Every single pair of eyes in the room was on Nathan. Many parents looked sympathetic.
If Nathan's card really turned out to be fake, and he was really a pauper, he would have truly offended Chelsea. This would spell terrible things ahead for him.
Nathan smirked and said, "Who do you think you are to have me kneel before you? Just get your husband here. I want to see how powerful he is."
Speak of the devil.
At this moment, a Mercedes-Benz was cruising along and stopped abruptly in front of the school's entrance.
From the car came a middle-aged man in a suit, with two men following him.
This man was Chelsea's husband, the head of Cross Group's property development division, Bob Hoffman.
Cross Group's first project was to transform Asiatic Village into Asiatic
Shopping Mall. Bob was the project manager back then.
Hence, he was considered to be one of the most senior staff at Cross Group. He held 0.5% of the company's shares and had a sizable net worth.
When Chelsea saw Bob, it was as if she saw her rescuer. She quickly went up to him and whined, "Darling, you arrived at just the right time. That family is bullying me. You know people from both the legal and the underworld here at Channing. Go and teach them a lesson on my behalf.”
Bob had just found out that his wife and her brothers got into an altercation with some other parents at the school entrance.
Hence, he rushed there immediately.
When he looked towards the direction Chelsea was pointing at, his eyes widened at the sight of Nathan and Penny.
Chelsea did not notice the change in her husband's face as she continued chattering away. "Darling, this pauper is threatening me with a fake black card, and he says he wants to donate a new building for the school together with me. He says he will contribute thirty million while I can contribute twenty million. Look at him, can he actually take out thirty million? Who is he trying to fool?"
Before Chelsea could finish speaking, Bob was already full of shame and anger. He could not hold it anymore and raised his hand to give her a tight slap on her face.
Slap!
It was an explosive sound!
Chelsea's already plump face swelled up immediately after Bob slapped her; she now looked more like a pig than ever before.
She held onto her face, completely stunned by her husband's slap.
Everyone surrounding her was shocked as well.
Chelsea stared at Bob with disbelief and stammered, "D-darling, did you just hit me?"
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