A Healer’s Journey

Chapter 42 The Scheme Of Tristan

At the entrance, Winston walked in with Wynter’s help, followed by Yahir and the others.

Meanwhile, Ximena’s face glowed with pride. Winston gracing her engagement banquet was the icing on the cake for what was probably the most glorious moment of her life.

“Stop, don’t move yet!” Xavier barked.

Carrying out his mother’s instructions, he came forward and grabbed Finnegan’s arm.

As an icy glint flashed across his eyes, Finnegan gave his arm a shake, unleashing a powerful yet unseen force. The sudden numbness in his hand forced Xavier to let go and caused him. to stagger backward.

He conséquently lost his balance when he bumped into a table right behind him.

Just as he was about to crash onto the ground, he reached out by reflex to grab something. Little did he expect it to be the corner of the tablecloth.

Not only did he fail to stabilize himself, but he also pulled down all the gla*sware and plates from the table.

The loud crash interrupted the joyous atmosphere of the occasion.

Amidst the sudden silence that ensued, everyone turned around to look.

As Raymond’s and his wife’s faces lost all color, Qahira’s l*ps quivered. “Oh, no!”

The moment Ximena saw that her brother was the cause of the commotion, her expression froze immediately with tears welling up in her eyes.

As for Finnegan, he continued to push Desmond forward as if he had nothing to do with it at

all.

The sight of Finnegan brought a glow to Winston’s and Wynter’s faces. Both of them didn’t seem surprised by the turn of events.

They had already investigated Finnegan’s background, and that was the reason they decided to attend the engagement banquet. Winston had wanted to leverage the engagement banquet of his grandnephew to improve his relationship with Finnegan.

“What’s your family doing?”

Yahir to lose his temper before he had a chance to greet

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are a disgrace!”

frantically explained, “Dad, there has to be some misunderstanding, as my brother

and Yosef aren’t even engaged yet!”

of the situation, Raymond and his wife came forward. “Mr. Haimowitz, this is a misunderstanding. My son didn’t do

up to explain, “Mr. Haimowitz, it was an accident.” As a thought struck him, Xavier pointed at Finnegan. “I bumped into the table

pushed Xavier out of jealousy because we

“Finnegan, I invited you to my engagement banquet on the account that you’re family. Why do you have to do this? Are you that petty

no choice but to shift the

with a prominent family would be

on purpose, so she stared daggers at him.

why would he claim that there’s no reason for the engagement

Qahira regretted inviting Finnegan and his family. All these wouldn’t have happened if she hadn’t done so. Cr*p! I

at Winston. “Old Mr. Haimowitz, I wonder if

get out of here or I’ll-”

Winston thundered. Just as Yahir’s expression froze awkwardly, Winston maintained his

deference Winston had shown Finnegan mostly escaped

Qahira warned, “You had better watch

Finnegan calmly related, “There were once two brothers. The elder was thirty, yet didn’t have any accomplishments. The younger graduated from university and

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This calded the elder brother’s family’s financial situation to gradually improve. As time pa*sed by, both families grew closer and would visit each other frequently. One day, the son of

suffering badly, the elder brother tried his best to avoid him. In spite of that, the younger brother and his wife didn’t mind the treatment. Even though they knew that his wife invited them to their daughter’s wedding just to show off, they still made the effort to attend. However, the elder brother’s wife was worried that their appearance would upset her future in-laws, so they then tried to kick the younger brother’s family out. Well, Old Mr. Haimowitz, it’s time for me to leave now that I’m done with my

the sorrow in

dare you

talking about her family in public, jeopardizing her

engagement.

bellowed, “You, b*stard! Why are you being so vile?

Winston’s expression drastically changed as he gave Wynter an

that Finnegan’s cousin sister was about to be engaged to Yosef and