After a long day of playing outside, the three returned to the Daniels Estate. On the way to the estate, Penny, who had developed some dislike towards Diamond due to Gracelynn’s closeness to her, suddenly brought up a topic, a scheme she came up with after fearing for the unknown.

"Diamond, you talked about your boyfriend earlier. Do you think that it’s possible to invite him over for dinner? That way we can also meet him, and since he stays here, perhaps, my husband can keep an eye on him and lend a help when in trouble," Penny softly suggested, her tone tinged with generosity and desire to meet Gael and make friends.

Diamond didn’t notice anything, but was actually moved by Penny’s words.

Gael should be done with work by now, and without her meeting Russ, she wouldn’t be able to return to him anytime soon. Which means her boyfriend will be all by himself which was starting to make her heart ache at the thought of it. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

What Penny has suggested sounded pretty good. After all, it wasn’t all about dinner, but also making acquaintances. Although Gael was planning to return to the country around December to January, there were still months until that time comes.

No one can be certain that they can be safe all the time. So having Gael have a backer to help him in times of need when she wasn’t there wouldn’t be so bad. With that in mind, she looked at Penny with a grateful expression and said smilingly, "that’s very kind of you. Let me give him a call. He should be waiting already," accepting Penny’s kindness.

Penny smiled back, sighing with relief inwardly. At least, Diamond knew to play along. It would have been bad if she had refused, her intentions would be very sketchy.

Without wasting time, Diamond took out her phone, and made a call right in front of Penny. Gracelynn, tired with all the playing was currently napping, thus her silence.

Diamond made the call and after several rings, the call went through and since she was wearing earpods, Penny couldn’t hear what Gael was saying but she could connect the pieces through what Diamond was saying.

After all, Diamond was still speaking the Brece language and not her vernacular language.

After the call was picked, Diamond heard that man’s wonderful voice she hadn’t heard the whole day and her face brightened up.

[Dear. You doing good?]

"Hehe, very well. Had a very entertaining day. Enjoyed it a lot," she cheerfully responded, unable to hide her happiness.

[Haha, that’s good. I can hear that you had a lot of fun. Hope that you are missing me.]

"I always miss you all the time," she couldn’t help but flirt back, making Penny to look out of the window, envy overwhelming her.

How she wished her marriage was also this good! Unfortunately, you can’t have everything that you wish for in this life.

[I missed you as well. When are you coming? I am about to prepare dinner.]

"Good thing I called now. Don’t cook. Can you come over? The girl’s parents are inviting you over. You come and we can go back home together," she started telling him the reason why she was calling.

When she told him that, he was silent for a moment before he responded, [Okay. I will prepare to come over then. Send me the location. Is there something that you want me to bring over for you in the process?]

She was happy when she heard that he had agreed to come over, at the same time she felt touched that eh was very concerned about her as well.

"Nothing. We went shopping and got my hands on a few things. Just bring yourself over, and be quick. We wouldn’t want to keep the hosts waiting for dinner."

[Yes, ma’am. Let me prepare myself, and oh, one last thing, formal or casual?]

"Casual."

[Okay. I will be there in a moment. Don’t forget to send the location.]

"I won’t. See you later."

[Love you!]

"Lots of love, dear!"

After that, she hung up and the smile on her face was still bright. It was truly wonderful to have someone to date with. Being single was truly no longer doable.

Penny, seeing Diamond smiling brightly like that, felt a surge of dissatisfaction. After all, in her eyes, it looked like Diamond was flaunting her love. However, when she thought that it was impossible for Diamond to know the nature of her marriage with Russ, she suppressed that emotion and plastered a fake smile on her face as she curiously asked, "do you mind sharing how you guys met?" pretty much eager and itchy to know how such a rich and unique girl fell in love.

If only she had looked over all the posts and materials related to Diamond, she would have found something but she didn’t, thus her ignorance.

When Diamond heard that, she suppressed the fluttering feelings in her belly after having talked with Gael and beamed at Penny, finding her question very intriguing and bringing up some memories.

"Hehe, you wouldn’t even guess. How about you make a guess?" Diamond playfully asked, her brow raised, and eyes flickering with amusement.

When Penny saw that, she couldn’t help but start wondering how that could have happened. Looking at Diamond’s playful demeanor, it should be something romantic. After all, they are both living continents apart. So, it should be something quite impactful, but what could it be?

Diamond didn’t interfere with Penny’s thinking process and gave her a lot of time to come up with any ideas. After a minute or so, Penny’s eyes light up as she looked back at Diamond and responded with confidence, "did you meet during one of your travels? You know how they do it in romantic moves. You got lost, or your wallet dropped to the ground and he was there to save the day. Did something similar happened?" that was the only thing that she could think of right now.

Diamond choked, not even thinking for a moment that Penny would think that way. What kind of scene was she even thinking to come up with such a way?

When Penny saw her reaction, she knew that she had missed it. She could only sigh disappointedly, telling herself to do much better in the future. However, while she might have missed it, her curiosity regarding this answer was piqued.

She was truly curious about how Diamond met a man she was satisfied with and got together with him. There should be something extraordinary about it.

But when the story finally got to her, she was sent in a turmoil that made her question life for a very long time. In fact, it was because of this story that in the future, she would make a decision, one that would change her life and bring a smile to her face – a genuine one and not forced.