Chapter 7

The unexpected appearance of Derek Harvey left Penny and her family reeling from the sudden, inexplicable turn of events.

Curiosity got the better of Benson when they were back at the dining table, continuing their breakfast. “Your words came true when you’d said Mr. Harvey would show up today to apologize in person.” He cast an inquisitive glance at Nathan, “Do you have something to do with this?”

“How could this be possible? I’m sure that it’s merely a coincidence.” Leah snorted, “He hardly had stepped out of the house the entire night. There’s no way that he could be involved,” she insisted.

homeless bum like him could get

that this is due to his conscience that has been haunting him with horrible nightmares, reminding him of what karma

hours of the morning.” She shrugged, “He was merely following

throughout her life. Hence she would attribute all unexplained events to karma,

skeptical of Leah’s explanation; he found it wrought

all he had done was loitering around doing nothing. How could he get Derek Harvey to show up and apologize, let alone if he could not even get

it had all boiled down to Derek Harvey’s own conscience,

reckoned that it was likely masterminded by Nathan and executed by Thomas

There would be no suitable candidate for the job, other than Thomas Dunn, who was a hundred times more ruthless and diabolical than

that it was all due to the influence of Thomas Dunn, whom of which Nathan

firmly believed it would be impossible for Thomas Dunn to help them again for the third time. Their

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at the Royale Villa Residences, the Smith Family’s

the Smith family, together with Samuel Smith and Paul Smith, his eldest and his third son, was having a conversation

could Mr. Harvey let Penny off the hook and, calling us up to inform us that he would

Harvey is a shrewd businessman. I bet that he would not want to meddle with Penny’s lunatic boyfriend A mad and penniless guy like him has nothing to lose. Mr. Harvey knew better than to waste his time with that hooligan, subjecting himself to unnecessary risk.” Samuel explained, “It’s

whenever I hear her

we banish Benson and his family from attending the party, using this opportunity to disown

an utter humiliation in front of our friends and relatives to

his hands in disagreement, “Now that Mr. Harvey had the leniency to let them off the hook, what would others think of us if we expel them from our

were delighted to know that they had been invited to her grandpa’s seventieth birthday banquet, which would be held at

meant that they were still regarded as part of the Smith family

thorny issue when they had tried to think of a suitable birthday present

too cheap either, or it could reflect badly on us.” Penny suggested, “We should think of a present that is moderately priced, yet useful and meaningful to

their brains to think of one, but it

don’t you just leave it to me? I assure you

him skeptically, “Do you really think that you

do.” Nathan

Sean Smith, who will celebrate

Dunne answered with absolute

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The following day.

Penny and her family, as they

Penny asked Nathan whether he

it is.” Nathan smiled, unearthing a

an

box was a pill, all sealed up in

dreaded to think of Sean’s response upon seeing such a preposterous present at his

birthday present? Are you out of

the rarest and most precious medicinal herbs and ingredients that have a miraculous effect on illnesses caused by

them, it was a gift carefully chosen by Colin Dunne,

Smith, Colin Dunne knew that Sean was flushed with

was aging and plagued with the three highs; hypertension, high blood

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