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.

think that a homeless bum like him could get Mr. Harvey to

this is due to his conscience that has been haunting him with horrible nightmares,

hours of the

skipped a prayer throughout her

Leah’s explanation; he found it

incapable of performing such a heroic feat when 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

all boiled down to Derek Harvey’s

matter. She reckoned that it was likely masterminded by Nathan and executed by Thomas

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

knew that it was all due to the influence of Thomas Dunn, whom of which Nathan had already helped Nathan on two

help them again for the third time. Their luck would run out soon, and it was

...

the Royale Villa Residences, the

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

Penny off the hook and, calling us up to inform

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

expressed a scornful grimace the moment he heard Samuel talk about Penny and Nathan. “It sickens me to the core whenever I hear her name. What have I done to deserve such a shameless granddaughter like her? She has

came up with a baneful suggestion, “Dad, since we’re having your seventieth birthday banquet tomorrow, why don’t we banish Benson and his family from attending the party, using this opportunity to disown them

humiliation in front

hook, what would others think of us if we expel them from our family? It would look bad on us and make us look petty

the afternoon, Penny and her family were delighted to know that they had been invited to her grandpa’s seventieth

as part of the Smith family since Sean had given them the green light

had tried to think of a suitable birthday

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

think of one, but it was easier

bold call, “Why don’t you just leave it to me? I assure you that we’ll give Sean an extraordinary present which would mean the world to

skeptically, “Do you really think that you can find a present

know what to do.”

present for Sean Smith, who

Sir!” Colin Dunne answered

...

The following day.

her

about to leave the house, Penny asked Nathan whether he had the

Nathan smiled, unearthing a

was an

up in plastic.

They dreaded to think of Sean’s

tiny little pill be our birthday present? Are you out of your

explained benignly, “This pill was cultivated more than sixty years ago, its name is Phoenixia. It was made with the rarest and most precious medicinal herbs and ingredients that have a miraculous effect on illnesses caused by what we commonly termed

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

Smith, Colin Dunne knew that Sean was flushed with cash; he was never short of

health since he was aging and plagued with the three highs; hypertension,

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