Chapter 16: Chapter 16

Chapter 16 Kneel Before Him Kathleen had to reel in from the confusion when she saw the caller’s number before she could pick up the call.

Her expression changed while she was on the call, and she kept glancing at Finnegan. A solemn look crossed her face.

Upon ending the call, Kathleen sighed and said, “Kneel before Mr. Larkin and apologize to him.”

What?

Sasha thought she had misheard Kathleen. “Mom, what did you just say?”

Trey and Bernice were baffled. They were wondering why Kathleen was asking Sasha to go on her knees after answering a call.

However, Kathleen gave no explanation as she said, “Kneel, or I’ll kick you out of the Miles. family on behalf of your father!”

Her words stunned everyone present.

Tears sprang to Sasha’s eyes as she cried out, “I hate you, Mom!”

Then, she bent her knees and kneeled before Finnegan. Unprecedented humiliation crashed into her as she squeezed out, “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have offended you. Please forgive me!”

Kathleen was not happy to see her daughter on her knees, but the memory of the call from earlier made her collect herself.

“Is that enough, Mr. Larkin?”

Complicated feelings washed over Bernice as she looked at Finnegan. Finnegan was certainly the first person in Jadeborough who could force the Miles family to this point.

Yet, Finnegan merely shrugged and started walking away. “If you kneel until the next evening, I’ll consider lending a helping hand to the Miles family once.”

The rest of the people were silent as they watched Finnegan leave.

Only when she could no longer see Finnegan did Bernice mutter, “Mrs. Miles, I’ll take my leave first.”

It did not seem right for her to stick around, and she also wanted to get answers to her confusion from her father.

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Trey’s heart ached when he saw how his sister was crying. He said, “Mom, let Sashie stand קווי“

“Let her kneel”

Sasha snapped her head upward as her eyes reddened even more. “Mom, why?”

She had never suffered such misery in her life before, and her mother had never been this cruel to her before as well.

Kathleen bitterly said, “Alisha called me earlier.”

Sasha wiped her tears and queried, “Alisha?”

The Miles family were good friends with the Wahlstrom family. In fact, Theoden was the one who narued her, and part of her name was the same as Alisha’s.

Trey then asked, “Mom, did you ask Sashie to kneel before Finnegan because of Alisha?”

There were no outsiders around anymore, so Kathleen nodded and said to her children, “Alisha said to accept any request Finnegan has. If Finnegan gets upset, Old Mr. Wahlstrom is going to cut ties with the Miles family. She even said he’s going to crush the Miles family if that happens!”

The siblings paled, and Sasha’s tears abruptly stopped falling.

Isn’t he from a normal family? How is he making the head of Walund’s underworld so protective of him to the point of threatening to cut ties with the Miles family if we were to upset him?

Meanwhile, Finnegan was already in Alisha’s car, He glanced at the sensual woman, who was, once again, in an alluring red dress. With a curl of his lips, Finnegan said, “You were the one who called Mrs. Miles, weren’t you?” Kathleen wouldn’t have changed her demeanor so quickly otherwise.

Alisha blinked and answered, “Mr. Larkin, you’re not angry, are you?”

Finnegan turned to look out the window when he realized she was trying to charm him. “Are your families close with each other?”

“Not exactly.” Alisha gloomily looked away when she realized Finnegan was avoiding her advances again. “But Old Mr. Miles once lent a helping hand to my grandpa when he was in his toughest times, so our families visit each other on New Year. That’s why I wanted to mediate between you and the Miles family when I realized there was a conflict between you two. I was hoping to save the Wahlstrom family from the eventual awkwardness.”

If she did not intervene, the Wahlstrom family would eventually have to side with Finnegan.

The conflict between the Wahlstrom family and the Miles family would be inevitable at that point.

Finnegan nodded and closed his eyes.

As long as Sasha obediently remained kneeling until the next evening, he would not fully hold the Miles family accountable for what they had done.

When Alisha heard nothing else from Finnegan, she deliberately uttered in a high-pitched. voice, “Mr.

Larkin, the night is still young. Why don’t we go somewhere and have a drink?”

Her grandfather had ordered her to sleep with Finnegan. If she failed at her task, her allowance would be cut by ninety percent.

Although she did not know why her grandfather was so adamant about that, she believed her grandfather would not ask her to do anything that would harm her. Furthermore, she did not mind hooking up with Finnegan, who had decent looks.

Finnegan opened his eyes and responded without missing a beat, “Forget it. I’m afraid you might take advantage of me.”

Alisha rolled her eyes and grumbled, “You hurt my feelings, Mr. Larkin.”

“Better than having you tire me out.”

The seduction attempt failed, and Alisha had no choice but to send Finnegan back. She let him out of the car at the junction a hundred meters away from the Larkin residence.

Then, Finnegan walked home while Alisha watched with dissatisfaction.

However, he halted in his tracks when he was a dozen of meters away from his home. Arching his brow, he then walked toward the left alley as he muttered under his breath, “I drank too much. I really need to relieve myself.”

Once he stepped into the alley, he began relieving himself while facing the wall.

Several sets of footsteps abruptly sounded out behind him, and a few men appeared. One was wearing a black tank top, his muscles bulging. He seemed physically powerful.

The look in his eyes was stern and vicious, and he had a dark expression on his face.

Pulling up his pants, Finnegan turned around and said, “It looks like you’ve been waiting around my place for a long time.”

Oscar Goldberg froze before sneering. “So you’re saying that you lured us here?”

Finnegan nodded. “There are still some tenants who have yet to move away. It would be bad to frighten them. Still, is this all the Chomsky family has got? You only brought five people to take me down?”

The only group he had a conflict with within the entire Jadeborough was the Chomsky family, so Finnegan was certain that the Chomskys had sent those people.

Oscar was impressed, and he said, “No wonder you dared to lay a finger on Mr. Killian. It seems like you have some brains and some skills. Nonetheless, you’re too arrogant. You mustn’t be this arrogant around me!”

He had been a disciple of a master fighter, and he was capable enough to easily defeat a hundred people on his own. That was why Tristan spent ten million every year to keep him. working under the Chomskys.

It was also why Oscar did not think Finnegan was a threat despite hearing that Finnegan seemed like a talented individual.

Finnegan shook his head and chucked. He did not want to waste his breath arguing with Oscar about that. “Tristan must have other instructions for you, right? I noticed that you didn’t strike immediately.”

Oscar dropped his smile and said, “Mr. Chomsky has asked me to give you two choices. First choice:

You’ll come back with me and cure Mr. Killian. Second choice: I’ll break your legs and bring you back to cure Mr. Killian. Also, you can’t say that Mr. Killian’s condition has nothing to do with you. We’ve done our research.”

Finnegan narrowed his eyes and responded, “But I want neither choice, and I’ll never cure Killian.”

An icy look manifested on Oscar’s face. “It looks like I’ll have to make a choice for you then.”

The five men in black who came with Oscar instantly darted toward Finnegan. One threw his fist at Finnegan in a vicious manner. They were certainly more proficient in a fight than ordinary gangsters.

Finnegan immediately stopped smiling and dodged it. The one who swung his fist never expected Finnegan to respond so quickly. Unable to retract his punch, he ended up slamming his fist against the wall, and he inhaled sharply from the pain.

In the next second, Finnegan punched him in the face, breaking the bridge of his nose. Blood spurted out of his nose like a jet of water, and he fell to the ground with a scream.

Oscar was momentarily astonished. “No wonder he sent me here. It looks like I’m up against someone powerful.”