Chapter 5

who were both lying half-dead on

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

a rage, “Tell me, who gave you the authority to send out the armed forces for no valid reason, other than to parade them around like

will accept any punishment.” Thomas Dunn was full of

you've returned to camp.

you for your advice. I shall reflect on my mistake,”

won a nod of approval from Nathan for his positive

at them, “Get on your knees and apologize! If you upset my Sir again, I'll make

his wife clambered to their knees, groveling for

and

hastily to kneel 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 mercy on us and

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 them a chance, since they

long as it pleases you, my dear.” Nathan's lips curved into a rare, tender

made her

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

“Scram!”

couple seized the opportunity and stumbled to the door in feverish haste with their

a lavish welcoming party for Nathan, but the latter rejected his offer, making known his desire to spend some quality time

Dunn

Queenie in his arms as the trio made their way

“Now that you're back, I'm

a tone full of indulgence. “Papa will never let anyone bully

quietly from the side with tears rolling down her cheeks. Queenie's elated face

...

center of the

in an old, dilapidated building that was located downtown

no elevators in the

in his arms, Nathan climbed up

place is pretty cramped and messy,”

dad, was reading the newspaper with his reading

Smith, was making dinner in

see his daughter bringing

time Penny had ever brought a

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

and walked up to

He looked puzzled when he

Queenie had already answered

who raped my daughter five years ago? So it's you who turned our lives

none other than the culprit who had raped her

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

ran out from the kitchen, swinging a cleaver madly. Leah Smith's

outrage from her grandparents shocked little Queenie to the core,

back her mother with all

clinging tightly to her body,

family mansion by Benson's dad.” Leah pointed her cleaver at Nathan as she spat, “You've ruined Penny's life utterly and brought her nothing but pain. You're worse

been upturned by Nathan's sudden reappearance. The Penny and Queenie's wails almost

out a roar that was uncharacteristic of his

effectively brought Leah's wild

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 had enough

his eyes. With Queenie in his arms, his insistence to make up for

know the torment Penny

silence anymore. They deserve a life that is happy and blissful, and their future will be a path paved with diamonds. They are my family, my queen and my princess, and I'll make

life? A path paved with diamonds? The whole world under

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

vulnerable ladies like Penny would fall for his honeyed

bawled at Nathan, “Now get the

police if you insist on staying,” Benson

would have already done so when he found out that Nathan was the homeless man who had raped his daughter. Nonetheless, he refrained from doing so as he could not bear to let Penny go

tears on her face and said

What?

stared incredulously at their

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