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Chapter 878
Jason moved closer to Corinne. “Help me get out of this arranged marriage in a way that won’t make both sides of
the family mad.”
Corinne frowned. She did not bother to conceal the disgust she felt. “You know you can just tell her you’re not
interested, right? Why waste everybody’s time by pretending to be a gentleman and bringing her here to shop for
bags? It’s just going to make her think you’re interested in her.”
Jason shrugged. “I did tell her that, but she insisted it doesn’t matter since we can slowly get to know each other
and ‘who knows, fall in love one day’. I’ve taken her out to lunch and to a movie…but I don’t know what else we can
do. She didn’t want to go home, so she dragged me out to this mall.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Corinne, you’ve always been a smart one. Can you please come up with a way to get me out of this?” Corinne took
a sip of her coffee. She then looked up and down at the exasperated Jason, thinking, ‘Well, with that handsome face
of his and wealthy family background, any girl would be hard-pressed to let him go. His family must’ve chosen a girl
who comes from the same family background as him, so this doesn’t only concern them but everyone on both
sides of the family. Hmm…this is going to be tricky. One move, and his parents will come down hard on him.”
wrong
“I’ll give it a try,” said Corinne nonchalantly.
Jason grinned. “Oh, thank you! Thank you so much!”
The woman Jason was with came running back to him soon after. She must be worried about leaving him alone with
Corinne. She held up the latest bag while two beaming sales assistants followed behind.
“Jason, how do I look with this bag?”
Jason glanced at the bag and nodded smilingly. “It looks good on you.”
It sounded like a compliment on the surface, but the woman knew Jason was only paying her lip service. Her
interest was not actually in the bag but in Corinne.
She looked questioningly at her and asked, “Jason, what are you guys talking about? Who’s this lady? Why haven’t
you introduced her to me?”
Social norms dictated that Jason should have introduced the two women to each other, but if he did that, it would
make it seem like he placed a huge importance on the woman his parents were trying to set him up with. He was
worried Corinne would get the wrong idea, and that was why he did not introduce her to her.
‘Now that I think about it, I’m definitely overthinking the whole thing since Corinne has never shown any interest in
my business… he thought self-mockingly.
Smiling gracefully, he then introduced the two women to each other. “Oh, where are my manners? Here, let me
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmintroduce you two. This is an old friend of mine, Corinne Carew. And this here is the daughter of my dad’s best
friend, Lola Jefferson.”
‘The daughter of his dad’s best friend?’ Lola was not happy with how Jason introduced her. ‘Am I overthinking
things, or is he trying to keep a distance from me in front of Corinne?”
“So nice to meet you, Miss Corinne,” said Lola warmly. She decided to play nice since she still did not know who
Corinne really was.
“Likewise, Miss Lola,” Corinne replied with a smile.
Lola sat on the armrest beside Jason to stake her territory over him.
“Jason, how long have you known Miss Corinne? I know almost all the socialites in New Capital City, so
how come I’ve never seen her before? Who is her family?” she asked curiously.
It was obvious she was trying to gather intel to see whether Corinne was worthy of being her rival.
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