Chapter 5

and his wife, who were both lying half-dead on the floor. “Are they your subordinates?” he asked

Thomas Dunn acknowledged with

authority to send out the armed forces for no valid reason, other than to parade

accept

resignation once you've returned to camp. You are not fit for the

your advice. I shall reflect on my mistake,” Thomas Dunn

a nod of approval from Nathan for

on the floor. “What are you still waiting for?” He barked at them, “Get on your knees and apologize!

their knees, groveling for

my wife and daughter.” Nathan was impassive to

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

and fear. Her kind-hearted nature was easily swayed. Looking at the pathetic couple before her, she suggested to Nathan, “Why don't we give them a chance, since they look like they have genuinely

it pleases you, my dear.” Nathan's lips curved into a rare, tender

cheeky reply made her flush

had already forgiven them. “What

“Scram!”

in feverish haste with their fat son in tow, as if they were

offered to throw a lavish welcoming party for Nathan, but the latter rejected his offer, making known

Thomas Dunn disappeared

in his arms as the trio made their way out

gazed at her father. “Now that you're back, I'm

Nathan said in a tone full of indulgence. “Papa will never let anyone

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

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lived in an old, dilapidated building that was located

elevators in the

in his arms, Nathan climbed

and messy,” Penny invited Nathan in as she

Penny's dad, was reading the newspaper with

was making dinner in

Benson to see his daughter bringing

Penny

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

papers and

this gentleman?” He looked puzzled when

structure a suitable reply, but little Queenie had already answered in her bubbly voice, “He's my Papa,

years ago? So it's you who turned our lives into a living

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

the audacity to come and look for her! I swear I'll

voice penetrated the air when a woman ran out from the kitchen, swinging a cleaver madly. Leah

sudden outrage from her grandparents shocked little Queenie to the core, and she started

back her mother with all her might. “Mum,

to her body, Leah could

kicked out of the family mansion by Benson's dad.” Leah pointed her cleaver at Nathan as she

been upturned by Nathan's sudden

let out a roar

brought Leah's wild

out of our house! Don't ever show your face again!” He shouted at Nathan scornfully, “The hurt

his eyes. With Queenie in his arms, his insistence to make

know the torment Penny went through

They deserve a life that is happy and blissful, and their future will be a path paved with diamonds. They are my

blissful life? A path paved with diamonds? The

full of

young, vulnerable ladies like Penny would

He asked you to leave!” Leah bawled at Nathan, “Now get the hell out of

going to call the police if

that 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 as he could not

Penny wiped the tears on her face and said

What?

Leah stared incredulously

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