"Penny said you were coming, and I came."
Even polite remarks, he didn't intend to have any relationship with Penny.
Lavinia was delighted with Chris's awareness.
She followed Chris all the time, and Penny greeted the other guests and immediately came to Chris.
She carried a champagne glass and clinked it with Chris. "Chris, make yourself at home. Then, if you need anything, just call the waiter. You're welcome."
Penny was familiar with anyone's attitude. But when she talked to Chris, his eyes will become tender.
Lavinia just didn't like this feeling very much.
Why did Penny think Lavinia didn't care? Why did she act so close to other people's boyfriends in the presence of girlfriends?
"Penny, didn't you say you wouldn't return home for a lifetime? I don't say it in advance when I come back this time. How dare you still surprise us.."
David, Penny, and Chris Konev used to be classmates, and they played well. David said whatever he had, but he couldn't beat around the bush.
"It's not that I didn't have time to contact you, so I invited you to be a guest? Don't talk to me like that. I only told Chris at that time he came to take me over."
Penny would mention Chris all the time, and Lavinia was about to commit embarrassment.
To maintain a good image and make others think that she was generous, Lavinia stood gently aside and said nothing no matter what Penny said.
The classmates only thought that Chris was bringing a suitable female companion. Chris didn't introduce Lavinia to the people around him, and Lavinia didn't show any concern. Instead, those people talked more and more vigorously about Penny's feelings for Chris when he was studying.
"You see that you have broken up with that foreigner. We are not married yet, and we don't even have a girlfriend. Should you do something good and introduce some unmarried girls to our classmates?"
People like them who were almost thirty years old and didn't even have a girlfriend abound. There were many girls around Penny, so it's ok to introduce them to chat and know each other.
When it came to introducing girlfriends, all the men were getting excited. Only Chris stood aside and watched the men laugh. The men all stared at Chris with strange eyes.
"Chris, why don't you do something? I don't believe that you are not moved."
Chris raised his glass, gulped down the wine in it, took Lavinia's hand, and showed it to the people around him.
"It's not that I don't feel excited. It's that my heart had already belonged to someone. This is my girlfriend, Lavinia."
Because the introduction was too severe, those people were all stunned. They all thought that Lavinia was just a female companion. Now it turned out that she was his girlfriend.
When Penny heard that, her hand shook, and a lot of wine spilled in her glass.
"Chris, are you sure about that? I feel that Penny has returned to China because of you. For so many years, we have known Penny's feelings. Don't you see that at all?"
Because Lavinia was next to Chris, men were conscientious when talking. Lavinia didn't know what they were talking about, but Chris didn't look excellent.
"We are just classmates. Next time, I don't want to hear this similar thing again."
Chris stared at the man, and the man's palms were sweating.
It seemed that Chris's feelings for Lavinia were probably true.
"What are you talking about? Our classmates finally met and drank. Let's not get drunk today."
Penny raised her glass and clinked it with all the men present, except for Lavinia, who was deliberately trying to exclude Lavinia from their circle.
Penny was at least the host. She raised her glass, and everyone drank all the wine at hand, except Lavinia and Chris, whose glasses were still full.
"Chris, your cup is still full."
Penny said to Chris half-jokingly. Penny thought to herself that Chris should give some face in front of so many people. But she was wrong.
"My girlfriend will mind if I drink with other women. Forget it."
What?
Penny's eyes looked at Lavinia, and sure enough, every word Chris said had to look in the direction of Lavinia.
Penny was furious. Penny finally suppressed her anger and gave herself another cup of drink, which turned into white wine this time.
After she poured it for herself, she brought Lavinia another cup.
"Miss. Lavinia, we used to wonder how good a woman can be worthy of a man as good as Chris. After all these years, you are the first woman to conquer him. So I propose a toast to you, and we can be friends.."
Penny had a solid ability to take part in amusement. At least if it were Lavinia, she knew that the man she liked other women, and Lavinia would not take the initiative to toast her rival in love.
"Sorry, I can't drink."
She didn't pick up the glass handed over by Penny, and the whole person approached Chris a few minutes as if seeking a sense of security beside Chris.
Penny left one hand in the air, and it was awkward to take it back or put it down.
"It doesn't matter. You are so pure that you can't even drink wine. No wonder Chris likes you. He used to like the naive girls. "
Every word Penny said was hostile. But when other people heard those words, it would be another meaning.
"Miss Penny knows Chris so well. You must be best friends before. Thank you for taking care of and tolerating Chris all the time."
"As friends of Chris, you must be exhausted. If I share it in the future, you will be much better."
Lavinia fought back, saying that Chris was Lavinia's boyfriend and she wouldn't allow other women to know more about Chris.
What Lavinia had to do was to let Chris distinguish love from friendship.
"Don't say that. We have known each other for ten years. We know each other earlier than you. We know his character better."
Penny had to compete with Lavinia, even on the topic of who knew Chris first and who knew Chris better.
"Well, you know each other better."
Lavinia didn't argue with her anymore after saying that.
Knowing that Penny was hostile to her because of Chris, it was better for Penny to fantasize winning. Lavinia didn't care about that.