Because Owen Moreland simply didn't care, the Griffins naturally couldn't save face to talk about it, and the Morelands, considering the Griffins' dignity and feeling somewhat guilty, wouldn't talk about it either.
James Brown curled his lip and said, "My aunt told me."
James Brown somehow managed to sweet-talk Wendy Jones into submission, to the point where she hardly kept anything from him.
Jocelyn Griffin didn't continue the topic and changed the subject, "Don't do that sort of thing again in the future, if because of you, he starts to dislike me, I'll never bother with you again!"
She was not Serene Abel.
Serene Abel, out of jealousy, would make impulsive and extreme moves that only served to push the person she liked further away.
Once a man grew to dislike a woman, that woman would never have the chance to enter his heart again.
Even if she couldn't make him fall in love with her, at the very least, she should not make him despise her.