Norton’s expression turned solemn.
“Really?”
He turned to Kern and instructed, “Go find Nathan and tell him to come here immediately. I want him to explain why he’s been avoiding Lucinda.”
“Yes, sir.”
Lucinda continued chatting with Norton. Not even once did the smile on her face falter.
Ten minutes later, Kern returned.
“sir, Mr. Nathan isn’t here. He said he was on a mission.”
“What mission could possibly be more important than his fiancee’s party?”
Notwithstanding his displeasure, Norton refrained from reprimanding Nathan severely in front of Lucinda. He turned to her with a reassuring smile.
“Don’t worry, Lucinda. I’ll bring him here today even if it means I have to tie him up and drag him.”
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Lucinda did not bother arguing with him.
“Sure.”
Norton gave her an adoring glance. When he looked back at Kern, his expression hardened as he ordered, “Tell Nathan that he will spend three days and three nights on his knees in the ancestral temple if he doesn’t show his face here on time.”
Once again, Kern tried to contact Nathan.
He returned a few minutes later with the news.
“Sir, Mr. Nathan said that he would go to the ancestral temple to accept his punishment once he was do
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ne with his mission.”
That certainly did the trick of making Norton even more irate.
Nathan was so set on defying him that he would rather be punished than show up to his fiancee’s party.
Not wanting to offend Lucinda further, Norton decided to increase the severity of the punishment.
“Since he’s so tough and fearless, tell him I will lash him a hundred times in addition to his punishment if he doesn’t come here now.”
Kern’s expression soured.
“One hundred lashes? Are you serious, sir?”
Norton turned his back to him and snorted in response.
Kern protested, “You know how stubborn Mr. Nathan is. If he has really made up his mind not to show up, he will definitely accept the punishment. Are you planning to actually whip him? He’ll die if you do that!”