Chapter 775
Chapter 776
With the Bucham family’s extensive network, Josh was well-informed about her family history, tracing back eighteen generations. He even knew how many children her grandmother had and how many survived to adulthood—details that Jasmine herself was unaware of.
All she knew was that her father had four siblings and thought her grandparents had five children.
During a conversation, she was taken aback when Josh mentioned that her father actually had eight siblings. It turned out that only five had reached adulthood; the other four had died in infancy.
Jasmine was left speechless.
When she returned home and asked her father, he was also unaware of this. It was only when she inquired with her grandmother that the truth came to light.
Her grandmother explained that in the past, due to poor living conditions, many families had numerous children, but sadly, it was common for at least one child to not survive.
Curious, her grandmother asked how Jasmine had come to know this information.
She revealed that her first four children had not survived, while the latter five lived to adulthood.
This was why even her father had been oblivious to the loss of four siblings before him.
This revelation made Jasmine realize just how powerful and formidable the Buchams truly were.
As she had told Serenity, she was an open book to Josh—there were no secrets between them.
Conversely, she felt completely in the dark about Josh.
This disparity left her feeling not only uneasy but also frightened—frightened by Josh and the influence of the Bucham family.
Consequently, she liked Josh but hesitated to accept his advances right away. She thought to herself, ‘I need to learn more about him first p>
be willing to wait until you truly feel like you know me well enough to become my girlfriend. I’m even prepared to wait until you are ready to marry me and be my wife.
“But Jasmine, could you explain why you’re so opposed to becoming my girlfriend right now? You could get to know me better during the dating phase as well p>
Jasmine paused for a moment before responding, “Mr. Bucham, I’m fearful of your family and its influence. The Buchams have always been enigmatic, and no one has ever truly understood you. You seem capable of uncovering anything you wish to know.
“Before our blind date, you were aware of it, so you investigated everything you could about my family, didn’t you?
“I feel like I have no secrets to share with you. I hope you can refrain from using your family’s power to monitor me and that you can interact with me like a regular person. Please allow me some freedom and keep some secrets of my own. When you’re with me, I want you to just be Josh, not Josh Bucham of the Bucham family. Can you do that p>
Josh was merely the nephew of the head of the Bucham family, yet he already seemed imposing.
How much more intimidating would the heir of the Buchams be?
Jasmine thought that whoever the heir fell in love with would be quite unfortunate.
No one wanted to feel completely exposed by someone else while knowing nothing about them in return.
Josh fell silent.
His only desire was to learn more about her.
That was the sole reason he utilized his family’s network to gather information about her family.
This was the first time he had wanted to get close to a girl; he had researched her thoroughly, even more meticulously than when he assisted Zachary with an investigation. He had uncovered everything about Jasmine and her family, both big and small.
Typically, he would have
You continue to pretend in front of Jasmine. Unfortunately, he had a tendency to speak without thinking and often revealed too much. It was only after he had let something slip that he would realize it was inappropriate. Perhaps that was why the sensitive Jasmine felt repelled by him. He understood that Jasmine did have feelings for him, so why was she reluctant to be his girlfriend? The answer became clear: he knew too much.