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.

for decades, matched well, and despite the distance after Yolanda’s disappearance, they were keen on tying the knot between their kids.

with eligible bachelors and bachelorettes in both clans, match-making by

Daniel was stumped on how

to follow through on a dinner setup just because his dad said so..

couldn’t help but

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

with Brandon first, see his take on Marian. Ever

territory for Daniel.

talk with Yolanda. Now that she’s back, not a peep about it. It’s all on him, really. Why the heck did he

up, clueless about what charms Sophia used to get Brandon to tie the knot on the

Sophia at Star-Dempsey Architects, “Sophia’s

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a Design Director.

frowned, “She’s

didn’t

shot her a look, his face clouding

still before quitting time, and instructed the driver, “Nell, back to the

Crawley, Nell responded, taking

up for the day, close to quitting time.

some places and was ready

nearly 6 PM, she started

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

an appointment to see some

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

nodded, “Sure, that’d be great.”

what’s this ‘trouble’ talk between us? Got 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 enjoy

cracked a smile, “Alright, I’ll hit you up in

office. Just as she looked up, she caught the motion-activated glass doors of the office area swinging open, and in walked Daniel. But instead of moving further in, he just

who this tall, imposing guy with a mean mug was looking for or

and politely asked him, “Hey there, can I help

locked onto her. “Is Sophia

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

name being called

the door, where she paused at the sight of Daniel standing

her up from head to

response, he turned to leave,

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