Waylen chuckled and casually teased, âIâm just worried you havenât found a girlfriend yet! What about that secretary of yours from before? Ross told me you were interested in her.
What? Did you scare her away?â
Marcus really didnât want to talk about it, so he grabbed a magazine from the coffee table and said briskly, âWe werenât a good match.
â
âIs that so?â
Waylen felt somewhat disappointed.
From what he had heard from Ross, things were going well between the young couple, but it turned out that his information was wrong.
His son, despite being such an excellent young man, couldnât even have the woman he liked.
What a pity!
Trying to keep the mood light, Waylen said with a smile, âMarcus, did you know that at your age, I was about to meet your mother?â
Marcus pointed out, âYou said it yourself that you were âabout toâ meet her!â
That meant that they hadnât met yet at his age!
Unable to do anything about his son, Waylen sighed in defeat.
âOkay, okay.
Letâs go downstairs for dinner.
Alexis and Leonel just arrived, and Evelynâs also here!â
With that, he briskly stood up and headed downstairs, fully expecting his son to follow.
Marcus sat alone in the room for a moment longer, as though mourning a bygone era.
Eventually, he stood up, but before he left, he plucked the bracelet out of the trash can and tossed it into a drawer.
Descending the stairs at a leisurely pace, he exuded a lazy demeanor.
The well-informed Alexis had already heard about the secretaryâs departure and Marcusâ heartbreak.
During dinner, she avoided mentioning Melissa and only said to Marcus in a seemingly lighthearted tone, âA few days ago, Grand-uncle Mark mentioned this girl to Mom and Dad.
She was quite nice and her family background is on par with ours.
â
At this, Marcus raised his head.
He silently gazed at Alexisâ¦
Both Waylen and Rena fixed their eyes on their son expectantly.
After a moment of silence, Marcus opened his mouth and casually responded, âSounds good.
You can set us up on a blind date.
â
Despite going through such a painful break up, he didnât feel the need for emotional consolation.
He just thought that since things with Melissa didnât pan out the way he expected, he might as well find another suitable woman to marry.
Waylen heaved a sigh of relief, but his heart still felt heavy.
Truth be told, he was actually hoping that Marcus would refuse.
But because his son agreed to the blind date so readily, his heartbreak became more painfully obvious.
Marcus picked at his food.
Once the meal was over, he excused himself and retired to his bedroom upstairs.
Evelyn followed him upstairs, hoping her uncle would read her a story.