258 Penny's back

"Who's that?"

"Hmm?" Nina raised her head to the well-dressed man beside her. "Oh, you mean her?"

She glanced back at the window and smiled, before refocusing her attention on her fiancé. "That's Penny."

"That's Penny?"

"Mhm! She's changed a lot, hasn't she?" Nina chuckled. "I'm working on her office

about that?"

- did I tell your

"No, but Penny's back?" The man tilted his head, more interested in Nina's cousin than her current project.

Nina blinked and nodded. "Mhm."

"Since when?"

"Since... not long ago...?" Nina furrowed her brows. "Finn, why are you asking?"

Finn smiled gently. "Just curious. She was quite popular back at Summit Academy."

"Well, yeah. Haha." Nina chuckled. "I remember everyone wearing accessories with her face on them. You were even part of her fan club, right?"

"Yes. Does she still remember me?"

"I'm not sure," Nina sighed, thinking Penny's interests had always been different.

Nina had already shared many details about her personal life with Penny, yet Penny would often ask about things Nina had already told her. It didn't bother Nina, but she wasn't sure if Penny would remember someone like Finn.

shrug. "After all, you used

and couldn't help

you looking at me like that?" She pouted. "Is there

you and you're

with the back of his

his hand.

I wasn'taway that

shoulder, sliding her fingers with his. "I really missed you. And next time, please come out and at least greet Mom and Aunt. Their opinion of you means a lot to

"Next time."

on him. "I missed you too," he said softly, glancing towards

source of light was a desk lamp, casting a dim glow over a mountain of paperwork. Ray sighed for the umpteenth

of his stubborn cousin. "He always worries

Ray's family wasn't directly involved with the

a side. The older they got, the more serious things became

to anyone in the Pierson Family. Worse things

the best, he muttered, cupping his face. in frustration. "If I can tell that, I'm sure others too. I should've just pursued a business career instead of

cousin. Ray had always been close enough to the Pierson Family to care, but far enough to avoid getting involved

a sad way

influence the family

a knock on the door broke his thoughts. He looked up and

styled hair. Only Finn had such a

stepped inside, the strong scent of his cologne immediately. hitting Ray's sensitive

across from the desk. "My perfume isn't strong; your nose is just

I have a sensitive nose,

a hurry. I came straight from the airport, then went to pick up Nina." "Wow... If Ray wasn't pinching his nose, he would've clapped for the fiancé of the year. "Isn't that what you

was surprising that Nina and Finn ended up together, considering Finn had been engaged to Cassandra almost his entire life. But life had its way of twisting people's fates. Regardless of

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