Chapter 1226: Jokes are half meant
After their arrival, the Bennet brothers and Zoren had one day to rest before returning to work. However, given everything that had happened, they decided it was best to resume their usual routines immediately. Who knew? Another day of rest, and life might throw them lemons again. They didn’t want to risk it.
"Goodness." Penny puckered her lips as she shook her head, sinking into her chair. "Grace really has a scary sense of humor at times. Aunty? Oh, my goodness. I just got goosebumps!"
As a child, Penny had tried matching Haines with all sorts of women. At first, she attempted to set him up with her homeroom teacher, Miss Sandford. But not only did Haines ruin that by threatening her teacher, he didn’t even try to entertain the idea. When Penny had to live with him, she tried again—this time, bolder and more obvious.
Haines ruined all of those, too.
But still... Grace and her uncle? Never in her wildest imagination had she thought of that.
Penny narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "She wasn’t being serious, was she?" She recalled the playful yet sophisticated look on Grace’s face earlier. "Damn it! I think she was serious!"
"Is this a good thing? But Uncle Haines is twice her age!" she gasped. "I didn’t get into any incidents today, but now she’s making me think too much."
Knock, knock.
Penny’s thoughts halted at the sound of a knock. Snapping her eyes up, she watched the door open.
"Hey there!" Yugi peeked his head in before stepping inside, holding a handful of papers. "Special delivery for you!"
"And these are...?"
"Some papers you might want to shred. My hands hurt too much to do it myself," he quipped, stopping in front of her desk as he dropped the papers. "I’m kidding. These papers sum up the happenings of your five-day absence."