Chapter 27 Zackary Is Jealous
It never occurred to Penelope that she was serving Zackary and Lola's box tonight.
Lola snuggled gently next to Zackary. Although he wasn't saying anything to Lola, nor was he doing anything intimate to her, Penelope just found the scene harsh somehow.
Reflexively, Penelope was about to flee away.
After closing the door of the box quickly, she laughed at herself, thinking, "Zackary doesn't give a damn about me at all. Why am I being so pretentious and hypocritical?
"He pays, and I earn. It's simply a deal. Why should I reject it?"
Having made up her mind, Penelope did not retreat again. She opened the door of the box in front of her, tried to force a smile, and went inside.
She tried her best to be elegant and decent, but her body didn't allow her to do so. Even though she had taken several extra painkillers, her legs still shook uncontrollably when she walked.
Zackary saw her. He stared intently at her legs which were trembling obviously without blinking.
His cold eyes darkened, and the coldness exuding from his body suddenly surged into a rage that almost swallowed everything.
He thought, "Was she that eager? She served Ralph when they were in the hallway? She is simply horny!
"She can't even stand upright! Obviously, they had intense sex!"
A crisp sound rang out.
The glass in Zackary's hand broke. Wine mixed with scarlet blood seeped through his fingers in an instant.
"Zack!" when Lola saw that he was hurt, she cried out in distress.
"Zack, bear with it. I'll take care of your wound now!"
"I'm fine." Zackary shook Lola's hand off imperceptibly and casually placed the injured hand behind him.
Lola was very anxious, but Zackary wouldn't let her treat his wound, so she didn't dare to make a move rashly. She couldn't do anything besides feeling distressed.
Lola turned around and saw Penelope standing in the doorway of the box. She instantly understood the reason why Zackary had lost his cool, and she gritted her teeth with hatred, but she still had to pretend to be gentle and generous.
"Zackary, is this some sort of deliberate act of self-abuse to get my sister's attention?" Lyman Hilliard leaned closer to Zackary slovenly, grabbed Zackary's hand, and took a look. "You're so ruthless to yourself. How about I show you how much my sister cares about you on behalf of her?"
"Piss off!" Zackary threw Lyman's hand away in disgust. Lyman still had a cheeky smile on his face, but he didn't dare to continue teasing Zackary.
Penelope now had a good look at the people in the box.
To her surprise, the four famous men of Sea City were all here in this box tonight.
They were Zackary, Devon, Lyman, and Wilton Norton.
Zackary, Devon, and Wilton were all with icy faces, intimidating others. On the contrary, Lyman looked outgoing. His charming baby face always made women want to dote on him, and even though Penelope knew he was Lola's twin, she could not help but feel a certain fondness for him.
Penelope's main task tonight was to open and pour wine for guests and get them to buy more so she could get more commission.
Trying to be invisible, she tiptoed over to the coffee table, picked up a bottle of wine, and was about to open it for them.
She had always thought it was easy to open a wine bottle, but she realized now that she had been wrong.
What was worse, she had no strength in her left hand, which further affected her seriously.
Therefore, she failed before even starting.
She failed to uncork the bottle. What was more, she dropped the opener on the coffee table, making a crisp sound.
The box was way too quiet. The sudden sound caused by Penelope caught everyone's attention instantly.
She was a bit awkward that she was so bad at it. Her fair face blushed utterly all of a sudden.
She thought, "How humiliating.
"I was trying to be cool in front of Zackary. How come I always embarrass myself this much?"
Lyman's attention had been on Lola and Zackary. It was only at this sound that he noticed Penelope who had entered the box.
He looked at Penelope, half-hung and red-faced, and the lighter in his hand clanged the second it fell to the ground.
Instantly, he knew he was in love.
Penelope looked so tender when she lowered her head, and her gentle look intoxicated him.
He felt that he wouldn't stay single forever.
"Sorry. I'll reopen it."
Saying, Penelope was about to get the wine opener. As soon as her hand touched the wine opener, a large, slightly calloused hand covered it.
When Lyman touched Penelope's hand, he froze in place as if he had been through an electric shock. Since he was so attracted to her, he even forgot to take his hand back.
"I ... I'll help you," Lyman, always a sharp-tongued man, stuttered for a while before he uttered a complete sentence.
Zackary had pulled a long face already. Seeing Lyman like that, he put on an even more stern face, scaring everyone else.
"No need. Thanks."
Penelope pulled her hand back quickly. This time, she managed to open the bottle.
Lyman was still looking at Penelope in a daze. Lola called out to him, yet it seemed that he hadn't heard her at all.
After what seemed like a century, he foolishly turned and gave Wilton, who was sitting next to him, a hard push.
"Wilton, pinch me, now!"
"You're crazy." Wilton glanced at him in disdain but still pinched his arm hard as he requested.
Lyman cried out in pain.
Though Wilton used a lot of strength, Lyman was not at all angry and yelling at Wilton as he had been before. Instead, Lyman grinned foolishly. He said, "It's not a dream. This is real!
"I'm in love!"
Everyone looked at Lyman like he was a retard, and even Penelope couldn't help but glance at him secretly.
She found that Lyman, the son of the Hilliard family, was even more adorable than she had pictured.
She thought, "He gets pinched, and now he's in love? How so? Did he and Wilton have some kind of chemical reaction somehow? Are they going to break the gender boundary and be together from today on?"
She was amused.
She tried hard to not laugh out loud. Then she realized that there was more to life than suffering. With careful savoring, one could find joy.
The same went for her being able to maintain a good mood when seeing Zackary and Lola together.
Zackary saw the smile on Penelope's face, and his face turned completely sullen.
He thought, "She gets so happy now that she has successfully hit on some man?
"I want to kill someone to vent my anger!"
When Lyman saw how excited he was and how little response he got in return, he felt frustrated and wanted others to pay more attention to him.
He gave the icy Zackary a hard push. "Did you hear me, Zackary? I'm in love!"
Before Zackary could respond, he took Penelope's hand and said, thrilled, "Gorgeous, I'm in love!"