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?"

becoming a

and wiggling his brows as he signaled her to hand over the bottle. When she passed it to him,

cupping her face as she began telling Jonathan about her day. When he was

was there? I didn't

Cousin...

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

her. He trusted her with such a big secret, and yet here she was, wavering just because she had lunch

a trend back then, and according to Ray, some of the activities the fan club used to do became traditions in the school. It helped shift students' foéus and

the wine between them. "How interesting. I guess this... Penelope Bennet is an amazing

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

it," he suggested, offering her a glass. "Since you're taking me along, isn't it better to know

She focused mostly on the fan club's activities and some of Ray's antics

club," Cassandra added. "It was when Penny threw a flowerpot at Ray, thinking that one of his

the edge of the bar counter. "Someone almost

assumed

at the scene. You 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.

Jonathan's mouth formed an 'o' shape. "That's unheard

for her to keep her private

He smiled. "You're right."

tell anyone about

Who would I tell?" Jonathan tilted his head slightly, smiling. "But that's very... surprising, especially considering

her throat, taking another sip of wine, her cheeks turning a little pink. "Nina

at the time,