The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Camille Buckley replied, [What? Didn't your dad just have a dinner party? Why another one so soon? I'm guessing you're not allowed to skip it this time? I'll go if you're going!]

[Yeah, my dad knows I was just making up excuses not to go last time, so he resorted to threatening me to go this time. Come with me. Otherwise, it'll be so awkward for me to go alone.] [The dinner party sounds more like a grand matchmaking event... I wish you all the best. Haha.]

Rita's frown deepened at her best friend's joke.

[I'm being serious. I'd rather cover a few more stories than to attend the dinner party tomorrow night. I'm going to be bored out of my mind by the guys there. They're so fake, too! I don't get why our parents are forcing us to get married so fast.]

Camille sent a hug emoji. [I don't get it either. Why is your dad in such a hurry to marry you off? You're only twenty years old, barely an adult yet!]

getting engaged or married, and then she'd point out I've never been in a relationship

Karen and Sadie

understand why your stepmom is so concerned about your love life. She'd better worry more about her

quickly was driven by the fear that the lion's share of the Russell family fortune

but delusional as well.] Camille's comment

what's mine is mine. I'll never give them up without a fight.

to rest. She would deal with whatever that might come her way. In any case,

here's your schedule for today. You need to attend the Russell family's dinner party at 6 o'clock, and I've already prepared your attire for you." The secretary placed the invitation next to Sherman's

it up and glanced at it. "Another dinner party at the Russell's? Vince seems to be quite active