Filed To Story: Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel
“I can explain, Dad.” Ren let out an exhale.
“What’s there to explain? You’ve forced Ruka to move in with you. How are you going to explain this to the Singeds and your sister? You… you have no respect for this family!” Harold’s belt came flying down on Ren’s back once more.
The smacking sound was so loud that the servant who came to the door with a tray of tea jumped in alarm. She could vaguely hear the sounds of someone being hit, so she quickly went to look for Charlotte.
Charlotte just so happened to be on the second floor as well. When she heard what the servant said, she immediately flung aside the flowers she had been arranging and rushed to the study.
Once she arrived, she began pounding on the door. “Open up, Harold! What are you doing? Why are you hitting Ren?”
“Stay out of it,” Harold growled toward the door.
Charlotte sent the servant to retrieve the key, and the servant did it as quickly as possible. As soon as the door opened, Charlotte saw her son kneeling on the ground as Harold raised the belt to continue lashing him. She was horrified and immediately stood in Harold’s way.
“Don’t you dare hit him again! What did he even do? He’s thirty-three! How can you treat him like that? Have you gone daft in your old age?!” Charlotte cried out before snatching the belt out of Harold’s hands. Despite his anger, he allowed his wife to take it away from him.
Charlotte threw the belt aside and helped Ren up. “Get up, Ren, quickly.”
Once Ren stood up, Harold looked at Charlotte and said, “Stay out of this. I’ll handle it.”
Harold thought that his wife was too old to withstand the news of such scandalous behavior and. decided to keep it from her.
However, he heard Ren sighing and saying, “Mom, Dad found out about Ruka and me.”
Harold jumped in shock. How could Ren announce it to Charlotte just like that? Isn’t he worried that she might faint in anger?
Thus, he never expected that the first thing Charlotte did after hearing this was to turn around and glare at him. “You hit Ren because of this? Isn’t Ruka becoming our daughter-in-law something we should be celebrating?”
“Y-You know about it?” Harold’s eyes went wide. “What about Scarlet? And the Singeds?”
“All of us know about it. You’re the only one who doesn’t.” All this while, Charlotte had been feeling a little guilty about keeping it from Harold, but now that Ren had suffered a beating, all her guilt vanished into thin air.
“How can all of you hide such a thing from me? Don’t you know that this will affect him in the general elections?” Harold cried out in vexation.
“Dad, if you’re concerned that my relationship with Ruka will affect public opinion of me, then Vou need not worry about it. Your son isn’t so useless that he can’t dcal with that.” Ren declared calmly.
“They’re in a relationship and they love each other very much! As a family, we should be supporting them instead of trying to separate them.”
“Dad, can you tell me who it was that told you about this?”
“I received a call this morning from an unknown number. A mysterious person told me about it.”
“That person’s true intention is to incite you so that you’ll make me break up with Ruka. His intention is to mess with my emotions and make me deal with the pain of a breakup, which will affect me during the general elections. It’s clear that it was done with malicious intent,” Ren explained to Harold. At the same time, he could sense that his wound was on the verge of splitting again.
Harold finally got the gist of it. He glanced at Charlotte who staunchly declared, “I have my heart set on Ruka being my daughter-in-law. I won’t accept anyone else.”
Just moments ago, Harold had been enraged, but now, he was completely dumbfounded. “Is Ruka willing to marry Ren? Are the Singeds going to give their blessing?”
“They’re more than happy to. Ruka and Ren are in love. If you break them up now, then you’re really going to ruin your son’s life.”
Ren was deeply moved as he gazed at Charlotte. His family’s support was his biggest source of strength.
Harold sighed after hearing what Charlotte said. He looked at Ren. “Does it hurt?”
“I’m fine.” Ren smiled. “As long as you’re no longer angry, Dad.”
“Come, Ren. Let me take a look,” Charlotte said worriedly.
“I’m fine, Mom. You don’t need to check it.”
“Just let me take a look. I’ll put some ointment on it.” Charlotte was determined to check and see if Ren was injured.
“Mom, Dad, that won’t be necessary. Ruka’s all alone at home right now. I should go back and have lunch with her.”
“Oh, alright. We should’ve just had Ruka come with you,” Charlotte said.
“I’ll get going then.” Ren turned around and left as quickly as he could. As soon as he got into the car, he gave Silas a call.
“My wound has split again. Come and take care of it,” Ren said.
“What’s going on with you? Are you trying to stay injured forever?” Silas snapped in frustration.
Ren was even more frustrated. He was waiting impatiently for his wound to heal, but he had no choice this time. Harold’s belt had landed exactly on his wound.
At the Vice President’s Residence.
The servants had just prepared lunch when they heard the commotion outside. Ren came in and said to the servants, “Prepare one more serving. Someone will be joining us for lunch today.”
They nodded and got to work. Just then, Silas arrived with his medical bag in hand. As Ruka had not noticed that Ren was back, he pointed to one of the side rooms and said, “This way.”
Silas sighed once he removed the bandage, but he started cleaning the wound up again. Thankfully, it was just the skin that had split. The rest of the wound was still recovering just fine.
Once Silas was done redressing the wound, Ren put his clothes back on and said, “Don’t tell Ruka about my wound splitting again. Just say that you’re here for lunch.”
Meanwhile, on the second floor.
Ruka’s phone started ringing. She answered right away when she saw it was a call from Scarlet. “Hi, Aunt Scarlet.”
“Ruka, is Ren home yet? My mother called me just now and said that my father hit him with a belt. She doesn’t know where he got hit or if it left any injuries.”
“What? Why?!”
“Someone incited my father by telling him about Ren’s relationship with you on purpose. My father was furious and hit Ren because of it. Since Ren is home with you, you should go and check if he’s injured.”
Ruka had a worried look on her face. “Okay, I will.”
“My father has always had a nasty temper. I feel bad for Ren. He’s a grown man now, but he still had to take a beating on his knees.”
“What? He was beaten while kneeling?” Ruka felt incredibly sorry for Ren.
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