Supreme Mars novel Chapter 31

"See? This is my father!"

Emilia stopped crying after seeing Leo, and shouted at the others in the office.

Meanwhile, Janet and the O’Brien trio were staring at him in disbelief.

The girl called him "Daddy"?

When did Emilia have a father? Wasn't she from a single-parent household?

Where did this man come from?

"Who are you?"

Janet looked at Leo with a confused expression on her pale face.

"I'm Emilia's father. Who did you say you wanted to expel just now?"

Leo did not show any signs of anger, and was still smiling sweetly at Janet. But the subtext of what he said made Janet's heart tremble.

Those familiar with Leo would know that he was most dangerous in moments like this.

From their conversation, Leo had a rough understanding of the situation.

The boy, Ken O'Brien, was a class bully who often tormented Emilia for not having a father. Emilia finally snapped and hit him hard on the head, scraping his skin.

However, her teacher and Ken's parents vilified and even tried to expel her.

For the past five years, Emilia had never received love from her father. She did not even know what her father looked like. She had always been picked on and ridiculed in kindergarten because of this. Leo happened to encounter it this time, but how many other times in the past had this occurred?

Resentment and anger rose inside him, and the temperature inside the office dropped in an instant.

Facing Leo's icy stare, Janet's heart raced so hard that it threatened to jump out of her ribs. She held her breath unconsciously.

"I asked you a question. Didn't you hear me?" Leo asked, walking up to the teacher.

Struggling to control her fear, Janet changed her tone, "Did I say anything about expulsion?"

"Oh, I must have misheard you then." Leo chuckled.

"Yes, yes, you did..." Janet immediately nodded her head. She was the archetype of a duplicitous individual right now.

Mrs. O'Brien took issue with that. "What are you saying? You just told us that you'd expel Emilia! Why would you suddenly go back on your word?"

"That's right. How can you go back on your word now?" Mr. O'Brien echoed, similarly discontent.

Leo turned to the O’Brien couple with cold eyes and said emotionlessly, "The teacher said that Emilia won't be expelled. Do you have a problem with that?"

His tone allowed for no refutation whatsoever.

Mrs. O'Brien looked at him indignantly. Suddenly, an idea came to her and her expression changed. She turned to Emilia and said, "Oh, all right, I get it now. He's not your father at all. He's just an actor, isn't he?"

Emilia's expression changed, and the look in Leo's eyes turned dark.

Realization dawned on the others after hearing what Mrs. O'Brien said. One clapped and said, "Yes, why didn't I think of that? You're not Emilia's father at all. You've just been hired for the occasion."

Emilia's father had never been a fixture before. How could he suddenly appear at this moment out of nowhere? It was preposterous.

"No, he's really my father!"

Emilia was so panicked that her eyes turned red again.

She did not know what they meant by calling Leo an actor, but she could tell that they did not believe that he was her real father.

She wanted to explain more to prove that Leo was her father, but she was too young to explain things coherently. In the end, her face was all red but she still could not say anything.

"Can't explain it anymore, can you? You're just an illegitimate child without a father!" Ken hid behind his parents and laughed at her.

Emilia curled her lips and looked like she was about to cry.

Leo pulled her into his embrace at once. He looked at her and said with a smile, "Emilia, do you trust me?"