Chapter 186 - One Hundred And Eighty-six: Take Back The Authority (2/2)

But this time I held her hand off my body,” What do you think you're doing? Didn't I warn you not to set foot here again?” Came my reminder.

”I had a talk with your father and he came to a conclusion that I should spend more time with Isabella since our engagement party is fast approaching and I'm going to play a huge role in her life in the future. So your father thinks we should start creating the mother and child bond before we get married”

I rubbed the inside of my ear with a finger, God knows I filtered out everything she said save ”my father”. No wonder she grew audacious, Tina had renewed her guts by meeting up with my father - my nemesis.

”So I want to strengthen the connection between Isabella and me by cooking her meals every morning before leaving for work” she explained.

I snorted inwardly, I could see her plan. From preparing breakfast for Isabella to sending lunchboxes to me at the office, to spending the night at my place in the guise of waking up early to prepare breakfast, to getting into my bed, does she think I'm stupid?

”Thank you for your nonessential services but I don't need my daughter suffering from food poisoning,” I said and turned to prance out of the kitchen since I had lost appetite for the coffee.

”Niklaus, just give me a chance to show my good intentions to Isabella. This is just not about you anymore” She pleaded, grabbing onto my hand.

I glared at her touch prompting Tina to withdraw her grip at once. About to ask her to leave, an idea suddenly struck her.

Isabella detested Tina, leaving my daughter with her seems like a pretty good punishment when added to the impending ones.

”Fine, do whatever you want,” I quickly added,” For today”

I knew women, once you permitted them once, they would continually seek for allowance.

Knowing this woman was foxy and would seek a way to get into my bed or bother me to no end, I decided to leave for work.

I just had to endure for a short while, soon this shit would be over - just pray Maya hangs in there.

Austin notified me through a call that everything was set up as I wanted. I Instructed him on what to do next and in a few minutes, I was connected to the surveillance camera capturing Isabella in the closed room.

The girl had proved that all my grounding did not affect her so I resorted to this method.

Sometimes, physical punishment wasn't the best approach at taming a rebellious child, the silent approach works better.

I had studied my daughter for a while and understood she had a strong disgust for the color pink, claiming it was childish and nauseatingly girlish.

So imagine what would happen to  Isabella when stuck in a room painted pink with glitters to make it worse - that's her worst nightmare.

Adding silence, even the world's most deadly criminal when stuck in a place of inactivity with no means of contact or recreation for quite some time - depending on their mental strength - would crack under such psychological pressure talk more Isabella, the little imp.

I watched her through my laptop, it was not up to an hour, Isabella was beginning to get agitated and she was bored out of her mind.

Isabella wouldn't have been this disturbed if I had sent a gaming device to help her spend the time away. Sadly, if I do that, what's the point of the whole punishment?

During this duration, because she has nothing to do, her brain would be hyperactivated by the loud ticking of the clock in that soundproofed room - hence its function.

She would get restless and the next snap!

”Bingo”

Isabella stood to her feet, spaced up and down around the room before glaring at the door, then rushed at it, pounding her small fist against the metal door.

The video was without sound but I could read lips, so easily deciphered what she was saying.

”Get me the fuck out of here!”

Not long after, a call came in from Austin.

”Sir, she looks hysterical, should we let her out?”  He asked out of worry.

”Don't worry, she still has abundant energy to curse” I said, watching Isabella gush out torrents of profanities highly unsuitable for children her age.

This scene made me realize I had given this little daughter of mine too much power, it was time to curtail it.

”Release her in thirty minutes”