Chapter 45

Penelope was already out of the hospital before Lucian came back.

Her allergy was completely gone, leaving no traces on her body or face.

A black sedan pulled up at the Flanagan family’s front door. As Penelope descended the stairs, Leah hugged her tightly, “Let me look at you. You’re okay, thank god. You had me worried sick.”

“Mum, I promise I won’t mess around anymore.”

Nearby, Christopher called Penelope into the study and sternly said, “Enough of this. Best to keep your temper in check around the Lindbergs. Allison helped you out this time, and you should thank her properly”

“I hear you, Dad, Penelope said, though she didn’t take his words to heart.

Christopher shook his head helplessly, knowing she had not taken his words seriously. “Penelope, now that you’re engaged to Lucian, you can’t embarrass the Flanagans or the Lindbergs. It’s time to cut ties with any past inappropriate relationships.”

by Leah, dating in Junior high school and in high school, he discovered her with

little guilty. She had been with Pete at the hospital just a

boundaries. I won’t do anything I shouldn’t. Don’t worry, she said, sounding a bit wronged and her eyes reddening.

and he sighed, “I’m just looking out for you. The Lindbergs are not like us; you

but her resentment was

her and Pete, she suddenly remembered what Pete had said.

been with Lucian for so long that they

this, but Penelope’s reminder made her

all, that’s how Grace almost got with

were pregnant with Lucian’s child, she would use it against her and Penelope. After all, who wouldn’t want to be the Lindberg family’s daughter–in–law? Allison, as a maid, would not pass up such

tightly, reassuringly saying, “Don’t worry, I’ll handle this.”

hospital, Allison came home in the evening. As soon as she opened the door, she

woke up, she found herself in

did you say? Could you repeat that,

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