"You can't be serious? Henry is treating you to a meal?" Timothy and Quinn were completely dumbfounded."That's absolutely impossible. Do you think he's just any old man? Do you know who he is?" Timothy then explained, "He is at the helm of the Longhorns', and the Longhorns are only one of three first-tier upper-class families here in Brookbourn. One small move from them will send waves through Brookbourn, and decision they make will change Brookbourn's future! Why would someone like that treat you to dinner?"Severin thought over what Timothy said and asked him, "What about the Loughs? Are they on the same level as the Longhorns?"Timothy immediately said, "Of course not! The Loughs aren't even a third-tier upper-class family, and at best, they're just wealthy businesspeople. Their business has been growing very steadily in the past few years, and they might just become a third-tier upper-class family soon. The Loughs' have a net worth in excess of fifteen million, but they're far

Lucy took a step forward, glared fiercely at Severin, and said, "We couldn't get married because you went to prison, Severin. Am I to blame for that? Why should I return the money?" She folded her arms and then said proudly, "Living in poverty must've driven you crazy. You're asking me for money because you don't have any after coming out of prison, right? I wasted three years of my youth during our three-year relationship, and that forty thousand is just about enough to compensate me for the time lost. A little over ten thousand a year shouldn't be much, right?""Tch!" Severin never expected her to say that so righteously. Enraged, he glared at Lucy and said, "So is your youth all that matters? What about mine?" Severin asked while walking slowly toward Lucy. "I bought you whatever you wanted during those three years. Have I not been good enough to you? I'm on your beck and call. I listen to whatever you say, and I've treated you so well. And what about you? What have you done for me

Severin's head was buzzing. He could not believe that he had a child, and wondered if that chubby and adorable girl named Selene was his daughter."That little girl…is my daughter?" Severin shook his head and found it hard to believe.Diane walked up to Severin and gritted her teeth. All the suffering she had experienced in the past five years were concentrated into the tears that welled up in her eyes. She slapped Severin without hesitation and said, "You b*stard! Don't you remember what happened the night before you were apprehended? Do you have any idea what I had to go through in the past five years, and how much anguish I had to bear?"Severin was so dumbstruck that he did not even stop her slap. He could feel just how hard it was for a daughter of an aristocratic family to be kicked out of her home whilst being pregnant with a baby. It was likely that she had gone through the nine-month pregnancy alone, with no one to even care for her.Her life was already hard enough, yet s

"Why are all of you just standing there? Beat him up!" Trevor looked at the bodyguards and shouted."Just try it!" When Diane saw those bodyguards raised their machetes, her heart skipped a beat, and she opened her arms again to shield Severin. "My family might not care much about me anymore, but the Shanahan blood still runs in my veins! If anyone hurts me by mistake, then you'd best be prepared to face the Shanahans's wrath!""But…" The bodyguards immediately became fearful.Severin, who was standing behind her, felt a warm current in his heart. However, he took a step forward and patted Diane on the shoulder. "Leave this kind of stuff to me. I can handle it, so don't worry!""You? What can do you? Bragging is all you've got going for you!" Diane left Severin speechless with that remark.On the other side, Trevor frowned before eventually saying, "Alright, Miss Diane. I'll give you one chance today. I'll let the two of you leave if you can get someone from the Shanahans to plead

Diane's initial plan was just to inform her father, William, about the situation. Believing that a couple of remarks from William to the Loughs would be enough to persuade the other party to back off, her plan backfired when William brought both her uncle, George, and her grandma, Catherine along.William glanced at Severin and sighed. He was obviously disappointed with Severin, for he never thought that his daughter would get together with someone so worthless. It dawned on him that it was probably the reason why his daughter refused to say anything when asked about the child's father.Such a man was not worthy of being associated with the Shanahans, especially not a woman like Diane who had both beauty and brains. Diane's mother, Felicia, glanced at Severin and took a step forward. As she looked coldly at Severin, she said, "So you're the one who ruined my daughter's life? If it weren't for you, she wouldn't've been kicked out of the house, and our life wouldn't have been so suffer