Life After Prison

A smile that was neither self-important nor self-abasing unfolded across Severin’s face.

“This guy is Mister Henry’s friend? That can’t be possible!”

“For the love of God, that kid was invited to have a meal with Mister Henry when even people like us aren’t qualified to do so?”

A number of wealthy businessmen were completely shell-shocked to hear Henry’s words. Some of them even wondered if they were dreaming.

“How did he get to know Mister Henry?” George, the head of the Shanahans, frowned as well.

Everyone there had been trying to get close to someone as powerful as Henry, yet none ever had even the slightest chance of succeeding. By contrast, Severin seemed to be on such friendly terms with Henry that the latter had took the initiative to treat him to a meal!

Henry turned around and looked at Lucy while saying, “Aren’t you Severin’s ex-fiancee? Don’t you think you should return the dowry now that you’re getting married to someone else instead of him? And that one-hundred-and-fifty-dollar sum seems a bit excessive, isn’t it?”

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“R-r-r-right! We’ll return that money to Severin!” Trevor immediately said with a smile. If even the Draco Hall’s people could not afford to offend someone like Henry, it was simply unthinkable for the Loughs to risk doing so.

Moreover, Henry knew Severin on a first-name basis, which hinted at a rather decent relationship between the two of them.

Severin, however, said, “Hehe, why should you be refunding that money? It was the Orwells who took it, so the responsibility to refund it falls on them!”

“You…” Helga’s face was purple from her anger. Having her return the money she had spent was worse than anything else.

Landon was taken aback, and hurriedly pulled Helga back for fear that she would offend Henry. After all, it was not in their position to refute, since the act of doing so could be likened to a slap in Henry’s face.

He said to Severin with a smile, “Could you give me your account number? I’ll have someone transfer the money to you!”

In another twist of events, Severin smiled faintly and said, “Sorry, but I prefer cash. You and your family accused me of being driven mad by poverty, so since I haven’t seen money in a long time, I want all that money to be given in the form of cash. It would hit the sweet spot whenever I sleep if I put it in under my bed!”

“You’re kidding…..” Landon gritted his teeth angrily. Severin was obviously trying to make things difficult for them, because taking out cash would require them to go to the bank.

Charmaine was very much amused by Severin’s words as she stood to one side. He refused outright when her grandfather offered him 150,000 dollars in return for his life-saving grace, yet he was suddenly demanding a bigger sum in cash. There could not have been a clearer indication

yet that he was simply doing it to piss the Orwells off.

“Fine. You want cash, right? We’ll get it for you now!” Lucy turned red with ire and looked angrily at Severin before leaving with Landon.

“You get one hour to have it ready. If it’s not prepared by then, I won’t go easy on your family anymore!” Severin watched as Lucy stormed off, and added, “Just leave the money at the front desk. I’m going to have a nice meal with Mister Henry soon, and I won’t have time to count, but I promise I’ll make life difficult for you if it’s short by even a single dollar!”

Lucy, who had just walked to the stairs, flew into such a fit of rage that she sprained her foot by accident.

“Ahhhh!” Lucy exclaimed in pain, took off her high heels, then turned around and stared viciously at Severin before leaving.

When she and her family had left, Henry smiled and said, “Shall we have dinner together now, Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

Severin?”

Severin walked up to Diane, and reached out to hold her hand. His sudden move caught her by surprise and she wanted to withdraw her hand, but he held on tightly to her that she eventually gave on trying to pull her hand away.

Severin led Diane to Henry and Charmaine, then introduced her, “Mister Henry, Miss Charmaine, this here is my wife. Do you mind if I bring her along?”

“She’s most welcome to join us!” After hearing this, Henry laughed cheerfully, “You’ve got a good eye, Severin. She’s famously known as one of Brookbourn’s most beautiful woman!”