Chapter 163

Marian looked up and flashed Daniel a grin, “My name’s Marian. Please don’t call me anything else, not my cup of tea.”

With that, her smile quickly vanished as she dove back into her phone.

Daniel’s smile froze a tad.

Louis jumped in to smooth things over, “She’s got no memory of her childhood, man. The chick had it rough growing up outside, took us two years of sweet-talking to get her to even peek back home.”

Hearing this, Daniel felt even more for her and didn’t mind Marian’s lack of manners, keeping up his smile he asked, “Got a boyfriend yet, Marian?”

“Nah,” Marian glanced up briefly, “Swamped with studies, dude. No time for boy trouble.”

“This girl’s a bookworm, just graduated from Apex Engineering University, nailed a master’s in architecture.”

Louis couldn’t help puffing up with pride as he rattled off the university name, boasting, “Called it when she was a tot, said she was brainy material. Quiet, diligent, focused, and smart as a whip, knew she’d land in a top school and she did!”

Daniel had been to that uni with Louis back in the day but still couldn’t help marveling, “That’s seriously badass.”

He was genuinely stoked for Yolanda.

He’d been rooting for Yolanda since she was a kid.

Finally, Marian looked up again, “Thanks.”

Her smile this time held a genuine spark.

That bit of sincerity touched Daniel, and he couldn’t help but steer the convo back to matters of the heart, “Got anyone you fancy, Marian?”

“Nope,” Marian answered straight-up, without a trace of shyness or discomfort.

Louis seized the moment to bring up Brandon, “Brandon still flying solo?”

Patricia jumped in, “Yup, still on the market, Heard from Kent he’s thinking about trying his luck at matchmaking events.”

“Why bother with matchmaking?” Louis looked at Marian, “Both unattached, childhood friends, families know each other inside out, same age range, might as well play Cupid, right?”

“Wha?” Marian looked at Louis, surprised, “Is that really cool?”

Thinking she was just playing hard to get, Louis reassured her, “Just hang out, see if it clicks. No matchmaking, no wedding bells, no pressure.”

Daniel was all for Louis’ idea.

distance after Yolanda’s disappearance, they were keen on tying the

but with eligible bachelors and bachelorettes in both

was stumped on how to play

always been headstrong, not the type to follow through on a dinner setup

back, Daniel couldn’t help but strategize with

on the dismissal thing, clueless about what went down, so she wasn’t really in the mood to debate with Daniel. When he asked

her tone, she quickly softened, “We should probably chat with Brandon first, see his take on Marian. Ever mentioned her?”

was new territory for

she’s back, not a peep about it. It’s all on him, really. Why

clueless about what charms Sophia used to get Brandon to tie

of which,” Patricia remembered her encounter with Sophia at Star-Dempsey Architects, “Sophia’s over

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gig as a Design Director.

frowned, “She’s

didn’t

shot her a look, his face clouding

watch, still before quitting time, and instructed the

away, Mr. Crawley, Nell responded, taking the next

for the day, close to quitting time.

agent to see some places and was ready to dash as soon as the clock struck

was nearly 6 PM, she started packing

feeling they were birds of a feather-women who’d rather hit up a sperm bank than deal with men she felt a kinship with Sophia. No

“Got an appointment

thread, “I’ll tag along, extra pair of eyes can’t hurt. I

nodded, “Sure,

hunting, even if I can’t afford it,” Cindy confessed with an embarrassed chuckle, “But who says I can’t enjoy the view?”

“Alright, I’ll hit

caught the motion-activated glass doors of the office area swinging open, and in walked Daniel. But instead of moving further in, he just stood at the entrance, his face a blank slate as he swept his gaze across the room. His piercing look instantly turned the once noisy space into a dead silence.

recognizing Daniel. They had no clue who this tall, imposing guy with a mean mug was looking

politely asked him, “Hey there,

onto her. “Is Sophia Yearwood

look again, and the quiet turned into a

name being called

she got up and walked toward the door, where she

her too, sizing her up from head to toe before speaking. “Come here for

Without waiting for Sophia’s response, he turned to leave, but out of the corner of his eye, he noticed she hadn’t moved. He

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