Elena’s gaze swept over them, she said slowly. “I’m sorry, you have arrived a little too late, the ribbon-cutting ceremony is over.”
As if he had heard her, from the stage the host announced the end of the ceremony. Everyone in the audience stood up and began to applaud enthusiastically.
Elena had prepared some small gifts, which were now being distributed to the guests. Everyone saw that Charles sincerely accepted a small gift so others also accepted them.
The guests who were in attendance for the ceremony did not appear to be in a rush to leave and the guests who arrived late seemed to be remorseful.
When Mathew called to urge them to arrive on time, they did not take him seriously, thinking that he was just bragging. However, he was not and he had a group of people approaching him
