Chapter 440


    Chapter 440


    Meanwhile, when he realized that he had to pretend to be in love with Hesper, Pennleigh frowned and


    looked at Hesper. “Do you think he would believe us? Why would you fall for me?”


    “It’s simple. I was in distress and you helped.” Hesper was determined to make Rickard Jealous; it


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    didn’t matter if he believed them. “You don’t have to say anything. All you need to do is pretend to be


    loving. He’s not going to ask us about our rtionship in front of everyone here. You’re the host and


    he’s a guest.”


    “Um… alright.” Pennleigh leaned closer, his light grey eyes smiling as he looked at her. “How do we


    pretend to be loving?”


    ‘He’s gotten into character very quickly,’ Hesper thought.


    When Rickard and Petruchio walked down the stairs, they saw Pennleigh and Hesper standing very


    close to each other. Pennleigh saw them, raised his brows, and leaned even closer to her.


    Rickard didn’t buy the childish act because he knew Hesper had loved him for years and wouldn’t be


    interested in a young man like him. However, one second after that, Hesper raised her hand and


    yed with the back of Pennleigh’s head.


    Even though Rickard still didn’t believe that she would fall for someone else, he felt a pang in his heart.


    “That’s my son, Pennleigh. I don’t think you’ve met.”


    Petruchio walked behind him and saw Rickard looking toward the couple. He paused, then continued.


    “I don’t know who the woman next to him is… However, I heard that he was going to bring his girlfriend


    over today, so I’m guessing that’s her.”


    Rickard cleared his throat, looked away, and pretended nothing happened. “Have they been together


    for long? They look… close.”


    Petruchio was curious because Rickard sounded jealous. However, he heard that Rickard’s first love


    just got engaged recently, so seeing the couple might have triggered some feelings in his


    heart.


    He didn’t know that Mr. Duval was a love-sick man…


    Petruchio sighed. “I heard my wife say that they’ve been together for around half a year. She loves the


    young woman. I heard that she works at Penn’spany and brought in quite a profit. She’s a good


    woman.”


    Around half a year? That was soon after Hesper got to Fredonia.


    Pennleigh pulled back and beamed. “How did you know that Rickard wasing down? You didn’t


    even turn around and see his expression. He didn’t look very happy. Does he still have feelings for


    you?”


    Hesper lowered her gaze, so she didn’t see the curiosity in Pennleigh’s eyes. “Don’t overthink it. If we


    still had feelings for each other, we wouldn’t be where we are now. I have no feelings for him


    anymore.”


    Hesper couldn’t see, Rickard’s face grew dark as he sat down next to Petruchio.


    than Rickard, Aelinor kept her eyes on each and every move of the couple too. Seeing how they were


    acting so intimately as if no one else was around, she clenched her jaw so hard her guma almost bled.


    How was Hesper better than her?


    She


    grew up with Pennleigh, so how could someone who knew him so recently manage to take him away?


    “We rarely have so many guests here. Even Penn doesn’te home often,” Petruchio said. Hesper


    looked up. Pennleigh was right; Petruchio really did look very kind.