“You look pretty even when you were young.” Dustin praised politely. Even though Lana captured everyone’s attention now, she was obviously eye- catching since she was young.
“Well, the past is the past.” Lana opened her fridge, turned around to look at Dustin, and asked, “Hey, Handsome, what do you want to drink?
“I’m good with anything,” Dustin replied.
“Alright then.” Lana took out a dozen cans of beer and put them on the coffee table. She also put some snacks on the table to go with the beer.
“Here’s to us!” Lana opened two cans of chilled beer and gave one to Dustin. After they chinked cans, they started drinking happily.
“This feels great!” Lana downed half a can of beer in one go. She smiled happily as her eyes crinkled in joy. The pleasure of having chilled beer on a hot summer’s evening was beyond description.
“Hey, Handsome, what do you think of me?” Lana drank and asked with a smile.
“A kind beauty.” Dustin gave her a simple answer. They had worked together seamlessly since they got to know each other. Lana might appear to be fickle-minded, but she had never disappointed them.
The most important point was that she had always treated him sincerely like a friend. Based on that alone, he thought their friendship was important.
“Haha! Your comment is pretty accurate. I thought you might think of me as a promiscuous woman.” Lana smiled coyly.
“Rumors aren’t always true. I rather trust what I see.” Dustin smiled.
“You know me best, Handsome. Here, let’s drink!” Lana picked up her can of beer, chinked with Dustin’s can, and sighed. “About those rumors, it’s mixed with the truth.
“Many say that I’m a promiscuous woman and that I like having boy toys around me. I’ll never admit that I’m a promiscuous person, but I’ll admit that I have quite a few boy toys.”
“What?” Dustin was taken aback. He didn’t know how to react to what Lana said.
“Are you very shocked?” Lana cocked her beautiful brows and laughed. “It’s not that I have a freaky hobby or anything. The only reason I keep a few boy toys is to maintain a bad reputation.
“What do you mean?” Dustin’s interest was piqued. He thought all women would prioritize their reputation. Why would Lana ruin her own reputation on purpose?
“I’m a woman and a pretty one at that. Life isn’t always rosy, especially for a woman from a reputable family like me.
“When I reached a marriageable age, I automatically became a pawn for my family for convenient marriage.
“Three years ago, when my family decided to expand their business, they wanted to marry me off to the Killian family.
“The person that I was going to marry was an infamous psychopath. Every woman that he’d been with would be tortured mercilessly. Some even almost died.
“I rejected the marriage proposal at first. However, personal preference was nothing compared to the benefit the marriage would bring the family.
“It didn’t matter if they knew that the Killian guy was an asshole. The elders in the family still agreed to the marriage for the family’s prosperity. Even my father couldn’t stop them.
“I had no options other than dragging my reputation through the mud. I had to become promiscuous, and I had to make others think of me as a loose woman.
“The Killian family then called off the marriage to protect their reputation. I escaped a bad marriage thanks to my bad reputation. This is why people talk badly about me and my bad reputation.”
Lana spoke in detail about her past as she drank. She had never had a heart-to -heart talk with anyone. Dustin was her first.
She had no idea why she didn’t want Dustin to misunderstand her. She didn’t like the idea of Dustin keeping a distance from her, nor did she want him to hold any grudges against her. Could it be that she was falling for him?
