Chapter 429

Just a quick peek—and then she averted her eyes away from him. Looking at handsome men too much could lead one’s heart astray, and result in all manner of foolish behaviors. Willow used to think that she wouldn’t be so shallow a person… now she saw how wrong she was. Everybody liked pretty things, didn’t they? It was perfectly natural! However, she understood that she’d need to get these desires under control. She was only too well aware that she and Jasper were simply not meant to be. Some grudges could never be overlooked. Yelena Anderson had remained at that restaurant for well on two hours, now. Most of that time had been spent calling up her closest friends to lament her misfortunes, and sigh over her unrequited feelings for Jasper Hughes. Why couldn’t she get him to take an interest in her, in return…? Maybe the problem, she dared to speculate, was because her grandfather hadn’t informed her right away about her promised engagement to Jasper. Had she known all along, wh