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Despite the buzz the bet created, Penny quickly moved on from it. It was not that she didn't understand how big of a deal that bet was, she simply couldn't care less.

Penny sat on her seat and happily took off her bag when suddenly, a small present landed on her desk.

"Huh?"

Looking up, she saw Patricia towering over her with a sweet smile. "It's my little peace offering."

י

"..." Penny skeptically gazed at the small box wrapped beautifully with a pink ribbon. 'Is this a glitter bomb?"

"I know we started on the wrong foot, but I chose to forgive you," Patricia magnanimously expressed.

"But I hadn't forgiven myself." Sarcasm laced Penny's voice, but

Patricia didn't get it.

"It's alright. I forgave you. It doesn't matter anymore." Patricia grinned. "Are we okay now?"

Penny gazed down at the little present and then up at the pretty young miss. Truthfully, Penny already knew this girl was trouble. This little act reminded her of how Nina befriended the naive young Penny in her first life.

"Okay." She nodded but then slid the gift back to Patricia. "I don't like gifts."

"But you hadn't opened it yet!" Patricia frowned. "You don't know if

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you like it or not."

"It's okay. I don't like gifts and surprises in general."

to Penny. "It's rude when someone gives you a present

"But I don't have the money to buy

fine! Don't worry. I get tons of gifts every

"You do?"

With this topic brought up, Patricia happily slid beside Penny. "Whenever my dad meets his business partners or some other people, they always bring gifts! They know my

start!"

head. "So, does this mean you only picked up one of the gifts to give

on her chest and scoffed, very much offended by that question. "Do you

Yes.

especially gifts from my parents. I cherish them so much because I know they

agree to be your friend?' Penny faintly clicked her

gifting me back. I

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taste."

to the point, Penny eventually started giving her more attention. Patricia might be bragging, but she was mentioning a lot of business people they were connected with,

your family is the Miller

chin and proudly

1

Penny nodded

market flow. Although she already knew where to invest and placed a portion of her money in them,

the business news recently. Now, Penny realized Patricia might be a sneaky

important pieces of information without realizing it. 2 'She might be very useful,'Penny mentally nodded. 'I probably didn't

in mind, Penny

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when she remembered

at the proud

and the Bennet's...' to the point, she would also blurt out bits and pieces of important

the adult Penny are smart, capable, and cunning individuals. All they needed to hear

chit-chat. "But I don't think you should be saying all of those things to other people. They

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