Chloe put the notebook back in the box.

“I don’t want another speech about whose fault it was,” she said.

“I want the rest of my wedding.”

She handed the microphone to Marcus.

He waited while the coordinator helped end the exchange and restore the speaking arrangements.

Elena and Julian withdrew from the center of the room.

Their eventual departure was handled without another announcement, and no one was asked to follow them into a corridor to complete the argument.

The white box remained on the table until Charlotte and Evelyn moved it out of the way.