“Who wants to be lovey–dovey with you? What can I hide from you?”
Josh chuckled. “I think we’re now lovey–dovey. Lovey–dovey isn’t about saying ‘I love you‘ every day. It’s shown through the little details in life.”
Jasmine said, “All I see is that you try to butter my parents up whenever you’re available. You also treat my brother like your own.“.
Josh was naturally brilliant and had a glib tongue. Therefore, he was able to coax Jasmine’s family into favoring him.
“Because they’re your family members, who’ll be my family in the future. It’s natural to treat my family well.”
“How shameless of you. I haven’t even promised you anything, yet you’ve treated my family as yours.”
Josh said unabashedly, “One has to be shameless when going after their wives. It was because Zack cared so much about his dignity that he ended up in this state now.”
Jasmine did not know whether to laugh or cry.
“You see Zack’s situation as a cautionary tale, don’t you?”
“I’m just stating facts. If Zack had listened to my advice, he and Serena wouldn’t have ended where they are right now.”
Jasmine asked, “Are you very experienced in relationships?”
“No, actually. You’re the first and only girl I truly love.”
Josh did not get tricked by her question.
Even though he used to have a crush on a female classmate, that was in the past. He could not even recall that classmate’s appearance.
Later, he was too busy to get into a relationship.
He did not meet any girls who could capture his heart too.
At first, he did not show interest in Jasmine either. When Zack and Serena got married unexpectedly, he helped Zack investigate Serena’s background. While at it, he figured out Serena’s best friend, Jasmine’s background.
At that time, Josh did not take Jasmine seriously at all.
It was only until Aunt Rachel stopped setting up blind dates for Jasmine that he started to pay attention to Jasmine during Mrs. Dawson’s birthday party. He found Jasmine interesting.
After going on a blind date with Jasmine, he felt that she was his cup of tea. Similar to him, she enjoyed joining in on the fun and gossiping. Coincidentally, he knew a lot of juicy gossip. He could share it with someone who was eager to listen to gossip. Little by little, the thought of marrying Jasmine occurred to him.
“After all, I’m already in my 30s. I have common love knowledge. Furthermore, onlookers see most of the game. I can see things more clearly than Zack and became his love consultant. Unfortunately, his relationship with Serena is still a mess despite the help of an excellent love consultant.”
Jasmine let out a sigh. “Seren isn’t cold–hearted. It was because Zack concealed his identity and lied to her. After Zack allowed her to stay in her sister’s house, her anger is slowly subsiding.
“Seren’s current worry is that there’s a huge gap between Zack and her in reality. She’s suffering from psychological stress because of Zack and her future. Casting Seren aside, there’s a huge gap between our lives too. Having said that, my condition is much better than Seren’s.”
Jasmine had several apartments for rent and half a row of shop lots. If she sold them off, her assets would amount to over 100 million dollars based on the current market prices.
Of course, she could not compare with the Buchams. Josh’s parents had a few companies. Although they paled in comparison with Julian’s family, they were a wealthy family that kept a low profile. Josh did not want to take over his parents‘ company and went to York Corporation to realize his potential instead.
“We’re well–matched. There’s no gap between us at all.”
Jasmine glanced at him before she smiled and said, “I don’t feel inferior, nor do I think I’m unqualified to be with you.”
As a local of Wiltspoon, Jasmine’s father built wealth through opportune property investments. Since young, Jasmine had been living a rich life. As much as she disliked marrying into a wealthy family, she would not think that she was unqualified.
To her, there was a lot of adversity to jostle through in wealthy families. Her aunt, for example, suffered a lot after marrying Mr. Lowe.
Jasmine wanted to find a Wiltspoon local who had a stable job and several buildings for rent like her so that they were well–matched. After she got married, she would discuss who would collect the rent the next day with her partner. That would be their common topic.
“Seren isn’t inferior. She’s just too rational.”
Serena had to step into the circle that she had never wanted to. That was way too stressful for her.
Josh understood her circumstances.
As the two of them were talking about relationships, they soon arrived at Wiltspoon
Hotel.
Josh did not go into the basement parking lot. Instead, he parked in front of the hotel.
Just as Jasmine wanted to get out of the car, Josh reminded her, “The bouquet I gave to you.”
“Why should I bring the bouquet along for dinner?”
While mumbling, Jasmine got out of the car with the bouquet nevertheless.
Then, Josh spontaneously held her hand and brought her to the hotel.
“Josh?”
A high–pitched female voice rang out. It was familiar to Josh but strange to Jasmine.
“Hurry up.”
Josh pulled Jasmine to quicken her pace.
While being pulled away, Jasmine turned around and saw a beautiful middle–aged woman rushing over in high heels.
She looked like Josh, or rather, Josh looked like that beautiful middle–aged woman.
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“Josh!”
After Mrs. Bucham called her son, she saw that he was pulling a young girl to hurry inside to shy away from her.
Mrs. Bucham could not help but scurry forward. She caught up with them shortly and stopped in front of Josh.
“Josh, you brat. Didn’t you hear me calling you?”
Mrs. Bucham gave him the piece of her mind first. When she turned her gaze to Jasmine, she wore a smile and said to Jasmine, “Young lady, don’t be intimidated. I had to tell Josh off. How dare he turn a deaf ear to his mother’s words and run away when his mother was calling him!”
“Mom.”
Never in his wildest dreams did he think that he would bump into his mother here.
Mrs. Bucham checked Jasmine out from head to toe and saw her holding a bouquet of flowers. Even though Josh had let go of Jasmine’s hand, Mrs. Bucham clearly saw her son holding Jasmine’s hand just now.
Giving flowers and holding hands were daily acts of a couple.
When did that brat get into a relationship? He did not even let his family know.
After Jasmine was sure that the beautiful middle–aged woman was Josh’s mother, she openly addressed the woman “Mrs. Bucham“.
Mrs. Bucham acknowledged Jasmine’s greeting with a grin. After that, she shoved into the space between the pair to stand beside Jasmine. She affably pulled Jasmine’s hand which was not holding the bouquet. “Young lady, what’s your name? Are you Josh’s girlfriend?”
Unexpectedly, Jasmine was already meeting his parents.
If she claimed that she was not Josh’s girlfriend, Mrs. Bucham probably would not believe it.
She shot a look at Josh before introducing herself. “Mrs. Bucham, my name is Jasmine Sox. I’m a female friend of Josh.”
“A female friend is known as a girlfriend. That means you’re Josh’s girlfriend. Jasmine Sox sounds familiar to me. Have we met before?”
Mrs. Bucham cordially pulled Jasmine and walked together.
Jasmine answered honestly, “I’ve never seen you before. You’ve heard of my name probably because of the spread of my embarrassing experience. Several months ago, I attended Mrs. Dawson’s birthday party with my aunt, Mrs. Lowe. I drank a lot that night, and I lay on the floor sleeping. That embarrassing incident has probably spread all over in your circle.”
Mrs. Bucham burst into laughter before she said, “It was you, huh? No wonder your name sounds familiar. You’re Mrs. Lowe’s niece. Mrs. Lowe always brings you along to attend social gatherings. I believe we’ve met in some gatherings, but we just didn’t speak or greet each other.”
The Bucham women had always kept a low profile. Even if they made an appearance in social gatherings, they would hardly socialize with others. All they did was have a quick talk with the organizers of the gatherings. They would then sit down in a corner and take their leave after meals.
Even so, this did not mean that they were unclear about the happenings in the upper class.
As Jasmine said, the incident of her lying on the floor had spread all over high society.
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