Chapter 151-160

Chapter 151
“And I’m sure they’d love to meet Jack, too. What do you think Maura?”

“Mom, that’s enough! Why are you always teasing Jack? Besides, we’re not like that… not yet…” Maura shouted, trying her best to overcome her embarrassment and stop her mom’s taunting. As she finished speaking, Maura’s voice softened and trailed off, making it hard for others to hear the last thing she said.

Laughing, Marisha replied, “Fine, I’ll leave him alone for now, but he already knows that I want you and him to get together, we’ve even talked about it on multiple occasions. Isn’t that right, Jack?”

Maura immediately looked at Jack, but he was turned away to hide his own embarrassment. When Jack stayed silent and never responded to her mother, Maura felt a strange mix of emotions. She wanted her mom to stop pressing the issue, but a small part of her was happy that her mom was trying to help her. Also, considering Jack’s silence, it made her feel like he wasn’t fully against the idea, and that gave her even more hope for the future.

Keeping his thoughts to himself, Jack wasn’t willing to talk with Marisha in front of Maura. The woman always had a way of turning a conversation in her favor. Jack was a nice guy and hated hurting the feelings of the people close to him. So, Jack was afraid that Marisha would force him to say something misleading or possibly get him to admit that he had started to care more about Maura, even though he was trying to close his heart.

“Leave the brat alone,” groaned Zariff. Witnessing this, Zariff came to realize something.

Though Jack might be interested in his daughter, it was evident that he wasn’t too active in pursuing her. Rather, it was mainly his daughter pursuing him, and even more so it was his wife pushing them together from behind the scenes.