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?”

of Finnegan and his family combined with Xavier’s embarra*sing behavior caused Yahir to lose his temper before he had a chance to greet Winston. “Just as expected, all of

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are a disgrace!”

frantically explained, “Dad, there has to be some misunderstanding,

call me Dad! You and Yosef aren’t even engaged

his wife came forward. “Mr. Haimowitz, this is

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

pushed Xavier out of jealousy because we are becoming the Haimowitz family’s in-laws.”

you’re family. Why do you have to do this? Are

the sudden turn of events, they had no choice but to

of ingratiating themselves with a prominent family would be shattered if either Yahir or

that Finnegan did it on purpose, so she stared daggers at him.

would he claim that there’s no reason

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

slightly, Finnegan stared directly at Winston. “Old Mr. Haimowitz, I wonder if you’re interested in listening to a story of mine?”

out of

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

Winston had shown Finnegan mostly escaped those present.

trouble, Qahira warned, “You had better watch your

her no need, Finnegan calmly related, “There were once two brothers. The elder was thirty, yet didn’t have any

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pa*sed by, both families grew closer and would visit each other frequently.

younger brother who was 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

pushed Desmond past Winston, the

dare

that Finnegan was talking about her family in public, jeopardizing her

engagement.

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

that moment, Winston’s expression drastically changed as he

to Yosef and