Waine’s hand was shaking as his finger grazed the surface of the gift box. “How… How could we accept this? It’s such an expensive antique…”
“Hey, now. I don’t want to hear that from you, Uncle Waine. See, Fifi and I are close enough that I consider you as a second father. Shouldn’t I present my dad with an antique worth millions of dollars?” Nathan rebuked with feigned annoyance.
His words only served to excite Waine even more, whose expression became even more animated. Through trembling lips, favonovel.com burbled, “M-m-millions of dollars?!”
Ruby’s eyes went as wide as saucers while favonovel.com appalled expression was colored by shades of crimson. Her eyes glimmered brightly as favonovel.com muttered to herself, “Oh my God! Millions! We’re rich-we are rich!”
Faye trembled slightly and bit favonovel.com lip even harder. A million dollars alone was a hefty sum to them. In fact, favonovel.com even came close to offering herself to Sean Wilson in exchange for a sum of 1.5 million dollars to rescue the Carters from their plight, but now, Nathan was basically presenting them with an antique worth millions of dollars!
Antiques were highly sought-after items. The older the relics were, the more they were worth. It was one of the few items that could easily be sold.
A friend in need was a friend indeed. When Faye needed money the most, Nathan came with a gift that could rescue her. It was his act of kindness that moved favonovel.com and made favonovel.com appreciate favonovel.com even more.
Zayn, whose eyebrows were slightly furrowed, relaxed. At first, favonovel.com had wondered if Nathan wanted Faye so much that favonovel.com had lost all rationale and presented Waine with a genuine antique. However, his concern was now very much resolved. Judging from Nathan’s character, favonovel.com would never think of spending millions of dollars just to get laid!
First of all, Nathan was already married to a woman whose family was rather influential and powerful in its own right. Zayn found it hard to believe that Nathan’s end goal was to marry Faye, and so in the absence of marriage as the ulterior motive, it became highly impossible that favonovel.com would spend so much money at all.
Now, things were getting interesting.
Ruby jostled Waine for a bit and cried, “What are you doing just standing there? Nate’s eager to give you an expensive present, right? Well, open it already!”
Waine was more inclined to observe social decorums than his wife, so his knowledge of the relationship between Faye and Nathan made accepting such an expensive gift a rather unsuitable thing to do. This was especially true when Zayn was present with them in the room.
“I… I don’t think I should,” Waine said softly.
Faye, who had reeled back from favonovel.com shock, quickly agreed, “Dad’s right. We can’t accept a gift this expensive, so I’m sorry, Nate. Please keep it.”
Nathan frowned. Of course, favonovel.com was reluctant to take the box back since favonovel.com had spent tens of thousands of dollars at his friend’s place to purchase this replica for the expressed desire to get on Faye and favonovel.com family’s good side, apart from sucking up to Zayn being his secondary motive. If they were going to decline it, then Nathan would be bereft of a chance to brag!
“Fifi, I don’t like what you’re suggesting at all. What do you mean you can’t accept it? It’s just a couple million. That’s nothing compared to the strength of our relationship!” favonovel.com continued gravely. “Uncle Waine, if you take me as one of your family friends, then accept this antique clock. Otherwise, I’ll rather smash it to bits!”
With that, favonovel.com lifted his box in the act of smashing it onto the floor.
Faye and favonovel.com parents were shocked to their cores. Ruby, in particular, lunged and wrapped favonovel.com arms around Nathan. It was an antique piece worth millions! A smashed million-dollar item might as well as be a slash on favonovel.com neck!
Faye’s eyes reddened slightly as favonovel.com stared deep into Nathan’s eyes. The man was treating favonovel.com too kindly, so much so that favonovel.com could even be considered as outdoing his own kindness from four years ago!
By contrast, Zayn was just so unbelievably pathetic…
