Chapter 1822


    Penny gaped open-mouthed at Nathan. "How do you know so much about Corey, anyway?"


    Nathan chuckled. "Corey underestimated me. He thinks all my power lies in the North, but he doesn''t know that I have plenty of powerful connections in Brimmopolis, too."


    The director of the secret service, Hailey, was one of his best friends. She could answer any of his questions regarding the citizens of Brimmopolis at a moment''s notice.


    Penny suddenly thought of something.


    Frowning, she said, "So you already knew about Corey''s n all along!


    "No wonder you insisted on dragging me to the drinking party even though you knew I hated that sort of ce! So you already knew that


    Corey was going to get Barbara to seduce you, and you wanted to use me as an excuse to get out of it!"


    It was precisely Nathan''s decision to bring Penny along that had foiled Corey''s ns tonight.


    He had hoped that Nathan and Ceaser would get into a fight over Barbara.


    Nathan grinned at Penny. "You''re my wife, and I brought you along to help destroy Corey''s insidious ns against me! How could you use me of using you as an excuse?"


    Penny hit him hard on his shoulder. Simmering with rage, she snapped, "In the future, tell me clearly about your ns beforehand! I don''t like it when you hide something from me, no matter how unimportant it is!"


    Nathan took her hand. Trying to pacify her, he said, "I didn''t n on pulling the wool over your eyes. Otherwise, why would I be telling you about this now?


    “Besides, I promise to tell you about my ns in the future, alright?”


    Penny said guiltily, "I''m sorry. I was just a little startled by what you just told me. How could people be so maniptive and cunning?"


    "I''m afraid we might be like that in the future. That''s why I hope you won''t keep this sort of thing from me..."N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    Nathan smiled gently at her. "Honey, don''t you trust me?"


    "Of course I do!" Penny replied incredulously.


    Nathan continued smiling at her. "That''s good enough for me. You have to believe that your husband will never hurt you and will always protect you, alright?"


    Penny flushed scarlet. Feeling both happy and embarrassed, she muttered, "Ugh, how cheesy!"


    The moment they returned to the hotel, Nathan received a call from somebody.


    When he saw the number shing on his screen, Nathan smiled sinisterly.


    "Who''s calling you at this hour?" Penny asked curiously.


    Nathan grinned. "Mr. Lucas!"


    He picked up the phone immediately.


    On the


    Lucas said, "Nathan, I''ve found about the fight between my


    Her end of the line, Mr. Leaser Goldstein at Sunshocluet


    boy and


    tonight."


    He was


    ably forced to pay the


    price for his recklessness tonightet


    Thankfully, you were at the scene and managed to save his life."


    "I don''t know how to thank you, Nathan. Without your help tonight, I would probably have lost a son.


    Nathan smiled. "You overestimate me, Mr.


    Lucas."


    "A small tussle broke out between two boys tonight, and I managed to help them de-escte the situation."


    Zion replied, “Always the humble man, Nathan.”


    "My words probably mean nothing, but I''ll remember this favor you did our family. I won''t be thanking you further, then."


    “What about this? I''ll get my wife to cook dinner for us tomorrow. Why don''t you and the wifee over and have dinner with us?" Nathan paused for a while before he agreed. "Alright, then!"


    “Okay! I''ll be waiting for you to grace my house with your presence, then," Zion said.


    The call ended soon after that.


    Meanwhile, at the hospital, the surgery room was bustling with people. A surgery was ongoing.


    Arge crowd of people had


    gathered at the door of the surgery room. Some of them belonged to the Davier family, while others were from the Goldstein family.


    Ms. Goldstein was crying her eyes out, while a crowd of people tried in vain to console her.


    Leaser had only been injured by a bullet to his hand, and his life wasn''t in danger.


    At that moment, Mr. Davier and his subordinates came rushing down the corridor towards them.


    Mr. Davier was yelling, "Who the hell injured my son?"


    Beside him, Quent said quietly, "I heard it was Nathan."


    A look of anger appeared on Mr. Davier''s face.


    "Him again?"