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.

the other girls, felt

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

of Jessica and Christopher were almost empty,

ever thought about making a career out of

and shrugged, “It's just

she added, “I prefer to look after

without saying a

in the band, and asked seriously,

when I was

as she talked about her

much about her agent, and looked

earnestly to Molly's story about learning to play drum when she was a child. He didn’t humor him, and his usual shrewdness was nowhere

his trick was effective. She talked

of her and sneered at him inwardly. A polished scoundrel was probably the best

were fully engaged

get a word in. She remembered Carl and sent him a message, “Come over as soon as the party is over. Your cousin is about to be cheated