The Slumdog Billionaire

79. My Amazing Husband

Chapter Seventy Nine

The thug leader paused, his gaze shifting to Henry with a curious glint in his eye. For a moment, he simply stared, then, as though struck by sudden recognition, he dipped his head in a respectful bow.

“Henry, how are you doing?” the thug boss said, his tone laced with surprising deference. “I didn’t know it was you.”

Henry blinked, momentarily confused, trying to place the man. But the thug leader continued, not giving him a chance to respond. “We met at the bank a while back,” he explained.

“Your mother-in-law and her friends were having some issues, and you helped her out. We didn’t know who you were, but we respect your power. It’s like you’re a lord commander or something from another life.”

The thug leader’s tone was so reverent that the crowd looked on in stunned silence. He kept his eyes on Henry, nodding as if he were in the presence of a superior.

“No worries, Damon,” the thug leader said, still glancing occasionally at Henry with a measure of awe. “He