Sorry for Your Loss, It's Me, I'm the Loss novel Chapter 411

Steven drank half his coffee and glanced at his watch. He had another video conference that evening and was too busy to waste his time with the Spencers, so he got straight to the point.

“Mrs. James, I have a meeting with my branch managers tonight, so I can't stay long. I was wondering if I could have a private word with Ms. Jones?”

“Of course!” Teresa nodded eagerly, pulling Jeffrey out of the room with her. Before leaving, she made sure to add, “Yvonne, be a good hostess to Mr. Hughes. He's a close friend of your grandfather's, despite the age difference. Don't be rude.”

As Yvonne watched Teresa drag Jeffrey away, it finally dawned on her. They had tricked her into coming home for a blind date.

Yvonne's lips curved into a cold smile.

Her own mother, Teresa, never failed to disappoint her.

“Ms. Jones.” Steven sat across from her, openly sizing her up as if inspecting merchandise on a shelf and assessing its price.

Yvonne was dressed simply and wore no makeup, looking clean and pretty. She was more refreshingly beautiful this way than when she was heavily made-up on camera.

Moreover, she was not yet twenty—young, fresh, and without a messy dating history. This was what satisfied Steven the most.

Over the years, the Hughes and James families had become frequent business partners, their interests deeply intertwined.

The two families had long considered a marital alliance, but Steven hadn't taken a liking to any of the younger James generation.

Mr. James Sr. had tried to push Marcia's daughter, on him, but she was unattractive and a wild party girl with a dating history that could fill a textbook.

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