((( Jasmin POV's )))
I shrugged my head in disapproval. "You're joking."
"Do I look like it?"
"You don't look like a clown but damn, you have a talent to be one," I spat in annoyance. "What did you even saw in me? I'm not even beautiful!"
"You are! I was in fact, blinded by your dazzling beauty," I frowned at his clichéd pickup line. It was so cheesy I wanted to puke again right now to turn him off. I always hated awkward moments like this.
"Clarita's boyfriend?!" Ma excitedly spoke when she emerged from her room.
"Her suitor," Derick answered.
Ma's eyes widened like golden coins as she smelled our family's chance of getting out of poverty. As expected, she was ready to sell me off. "You are Governor Brundon's son, right? How affectionate of you to even go the slums just to meet my daughter!"
"I am," Derick smiled.
"Here's your juice Derick," Nadine interrupted when she came back with a glass of orange drink.
