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.

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

it’s only natural that

But you-you’re my father.

should know me better, and I would never do

welled up in Lindsey’s eyes as she spoke, which

Lindsey’s mother had been divorced for

heard Lindsey’s sincere apology, his

put the stick away and said in a gentler tone, “Well, it’s good that you’ve realized your

again, okay?

easily made Kendra feel a

fine, so she swallowed the resentment in her heart and forced a fake

I knew it was all just

such a good girl; she wouldn’t go about sleeping around like those

Right, Lindsey?”

implying something, but she managed to

way, Lindsey, your father wanted to tell

nudged Benny with her elbow and winked at him

and sat back on the

and said earnestly, “Lindsey, I’ve thought

nor should I

from an ordinary family, you

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