Chapter 58 - Daughter And Father-in-law (2/2)
”You son -!”
”Father!” Clara came in front of him before Daniel could take a step forward and he stopped to Marcel's shock.
That gesture sparked something inside of Marcel. When his mother was alive, his father never hesitated for once even when his mother stepped in front to protect him. Yet he stopped for Clara - someone who wasn't his wife. Someone who wasn't related to him! Someone who doesn't deserve to get the love and affection he never gave his mother!
As angry as Marcel was, he still tried to keep his emotions under check yet his hands couldn't stop shaking. He hated this! He hated everyone! He hated his life! He just…. missed his mother.
”What am I doing here?” Marcel asked with a tone so cold he could freeze over a river. Even Clara was surprised at his tone, he was the one who pissed off his father - Daniel should be the angry one here, not him!
”What do you think? I wanted us to have a meal as a family and what could be more exciting than breakfast with your wife,” Daniel already concluded their future together.
”You're being unfair on her,” Marcel said.
”What?” Clara asked this time, confused at the tense conversation between father and son.
Marcel laughed crazily, ”There would never be breakfast between us,”
”What?” Clara was dumbfounded.
But Marcel was not speaking to her this time, all of his attention was on his father and there was a crazed look in his eyes.
He went on, ”Just the way you treated my mother, I'll give Clara a taste of it. Then, I would love to see how you feel knowing that the girl you choose for me would never be happy while you get all you wanted. Isn't that wonderful?”
Although Clara couldn't understand what father and son were trying to get at, goosebumps still covered her arms. She was beginning to get scared.
Clara didn't know much about Marcel's mother accept the fact that his mother was never loved by his father. The both of them lived in a loveless marriage yet never divorced till she died. But it seems there was more to the story now.
The worst part? She was about to get into a loveless marriage with Marcel as well. Would she be so miserable in the marriage that she would die early like his mother? Questions like that gave her cold feet.
Daniel noticed Clara's fears and at once glared at his bastard son that was about to ruin everything.
”You wouldn't -”
”I think this is a bad time and I should leave,” Clara said and without even waiting for approval from the father-in-law she worked so hard to impress, left immediately.
”How dare you?!” Daniel growled like a wounded animal, stomping over to Marcel and lifted his hand to strike him.
”How many times would you grow tired of hitting me? It's getting old,” He added immediately, ”And not the face. That's the only way I see mother in me every day,” Marcel weakened his father with just his words.
Daniel's hands hung in the air, the desire to hit him melting away as soon as he brought up his wife. However, there was no way he was not going to teach him respect.
So he grabbed Marcel by his shirt and pulled him closer to the point he was almost suffocating him, ”The next time you pull up a stunt like this, I'll be sending your sister's pinky. How's that for a lesson?”
Marcel gulped, making a mental image of the scene and his stomach churned. Chloe was too soft and fragile, she would be unable to take that amount of pain.
”Do you understand?” Daniel demanded.
”Yes father,” Marcel said with so much scorn in his tone and gaze.
”Now, you would go to Clara's and apologize with flowers, making sure the marriage goes as planned,” He ordered him.
”Yes, sir,” Marcel said, just as his father finally let go, shoving him back in the process, and left.
It took Marcel a few minutes to coordinate himself enough to mask his feelings once again. But then he received a text on his phone and for a fleeting second, he was able to breathe until he remembered….
Oh no.