“Sure, I’ll see you around!”
After Mr. James departed, Natalie had no intention to stay around anymore. She was about to return to her seat, yet her father dragged her arm with all her might and stopped her.
“Why did you expose me in front of Mr. James?”
“What’s wrong, Dad? Am I supposed to play along with you and lie to Mr. James? Do you really think you can deceive him forever? Even if you get him to finance Smith Group, as soon as he’s aware you have been lying to him, he’ll retract the funds without any second thought.”
Harrison’s lips twitched unwittingly because he was rendered speechless by his daughter’s words.
A few seconds later, he narrowed his eyes and sized Natalie up in an odd manner. “Speaking of which, how are you acquainted with Mr. James?”
Natalie shrugged him off and asked, “What does it have to do with you?”
Harrison forced a gentle smile and requested, “You seem to be pretty close with Mr. James, huh? Why don’t you persuade him…”
“Impossible!” Natalie turned him down without any hesitation before he could finish his sentence.
Harrison’s expression darkened all of a sudden. “Natalie, I’m your father! How dare you defy my words?”
Smirking, Natalie remarked sarcastically, “I don’t consider you as my father anymore ever since you chased Mom, Jared, and I out of the family seven years ago.”
Harrison was dumbfounded for a few seconds when he heard her words. His heart skipped a beat because it felt as though he had lost a precious thing in his life.
He threatened her, “Fine! Since you’re not going to acknowledge me as your father, I’m not going to force you into submission. However, I have raised you up for at least a decade! Don’t you think you should repay me?”
Natalie didn’t expect her father to be such a shameless man. He actually resorted to such a dirty trick to threaten her.
She took a deep breath, but before she could rebuke her father, a man’s callous voice could be heard from behind them. “Mr. Smith, I must say I’m surprised!”
Natalie’s eyes gleamed gleefully as she could recognize the voice. “Mr. Shane.”
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