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.

Molly calmed down a lot. She had just, as most of the other girls, felt

was natural, “I came here to perform. You might have seen it

and Christopher were almost empty,

ever thought about making a career out of

smiled and shrugged,

she added, “I prefer to look

without

interested in the band, and asked seriously,

be too difficult. I had learnt it when I was a child. I vaguely remembered that

were shining as she talked about her

not know much about her agent, and looked

she was a child. He didn’t humor him, and his usual

trick was effective. She talked even more

Christopher had taken advantage of her and sneered at him inwardly. A

engaged in

remembered Carl and sent him a message, “Come over as soon as the party is over.