Chapter 167 - Selena's punishment

The boy lying on the bed was curling his small body like a ball. The blue wallpapers of the wall which had cars imprinted on it was a clear sign that it's a room for a boy. The lamp on the side bed allowed Glen to watch his son peacefully sleeping on the bed.

He stood by the open door; his arms were crossed over his chest. He sighed; Danny has never asked about his mother to him but he knew that he was wondering as well. With light steps, Glen walked towards the bed and settled next to his son, he removed his shoes and went under the blanket.

The boy moved, he opened his eyes and looked at his father.

"Dad, aren't you going to remove your clothes?"

Glen smiled, he patted the boy's head, "soon."

Danny went back to sleep, while Glen looked up at the ceiling. Daniella's face appeared, 'will you accept him?' he asked.

He wondered if Daniella would accept Danny, she could even sue him for using her eggs without her consent if she wanted too and it's fine as long as she will accept his son.

He sighed and looked aside; his son was sleeping peacefully. He wished he could tell the truth to Danny now but he will need to make sure that Daniella will accept the boy, as the last thing he wanted was to break his son's heart.

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The dark sky that could be seen through the glass wall at the 30th floor of the Su Financial building was nothing compared to the grievance expression on Evan's face.

Standing with crossed arms over his stomach, Evan stared at the sky his mind was in deep thought. He let out a sigh, how could he not know about Kierry's brother? He always thought she was an orphan. When did she find out about Aaron and why didn't she tell him that she has a brother?

A lot of question was in his mind, he wanted an answer but the only person who could answer was now at peace.

He uncrossed his arms and walked to his swivel chair; he has a lot of work but he could concentrate.

He started to wonder if the people who asked Kierry to kill Daniella's brother were the same people who hurt Mark.

He picked up the pen from the table, he removed the cover and started writing down the address written on the note he found.

The place was in the south, he knew that there was a reason why they left the address and he's not stupid to go there alone.

He picked up the piece of paper with the address he wrote, he stared at it with narrowed eyes, weighing what he should do with it.

His shoulders jumped when his phone rang, he blinked and looked at the screen only to find his grandfather calling him.

He picked it up but before he could part his lips, the thunderous voice of his grandfather roared on the other line.

"Go to my house right now Evan!"

The phone call ended before he could even ask why. He let out another sigh and got up, he might as well check his grandfather's issue rather than waste his time thinking about Aaron.

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Tears were wetting Selena's eyes as she endured the pain in her legs. She has her knees bent while her hands were raised upright, she's been squatting for almost an hour and her body was shaking in pain.

She looked aside and found Daniella in the same position she was in since she came into the bedroom, on the bed while blanket over her body and Matthew next to her feeding her with grapes like a queen.

She was squatting next to the couch while Anders was standing in front of her holding her magazines. Daniella has been asking her questions in the classes she failed and every time she answered it wrong, Anders would place a magazine on her hands.

Thankfully, Daniella knew that she loves history so every time she saw that the magazine has piled up on her hand, she would ask an easy question to reduce the magazine.

Like right now, there were seven magazines on her hand, they might be thin but the time she had spent squatting felt as if she's holding a library.

"Daniella, how long am I going to stay here?" she asked, her voice was exhausted and broken.

"Since I am in the mood today, just three hours," Daniella replied without giving her a glance.

Selena's brows snapped together, 'three hours?' she screamed inside, wondering what could have happened if Daniella was not 'in the mood.'

Anders gave her a pity look as he put another magazine on her hand after she gave the wrong answer again, "study next time Selena," he whispered into her ear.

Selena blew out her cheeks; her eyes were red in tears.

"Why are you punishing me?" she asked in a tearful tone, "is it because of the videos online?"

Hearing that, Daniella looked at Selena for the first time since she came into the bedroom. One eyebrow was raised indifferently.

"Videos?" she asked in confusion, Matthew who was about to feed her grapes stopped when she raised a hand asking him to stop.

"Selena, you failed most of your subjects. You are not leaving this room until you answered all these questions correctly," her voice was calm as a sea just like her face, but her message has made Selena's face paled.

Selena gulped hard, "you mean, I am not allowed to leave without answering all those questions correctly?" she asked in disbelief.

Daniella smiled, then she opened her lips and gestured Matthew to feed with her the grapes.

Meanwhile, Matthew was holding his laugh. On the floor was one of the guard dogs in the villa and unknown to Daniella, he was letting the dog lick the grapes first before feeding it to her.

"Matthew did you dry these grapes, they are all wet!" Daniella complained.

Matthew looked aside to avoid Daniella's eyes, "We don't have maids to prepare these so I just wash it and-" he paused, he could no longer continue, he wanted to laugh but he knew that if he did, Daniella will find out about it.

Selena bit her lips, she wanted to laugh as well but decided to hold it or else Daniella will add more magazines on her hands. As she endured the pain, a thought came in her mind.

"Daniella," she called her out and when the woman turned to her, she smiled.

"If I tell you something very important, will you let me go?"

Daniella narrowed her eyes; Selena was too far therefore she could not read what she has in her mind.

"What is it?"

"Is it a deal?" Selena asked, one thing she realized about Daniella was, the woman loves making a deal with people.

Daniella nodded.

"Uncle Matthew is letting the dog lick the grapes before feeding it to you," she said as quickly as she can and then tossed the magazines to the floor and rushed out of the room dragging Anders with her.

Daniella's face flattened, she turned to her right where Matthew was sitting, his face has turned pale while the dog next to him has run away.

"I am glad that it was the dog," Daniella said in a calm voice, "and not your saliva," she continued and snatched the bowl of grapes from Matthew's hand.

Matthew scoffed, he felt insulted to hear that she would prefer the dog's saliva than his as if he has a contagious disease so he took a handful grapes and started licking it, "here, now you can't eat it anymore," he said as he licked the grapes and rushed towards the door.

Daniella's nose wrinkled; she took the grapes he licked and threw it in his direction but Matthew was able to dodge it and it landed the person who suddenly appeared from nowhere.

Daniella's eyes swelled, the grapes which were wet from Matthew's saliva smashed at Ken's face.