Chapter 48: Chapter 48

Aires'POV

I had watched as she had picked up the picture from the ground, it was a picture I made of my dad and framed it, back when I was still pinning for his affection but on that day that he punished me in the red room, I had walked into my room and looked at the picture with loathe and had turned its face down on my table, I hadn't bothered facing it back up and when Daisy's hand had accidentally hit it on the table and it fell on the ground with a crash, I felt indifferent about it, once upon a time, I would have been so mad at anyone who dares go close to my dad's photo but now, even after he had changed, I still remain skeptical about him, what bothered me is how Daisy reacted when she saw the person on the photograph, she went completely white as a sheet that for a moment, I thought she would pass out,

"Are you okay?" I asked worriedly and took another step toward her but she quickly moved backward, her big liquid eyes stared at me for a moment, and the huge hurt I saw there in her eyes had my head spinning, what was going on with her?

"Who is this man in the photograph?" She asked in a still small voice that I had to strain my ears to catch what she was saying, I stared from the photo to her,

"He's my dad", I replied and I noticed that her hands were shaking so badly, slowly, the photo fell from her hand and she turned tail, she ran like the devil was chasing her,

"Daisy!!!" I called out, running after her, she took the stairs two at a time and for a moment I thought she would fall, my heart was pounding seriously in fear for her, what the devil is going on? I thought as I chased after her, she ran straight into the main road and my heart did a double take when I saw a car coming right at her, "Daisy!!!" I shouted and my heart skidded to a stop, I doubled my speed and got to her just as I heard the screeching of the car tires, I grabbed her arms and swung around, and we both fell to the corner of the road and the driver rained curses before driving off,

We both lay down there as we were both panting for breath, I was a bit shaken by her close call to death, relief flooded me that she was okay and then, a moment later, I felt anger slowly brew, I sat up and with her in tow, her eyes showed that she was devastated at what just happened, she must have realized how stupid she had acted, my hands clenched on her shoulders and I shook her until her teeth gnashed against each other,

"What the hell was that? Do you realize that you had almost gotten yourself killed, do you really wish to die? I told you I own you, if you so desire to die, I'll do it for you", standing up, I dragged her along with me, I was furious but much more furious that she might have done that on purpose, the fact that she might have tried to kill herself just set me off in a nasty state, she tried to wiggle free from my hold but my fist was clenched like a vice around her,

"Please, let me go, I...I... didn't try to kill myself, I can never do that"

"Oh yeah? Tell that to someone who hadn't seen you slit your wrist", I snarled, I am going to give her a very harsh punishment that will make her beg for her life, that way, she won't ever dare think of death as the solution to her problem or even dare tries to kill herself whenever she wishes to, we have reached my house and I took her straight to the swimming pool, I pushed her roughly so that she fell on her hands and knees,

"Aires, please, that was an accident " she begged but I don't dare believe her, I had seen her slit her wrist and also, she had run straight to the road and just thinking how she almost got hit made me wanna break something, only someone who has a death wish would do something like that, I squatted next to her and grabbing a handful of her hair, I pushed her forward into the pool so that only her head got swallowed by the pool but the rest of her body was outside, I watched her hands flail and she struggled to bring up her head but I had her pinned, after a moment, I let her up but just long enough for her to suck in some air, then I dip her head back into the pool,

"You wanna die huh, this is how you will die and it will be by my hand", she struggled some more and after a while, I let her out again, she sputtered and sucked in air,

"Please..." She cried as I made to dip her back in, "I don't want to die, please, I'm begging you to let me go", she was on her knees, her palms jammed together in a pleading gesture, I dipped her once more, she need to learn her lessons the hard way, when next I allowed her to come up for air, I let her sucked in air and watched her cough and sputtered,

"Next time you pull a stunt like that, I won't just do this to you, I'll make sure you drown or look for another more horrible way for you to die, got it?"

She shuddered and nodded vigorously, I'm glad to see that she's now scared of death, I have to do it this way, she has so little value of her life, "now get on your feet"

Her large eyes stared at me for a fleeting second, her hair was plastered over her face, and she looked so damn pretty, cute is the word to use when describing her, I grabbed a towel from the pool house and threw it at her, she looked like she didn't want to use it but thought better of it, good girl" she quickly dried herself and handed the towel back to me,

"Let's go, I'll drive you home".

"Who is in that photo that you saw in my house? Why did you run off that way?" I asked, needing to know why she acted the way she did,

She was quiet like she wasn't gonna answer me and I snorted in impatience, "don't test my patience Daisy, you know I have little of that, who's that man and how do you know him",

She sighed softly, "that man is my father, the father that I've always wished he came back to us, he left without saying a word and never returned, I waited for him like forever but I now know why he never returned, he has another family", she spat out the last sentence as if disgusted by it all, I had gone still, I was so I'm shock, what does she mean by her father? I think dad has some explaining to do, I didn't say anything again until we got to her house and I dropped her off, I need to know how my dad is also her dad.

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I went straight to dad's office, I seldom come to this office, I could count how many times that I have been here but I'm glad the security recognized me as Dad's son, they made no attempt to stop me, but I am pretty sure that they will inform him of my presence before I get to his office, I barged into his office without knocking and he looks up from whatever he was doing, he smiled a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes,

"I didn't you tell me that you had another family?" The smile wiped off from his face and his gaze became cold,

"Will come inside fully and shut the door?" His tone was cold and void of any emotions, I did as he asked and went closer to his desk,

"How could you abandon them?" I asked again but his expression didn't even change,

"I'm talking about her", I yelled, bringing out a picture of Daisy that I had secretly taken with my phone, he grew a little paler but that's it, he didn't even utter a sound,

"How could you be so cruel?"

"Watch your words boy", he warned in a tone that I know all too well, the time he usually takes just before he uses his whip on me,

"Or what? You're gonna whip my ass? It's what you're good at right?" His fist connected with my jaw and I stretch my jaw to bring feelings into it,

"I just knew that your sudden show of affection is all fake, a leopard can never remove the spot on its skin, you're simply a monster". I stormed out of his office, I needed to go to a place where I can wind down, I needed to clear my head, my thoughts were boggled as I sped out from his company, that man who calls himself my adopted father hasn't changed, he'll forever be a jerk

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Daisy's POV

I couldn't stop thinking about everything that happened, my dad left us and never looked back, I couldn't help but feel guilty all the more for being a pain in the ass when mum wanted to remarry, I can't forgive dad's betrayal, all the while that I was hoping and praying that he'll come back now seem like a joke to me, he never had the intention of coming back and to make matters worst, he's Aires freaking dad, that makes him my brother, my laugh came out dry at the irony of it all, the thought that Aires is my brother sat like a stone in the pit of my stomach, how could dad do this to me? Tears welled in my eyes as I entered the house,

"Well, well, well, look who finally came back" Celine sneered, she slowly came and stood in my way, "I heard that you were at my boyfriend's house" before I could even utter a word, her palm connected to my cheek, I am certain that the side of my lips is bruised because I tasted blood in my mouth, that was a very hard slap,

"If you know that you want to continue living in this house like the freeloader you are, stay away from my boyfriend" she warned before stomping off,

What a world, can I ever have a bit of peace in this world? Numb, I slowly climbed the stairs, If only she know how I do not wish to continue living here if only she knew how I hate depending on her and her dad because my dad left to start a new family and my mum is dead, I wish I can just summon the courage and leave this freaking house but I still needed to complete my studies, the first son racked my body and then, I just couldn't stop it anymore as everything that has happened came raining down in my head, I folded myself into a ball and wept my eyes sore.