Chapter 1940

Jason Decides To Help

She rarely drank and had a low tolerance.

After a few glasses, she felt a buzz settling in. The pressure from her parents about marriage surfaced in her mind, followed closely by the memory of that disastrous blind date with Alec. Tipsy and emotional, she began venting. “Magnus, do you ever feel like life is just… exhausting?” she said, her tone edged with bitterness. “Why are my parents always so obsessed with getting me married off?”

Seeing her like this, Magnus gently reached out and held her hand. “Parents can be like that sometimes. Try not to let it get to you.”

“I’m not upset,” Chelsea muttered, sniffing. “I just don’t understand. I’m doing perfectly fine on my own. I really don’t want to get married. And if I ever decide I want a child, can’t I just opt for IVF? My parents… they just don’t see the world clearly. They don’t pay enough attention to what’s going on. There’s so much greed, so much cruelty out there.”

As she finished speaking, she gently pulled her hand back.

Then she looked at him, eyes slightly glassy but suddenly serious. “Magnus… we’re good friends, right? You’re not thinking of courting me, are you? I really, really don’t want to get married.”