Penny instinctively got to her feet again. “What do you want from me? If you don’t like me, you can send me to the detention center. Stop fussing around here!”
“Do you think I want to do this? You made Grandpa angry and heightened his blood pressure. He nearly fainted to his death. He would’ve been in danger if we hadn’t rushed over in time,” Eugene growled.
Penny frowned upon hearing this. High blood pressure? I guess I did talk quite a lot this morning. I was too angry. Right when she felt a little guilty, she realized that Eugene had referred to himself as ‘we’. Does that mean that Olivia is here too?
She glanced upstairs as she felt hatred building up inside her. “Isn’t your darling Olivia here? Tell her to save Grandpa!” He slowly narrowed his eyes when he heard her words, and he slowly stood up from his seat on the couch. There was a sinister aura that surrounded him. “Say that again.”
Penny felt goosebumps forming on her skin when she saw the way Eugene was acting. However, she still held her head up high as she spoke. “What is it? Did I say anything wrong? Isn’t Olivia really impressive? Tell her to save Grandpa then!”
The moment she finished her sentence, Eugene gave her a tight slap. She already had a feeling that he might lay as hand on her, but when he actually did it, she still felt dazed for a moment. Furthermore, his slap wasn’t a light one as she immediately fell to the ground after being hit.
Eugene glared at her with his dagger-like gaze. “I thought you were just stubborn, but it seems like you are purely heartless. Grandpa nearly lost his life after losing his temper at you. How dare you say that he can just be saved after that! Are you still human?”
As she glared at Eugene hatefully, Penny clutched her face. Then, she let out a scoff. “Are you hitting me because of Grandpa? Or, is it because I touched your sensitive spot? You recklessly protect Olivia whenever anyone talks bad about her. I’m your younger sister, and I’ve always respected and loved you as my older brother. How dare you hit me for the sake of an outsider!”
His face was as cold as ice, and there was an eerie look in his eyes. “Hit you? If you ever say such things again, I will do more than just hit you. I told you to take care of Grandpa, and you didn’t just fail to do so. You even made him fall ill. You got so drunk that you wouldn’t come back even after I told you to, and you didn’t show any care when you heard that Grandpa fell sick. Instead, all you do is start a fight. Have you lost your basic sense of filial piety after being out of the country for a few days?”
“What do you mean when you say that I’m not filial? Have you given me a chance to explain myself? I gave your girlfriend the opportunity to flaunt her skills right after I came back. You said that it’s fortunate that you guys came back in time, or Grandpa might have died otherwise. Aren’t you trying to say that your girlfriend was the one who saved Grandpa? Aren’t I helping you to show her off? What’s there for you to be unhappy about?” she uttered.
He stared at her with a look of disbelief. He was furious. “Bring me a bucket of water!” he told Connor. Connor didn’t understand what was going on, but he followed his orders dutifully. “Sure, Mr. Nolan.” He headed to the toilet to get a bucket of water, and he wasn’t the only one who didn’t understand what Eugene meant.
Even Penny herself was just as confused. She only understood what was going on when the bucket of water was splashed all over her face. Then, she understood that the bucket had been prepared for her.
“Are you awake now?” Eugene glared at Penny, who looked like she had just walked under heavy rain. It took her a while to regain her senses before she screamed at him in fury.. “What are you doing, Eugene?”
He growled, “What am I doing? You are the one who doesn’t know what you are doing. You’ve been targeting the wrong person. I am the one who is going against your parents, and this has nothing to do with anyone else. You should stop telling Grandpa about these things as it will only trouble him even more. If this happens again, I will chase you out of the Nolan Family, Penny!”
