Chapter 253
Mrs. Jasper Sr. snapped, her tone sharp and furious. “Don’t think I don’t know that call was something you orchestrated. Don’t play dumb with me. You will stay and have this dinner!”
Sean stopped and looked at her calmly, his expression unreadable. “Alright then, I won’t play dumb,”
He turned to Simone and said coolly, “Hi, I’m Swan Jasper. Sorry, but I’m not interested in blind dates. I wasn’t even told about this one in advance. I have no intention of dating or getting married right now, so please don’t waste your time on me.”
Simone’s face w
went pale.
Without waiting for anyone’s reaction, Sean turned around and walked out. He didn’t care what anyone thought.
“You–you get back here! Sean Jasper!” Mrs. Jasper Sr. shouted after him, furious
But Sean didn’t stop. In seconds, he had disappeared from sight.
The Wilson family was livid.
Mr. Wilson Sr.’s chest heaved with anger. “I don’t care how powerful the Jasper family is this is no way to treat people. Our granddaughter isn’t desperate for a husband! It was your family that invited us here and suggested this matchmaking And now it looks like we came begging for a connection!”
Mrs. Jasper St. was losing her composure. She was visibly irritated, no longer pretending to be gracious.
Her daughter–in–law, Lillan, quickly stepped in to apologize. “It was wrong of Sean to act that way. We’re truly sorry. Please don’t be angry.”
But the Wilsons wouldn’t let it go, each of them chiming in, making the room a mess of voices and complaints. In the end, Mrs. Jasper Sr. had to offer a hefty sum as compensation just to calm them down
It wasn’t that the Jaspers particularly cared about the Wilsons” feelings. But Mrs. Jasper Sr. was concerned about saving face. And clearly, this incident was the Jasper family’s fault.
To preserve her reputation, she had no choice but to offer an apology and compensation. Otherwise, the gossip would spread like wildfire, and she wouldn’t be able to hold her head high in social circles.
She had thought that springing the matchmaking on Sean at the last minute would comer him into going along with it. That even if he wasn’t happy, he would at least go through the motions,
But to her surprise, he didn’t even bother to play along.
After finally getting the Wilsons out the door, Mrs. Jasper Sr. stormed off to complain to the Mr. Jasper Sr.
“Do you see what your grandson did today?” she fumed. “Right in front of the whole Wilson family, he didn’t even try to save my dignity!”
Mr. Jasper Sr. was seated at his desk, reading the paper. He didn’t even lift his eyes. “I told you not to rush into matchmaking right after calling off the engagement with the Riley family. But you didn’t listen.”
*How can I not be anxious?” she retorted. “Sean’s almost twenty–nine! His peers already have kids old enough to toddle around and run errands.”
Mr. Jasper Sr. calmly turned the page of his newspaper. “Is that so? From what I know, his close friends Jordan and lan are still single too
Mrs. Jasper Sr. huffed and shot him a glare. “Stop comparing him to the worst examples! Look at the Lewis family and the Zieglers–their great- grandkids are already calling them ‘Great–Grandma!TM*
Mr. Jasper Sr. chucked and shook his head. “You worry
I worry too much. Sean knows what he’s doing. I still think that girl from the Riley family is a good match. Once he handles that business with Joseph, I hope they can reconnect”
Mrs. Jasper Sr. shook her head in disapproval. “Absolutely not. I don’t like that Riley girl. She’s a lawyer–sharp–tongued and argumentative. She’s talked back to me more than once, and it’s clear she doesn’t have any respect for me as her elder.”
Mr. Jasper Sr. cast her a sideways glance. “I’m not trying to criticize you, but as an elder, shouldn’t you be the one setting an example instead of picking Ights with someone younger?”
Mrs. Jasper St kept going, ready to argue her point, refusing to let it go.
Mr. Jasper, thoroughly annoyed, stood up and walked out of the room himself to escape the nagging
