Chapter 495
Daniel’s eyes bulged in disbelief, his hand clamping over his mouth, refusing to say anything.
His dad could actually sniff out what he ate?
Isaac stared at him with steely eyes. Daniel, tell me what you ate!”
Daniel was scared when he got angry, so he obediently confessed. It was ice cream”
“I only had one bite, just one bite!” he said, gesturing with his hands.
Isaac scooped Daniel up and placed him on his knee, quickly stripping off his pants and spanking him hard. “Daniel, I warned you not to eat such things Did you hear me?”
He had put in so much effort to protect Daniel, who was already physically weak, yet he was sneaking ice cream!
A fiery pain started to spread.
Tears started streaming down Daniel’s face. He cried out loud, his tears unstoppable, filled with a sense of injustice and helplessness. Tve never had ice cream before, I only had a bite! And all the other kids can eat it!
Daniel felt so wronged. He had no mother since he was a child, only Granny Emily
His father seemed to dislike him, even denying him ice cream.
He began to cry, Isaac couldn’t bring himself to spank him again. His voice turned hoarse. “Daniel, I’m doing this for your own good.”
“I don’t need you to do this for me. I just want to eat ice cream!
Daniel wriggled out of his arms and quickly put on his pants, and as the bodyguard opened the car door, he immediately got out and troited into Radiant Residences
Emily was startled to see him crying, “Daniel.”
“Granny Emily, dad hit me
Granny Emily held Daniel in her arms, pained, “What did you do, Daniel, to make Mr. Salter angry?”
Daniel cried out, “I had a bite of ice cream.
Granny Emily’s face changed immediately, “Daniel, you’re not well. You can’t eat such things.”
Daniel felt very sad.
His father also swayed Granny Emily and she wouldn’t let him eat ice cream eillier!
“Nathan, get the doctor over immediately Let’s get Daniel checked”
Isaac’s voice came over, and Daniel cried even harder, holding onto Granny Emily’s hand and sobbing. Dad hit me. He doesn’t love me at all.
Granny Emily was heartbroken, but she knew Isaac cared about Daniel
How could Isaac be so careful if he didn’t like Daniel?
“Daniel, stand up”
Daniel instinctively straightened up, but he didn’t look at Isaac.
“Mr. Salter, Daniel is still young. You can talk to him nicely”
Granny Emily said seriously Over the years, Isaacs temper grew bigger, and his relationship with Daniel became more distant.
He cared about Daniel but could not have a harmonious relationship like other father and son. They rarely had tender moments.
Isaac nodded, walked up to Daniel, and squatted down.
“Daniel, running away from home was your first mistake.
Eating Ice cream randomly was your second mistake.
Do you know you were wrong?”
Daniel was most afraid when Isaac talked to him seriously. He stopped crying, clutching his clothes tightly, looking very wronged. Granny Emily felt
heartbroken
‘I know”
Hearing this, Isaac said gently, “Let’s go upstairs,”
Daniel looked at him with hopeful eyes, “Dad, can you tell me a story?”
The last time his dad told him a story was half a year ago. He missed his dad.
Isaac wanted to agree, but he still had work to do.
“Daniel, I have to
“I know” Daniel seemed to understand something. Although he wanted to cry, he held back, then turned around and quickly went upstairs. Indeed, Dad couldn’t be trusted. Dad only had work in his eyes!
He didn’t want a dad anymore!
Isaac watched his retreating back, not saying anything else.
Emily sighed, then left with Daniel.
Isaac got up with Nathan, heading straight for NK Corporation.
He could hardly remember how he got through them for five whole years. It felt like a dense fog was enveloping him, blinding him from the path ahead and making him afraid to look back.
After leaving the hospital, Brittany took a cab to the hotel..
After moving abroad. Brittany managed to reconnect with Randell Moore
She only then learned that after Randell had returned to Wall Street, he got caught in a trap set by a competitor. It took him almost two to three months to overcome the problem
On the eve of his return home, he learned that Brittany was in trouble, so his feud with Isaac hadn’t stopped.
In Imperial City, Randell bought several properties for her, but she didn’t want to move in
So, she opted for a five-star hotel.
After checking in, Brittany went to the bathroom. Daniel’s face flashed in her mind as the warm water washed over her, filling her with sadness.
If the accident hadn’t happened to her child years ago, he would’ve grown up by now.
Brittany came out of the bathroom an hour later and called William Dillion
“Bri, are you in Imperial City yet?”
Yes, I’ve already been to the hospital”
William was the first person Brittany saw when she woke up from the shipwreck.
William took her abroad exhausting all his resources to save her life
In the past five years, he had been by her side
It was hard for Brillany to say she didn’t have feelings for William, but how much of it was out of liking, she couldn’t tell.
But she understood that she would be more forward with him once she finished dealing with matters at home
After all these years, William was one of the most important people in her life.
Tm abroad right now and cant help you Be careful”
William wanted to ask if she had seen Isaac yet. But he didn’t say it out loud in the end
After all, they were just fiends now, and he had no right to pry into her business,
Brittany sensed his concern and smiled as she said, “William, take care of the studio. I’ll be back as soon as I finish my business”
“Alright”
The two discussed some studio matters, and Brittany felt relaxed until the early morning hours,
“Its late, and you should get some rest.”
“Okay, talk to you tomorrow.
Brittany hung up the phone and got into bed, and the soft bedding seemed to instantly relieve her travel fatigue.
Perhaps it was the unfamiliar bed, but Brittany couldn’t sleep well all night. The incident from five years ago reappeared in her dreams, making it unbearable
At dawn, Brittany groggily got out of bed and rubbed her temples.
She called room service for breakfast, then opened her laptop for a remote meeting with the studio.
By the time she finished two hours later, her breakfast had gone cold.
She had to quickly eat a few bites, then grabbed her bag and headed to the hospital
When Tanya saw her, she smiled and grabbed her hand. 7 heard from Hannah, you and William are pretly close?”
“Tanya, ”
“Bri, you’re a good girl, don’t pass up a good man like that”
Tanya had always been heartbroken for Brittany because of the incident five years ago.
What good was Isaac?
As a husband, he fell short
As a father, he was negligent
She hoped that Brittany could start a new life unbound by the past,
Brittany pursed her lips, Tanya, we’re just friends for now”
“That means theres a chance you could be more in the future” Tanya was experienced.
Brittany wouldnt express it like she did if there was no possibility between Brittany and William
Brittany stayed until the afternoon before leaving the hospital
She went alone to the cemetery, a place she and Isaac had visited once before.
Pethaps sensing her low spirits, the driver barely spoke to her on the way
Upon reaching the cemetery, Brittany bought some sunflowers and toys and then went in alone.
Walking the familiar path, Brittany didn’t find Kyle’s tombstone
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Brittany turned around, quickly left the cemetery, rushed into the security office, and asked, “Where’s my son’s grave?”
The security guard was startled by her pale face, “Which tombstone?”
“Kyle’s”
The guard flipped through a register, looked at Brittany with sympathy, and then gave a despairing answer.
“Kyle’s tomb was removed five years ago.”
