The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2683

Daphne Olsen replied, [What? Didn’t your folks just wrap up a dinner party? And now another one? Can’t escape again like the last time, huh? If you go, I’ll go.]

Regina texted, [Yeah. This time, my dad made it clear: no escapes. Seriously, if I have to sit through another one of these shindigs tomorrow night alone, I’ll be squirming in my seat the whole time.]

[Brace yourself for the matchmaking mayhem!] Daphne joked.

Regina’s frown deepened as she texted back, [I’m not kidding. I’d rather run laps around the track than sit through that dinner. It’s so dull, facing a bunch of guys I don’t know, all wearing their phony smiles like masks. We’re all trapped in this charade-why put us through it?]

Daphne sent a hugging emoji, her digital embrace a small comfort. [I don’t get it either. Why is your father in such a rush? You’re only twenty, for heaven’s sake-the prime of your life!]

[It’s all because of that mother-daughter duo whispering poison in my dad’s ear. You know how he is-soft as dough. Imogen’s been filling his head with tales of who’s getting engaged and how I haven’t even dated yet. That gets him all worked up, thinking there’s something wrong with me.]

Regina could only vent so freely about them to her closest friend.

Daphne responded, [It’s beyond me why she’s so obsessed with marrying you off. She should worry more about her own daughter, who’s flunking at the international school-embarrassing if you ask me!]

hurry to see Regina wed was driven by fear that the lion’s share of the Tanner fortune might slip through her

Daphne declared, summing up the antics of the mother and

is mine, and I won’t let go.

friend promise before finally

anymore-come hell or high water, she was

today. You have a dinner with the Tanner family at 6 PM. I’ve prepared your evening attire,” the secretary said as she laid the invitation next

09.04

at it and quipped. “The Tanners again?

seems to be about

is she of marriageable age already?”

look up from the contract he was

probably listening to pillow talk. Imogen’s been busy plotting

the business world

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