Chapter 5

were both lying half-dead on the floor. “Are they your subordinates?”

works for me,” Thomas Dunn acknowledged with shame, “His name is Walter

send out the armed

will accept

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

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

won a nod of

you still waiting for?” He barked at them, “Get on your knees and apologize! If you upset my Sir again, I'll make sure you won't

their knees,

to my wife and daughter.” Nathan

in front of Penny and her daughter while sobbing with grief, “Mrs. Cross, Ms. Cross, it was all our fault. We were simply blinded by our own foolishness. Please have

initial shock 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

it pleases you, my dear.” Nathan's

made her flush

the softness in Penny's eyes that she had already forgiven them. “What are you two still waiting for?”He shouted

“Scram!”

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

Nathan, but the latter rejected his offer, making known

eyes, Thomas Dunn

carried Queenie in his arms as the trio

her father. “Now that you're back, I'm sure that nobody would dare to

princess,” Nathan said in a tone full of indulgence. “Papa will never let anyone bully you and

down her cheeks. Queenie's elated face was

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center

in an old, dilapidated building that was

no elevators

in his arms, Nathan climbed up six-stories

pretty cramped and messy,” Penny invited

was reading the newspaper with his

mum, Leah Smith, was making dinner in the

to see his daughter bringing a man

the first time Penny had ever brought a guy

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

his papers and walked

gentleman?” He looked puzzled when he saw Queenie in Nathan's

to structure a suitable reply, but little Queenie had already answered in her bubbly voice,

years ago? So it's

soft-spoken, humble man who 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

believe you have the audacity to come and look for her! I swear I'll chop

penetrated the air when a woman ran out from the kitchen, swinging a cleaver madly. Leah Smith's body was

her grandparents shocked little Queenie to the core, and she

held back her mother with all her

tightly to her body, Leah could not

all because of you that we were kicked out of the family mansion by Benson's dad.” Leah pointed her cleaver at Nathan as she spat, “You've ruined Penny's

been upturned by Nathan's sudden reappearance. The

out a roar that was uncharacteristic of

effectively brought Leah's wild emotions

to take the cleaver away from Leah's hands. He pulled her into his 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 daughter is irreparable. We've

a determined look in his eyes. With Queenie in his arms, his

me, I know the torment Penny went

a path paved with diamonds. They are my

and blissful life? A path paved with

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

like Penny

what my husband just said? He asked you to leave!” Leah bawled at Nathan, “Now get

to call the police if you insist

raped his daughter. Nonetheless, he refrained from doing so as he could

the tears on her face and said calmly, “Dad, Mum, please

What?

Leah stared incredulously at

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