A Healer’s Journey (Finnegan and Nuthana)

Chapter 35 Better Than Yours.

Now that the “guests-of-honor” had arrived, most of the group followed Xandra to welcome them, leaving only Nancy and a few others behind.

When he saw the bunch of university students sucked up to those with power, Finnegan didn’t know whether to appreciate their realistic attitude to life or lament their actions.

“Finn, we should go over too.” Giving Finnegan a tug, Rhiannon whispered, “Amelia Rogan’s brother, Dexter, is a team leader in the Pentariver Group sales department. She says that her brother can get me an internship at the company. If I can gain experience working there, securing a job after graduation will be so much easier. In fact, it would be fantastic if I’m lucky enough to be offered a full-time position there.”

Rhiannon would never ingratiate herself with anyone for the sake of her future previously.

Evidently, her experience at home over the last few years had thought her a thing or two about the realities of life.

Feeling sorry for her, Finnegan held her hand. “Rhia, as long as I’m around, you don’t have to curry favor with anyone. I’ll make arrangements for your internship when the time comes.”

Even if he didn’t seek out Bernice, he could easily get the Miles family to provide her with an opportunity.

Thinking that her words had inadvertently hurt Finnegan’s pride, Rhiannon quickly clarified, “Finn, that’s not what I meant.”

“I know. You don’t have to explain.”

Meanwhile, behind the Mercedes-Benz S-Class that arrived was a Mercedes-Benz C-Class.

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When the doors to the Mercedes-Benz S-Class opened, a young man around stepped out quickly. Ignoring Xandra and the others who went up to greet him, he walked to the front passenger seat and opened its door. “We’re here, my dear.”

Thereafter, a plum woman in her late thirties alighted.

The sight came as such a shock that Xandra gaped in disbelief.

The man was none other than Amelia’s brother, Dexter. Xandra had seen him more than once and had, in fact, intentions of seducing him on the account of his success.

Therefore, when she saw him address an older woman as “my dear,” she was simply dumbfounded.

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to have made you guys wait. I just collected my car before

makeup and a revealing outfit got out of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class. Standing by the car, she was deliberately showing it off

as she strode over. “Amelia,

amazing! You’re already driving a Mercedes-Benz even

model. It cost about four hundred thousand on the

as if it wasn’t a big deal. “Of course, I can’t afford the car. My brother and his girlfriend bought it for me on the account that I’ll need a car

of the two, she held one of them on each side. “By the way, this is my brother, Dexter. I’m sure some of you have met him before. And this is his girlfriend, Jessica Burton, the vice president of Pentariver Group’s sales department. She has secured an internship for me at her company. I’ll be starting work

some of them looked down upon Dexter for

in Pentariver Group.

them began to shamelessly ingratiate themselves with

smiled in response, Jessica maintained an arrogant look and simply nodded to acknowledge the flattery

of pride when she saw how her classmates were falling over each other to cozy up to her brother and

I presume? I wonder what birthday gift he has prepared for you today? I’m sure it will definitely be better than my Mercedes-Benz

eyes, he instantly knew that

such a question in public despite knowing her family’s situation? Amelia is clearly trying to embarrass Rhiannon, to the

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faces of Xandra and the others. They

of Jadeborough University’s campus belles who was also popular in school. Moreover, the guy Amelia had feelings for was pursuing Rhiannon.

they were classmates who shared the same dorm, Amelia never showed her hostility openly and would usually harm Rhiannon from behind her back. Now that they were going off on their internships soon, Amelia decided to humiliate Rhiannon in

insidiousness, was prepared to stand up

friend.

gift I’ve prepared for Rhia is indeed more expensive than your Mercedes-Benz C-Class. In fact, it costs more than the Mercedes-Benz S-Class that sells for a million and

momentary silence descended upon the scene before everyone broke

background, all of them naturally assumed that Finnegan was just

“Rhia, your brother is certainly amazing to be able to present you with a gift that’s more expensive than a Mercedes-Benz S- Class. If that’s the case, why do you have to scrimp and save during school meals and even rely

on their classmates’ faces deepened, all of them looked at

she replied, “The value of a gift isn’t measured in monetary terms but of the thought behind it. That’s

was annoyed with Finnegan.