Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 865

Chapter 865: Miss, I think if you’re not welcomed here, it’s best to leave.

Initially, Nina hadn’t planned to come early. That’s why she lingered at the hospital. However, she also hadn’t planned to be late or to arrive exactly on time. She had wanted to walk around the campus, maybe help Lily if needed, or just catch up with everyone.

If that had happened, Nina wouldn’t have felt like she had come too early. But now, with Jonathan around her, it felt like she had.

As she helped with the sash of the mascot while standing behind it, Nina peeked at others who were finishing up the final touches. Jonathan was helping Lily set up a bulletin board with the basketball team.

’Why am I worried?’ she wondered to herself, sighing as she hid behind the mascot. ’He seems to get along with everyone.’

But then, why was Nina so surprised by that? It wasn’t like Jonathan was a bad person in her eyes. If anything, he had been the most considerate and humble man. With Lily’s personality, she and Jonathan would surely get along.

’Still, what a coincidence,’ she told herself, shaking her head. ’Our partners were technically each other’s exes.’

Although technically, Nina was also Finn’s ex-fiancee. Nina shook her head, telling herself she shouldn’t focus on this part for now. Perhaps it was what had happened to Finn that made Nina feel tense about everything.

’I should focus on... this reunion, or rather, on Penny. She’d freak out when she sees everything,’ Nina sighed, hooking the pin as she finished attaching the sash to the mascot. ’Back then, she told me she couldn’t stand the posters of herself, but now there’s even a mascot.’

Nina slowly walked in front of the mascot, studying it for a moment. Of course, the mascot didn’t look exactly like Penny, but there was some resemblance. For instance, the pink shirt and orange shorts with a purple backpack—the outfit Penny wore on her first day at the Summit School of Excellence.

"It’s also cute," Nina whispered, finally smiling genuinely for the first time in a long time. But her smile faded when she heard a voice from behind her.

"Oh... what a cute mascot!"

Nina’s entire body froze as her shoulders tensed up. Her eyes slowly went wide, and she held her breath, recognizing the voice even before she turned to see who it was.

Patricia Miller.

Everyone in the gymnasium paused what they were doing when they heard Patricia’s voice echo through the space. Lily, Yuri, Jonathan, and some former varsity basketball players turned to look, catching sight of Patricia as she stopped a few steps away from Nina’s vantage point.

"It doesn’t look exactly like Penny, but it’s still cute!" Patricia remarked, crossing her arms under her chest. The corner of her mouth curled up into a smirk as she watched Nina slowly turn to face her. "Hello there, Nina."

"I’m sorry, but I don’t know you," Patricia said to Yuri, blatantly ignoring her as she cast Lily a look. She pulled a ticket from her new designer bag, holding the pink ticket between her thumb and index finger. "I received this. So before you tell me I’m gatecrashing the party, think again. I am invited."