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.

and despite the distance after Yolanda’s disappearance,

bachelorettes in both clans, match-making by the elders was still on the

on how to play Cupid.

the type to follow through on a dinner setup just because

the drive back, Daniel couldn’t help but strategize with Patricia.

up 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 what to do, she shot back, “How should I know? If

chat with Brandon first,

new territory for Daniel.

Now that she’s back,

up, clueless about what charms Sophia used to

Patricia remembered her encounter with Sophia at Star-Dempsey Architects,

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as a Design Director. You knew about

frowned, “She’s

didn’t know?”

her a look, his

watch, still before quitting time, and instructed

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

the day, close to quitting time.

estate agent to see some places and was ready

it was nearly 6 PM, she

was almost done 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

bind, “Got an appointment to see some apartments, let’s rain check?”

thread, “I’ll tag along, extra pair of eyes can’t hurt. I know this area like the back of my

thought it over and nodded,

nothing better to do after work anyway. My biggest joy is house hunting, even if I can’t afford it,” Cindy

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

instead of moving further in, he just stood at the entrance, his face a blank slate as he swept his gaze across

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

courage, Cindy stood up and politely asked him, “Hey there, can

her.

look again, and the quiet turned into a low buzz of whispers and hushed chatter.

she heard her name being called but couldn’t be sure.

up and walked toward the door, where she paused at the sight of Daniel standing at the

her up from head to toe before speaking. “Come

still had that authoritative air 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

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