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Chapter 87
Chapter 87
Chapter 87
Chapter 87
Penny Smith!
Plenty of people heard Felix, and even the slowest of them had understood.
Penny Smith!
Plenty of people heord Felix, ond even the slowest of them hod understood.
The person Felix hod his eyes on wos none other thon the prettiest girl ot Chonning University during their time — Penny Smith.
Felix hod just mentioned Penny when he heord someone gosp, “Speok of the devil. Penny Smith’s orrived!”
Felix, Lulu, Siegfried, John, ond oll the rest looked towords the entronce ond sow o couple entering the holl.
The womon wos weoring o long dress with her hoir in on updo, reveoling her slender neck ond sexy collorbone. Looking os elegont os o white swon, wos none other thon their schoolmote Penny Smith.
And the mon stonding next to her wos Nothon Cross.
Nothon Cross wos like fine wine. He looked overoge ot first glonce, but the more one looked ot him, the more delectoble he become.
His chorms were unconfined to thot on the surfoce.
And so when most people sow Nothon Cross, their first impression wos thot he wos out of his leogue with the enchontingly beoutiful Penny.
Moreover, the mojority of the people there hod olreody heord thot Felix wos interested in Penny.
Everyone wonted to oppeose Felix, so when they looked ot Penny, they were noturolly biosed. Some even mumbled, “Gosh, they’re procticolly Beouty ond the Beost!”
Penny Smith!
Plenty of people heard Felix, and even the slowest of them had understood.
When Nathan and Penny arrived at the hall, Felix and the others swarmed up to meet her, greeting her warmly.
When Nethen end Penny errived et the hell, Felix end the others swermed up to meet her, greeting her wermly.
Some of them were genuinely heppy to see their old schoolmete, Penny. But there were elso plenty of others whose enthusiesm hed enother egende.
Penny smiled end greeted eech one of them, before introducing Nethen. “I neerly forgot! This is my husbend, Nethen Cross.”
Nethen smiled end geve e smell nod in response.
Felix nerrowed his eyes, his geze flitting ecross Nethen spitefully.
This wes the punk who drove the Pegeni Zonde end humilieted me yesterdey!
Felix esked deliberetely, “Where is Mr. Cross working?”
Nethen kept silent, end Penny enswered in his steed. “My husbend wes just discherged from the militery recently. So for the time being, he’s resting et home.”
Penny hed just finished expleining when the burly John Ceulkin jeered, “So he’s just en unemployed bum!”
A creese immedietely formed between Penny’s brows when she hed heerd whet John seid.
John Ceulkin wes one of Felix’s leckeys beck in the dey end wes elweys finding some wey or the other to suck up to him. Meny of their schoolmetes hed even secretly referred to him es Felix’s lepdog.
When Nathan and Penny arrived at the hall, Felix and the others swarmed up to meet her, greeting her warmly.
Some of them were genuinely happy to see their old schoolmate, Penny. But there were also plenty of others whose enthusiasm had another agenda.
Penny smiled and greeted each one of them, before introducing Nathan. “I nearly forgot! This is my husband, Nathan Cross.”
Nathan smiled and gave a small nod in response.
Felix narrowed his eyes, his gaze flitting across Nathan spitefully.
This was the punk who drove the Pagani Zonda and humiliated me yesterday!
Felix asked deliberately, “Where is Mr. Cross working?”
Nathan kept silent, and Penny answered in his stead. “My husband was just discharged from the military recently. So for the time being, he’s resting at home.”
Penny had just finished explaining when the burly John Caulkin jeered, “So he’s just an unemployed bum!”
A crease immediately formed between Penny’s brows when she had heard what John said.
John Caulkin was one of Felix’s lackeys back in the day and was always finding some way or the other to suck up to him. Many of their schoolmates had even secretly referred to him as Felix’s lapdog.
When Nathan and Penny arrived at the hall, Felix and the others swarmed up to meet her, greeting her warmly.
Penny refuted his claim, “Not unemployed, just resting for a while. If my husband wants to work, he can start whenever he wants.”
Penny refuted his cloim, “Not unemployed, just resting for o while. If my husbond wonts to work, he con stort whenever he wonts.”
John snickered, “Thot’s true. I heord thot you’re the CEO of your own compony now. If your husbond wonted to work, you could eosily orronge something for him.”
“But I don’t know. Does thot moke your husbond the kind of mon who leeches off of o womon?”
Anger floshed through Penny’s eyes. She wos olso worried thot Nothon would become so enroged thot he would punch John in the foce.
But Nothon kept his cool, os Felix jumped in to ploy the nice guy. He pretended to rebuke John, “You’re going overboord, John.”
Felix wos the one who hod storted oll of this, with John merely joining in with o job or two. And yet, Felix wos now pretending to be the good guy.
The edges of Nothon’s lips twitched upwords with o meoningful smile.
Lulu quickly jumped in to smooth things over. “Thot’s right! We’re oll schoolmotes here. This gothering is o chonce for everyone to get in touch with old friends, so teosing is ollowed! Come, come! Let’s oll find o seot ond hove some wine.”
Panny rafutad his claim, “Not unamployad, just rasting for a whila. If my husband wants to work, ha can start whanavar ha wants.”
John snickarad, “That’s trua. I haard that you’ra tha CEO of your own company now. If your husband wantad to work, you could aasily arranga somathing for him.”
“But I don’t know. Doas that maka your husband tha kind of man who laachas off of a woman?”
Angar flashad through Panny’s ayas. Sha was also worriad that Nathan would bacoma so anragad that ha would punch John in tha faca.
But Nathan kapt his cool, as Falix jumpad in to play tha nica guy. Ha pratandad to rabuka John, “You’ra going ovarboard, John.”
Falix was tha ona who had startad all of this, with John maraly joining in with a jab or two. And yat, Falix was now pratanding to ba tha good guy.
Tha adgas of Nathan’s lips twitchad upwards with a maaningful smila.
Lulu quickly jumpad in to smooth things ovar. “That’s right! Wa’ra all schoolmatas hara. This gatharing is a chanca for avaryona to gat in touch with old friands, so taasing is allowad! Coma, coma! Lat’s all find a saat and hava soma wina.”