Married at First Sight (Serenity and Zachary) novel Chapter 4549

Chapter 4549 
After what happened—and especially since it happened with her nemesis—Romina was genuinely shaken. 
She didn’t dare get drunk again. 
Even if she ever drank, she’d have to control her intake. After all, too much alcohol could damage her health. 
Grandpa Lafond said, “After lunch, if your headache’s not too bad, you should set up a meeting with Maddox. He really helped you last night. If he hadn’t stepped in and contained the situation, everyone would be gossiping about it today. Maddox is a good kid—I’ve always thought highly of him. But I’ve noticed you never really had feelings for him. He didn’t seem to feel anything deeper for you either. You met once on a blind date and didn’t follow up. Now you’re meeting again, and it’s going nowhere. 
Romina, you’re almost thirty. You need to start thinking seriously about your future. If you’re too busy to focus on your personal life, then I’ll take away a few of the roles you’re juggling and give you time to relax—like other girls your age, going shopping, eating out, catching movies with a boyfriend.” 
Romina quickly said, “Grandpa, please don’t take away any of my positions. I can handle everything. It’s not that I’m not thinking about settling down—I am. If you want me to go on a blind date, I’ll go. If you want me to invite someone to dinner, I’ll do that too. I just haven’t met someone who makes me want to give up being single. What can I do? Marriage is for life. I want to marry someone I truly like, and who likes me back. 
Only then will I be happy—just like my parents. After all these years, their relationship is still as sweet as when they first fell in love. As their daughter, I really envy that.” 

Mrs. Lafond immediately linked arms with her husband and smiled warmly. “Of course. Your father has treated me like his first love for decades. We’re still just as close as we were back then.” 
The family headed into the dining hall and took their seats at the table. 
The servants started serving food. 
There were only four people dining, so the meal was simple—just four dishes and a soup— one favorite dish for each of them. 
Meanwhile, River left the Lafond residence and rode home with his sister-in-law. 
On the way, Serenity asked, “River, are you really going to just let Romina go? I thought you were serious about forcing her to marry you.” 
River replied, “Sister-in-law, like you said, it would’ve been forced. Can anyone really be happy in a forced marriage? That never works. I only asked you to go with me to ‘propose’ because I wanted to irritate Romina, not to seriously propose. If I was really going to propose, I wouldn’t rush into it. I’d prepare a generous dowry, and my parents would definitely be involved. 
You didn’t see her face—it was priceless. She was totally thrown off. She was so passive, and I was completely in control.” 
Serenity laughed. “You’re definitely a little into her. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have gone through all that trouble.” 
“No way. I don’t like her. I just wanted payback. She called me her husband in front of people, made it look like we were a couple—why can’t I mess with her the same way? Her family probably thinks I’m seriously interested now.” 
Serenity said, “…If you won’t admit it or even recognize it yourself, there’s nothing I can do. But as long as I’m still in Eaglioncile, you better call me when you pull something like that again. I can’t miss a good show.”