Daughter-in-law Strikes Harder

Dalton had returned back to his room after his grandfather announced his leaving, and he was staring at a note that his wife had rolled on the door knob of his room. It was a threat note.

He was still somewhat positive and ready to go to the banquet so far it was with her, but she had ruined the nice moments they had, with her crazy note.

‘Why does she keep testing his patience?’

Alex entered into his room shortly afterwards with another note in his hand, as he presented it to his boss who seemed to be in a grumpy mood already. The assistant was already tired and exhausted for the day, and hoped deeply in his heart that Dalton would dismiss him soon.

“What is this?” Dalton’s pissed off self asked the assistant, who was waiting for him to unseal the paper by himself and view the details.

“Your grandfather dropped it through his assistant, sir,” he informed.

Dalton tore the paper with creasy golden colour immediately, and checked to see a neatly folded white paper in the middle of it. Bringing it out he read the words that were written on it, his frown got worse and his eyes darted to look at Alex instantly who was taken aback. He wondered what exactly was written in the paper to make Dalton react in that way.

“Where is Aria?” He asked Alex again, as the assistant thought of the right answer to the billionaire’s question. Though he knew that he had seen her somewhere a few minutes ago, he tried to recollect where exactly he did.

“With your grandfather sir. She is walking him out to the car, and they are talking along the garden part,” he finally remembered.

“What?!” Dalton almost spluttered out in rage.

The same Mark Miller’s appearance had put one person in distress, and another in an uncomfortable position where she had to interfere in everything. Her mother was assuring Hailey that everything would be fine, while Ellen just gave her friend a shoulder hug as they sat beside one another without uttering a word.

“Dalton is in love with his wife. He is no longer the same person that we know,” Hailey said in a shaken voice, trying so hard not to allow the tears that were lurking behind her eyeballs. The only person she could afford to be vulnerable before, was only Ellen and no one else.

“He is probably confused because of his grandfather. That man seems to have something that is still connecting both of them. Like a game card,” Eleanor frowned in frustration, and hit her head with hand as she shook her head in pity. Mark Miller’s visitation to the mansion was a gesture that she didn’t appreciate.

‘That man sure knew how to get her kids.’

“He kissed her! He passionately kissed that lady in my presence. This is more than involving grandfather Miller. This is about Dalton,” Hailey finally voiced out her real pain, that made Ellen squint her eyes in disappointment on hearing her friend.

She had told her not to mention that particular point to her mother, who tended to blow things out of proportion even when it was not necessary. It was an obvious fact that Eleanor was not going to agree with the truth that, her son now had something close to affection for his wife.

“W.. hat? Kissed? He kissed whom?” Eleanor yelled in exasperation letting go of her elegance, as she tried to comprehend what she heard Hailey say, “Are you sure of what you are saying?”

“I went into his room and he was so unwelcoming of me, while I was so bothered to know why he was being indifferent. Next thing was Aria barging into his room, and I asked to know if she meant anything to me. He went ahead and kissed her in my presence. She was even trying to resist, but Dalton didn’t let go. He didn’t,” Hailey wiped her face repeatedly again. She was getting more pissed and angry, as she recollected the harsh scene that played before her eyes.

“What happened to he doesn’t kiss ladies, and that he hates people invading his personal space? He is going back on his words now that everything is going perfectly well. Now that I am meant to take my rightful place,” Hailey lamented further again, so deep in her deep sadness and forlorn. It was now like a lost battle to her.

“He kissed that disgusting bitch?! What is going on? What the heck is wrong with Dalton? What is wrong with him?” Eleanor stood on her feet immediately, as she moved around in a state of disorientation and disorganization. Every one of her perfectly mapped out plan was going haywire.

“Dalton is probably confused because she defies him in ways that no one does. In one way or the other, she gets scot-free with all these things because she has probably grown on him. Being together will make the fire burn better,” Ellen finally spoke out after she had taken time to organize the right words in her head, that would not support any of the parties or condemn them either.

“So she is pushing him away but he is now gobsmacked? And now that old man comes here and gives them a banquet invitation card?! He is the reason for so many problems in our lives and family,” she gritted her teeth so angrily, and wanted to cuss at the old man if Hailey was not sitting there.

She remembered when they were all pestering Dalton to get married, by forwarding to him the names of the best candidate for his wife. He was probably already going with the setting of getting married to Hailey, as she was the perfect person that matched his inward preference, even if he wasn’t attracted to her.

From the perfect study of Dalton’s likes and principles, his taste in everything, she knew them all and practiced them. And he was already thinking of going with the person who would never give him problems afterwards, even if the sexual or physical attraction was not there. Suddenly, everything switched from considering Hailey to marrying Aria.

His grandfather proposed the perfect deal that would really benefit him, and it was the best thing for him, to go for his ambitions. Love didn’t matter. Who she was too didn’t matter.

“About that banquet card, I should find it in Dalton’s room and burn it into ashes. I didn’t raise my children to live this kind of low life, fall in love and get married to low-life commoners. It is best no one attends the useless banquet anyways,” Eleanor said maliciously, with her eyes glinting brightly of terror and revenge thirst.

“You are going to sabotage the banquet? Are you kidding me, mum?” Ellen yelled at her mother, and stood up immediately. If that was the plan, then she would just opt out of everything immediately.

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The young reserved man who was sitting on one of the couches in his living room, scorned the paper he was holding in his hand, which had the name of random ladies and the family they were from.

He raised his eyes to meet his assistant, who squinted his own eyes away from his boss’s gaze, knowing well that he had nothing to say concerning the matter.

“My father asked you to give me this?” He asked incredulously, as she shuffled the papers between his hands and read the contents on it like he had not read them about three times.

“Yes sir. He said you should go for a blind date with the top three ladies that match your taste. If not, choose the other events that he has organized for you,” the assistant managed to say, relaying the message the same exact way that Mr. Carson had told it to him.

“How is that even an issue? Did I express my loneliness and pain of lack of a partner to him?” Collin said, confused of why his father would just set him on such plans suddenly.

“I think he is considering how you have been too alone for too long, and the fact that you have not met many women in your life tim………”

“Is that what you think too?” Collin turned to ask. He knew that his father could now trust him with running his own business personally, but he had been urging him to get married with a backup point that he needed someone to lean on.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

“Not really. I think the decisions are meant for you to make sir.”

“No. Be honest now. Do you actually think this is right? Do you also think that I am that pathetic when it comes to relating with people?” Collin enquired.

“Is this about her, sir?”

“It is so crazy to say or understand, but I still love her even though years have passed now. I thought meeting her again would be an opportunity, but she is entrapped in a loveless marriage. I still don’t understand how she has managed to fall into something like that. It is hard to comprehend,” Collin said painfully.

“You are going against Dalton Miller, sir. I somewhat think the fight might not really be…..?”

“I don’t care! I would do my best to get what I want, and stay by herself till she would be ready to accept another life. At all cost.”