Suddenly, a few thugs appeared around Nathan and pushed him by the shoulder.Then, Nathan was taken to a nearby alley.Penny took a few steps forward, and the pain made her lean against a tree on the side of the road to catch her breath.Worried about a conflict occurring between Nathan and those thugs, she gritted her teeth and followed.Sounds of punches and kicks, along with cursing, came from the dark alley.“When will you pay back the money?! If you don’t, I’ll kill you today!”“Damn bastard, you made it hard for us to look for you. How dare you disappear?!”Penny had just arrived at the mouth of the alley when she heard these sounds.She first dialed the police, fearing that Nathan would be killed by these merciless people. She then shouted, “Stop!”The thugs stopped, turned their heads, and noticed that she was wearing a dress. Their first response was to whistle. They then slowly approached her.“Yo, pretty lady! Nathan Easton, when on earth did you get to know such a
Penny was startled. She noticed a hint of fierceness flashing across Caleb’s eyes as he kicked the person away.The thugs realized they had bumped into a tough opponent tonight and did not dare to linger. They got up from the ground and helped each other to leave in a disgraceful manner.“Mr. Fergerson! I’ll take you to the hospital.”Penny held Caleb’s hand, her fingertips slightly trembling.Nonetheless, her high heels were inconvenient, and her leg hurt even more.Caleb frowned. His right hand was injured, which would be somewhat inconvenient.He saw Penny throw her high heels away and stand barefoot on the ground, her face showing a rare hint of panic.Caleb was injured because of her. If Aurelia knew about this, she would probably tear her apart.Moreover, she owed Caleb a favor for tonight.She got into Caleb’s car and grabbed Nathan, who was trying to escape.“You’re coming with me!”Nathan was quite cowardly and a little afraid of Penny. Seeing the luxury car, he was
His lips were tightly pressed together, and with the hand that was not injured, he swiped to answer the phone. While pondering how to begin speaking, Sir Fergerson’s comforting words came from the other end.“Caleb, you did a good job this time. You’ve finally grown up, my boy. It's okay if you don’t come tonight. I won’t blame you this time.”Caleb squinted, momentarily unsure why the old man said that.After all, whenever Grandpa called him before, the conversation would invariably shift to Penny within three sentences.Yet tonight, it seemed that he had no such intention.Could it be because of the major acquisition case they had just completed?His grandfather had seldom shown interest in the business world. Since handing over Fergerson Corporation to him, he had been focused on treatment at the hospital and enjoying his twilight years.If it were not for the recently completed and successful acquisition case, Caleb really could not think of anything else he had done to make
Under his intense emotions, Nathan did not deliberately try to control his tone, so his voice echoed down the entire corridor.If he was speaking clearly in standard English, then Caleb would certainly understand their quarrel and guess Penny’s identity, especially as Nathan was calling out her full name.However, Nathan dropped out of school early. In his first few years of not studying, he worked at construction sites in several coastal towns, making friends with people from all over the country who came from the countryside to work. At that time, he wanted to escape Union County’s poverty, so he deliberately learned their accents.It was not difficult to understand the meaning of one person’s local dialect, but when accents from multiple towns mixed together, the pronunciation became unclear and strange.Caleb had no idea what the two were arguing about. He could only vaguely hear what Penny was saying.As for Nathan, he did not understand a single word.He was proficient in s
The doctor had already stitched up his wound, and after mentioning a few precautions, he left.Penny took a deep breath, no longer paying attention to Nathan. She went over to Caleb instead.“Mr. Fergerson, do you remember the woman who smashed your car last time? My cousin-in-law?”Caleb’s mind was instantly filled with an image of a shrew's face. His eyebrows were raised slightly.“Mmm.”Penny suddenly found it difficult to speak and lowered her eyelashes.“Mr. Fergerson, I’ll cover the loss of that one million dollars, but I don’t have that much money on me at the moment. Can it be deducted from my design fee for now? As for the remaining amount, please allow me to pay you back on an installment plan. Is that okay?”The design fee for Caleb’s project would certainly be in the hundreds of thousands. If Caleb was generous, it could be around 700 grand.The villa in Kensington Gardens, while not extravagant, was very exquisite and perfectly suitable for a home.Caleb seemed to
She would do anything for him?At his beck and call?Delivering three meals a day to Fergerson Corporation?Regardless, Caleb was not very interested in any of it.However, when he caught a glimpse of the slight embarrassment on her cheeks, he realized she was acting out of a need to make amends.Seeing Penny so humbled, Nathan, who was at the door, could not stand it any longer.Penny was an excellent student, a graduate of the prestigious Imperial University. This man, no matter how rich, should not be humiliating her like this, right?“Penny, what are you doing? You graduated from a top-tier university, and now you’re going to become someone's nanny?”Upon hearing Nathan’s thoughtless words, Penny pursed her lips.Caleb did not know what Nathan was ranting about, but he clearly heard the word ‘humiliated.’He was not originally interested in the conditions Penny had proposed, but after hearing Nathan say this, he lightly turned his injured wrist.“You should know the hote
“I’ve seen you on that street before, Mr. Fergerson, so I guessed that you must also have a house there.”She was glad to have met Caleb while walking Nani.As soon as she spoke, Caleb remembered that Penny seemed to have injured her leg, but she did not seem to have gotten it treated at the hospital earlier?Throughout the journey, she showed no signs of abnormality. Was she enduring it?Indeed, Penny was enduring it. It was excruciatingly painful to even step on the gas pedal.However, she had caused Caleb to be so severely injured and miss the banquet. She felt she needed to do something for him or she would be uneasy.She did not want to owe Caleb in any way.“Mr. Fergerson, I only know that you have a house there, but I don’t know exactly which one it is. Could you point it out later?”She had to play the part till the end.Caleb leaned back, and his gaze quietly fell on her.Penny felt inexplicably uneasy while clutching the steering wheel tightly. Her palms were sweaty
Caleb frowned, again finding that this woman’s lips were truly shut tighter than a clamshell.“Hmm.”Penny let out a sigh of relief, moved that he was not deliberately making things difficult for her. “Okay, I’ll be here on time.”After spraying the pain relief spray, her ankle got some relief. She then lowered her head, organized the medical kit, and put it back into the entryway cabinet.When closing the door, she spoke again.“Mr. Fergerson, you should rest early.”Caleb’s face instantly turned colder, an unclear feeling brewing within him.It was suffocating and uncomfortable.He untied his tie, as if this unexplainable emotion would dissipate substantially that way.However, the act of untying his tie caused pain in his injured hand, making him wince slightly.She was just a woman he was not too familiar with.There was no need to care.Penny did not concern herself with what Caleb thought. She was in a hurry to deal with Uncle Leo’s affairs in Union County.What ir