Chapter 677

I was speechless. Jeremiah slowly cleaned up my bowls and fork and asked, "Alright, now can you tell me why you were so down earlier?" I awkwardly replied, "It seems like I'm not so down anymore." He nonchalantly dug at his ear. "Tell me. I won't charge you." I glared at him. "Then tell me, what does Penelope really want?" I thought he would start rambling and making excuses, but instead, he was direct. "Her? She's just protecting herself, looking for a backer, a way out." His thin lips curled into a malicious sneer. "She's nothing more than a stray dog right now." I thought for a moment and immediately felt a chill. If he was describing her as a "stray dog", it seemed that she must be in a pretty sorry state. I hesitated and asked, "Do you think… Do you think she might try to take Logan away?" He looked at me oddly, then couldn't control himself and burst into laughter. It made me feel extremely awkward, especially when tears started streaming down his face from laughing so h