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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."

take it." Patricia slid the gift back to Penny. "It's rude when someone

I don't have the money

get tons of gifts every

"You do?"

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 dad treasures me

start!"

does this mean you only picked

much offended by that question. "Do you think I'm like

Yes.

I cherish them so much because I know they worked hard for it, alright? And this gift is something I bought yesterday for my new

when did I agree to be your

back.

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taste."

the truth. She let Patricia prattle on and on 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, or some who were simply trying to start a relationship with

said your family

chin and proudly said, "Yes,

1

nodded

to invest and placed a portion of her money in them, she was holding some extra funds for a quick way

they had been causing headlines in the business news recently. Now, Penny realized Patricia might be a sneaky little. devil, but she was so proud of

closed, 'Penny thought because, at this point, Patricia was giving out important pieces of information without realizing it. 2 'She might be very useful,'Penny mentally nodded. 'I probably didn't need to invest

in mind, Penny was pleased.

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short-lived when she remembered

at the proud and naive

I was also proud of my brothers and

but the people surrounding the adult Penny are smart, capable, and cunning individuals. All they needed to hear was one word, and

know," Penny blurted out, stopping Patricia's nonstop chit-chat. "But I don't think you should be saying