Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Nine

"Poor sweet" he murmured. "Letting yourself get worked up about my father's secretary. It makes me laugh to think about it"

"She looked very attractive" Penny said.

"Oh, she's pretty but frantically dumb. She really bores me stiff"

But she made you smile, Jeremy, she thought.

"It must be a big thrill for her going out with the boss's son"

"Well, that is really the reason I took her out. Father said she led a frightfully dull life and never went anywhere so I said I would give her a night out if I had time. As a matter of fact, darling, we spent most of the evening talking about you"

Did you? Was that what made you both laugh? Penny wondered.

"I expect she was very disappointed when she heard you were engaged" Penny said.

"Oh, I don't think she cared" Jeremy said lightly. "She's married, you know"

"Married?" Penny echoed, surprised. "And in love with her husband?"

"Oh yes! Never stops talking about him" he replied.