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.

after Yolanda’s disappearance, they were keen on

out of vogue, but with eligible bachelors and bachelorettes in both

was stumped on how

not the type to follow through on a dinner setup just because his dad said so..

drive back, Daniel couldn’t help but strategize

about what went down, so she wasn’t really in the mood to debate with Daniel. When he asked her what to do, she shot back, “How should

softened, “We should probably chat with Brandon first, see his take on Marian.

new territory for

be he’d fend off the girlfriend talk with Yolanda. Now that she’s back, not a peep about it. It’s all on him, really. Why the heck did he rush into marriage outta

thought fired Daniel up, clueless about what charms Sophia used to get Brandon to

remembered her encounter with Sophia at Star-Dempsey Architects, “Sophia’s over at

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gig as a Design Director. You

“She’s back?”

you didn’t know?”

her a look, his face clouding

still before quitting time, and instructed the

Nell responded,

the

see some places and was ready to dash as soon

6 PM,

too. Around the same age as Sophia and 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 sense of hierarchy between them, she peeked into Sophia’s office as the end of

bind, “Got an appointment to

pair of eyes can’t hurt. I

over and nodded, “Sure, that’d be

nothing better to do after work anyway. My biggest joy is house hunting, even if I can’t afford it,” Cindy confessed with an embarrassed chuckle, “But who says I can’t

I’ll hit you up in a

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

imposing guy with

and politely asked him, “Hey there,

locked onto her. “Is Sophia Yearwood

each other that look again, and the quiet turned into a low buzz of whispers and

name being called but

she paused at the

head to toe before speaking. “Come here for a

of the head of the family. 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 looked back

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