Life After Prison

Chapter 28

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!

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

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a smile. If even the Draco Hall’s people could not afford to offend someone like Henry,

a first-name basis, which hinted at

you be refunding that money? It was the Orwells who took it, so the responsibility to refund it falls on them!”

Helga’s face was purple from her anger. Having her return the

it was not in their position to refute, since the act of doing so could be likened to

“Could you give me your account number? I’ll

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

make things difficult for

dollars in return for his life-saving grace, yet he was suddenly demanding a bigger sum in cash. There could not have been

that he was simply doing it to piss the

You want cash, right? We’ll get it for you now!” Lucy turned red with