Heartbreak Brings Mr. Right by PASSION

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.

and do nothing for the time being

so it’s only natural

But you-you’re my father.

better, and I would never do anything that would

in Lindsey’s eyes as she

Benny and Lindsey’s mother had been divorced for

he heard Lindsey’s sincere

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

do it again, okay? Now,

”

made Kendra

now, she had to stick to the plan and pretend everything was fine, so she swallowed the resentment in her heart

was all just a

a good girl; she wouldn’t go about sleeping

Right, Lindsey?”

that she was implying something, but she managed to maintain her smile,

Lindsey, your father wanted to

”

with her elbow and winked at him

deep breath and sat back on

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

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

from an ordinary family, you like