Chapter 118 Ulterior Motives

Penny patted the back of her hand. “I was joking. What a fright that gave you!”

“You’ve always been a joker, Penny.” Cordelia heaved a sigh of relief.

However, Emrys did not think so.

He could sense the lust in Penny’s gaze at him. Fiery and carnal, she looked like she wanted him all to her own.

Emrys was not thinking highly of himself. That was simply a particular proclivity of many rich

women.

It appears that having an in

and caught someone’s

I shouldn’t have come out barely dressed. Now I’ve

chatting in the living room

things they talked about was Penny’s boyfriend back in university. Deeply in love and

asked her why they ended

Penny

did not think it strange, as she had only asked it out of curiosity. When Penny did not seem eager to talk about

Before leaving, she gave Emrys another meaningful

plainly conveyed her desire to

Emrys shuddered.

asked, “What was she doing

failed to dress decently, and you’re blaming her for taking an interest in

awkward laugh. He knew Cordelia must have misunderstood

Gage Group, so she offered to set

“I see.”

did not tell her what he was really

The night went by.

Apricot Hall the following day. “How goes the practice on the Needle

respectfully. “I’m almost there, Master Lund. Another week

the Needle of Ninth Revival, I

“Thank you,

one another was interesting: Emrys called Duncan “Mr. Rodriguez,” while Duncan called him “Master Lund.” Each was known to the other in

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