Novel Palace
Chapter 17
The man stood with his hands in his pockets, his gentle gaze fixed on Nina for a while before he said, "I'm Scott Lucas. Nina, we were in the same class in elementary and middle school."
Nina's mind wandered for a while. In her memory, Scott was completely different. He used to be a chubby kid, always sitting quietly at the back of the class every semester, hardly noticed by anyone. She didn't have much interaction with him. With her consistently excellent academic performance, she served as the class monitor, and at most only exchanged a few words with him during homework assignments.This is property © of NôvelDrama.Org.
She never expected such a
transformation; he had become so good-looking. "Scott?" Nina's lips curled
slightly. "You've changed so much. I almost didn't recognize you."
"Yeah, I've changed a lot. It's normal that
you didn't recognize me," Scott's deep eyes stared at her. "Many classmates don't recognize me anymore, but I recognize you."
Nina was happy to see her old classmate. After starting work, she rarely attended class reunions due to her busy schedule. Her life was monotonous, revolving around work and family. Apart from work -related acquaintances, Yvonne was her only friend.
Thinking this way, her life seemed quite dull, with most of it devoted to Nash.
"After middle school, where did you go? I don't think I've heard any news about you," Nina chatted with him.
"I studied abroad," Scott replied. "I just returned recently."
"I see," Nina looked at his soaked suit. Take your clothes off. I'll wash them for you."
"It's really not necessary."
Nina insisted, "It's been ages since we
last saw each other, and I feel bad about giving you such a 'grand gift. Let me wash it, and I'll return it to you later."
With her insistence, Scott didn't refuse anymore. "Alright."
He took off his suit jacket and handed it to Nina. Fortunately, his shirt
underneath wasn't wet, so he didn't look too disheveled.
Nina took a gift bag and packed it directly.
"Mr. Lucas," someone suddenly greeted, warmly asking, "Long time no see. You're back in the country? Why didn't you notify us? We didn't even have a chance to visit you.”
"Just wait for me, I'll say hello to someone," Scott said to Nina.
Nina nodded. Seeing that the person was also a well-known entrepreneur and was so enthusiastic towards Scott, it seemed that Scott had quite a background.
She quietly checked and found out that indeed he was quite impressive. He
graduated from Victoria University in the Estaland with a degree in finance and obtained a dual Ph.D. at a young age. He started from scratch in college and founded a financial company in the highly competitive Estaland. Step by step, he became the Scott of today.
However, her focus had been too narrow, still fixating on the chubby kid from middle school. He was no longer that chubby kid; he was now a big shot.
While Nina was lost in thought, Yvonne bumped her shoulder and smirked, "Do you know Scott?"
"An old classmate," Nina replied.
"You're pretty good. Scott recognizing you as an old classmate," Yvonne grinned even wider. "Do you know how
impressive he is? He's the CEO of a listed company at such a young age. He started from scratch, and he's in finance. People in finance are good at making money, much better than Nash. I think you two are meant to be."
Nina warned her, "We're just classmates. Don't make up stories. He doesn't have any intentions towards me."
"How can there be no intentions? I'm sure there are," Yvonne asserted confidently. "Recognizing you at a glance means he's thought about you a million times in his head." "Don't talk nonsense."