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."

answering in a stiff tone, "Perhaps you

the Devereuxxfamily, would

certainty, he had to keep the years of feelings buried deep inside to

unable to fathom just how open-minded they had to be. Was

You should rest early." Terence ended the conversation,

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

enough to show

he didn't act soon and kept rejecting their arrangements, they would stop forcing blind

on the top floor, his eyes carrying a faint

Lily feeling unsettled. She thought about it for a while, unsure

an unlikely possibility, and there was no need to

time she thought about Xavier was late at night when she would occasionally reflect on him. But it was just a fleeting thought, a ripple

overtime, as the company policy allowed for only one day

door and instinctively stood up. Before she could see who it was, she was

Ladies. Are you here to check out some renovations? Which house is it

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