Chapter 448

Hesper lowered her head and avoided exchanging gazes with Rickard, but fortunately, Petruchio and Isobella did not dig deeper regarding this matter. They only exchanged a few words, and dinner was almost over. When Hesper agreed to stay, she never thought that Rickard would be staying here too, so she frowned and went to see Pennleigh. "Why is Rickard staying in your house? Why have I never heard that your families know each other very well?" Pennleigh felt a little miserable too; he did not want Rickard to stay, but this whole thing was decided between Petruchio and Rickard, and he only knew about this not long before Hesper got informed. "Okay... Anyway, it’s only one night. I’ll head back first thing in the morning tomorrow." "Yeah, that’s the only way to go now." Pennleigh led Hesper to the guest room. It could be seen that someone had specially rearranged this room a few days in advance. It seemed very suitable for ladies to stay in, and a work area had been set aside for Hes