it fight for real or dog food was being fed to everyone unknowingly?' Miley mused.

  Senior Sy signaled Miley who suddenly pulled Lana and said, "How about you help me get more snacks from inside for all of us."

  When Lana was far enough with Miley, Senior Sy looked at Liam and scolded, "Do you have to be rude like that? What's wrong with you? If you're jealous due to something, talk to her privately and show your concern! No need to be so harsh with Lana in front of the entire family."

  "Sorry, father…" Liam whispered, realizing his carelessness.