Chapter 37

Joseph Myers stared at Nathan Cross and forced a smile onto his face. “So you’re Ms. Smith’s husband. What do you do for a living?”

“I protect the country.” Nathan Cross said lightly.

Joseph Myers’ eyes widened. “What?”

“Don’t listen to him, Mr. Myers. He used to be a poor soldier who quit not long ago. He’s unemployed now,” chided Miles Smith with a grin.

Joseph Myers scoffed after he heard that. “Huh. I’ve never seen a poor soldier talk so highly about themselves.”

He yanked his hand out from Nathan Cross’s grasp after that, since he did not want to shake hands with some unemployed thug.

Miles and May Smith gave Nathan Cross and Penny Smith mocking glances.

Penny Smith looked at Nathan Cross anxiously, expecting him to fly into a rage and start beating people up for hurting his ego. He was not the type to let even the smallest insult slide.

Penny Smith grabbed Nathan Cross and spoke up for him, “No soldiers means no peace. Their duty is to protect the country for all of us. I don’t see anything wrong with what Nathan Cross just said, and besides, being a soldier is a huge honor itself!”

Joseph Myers was too distracted by Penny Smith’s curvy figure to continue the argument. “That’s right, that’s right. I’m convinced. Let’s sit down, shall we?”

them took their seats

out to be

as the best wine in the world, and even the famed

to prove his wealthiness to

to resist such an extravagant display of wealth, let alone someone like Penny Smith whose company was in

May Smith were shocked when they were presented with the bottle of La Romanee-Conti. There was no shortage of people in the world who owned expensive cars, but it was rare to find someone who

and pour the wine into a decanter, before serving the wine to everyone at the

glass of wine and smiled. “Let’s have a toast for Ms.

Penny

Nathan Cross. Well would you look at that!

was just poking fun at Nathan Cross for being a minor figure that was

alright. You won’t

fierceness in Nathan Cross’ words, and he scoffed, “I probably will. After all, I’ve met countless prominent

the air and decided to

her glass and emptied

and picked up his wine glass together

Nathan Cross after only a light sip and asked,

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