The moment Molly first stared at Lucas, she was dazzled by his charming good looks. She stood up bashfully and held out her hand to Lucas.

"H-Hello, I'm Molly..." said the shy girl.

Lucas nodded but did not shake her hand. "Hi. Please, have a seat."

Molly was so embarrassed with her hand still hanging in the air, so she took back her hand and sat down uneasily.

Cedric and Beatrice exchanged glances, startled by Lucas' reaction. How could he embarrass the poor girl like that?

Lucas sat gracefully on the armchair and started some small talk with the guests like a gentleman. He was polite yet somehow distant. The guests understood that he had no interest in entertaining them, so they excused themselves before long.

After Cedric and Beatrice saw the guests off, they turned and glared at Lucas.

"Lucas! You don't know what you're missing! Molly is such a nice girl, yet you wouldn't even show a friendly smile to her? How rude of you!" said Beatrice angrily.

I'm not ready to get married yet. You and Grandpa really should stop trying

rest of your life? You're over thirty, and it's time to

my single life

Beatrice clutched her chest and

stood up to hold her. "Grandma, are you

won't

a heart condition. How

my heart condition! No medicine can cure that!" said Beatrice resentfully. "Lucas, if you don't like an arranged marriage, fine, your grandfather and I will stay out of it. But you have to bring home a

behavior startled Lucas.

so she

gazed at his headstrong grandparents, he rubbed his eyebrows, feeling a

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