Chapter 279

Chapter 279

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The phone rang again as Terence got into the car and answered it.

"Weren't we supposed to go on a blind date tonight? Why did you stand the woman up?" Richard's voice was stem, and his frustration was palpable even through the phone

Terence fastened his seatbelt, his voice calm and cool. "lludworkto handle. And I didn't stand her up. Tealled her in advance,"

Richard wasn't convinced. "You told her half an hour before the date that you weren't coming. How is that not standing her up?"

"I'm just not interested in blind dates," Terence said bluntly, "With the year-end approaching, work's hectic. Please stop arranging these things for me." "Are you not interested in blind dates, or do you have someone in your heart?" Richard's words hit the mark, as he had already noticed something. "Suddenly going abroad and then coming back-it's probably for a woman. What? Her family background isn't good, and she's not from our circle? "At least bring her home so your mother and can meet her. We're open-minded. We don't demand a perfect match."

more open-minded."

for a moment before answering in a stiff tone, "Perhaps you need to

as the Devereuxxfamily, would face criticism If

to keep the years of feelings buried deep

was stunned for a few seconds, unable to fathom just how open-minded they had to be. Was Terence's crush a disabled person? Was she extremely ugly! Or was there some other

getting late. You should rest early." Terence ended the conversation, hanging

the so-called conflict between him and Richard was clearly caused

dramatic scenes were enough to show just how andous

act soon and kept rejecting their arrangements, they would stop forcing blind dates and start directly pushing for a marriage. Time

light on the top floor, his eyes carrying a faint

it for

it was an unlikely possibility, and there was

only time she thought about Xavier was late at night when she would occasionally

the company to work overtime, as the company policy

barely sat down when she heard footsteps at the door and instinctively stood up. Before she could see who it was, she was knocked back into her chair by the hurriedly passing

here to check out some renovations?

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