Chapter 955: Why Won't You Marry?

Chapter 955: Chapter 955: Why Won’t You Marry?

After all, in an elite family’s arranged meeting, one couldn’t possibly be outright about it being a matchmaking date. Usually, it was under the premise of visiting the family, but in reality, everyone would sit down together, have a drink, and try to build rapport.

Edward Jackson did arrive, but he didn’t even seem inclined to sit down, which was undoubtedly a silent rejection.

Disappointment appeared simultaneously on the faces of the four girls, but due to saving face, none could openly say anything.

“Master, if you have matters to attend to, please go ahead. Don’t worry about us.”

“Yes, Master, please attend to your business. We won’t impose.”

“Hmm, I won’t impose either.”

Was he leaving?

Watching her carefully planned matchmaking event about to fall through, the Old Lady became as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, grabbing hold of him, “What work do you have that can’t be finished? How is it that I am unaware of it?”

“It’s a collaboration case, and I need to attend a meeting shortly,” Edward Jackson replied dismissively.

The Old Lady knew that he was merely making excuses, but it was not appropriate to expose his reluctance to engage in matchmaking in public. She could only watch helplessly as the prospective brides she had selected stood up one after another to bid her farewell.

With a face full of heartache, she could only let someone see them out.

After everyone had gone, she glared at the man who had disrupted the meeting like a child, puffing with anger, “Weren’t you busy with something? Wasn’t there a meeting? Now that everyone has left, you don’t need to have it, right?”

“What’s wrong with them? I find each of those girls to be outstanding, well-matched with you. Why won’t you consider making contact with them?”

“I don’t have that intention for the time being,” Edward Jackson admitted, his powerful demeanor outside falling to helplessness before the Old Lady.

His lack of interest infuriated the Old Lady, who glared at him fiercely, scolding, “You’re already in your thirties. When will you be ready to have intentions? If you continue without intentions, I don’t know if I’ll be alive to see the day you finally do!”

After speaking her mind to Edward, she continued, “I know you don’t want to marry, but it’s not like you’re interested in men. Aren’t you already involved in enough scandals outside? I just want you to settle down. Stop being so frivolous. You’re not getting any younger, and when it comes to relationships, I hope you’ll take them seriously. Only when you’re serious will the other party be serious. When you reach my age, you’ll understand how important it is to have someone by your side.”

Most importantly, as long as he remained unmarried, she wouldn’t have a chance to hold a grandchild.

In other families, grandchildren were already nestling at their grandparents’ knees, while she was still alone. Although she had two granddaughters, she couldn’t meet the little grandsons. Her son, who she could see, refused to marry and have children.

She was really getting anxious.

“I don’t want to force you into matchmaking. I’m not someone who clings strongly to social status, insisting that you find a woman with an ideal background. My stance has always been to give you the freedom to love and find the person you truly like. But as a result…,” the Old Lady lamented deeply, now regretting her previous liberality.

If she had known that giving him the freedom to love would lead to such reckless affairs, and that he would neither marry nor have children, she should have arranged a marriage for him from the start. Perhaps, feelings could have developed over time, and she might have been called grandma by now.

Instead, she had to resort to using a ‘heart condition’ to coax him back for meetings.

“Edward, tell me honestly, do you have someone you like outside?” the Old Lady inhaled deeply, her demeanor regal and dignified, “Is it because her status isn’t adequate that you haven’t told me about her?”

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