Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

Chapter 855: sharpened into weapons.

Dean might be Cassandra's first love, but it was too complicated now. Kiara had a point, after all. Just because she had lunch with Dean didn't mean she had to change everything about her. Moreover, Dean didn't specifically tell her he was interested in her as a woman; he only said he was interested.

Cassandra knew it all.

Even so, she found herself searching for reasons and justifications for why she shouldn't waver. Standing in front of Jonathan's villa, she took a deep breath and exhaled.

Ding Dong!

Cassandra straightened her back and watched as the front door opened. The moment she saw Jonathan inside, she raised the bottle of wine in her hand with a smile.

"Wine?" she suggested, watching his mouth curl into a wide grin.

Jonathan slowly opened the door wider and stepped aside. She entered, and he carefully closed the door behind her.

"You didn't tell me you'd be stopping by tonight," he remarked, following her into the bar as she made herself comfortable.

Cassandra chuckled and glanced at him playfully. "I was planning to surprise you. It wouldn't be a surprise if I told you, right?"

"Right... Did something good happen today?"

"Hmm. Let me think..." she hummed a long tune, stopping at the bar counter of his home. "...I got to see some old friends today!"

"Oh." Jonathan nodded and walked to the bar, standing across from her. He quickly grabbed two wine glasses and placed them between them. "It almost slipped my mind that you picked up the reunion tickets today."

"I did," Cassandra grinned. "I know you find it weird that they're giving out tickets as if we were picking up our bibs for a marathon, but Lily's always been like that." "Lily is a lot younger than you?"

end up becoming a politician. But she went into business instead, though I guess she was the only one who could inherit her

hand over the bottle. When she passed it to him, he pulled out the cork and opened it. "Tell

down on the stool, cupping her face as she began telling Jonathan

there? I didn't know he

Cousin...

Cassandra hesitated, remembering one of the reasons she'd been so distressed today. She hadn't told Kiara about it, because this was Jonathan's secret for now. Until

was what she meant when she said Jonathan had always been honest with her. He trusted her with such a big secret, and yet here she was, wavering just because she had lunch with her first

keeping her response short. "I mean, almost everyone was part of the fan club. It actually became a trend back then, and

nodded. "I see..." He paused, lowering his gaze to the wine between them. "How interesting. I guess this... Penelope Bennet is an amazing

that, she's very cute," Cassandra chuckled. "At least,

offering her a glass. "Since you're taking me

accepted the wine and grinned, taking a sip before diving into the story. She focused mostly on the fan

I recall that scared all of us. This was before the fan club," Cassandra added. "It was when

he leaned on the edge of the bar

Everyone assumed

know, back then, fan clubs had aft these merch, and Ray had one Cassandra huffed, looking at him as if wondering if she should continue. "This is a secret, Joe. Don't mention it at the reunion, but the culprit was actually Penny's... sister. Well, they weren't actually sisters. Penny and Nina were swapped as babies, so to make a long story short, Penny was raised by Nina's family while

Jonathan's mouth formed an 'o' shape.

a security firm, so it's natural for her to keep her private life

He smiled. "You're right."

anyone about

Jonathan tilted his head slightly, smiling. "But that's very... surprising, especially considering you were so young

one more thing." Cassandra cleared her throat, taking another sip of wine, her

friend at the