Immediately, Penny introduced the men to one another, "Nathan, this is Randy Fallon, my neighbor back in the day. Randy, this is my husband, Nathan Cross."
Randy sized up Nathan the moment the latter approached him, and stared at Nathan with a hostile look on his face.
He teased with a skin-deep smile, "Hey, you're Penny's husband?"
"Yes. That's me," Nathan replied nonchalantly.
Randy asked once more as he circled Nathan, "Mr. Cross, what sort of business are you involved in?"
"I'm sorry, but I'm not a businessman," Nathan replied.
If he's not a businessman, then he must be an ordinary employee working for others!
Immediately, Randy scoffed, "Does that mean you're an ordinary employee? Do you really think you deserve Penny? Look at the differences between you and Penny.
She's dressed in all sorts of designer's items, yet you're only in streetwear! You know what? You should stop wasting Penny's time and divorce her immediately!"
"Really? If that's the case, who else deserves to be her husband?” Nathan asked sarcastically.
"Me! I'm the colonel of the North Army, Captain of the General of the North's personal bodyguard. In short, I'm the one best suited for Penny," Randy pointed at himself and asserted proudly.
"Really? You're the captain of the General of the North's personal bodyguard? Why am I not aware of such a thing?" Nathan chuckled the moment he heard Randy's words.
Randy's eyes widened in disbelief. He was taken aback by Nathan's reply and infuriated at the same time. He was about to rebuke Nathan's statement because no one could possibly deny him of the identity he claimed.
However, Colin got ahead of him and broke the silence in a callous tone. "You're the captain of the General of the North's personal bodyguards? If that's the case, who the hell am I?"
Once again, Randy was confused by Colin's words. He found Colin absurd and unreasonable, and he couldn't possibly be bothered by Colin's identity.
In return, Nathan smirked slyly as if he was up to no good in his mind.
Similarly, Colin was upset and cast a stern gaze at Randy.
Naturally, Penny, Kylie, and Frida, who were aware of Nathan's actual identity as the General of the North, couldn't fathom the situation, either.
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