The Untouchable Son-In-Law: The Master Peregrine - Chapter 380 - Connor White

Yet, this was just the beginning.

Morgan Fleming landed one slap after another on his daughter’s face.

Ellen Fleming was squirming in pain as she begged her father for mercy. “I was wrong, Dad. Stop hitting me. I’ll apologize to him, will that do?”

If Ellen Fleming had been willing to do so earlier, none of this would’ve happened. However, she had previously insisted on keeping her pride.

That was what had caused this problem in the first place.

Without Finn Taylor’s approval, Morgan Fleming didn’t dare to stop slapping his daughter. No matter how hard his daughter begged him, he continued.

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To be honest, even he didn’t want to stop slapping his daughter. He had utterly failed as a father for his daughter to offend someone like Finn Taylor.

If she continued, she was sure to bring the entire family down with her one day.

Although Finn Taylor was angry, he hadn’t done anything to Ellen Fleming. This meant that he had let her off.

Morgan Fleming would rather teach his daughter a lesson before it cost her her life.

“Kneel down!” he yelled as he kicked his daughter in the knee, causing the latter to fall to the ground and into a kneel.

She had been completely unprepared, and her knees hit the ground with a thud. Then, blood started oozing out from them.

It seemed like she had gotten hurt. Even so, Morgan Fleming wasn’t going to go easy on her.

He landed yet another vicious slap on his daughter’s face. “Tell me. Do you know what you’ve done wrong?”

“Yes, Dad. I was wrong.”

Yet another slap.

“Why haven’t you apologized if you know you were wrong? What are you waiting for?”

Ellen Fleming was on the brink of tears. Left with no other choice, she could only say, “I’m sorry, Mr. Taylor. I was insensible. I hope that you’ll forgive me.”

Ellen Fleming was no fool.

Initially, she had thought that her family would be able to suppress Timothy Taylor, yet she had come to her senses the moment her father slapped her. ‘If Father had any other choice, he would never do this to me. It seems like there is only one possibility—Timothy Taylor is truly someone to be feared, so much so that even the Fleming family can’t afford to offend him.’ 

“Alright, take your daughter to the doctor.” Finn Taylor knew that the man was putting on an act for his sake.

Even though Morgan Fleming had slapped his daughter dozens of times, it wasn’t as painful as one would expect because he was merely putting on an act.

However, Finn Taylor didn’t care about that. They were insignificant characters, and there was no need to waste his energy on them.

If he did, he would’ve died from what he had suffered in the past three years.

Morgan Fleming was emotional as he received Finn Taylor’s approval. He, too, fell on his knees and kowtowed to the latter. “Thank you, Mr. Taylor.”

He then dragged his daughter out of the room without any hesitation.

Only when they left the hotel did Ellen Fleming rush into her father’s arms. “Dad!”

“My darling daughter, I must’ve hurt you.”

“No, Dad. Did I get into trouble? Who is Timothy Taylor?”

“Sigh, you’re really lucky. He must’ve been in a good mood today; otherwise, you’d be dead by now.”

Ellen Fleming hadn’t expected her father to say that. ‘It seems like Timothy Taylor is more powerful and influential than I thought.’ 

“He’s the eldest grandson of Chicago’s Taylor family, the only one in line to inherit the family. He is also Master Peregrine of Peregrine Hall.”

‘The only one in line to inherit the Taylor family and Master Peregrine or Peregrine Hall?’ Ellen Fleming’s jaw dropped. ‘I can’t believe I offended such a big shot! I’m really lucky to have survived. I should be dead by now.’ 

…

With Ellen Fleming’s departure, the group started their gathering.

But the atmosphere was now stiff because of what had happened earlier. Although they were enjoying delicacies, they were all restless.

Snowy took the chance to drag Sarah Eaton to the washroom. There, the former lectured her friend. “Sarah, I’m not trying to say anything, but what are you doing with someone like that?”

“Someone like what?”

“Didn’t you see how terrified Morgan Fleming was earlier? I’m sure you know of Morgan Fleming.”

The latter naturally knew who Morgan Fleming was, but she didn’t think that her childhood friend was a bad guy either.

“Oh right, did he give you the car?”

Timothy Taylor had been vague about the topic earlier. Now, Snowy wanted to verify the matter for herself.

“He wanted to give it to me, but I refused his offer. Hence, he said that he would lend me the car and that I’ll return it to him when he returns to Chicago.”

“I knew it. You’ve fallen for his tricks.”

“Huh? What trick?”

“Do you know where he got his money from to simply give away such a good car?”

“No, he was quite poor in the past.”

“Of course! His money is from a sugar mommy!”

‘A sugar mommy?’ Sarah Eaton was dumbfounded. ‘Why does that sound so unbelievable?’ 

“You must believe me! I saw it for myself! After getting off the plane, a wealthy woman came to pick him up in a Bentley. She was about 50 years old.”

“Huh?” Disbelief was written all over Sarah Eaton’s face. She couldn’t believe that her childhood friend had turned into such a person, much less that he had lied to her!

‘It’s no wonder he was able to summon Knox Eaton and Dirk Larson with just one phone call… They’re part of the same gang!’ In an instant, she lost faith in her friend.

However, Snowy instructed her to pretend not to know anything for fear that Timothy Taylor would hurt them.

Sarah Eaton made a mental note of that.

When they left, Finn Taylor left together with Sarah Eaton the same way they had come.

But for some reason, Finn Taylor couldn’t help but feel that his friend’s attitude toward him had changed. Yet, he didn’t know why this was happening.

…

Finn Taylor had nearly completed everything he had set out to do in Chicago. Only one thing remained—now that Felicity was dead, he needed someone else to manage his business in Chicago.

Finn Taylor had already found someone for that job—Connor White.

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