\"Like this again?" I said.
"You're almost thirty, Bennett," she said, crossing her arms over her chest, her many diamond-lined bracelets jingling as she moved. Her dark hair was tied into a tight bun on top of her head, giving her an all-around stern aura.
I raised an eyebrow at her. \"I'm twenty-five. I don't really think it's anywhere near thirty.
\"Your father and I were married when we were twenty-two,\" she said matter-of-factly. \"It's time for you to stop fooling around, creating scandals and making our family look bad.
\"I won't make our family look bad.
"Now is the time for you to start your own family so we can give the next successor to our business a head start," she continued.
I pushed myself into a sitting position, making sure my tank top was slick so I wouldn't give her something else to complain about. \"So, you expect me to meet someone today, fall in love with them, get married and have kids? It doesn't work that way. Okay, maybe with all the dating apps these days, but I'm not that person.
\"There are many young women interested in you. Cecil's daughter has been asking you to marry her since you two were five years old. She is also very beautiful.
I raised an eyebrow at her. \"Legal arranged marriage is no longer a thing in China. It's 2015, not 1765. I don't want to marry someone just because it helps our business.
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