Chapter 199

At 7 p.m., the sky over Northfield wasn’t completely dark yet. The horizon where it met the ocean was a deep shade of blue, like a beautiful, mysterious sapphire.

On the beach.

A 20–meter–long table was full of all kinds of goodies, with a BBQ and buffet area on one side.

Lucian’s invited friends were arriving and taking their seats, among them were hotshots from the business world and celebs from the entertainment industry.

At this moment, everyone was dressed to the nines, chit–chatting and goofing around.

Penelope picked up a glass of champagne in front of her and took a sip Lucian glanced at her and reminded her, “Don’t drink too much”

Vivian teased, “Penelope, you are so lucky, Lucian treats you like a queen.”

Susan chimed in, “Yes, Penelope, we’re all green with envy that you landed such a great fiancée”

Under the sea breeze, Penelope’s cheeks turned a slight pink. She shyly glanced at Lucian, who gave her hand a gentle pat..

At this point, Jason looked at his watch. It was already half past seven. He was about to leave when Kamilla stopped him and asked, “Where are you off to?”

“I’m going to check on Allison; she’s taking forever”

“Just give her a call, I bet you’re just using this as an excuse to go see her Jason passed Kamilla a piece of cake and asked, “Here, have this He didn’t feel awkward being called out, everyone in the Lindbergh family knew he had a thing for Allison. Kamilla took a bite of the cake and chatted with friends nearby. She started to feel a bit bored. Aidan, who had mobility issues, didn’t make it to the party. He wasn’t really into these shindigs But Aidan promised to go on a trip with her, and that made Kamilla pretty excited.

She took out her phone, adjusted the filter, and snapped some selfies to send to Aidan. But after waiting for a while, there was no reply, and Kamilla felt a bit down.

“Let’s play a game Since we’re all friends here, why do play something fun? I have a deck of cards here. I’ll put a pair of Ace of Hearts in it. Anyone who draws them will have to kiss for two minutes. How about it?”

“Wow, that’s quite a spicy game.”

“Indeed.”

“That’s exactly what we need–a spicy game. This plain party is too dull, I’m all for this game!”

Most of them were young folks, so the majority agreed.

Nathalie cleared the table and took out a special deck of cards from her bag. Everyone started drawing, most participated; only a few were too chicken due to the spiciness of the game. But eventually, they joined in too. Soon all the cards were drawn, leaving only one on the table.

“There’s one left, someone pointed out.

“Where’s Jason? Let’s leave it for him.”

“Jason went to find Allison.”

With one card left, the game couldn’t go on. Someone suggested, “Should we just ditch this one?”

“But what if this is the crucial card?”

Just as they were debating, someone looked up and saw a light blue figure slowly approaching, and she immediately shouted.

“Hey someone’s coming!”

Everyone looked in that direction.

As the figure got closer, a socialite whispered, ‘She looks a bit like Penelope.”

“She does, but I prefer her look, a guy responded, and then asked the person next to him, “Who is she? She’s gorgeous. How come I’ve never seen her before?”