“Don't need one. I'm fresh out of college and I haven't had any fun yet. I want some alone time before I find someone to spend time with,”

Niles announced.

Cecelia got mad at the two brothers’ words. She said to Lauren, "Listen to these two! One is 26 and doesn't want a girlfriend. The other is in his twenties but acts like a child. This is so infuriating!"

Lauren chuckled in response. She patted Cecelia's hand and assured her,

“It's only because those two haven't met the right girls yet. When they do meet the perfect soul-mates, they will bring them over to meet you even if you don't ask them to. Boys like to show off!"

Lauren's remark triggered a kind of bitterness inside Blair's heart.

Her thoughts became melancholic instantly. She knew that the older woman did have a point. There was a very high chance that Wesley might indeed not care for her. Otherwise, they should already have been together by now, without her having to put so much effort into the non-existent relationship. If he Liked her at all, he should have been chasing her. Moreover, with everything she had done for him, he should have been moved by now.

But alas! To hide her embarrassment, Blair took out her phone and pretended to search for something by firing up her browser. Meanwhile, she was secretly considering whether she should leave the room or stay.

Her dejection did not escape Cecelia’s keen eyes, which were mostly focused on her these days. It pained the motherly Cecelia to see this young girl sad and she understood why. Therefore, she deliberately remarked, "That's true with Niles. But Wesley is quite introverted by nature. He might be too shy to act on his impulses. This makes him vulnerable. You know, he often lets his opportunities slip away even if he does Like someone."

She wanted Blair to hear those words and she succeeded in her efforts.

As for Lauren, she didn't have a clue what was going on and urged the topic of their discussion, “Wesley, your parents are worried about you.

It's time to get a girlfriend.”

Wesley nodded without saying a word. He did not feel comfortable discussing his love-life with these women.

Lauren had been persuading him to start seeing someone only because she wanted to fix him up with her daughter. Wesley was quite a desirable groom! By that time, the topic became too much for Blair to handle.

Holding her phone in one hand, she quietly got up and left the living room.

She made a pit stop inside the bathroom on her way upstairs and then proceeded to lock herself up in her bedroom.

Niles also left the living room shortly after she did. By the time

Blair had closed her door, he had already reached the second floor.

Wesley, who had seen them Leave one after the other, had a look in his eyes that clearly wasn't a happy one.

Niles hesitated for a second and then knocked on her door. Blair answered. After Wesley had punched him, he didn't dare enter Blair's room anymore. So he talked with her in the doorway.

“Were you bored too down there?" he asked.

Blair smiled with embarrassment and leaned on the door.

"I wasn't actually bored. I just don't know them that well, so I had no idea what to talk about with them."

“Well, you didn't have to worry about that. They are always talking about the same thing. 'Find a girlfriend, ' ‘Get married, ' etc. etc.

You know, my brother wasn't home for New Year the past two years, so he was lucky he didn't have to hear it. But me... Huh... I've been listening to that crap every year ever since I was twenty. Enough already!" Niles complained.