Malnourished
"Daemon, that's your Uncle Pakison's daughter, Penny."
Kevin began to introduce her hurriedly. "She just returned from her studies in M Nation. She has two PhDs and is fluent in five languages. She's extremely skilled in many areas."
"Do you remember Penny, Daemon?" Gerard said with a chuckle. "You used to turn down the other kids who came to play with you, but you would always talk to Penny."
"I vaguely remember that, yes."
Daemon looked toward the stage and his cold, indifferent stare became one of admiration.
Derila began to feel a little bit unhappy. Before this, when Yela tried to flirt with Daemon, he hadn't even looked at her.
However, he seemed to feel differently toward this Penny girl.
"Penny just got back, so I wanted to get her into the company as soon as possible, " Gerard said. "I only have one daughter, after all. She's going to take over my place in the company one day. What do you think about that?"
"It's your position. You can decide what you want to do with it, " Daemon explained mildly.
"Well, it's courtesy to run it by you first." Gerard looked at his daughter with a proud gaze. "Penny is truly the apple of my eye. Apart from work, I do wish she would have a proper home to go to one day. Perhaps a family of her own."
Suddenly, he paused as if he had just remembered something and turned to look at Derila with an awkward smile. "Ah, I forgot that you already have a fiancée. Just forget I said anything."
Derila hadn't even wrapped her head around whatever Gerard had just said, but at the sight of his stare and his reaction, she could get a hint.
He obviously wanted to set his daughter up with Daemon.
"Penny is a fine young woman. She'll find her Romeo one day."
Daemon's answer didn't seem simply courteous or polite. Instead, it seemed as if he was being genuine.
"Has Daemon and Ms. Riri already gotten engaged?" Kevin asked. "I hadn't even heard about you two beforehand, much less the fact that she's now your fiancée."
Kevin smiled at Derila. In his head, he was thinking, She can't even understand me, so it doesn't matter.
"Yes. Don't let any random person take advantage of you, " Holliga cut in. "You just took over the Epea and Adrune market, so they probably hate your guts. That pastor might already have begun laying down his trap."
"You're really quite full of rubbish today, " Daemon said coldly as he glared at Holliga with a stare full of knives.
Holliga shrugged, finally falling silent.
The sound of the piano finally drifted to a close. Once the song finished, Penny took a graceful bow and began walking toward Daemon.
The spotlight shone on her and everyone in the room turned to stare.
"Hello, L. It's been awhile. Do you remember me?"
Penny automatically greeted Daemon in her honey-like voice.
"Of course, " Daemon said with a slight smile. "Nice to finally see you again."
"Yes, it is."
Penny stared at him admiringly and was about to speak when she spotted Derila next to him.
"This is…?"
"This is my fiancée." Daemon put an arm around Derila and introduced her in Ustranasion. "Her name is Riri."
Derila's heart surged with warmth and she smiled graciously.
"Ah." Penny was stunned. She hadn't known about Daemon's fiancée at all.
"Riri, this is Penny. She's Mr. Pakison's daughter, " Daemon introduced in Ustranasion.
"Ah, hello!" Derila greeted Penny.
"Hello, " Penny hurriedly replied, reaching out to shake Derila's hand.
Derila wasn't used to such a greeting, but she followed along nonetheless.
She couldn't help but glance at Penny and look her up and down, from her pretty face to her chest, waist and legs.
Then, she looked down at her own unassuming slopes.
She used to think she had quite a decent figure, but here in Erihal, she looked like a malnourished kid.
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