Chapter 274 - Two Hundred And Seventy-four: Where Are My Kids. (1/2)
Reina's point of view
”What do you plan to do to Niklaus?” I questioned father as soon as I strode into his office. Anger was boiling through my veins like never before. Though I didn't remember most things about Niklaus, the thoughts of knowing that we had something great together made me just so angry. Even if he did hurt me, I deserve the right to know the truth. I felt cheated and hurt.
Sakuzi looked up from the desk where he and Emerald were having some sort of meeting. He must have seen the fury in my eyes hence instantly dismissing Emerald.
”Why are you here? Shouldn't you be at the office or doing anything else than glaring at me,” He said lightly, but I was not in the mood for jokes.
”Niklaus loved me, why did you lie to me?” I finally asked what was on my mind.
”People never treasure what they truly have until they lose it,” Father glanced up without even an apologetic smile, ”Just apply that in your case,”
I was numbed with disbelief, I couldn't believe my father had this side to him all along. But he loved me, he favored and treated me well at this time.
Tears stung my eyes but I hardened my heart to see the end of this before my emotional meltdown, ”What are you planning to do to Niklaus?” I asked again, this time firmer.
”I'm already doing it already,” Was his answer.
”What,” My brows furrowed together in confusion, ”What are you talking about?”
”As I said earlier, people never realize what they have until they lose it. I'm just preying on his guilty conscience and by the time you're done with that, I'll take everything he's ever worked for and watch as he crumbles in defeat,” he revealed.
”Oh my God,” A gasp left my mouth as I came to a startling realization that I've been torturing Niklaus all this while.
Today, I just had a realization of how much Maya meant to Niklaus, her death truly devastated him. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, I, Maya's alleged doppelganger appeared, not only was I bringing up that ugly past for him, I was killing him with despair amid feeding him with hope.
Not to talk of the fact I took away seven years of father-twins bonding from him. The guilt was forming an ache in my heart, I was killing Niklaus a second time and my father knew that.
This was his plan all this while: when Niklaus finally gets an idea of who I am and his kids, Father would cut him down; take away everything he ever treasured, and probably send us away to where Niklaus would never find us - that is, if he keeps him alive. There was no doubt that would break him; Niklaus already lost me once, he can't lose me a second time.
I banged my hand on his desk, ”You can't do that to him, Niklaus is the father of my kids,”
”Just because I accepted Allen and Ailee whole-heartedly, doesn't mean I would accept him. The kids have Armani blood running in them, Niklaus doesn't,” he replied, sitting back on his desk.
”I'm going to tell him the truth,” I decided.
Father scoffed, ”Then what happens next? Might I remind you that his father is the reason why you went through that hell in the first place?”
I stiffened, the ugly memory of me falling off that bridge resurfacing in my mind. I think I'm going to need a therapist, again.
My fist clenched, ”I'm not going to let Adam got scot-free for everything's he's ever done if that's what you're worried about,”
”Just the same way I'm not going to let Niklaus go scot-free for what he did to your brother,” said Father.
”Seriously, stop it! Okay?!” I snapped at him.
”What?”
”Don't compare your vengeance to mine!” I felt like tearing something apart. I grabbed my scalp, ”You talk about Niklaus taking something from you when for christ's sake, you took something away from him first!”
”What?” there was a crease on his forehead.
”I studied that incident years ago, turns out his wife died after you ordered your men to open fire on them -”