Chapter 5

Just as the stick was about to land on her, Lindsey suddenly knelt down in front of Benny.

“Dad, I’m sorry.

I went out to play cards with my friends last night and totally forgot about the time.

I didn’t know when my phone ran out of battery.

I’m really sorry that I made you worry about me.

Stunned, Benny’s hand, which was holding the stick, froze mid-air.

In the past, Lindsey would never yield to him, no matter what happened.

She’d always argue with him over anything and everything under the sun, so his relationship with her had always been strained.

So, what was going on now?

Lindsey knew what she was doing.

Kendra was good at manipulating Benny into trusting her, and moreover, Lindsey didn’t have any evidence about Kendra’s plot.

Even if she told her dad everything that happened last night, he would take Kendra’s word over hers.

decided to pretend to be obedient and do nothing for the time being while waiting for the perfect

only natural that she

But you-you’re my father.

me better, and I would never do anything that would damage our family’s

eyes as she spoke, which made

divorced for years, he had

heard Lindsey’s sincere apology, his

the stick away and said in a gentler tone, “Well, it’s

do it again, okay? Now,

so easily made Kendra

to the plan and pretend everything was fine,

I knew it was

wouldn’t

Right, Lindsey?”

she managed to maintain

the way, Lindsey, your father wanted to tell

Benny with her elbow and

a deep breath and

he cleared his throat and said earnestly, “Lindsey, I’ve thought it through, and

shouldn’t force you to marry someone you don’t like, nor

from an ordinary family, you like

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