Chapter 5

both lying half-dead

Thomas Dunn acknowledged with shame, “His name is

rage, “Tell me, who gave you the authority to send out the armed forces for no valid reason, other than to parade them

Sir. I will accept any punishment.” Thomas Dunn

returned to camp. You are not

for your advice. I shall reflect on my mistake,” Thomas Dunn said humbly and

Thomas Dunn won a nod

barked at them, “Get on your knees and apologize! If you upset my Sir again, I'll make sure you

his wife clambered to their knees, groveling

and apologize to my wife and daughter.” Nathan was impassive

front of Penny and her daughter while sobbing with grief, “Mrs. Cross, Ms. Cross, it was all our fault. We were simply

her, she suggested to Nathan, “Why don't we give them a chance, since they look like they have genuinely repented? Besides, they have already received the punishment

dear.” Nathan's lips curved into a rare, tender

cheeky reply made her

could tell from the softness in Penny's eyes that she had already forgiven them. “What are you two still waiting for?”He shouted at Walter Zahn and his

“Scram!”

stumbled to the door in feverish haste with their fat

lavish welcoming party for Nathan, but the latter rejected his offer, making known his desire to spend some

in his eyes, Thomas Dunn disappeared promptly and left Nathan with his

carried Queenie in his arms as the trio made

“Now that you're back, I'm sure that nobody

right, my princess,” Nathan said in a tone full of

the side with tears rolling down her cheeks. Queenie's elated face

...

center of

in an old, dilapidated building

no elevators

Nathan climbed up six-stories to get to

pretty cramped and messy,” Penny invited Nathan in as she opened the

room, Benson Smith, Penny's dad, was reading the newspaper with his reading glasses

was making dinner

see his daughter bringing a man

Penny had ever brought a

stay single and had insisted that she would raise Queenie on her own, blatantly refusing to attend the matchmaking sessions they had

set down his papers and

puzzled when

Queenie had already answered in

my daughter five years ago? So

hardly raised his voice. He flew into a rare fit of rage when he discovered that the man standing in front of him was none other than the culprit who had raped her daughter five years ago. He was the one who had ruined her life by impregnating her and letting her raise their child on

come and look for her! I swear I'll chop off

from the kitchen, swinging a cleaver madly. Leah Smith's body was quivering with

outrage from her grandparents shocked little

her mother with all her

her body, Leah could not

Benson's dad.” Leah pointed her cleaver at Nathan as she spat, “You've ruined Penny's life utterly and brought her nothing but pain. You're worse

world had been upturned by Nathan's sudden reappearance. The

out a roar that was uncharacteristic

bellow effectively brought Leah's wild emotions under

arms to soothe her. “Get out of our house! Don't ever show your face again!” He shouted at Nathan scornfully, “The hurt you've inflicted on my

in his arms, his insistence to make up for his family

the torment

never let them suffer in silence anymore. They deserve a life that is happy and blissful, and their future will be a path paved with diamonds. They are my family, my queen and my princess, and I'll make

A path paved with diamonds? The whole world

sounded like mere empty promises to Benson. To him, only a guy full of crap would say such things, and those were the

young, vulnerable ladies like Penny would fall for

you, didn't you hear what my husband just said? He asked you to leave!” Leah bawled

police if you insist on staying,” Benson

would have already done so when he found out that Nathan was the homeless man who had raped his daughter. Nonetheless, he refrained from doing so

her face and said calmly, “Dad,

What?

stared

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