Chapter Twenty-Nine
Jia kept her arm around Erik’s as they wandered the edge of the thick crowd.
Men in tuxedos and women in elegant gowns choked the room.
Her parents’ cavern of a living room normally swallowed mere humans who dared enter its domain. However, with the crowd of people chatting, laughing, and drinking, the room was easily defeated.
Aggressive air conditioning mercifully kept the heat from becoming oppressive, but Jia was still surprised her mother hadn’t rented somewhere larger.
The size of the room destroyed any intimacy the affair might otherwise have had. That made sense. There were three types of Lan Lin parties. The first type was small, intimate affairs designed to foster better relationships between close friends and relatives.
The second type was large, calm e
