Predestined Marriage

Jessica glanced at them up and down quietly, as if she was watching a play.

Molly was young. Since she was Carl's cousin, her peers, both boys and girls, honored her. Therefore, she had many friends.

Her friends were well-off and they had grown up in upper class. Weighing the pros and cons and calculating the gain were two required courses for them. But they were always irritable because they were young with little experience.

Christopher was different from those irritable boys. He was reserved, calm, and tolerant, as if everything was under his control.

He had the charm of a mature man precipitated from time, which was different from boys at Molly’s age.

At the same time, Christopher had the shrewdness that a businessman should have.

Gentleness and shrewdness, two contradictory characteristics, were displayed by Christopher in a very harmonious manner.

Molly didn't like Christopher because he had chased after Jessica's clout. But she didn't hate him.

No one would hate a handsome gentleman.

Christopher was the kind of man who would fascinate young girls, and that was human nature.

She had just, as most of the other girls, felt the

and her tone was natural, “I came here

were almost empty, so

thought about making a career out of it?” Jessica's

shrugged, “It's

she added, “I prefer to look

smiled without saying

be interested in the band, and asked seriously,

had learnt it when I was a child. I vaguely remembered that I took it on quite

were shining as she talked about

much about her agent,

He didn’t humor him, and his usual shrewdness was nowhere

effective.

sneered at him inwardly. A polished scoundrel was probably the best word to describe

fully engaged in chatting.

a message, “Come over as