Chapter: 749

Newly addicted to mini-series, Alice quickly suggested a challenge.

"Deliver three cheesy pick-up lines in under a minute."

Susanna's mind raced into action.

“Listen, the first one.

Do you have a name, or can I call you mine?"

After a pause, she said the second one, “Are you a magician? Every time I look at you, everyone else disappears."

With a confident smile, she said, “Are you made of copper and tellurium? Because you're Cu-Te."

Laughter exploded around the room.

Joanna clutched her stomach, laughter overwhelming her. "Susanna, where do you come up with these? Have you been studying cheesy lines?"

As laughter warmed the room, Norah massaged her cheeks, sore from smiling.

"I didn't think you'd manage it, Susanna, haha!"

Alice watched, amused by their reactions. "I had a hunch Susanna would pull it off."

Those lines had popped up on Susanna‘s phone.

Blushing, Susanna admitted shyly, “They just popped into my head."

Her recent binge-watching of flirtation and romance videos to aid her brother's courtship of Norah had equipped her well, perhaps too well.

“Alright, let me give it a spin-yay, it's Joanna!"

Susanna's eyes twinkled with mischief. “Truth or dare?"

Joanna didn't hesitate. “Truth.”

Susanna leaned in, curious. "If you could peek into the future, what's the one thing you'd least want to encounter?"

Joanna paused, considering the gravity of the question. She finally replied with a light-hearted groan, "I definitely wouldn't want to catch a glimpse of myself walking down the aisle! Can you imagine?

Married with kids? That would drive me insane!"

Joanna's firm stance on staying single was reinforced by the tales of woe she had heard from Alice about love gone wrong, and from Norah about the trials of matrimony. She cherished her freedom more with each passing day.

Any brief image of Duncan that dared to surface was promptly dismissed.

Her perspective on relationships was met with enthusiastic nods from both Susanna and Alice, who had come to a mutual agreement on the dubious nature of men.