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.

had been tight 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

stumped on how

had always been headstrong, not the type to follow through

couldn’t help but strategize with

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?

quickly softened, “We should probably chat with Brandon first, see his take

territory for

that she’s back, not a peep about it. It’s all on him, really. Why the heck did he rush into

up, clueless about what charms Sophia used to get Brandon

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

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Design Director. You knew about this?”

frowned, “She’s back?”

you didn’t

her a look,

watch, still before quitting time, and instructed

Crawley, Nell responded, taking the

was wrapping up for the day,

some places and was ready to

spotting it was nearly 6 PM,

feather-women who’d rather hit up a sperm bank than deal with men she felt a kinship with Sophia.

an appointment to see some apartments, let’s

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

and nodded, “Sure, that’d be

after work anyway. My biggest joy is house hunting, even if I can’t afford it,” Cindy confessed with an embarrassed chuckle, “But

hit you up

sign and bounced out of Sophia’s 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 stood at the entrance, his face a blank slate as he swept his gaze across the room. His piercing look instantly

not recognizing Daniel. They had no clue who this tall, imposing guy with a mean mug was looking for or what

up and politely asked him, “Hey there, can I help you find

locked onto her. “Is Sophia Yearwood around?”

again, and the quiet turned into a low buzz of whispers and

heard her name being called but

slightly, she got up and walked toward the door, where she paused at the sight

spotted her too, sizing her up from head to toe

still had that authoritative air of the head of the family. Without waiting for Sophia’s response, he turned to leave, but

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