Chloe had just arrived home when she heard Daniel yell.
"Chloe, get over here!"
Chloe was completely stiff as she hastily looked toward Nicole who winked at her. She felt her heart drop as her legs started to tremble.
Chloe cautiously walked closer and saw Daniel standing in the living room with a sullen look on his face.
"Daddy..."
"Don't call me Daddy, I don’t have a daughter like you!"
Chloe’s eyes suddenly turned red and her voice was choked up as she spoke softly. "Daddy... What did I do? How could you say something like that..."
"What's going on between you and Bryan!" growled Daniel furiously.
Chloe's body trembled all over as she looked toward Nicole for help.
Nicole quickly chimed in, "Danny, please calm down, you'll frighten Chloe like this..."
"Frighten her? I think she has a lot of guts! Didn’t it occur to you to be afraid when you had a tryst with your sister's fiance in the restroom! It turns out that I
was the one frightened by him instead!”
Daniel grabbed a cup and violently threw it to the floor, scattering shards of glass across the floor. Nicole and Chloe whimpered in fear as their faces turned pale.
"What a fine daughter you’ve raised!" Daniel stared at Nicole and looked like he wanted to skin her alive." Tell me! How long have you hid this from me!"
Nicole shook her head incessantly and looked at Daniel with pitiful eyes. “Danny, I didn't know, I really didn't know, there must be some misunderstanding..."
"The both of you are always together, yet you dare say that you know nothing about this!" barked Daniel loudly.
"I... I...” Nicole had no explanation.
Chloe’s tears kept dripping as she said, "Daddy, don't blame Mommy, it's all my fault."
"What’s there to cry about! You still have the guts to cry after doing such things! Do you think it's fair to treat your sister like this!?"
Daniel felt a soreness in his heart when he thought about how well-behaved Anna was recently.
"Such an embarrassment! You've dragged my name through the mud!" Daniel threw another cup, Nicole and Chloe were so scared that they hugged each other tightly.
"Daddy, I was wrong... I was wrong. Please don't be mad anymore..." Chloe cried so loudly that her voice went hoarse.
"Danny, please listen to Chloe's explanation..."
"What’s there to explain! It’s all in the newspapers sent to our home! Are you so blind that you don’t see i t!" Daniel ripped the newspaper to shreds.
"Daddy, I know that I've wronged Anna but I truly love Bryan. He even promised to marry me." Chloe suddenly rushed toward Daniel and seemed like she wanted to put all her cards on the table.
At this point, there was no need to continue hiding it anymore. Chloe only had Bryan as her final backup.
"Moreover, Anna isn't worthy of marrying Bryan now that she’s blind and the Dawsons also intend to break off the engagement. Does Daddy want our family’s union to fall through?"
"Anna isn't worthy of Bryan at all! Granny feels the same way too, else she wouldn't have agreed to push back the wedding!"
"Chloe!" Nicole exclaimed as she hastily went toward Chloe and covered her mouth.
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