Ivy instantly lost her appetite when she saw over twenty dishes on the table.


    It was the most luxurious feast she had ever seen, and all delicacies she could imagine had beenid before her.


    There were dishes that she had never seen before, but luckily, there were chefs standing by them to exin each dish.


    "Ivy, why aren''t you eating? Do you not like the dishes?" La whispered.


    "There are so many of them. I don''t know where to start." Ivy was interning as a broadcaster now and dared not to eat to her heart''s content as she had before, as she was afraid that she might not look good


    on camera.


    "Just take one bite of each dish. We will keep the ones we like and discard the ones we don''t like." La started cing food on Ivy''s te.Content (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org.


    "Okay."


    Sometimeter, Lilith stopped eating as she had a small appetite due to the nature of her work.


    "Hayden, there aren''t any outsiders here, so why don''t you tell us what you are looking for in a partner? Looks, figure, academic achievement, family background, age, personality... you have to give us something."


    As Hayden''s biological aunt, Lilith desperately wanted to find the perfect match for Hayden.


    "If you really don''t know what you want, it''s okay. You are still young, and there''s no hurry to get married. Just date girls you like and through trial and error, you will know what you look for in a wife," Ben advised.


    "I don''t want to date." Hayden felt as though he was being ced under the spotlight and thought to himself, "What do they mean, there''s no outsider here? What about Meryl and Amy?"


    Even without Meryl and Amy, Hayden would never confess his feelings in front of so many people. He was only willing to share them with his mother.


    "Huh? So you don''t want to date and want to jump right into marriage?" Lilith had seen people like that but did not expect that from Hayden.


    Men who jumped right into marriage often saw women as a reproduction tool, and in Lilith''s perspective, men like that were heartless and would never love a woman.


    "I don''t want to get married." Hayden


    had regained hisposure a ne


    said, "Just mentioned it with Mom this morning. If I need your help, I will talk to you about it."


    "Oh," Lilith said. "Hayden, I know you are your own n person,


    but you can''t be so stuck up when you are looking for a partner. Ben and I used to have differences in background and academic achievements, but


    remained strong throumar.nd


    love each other, so our marriage has


    the


    years. The person who''s perfect for you might not be the way you


    pictured her to be."


    Avery agreed with Lilith. "Hayden, your aunt is right. You need toe into contact with more girls to find the perfect person for yourself."


    Hayden hummed in response and set his spoon down to nce at his watch. "Ivy, are you done? I will send you home to rest. You have work tonight, right?"


    Ivy nced at her parents and stood up dazedly.


    She was no fool and knew that Hayden was just looking for an excuse to leave.


    The two headed out of the hotel and got into his car.