Chapter 103 – Twisted Fate of a Billionaire’s Daughter Undercover

Denise knew she was going to kneel in the living room tonight.

Nathaniel went to the villa after he said that. He turned his head to Carl and instructed, “Keep an eye on Denise. Don’t let her ask for Jenifer’s help.”

Jenifer, Denise’s mother, was known for being kindhearted. Leon, Denise’s father, didn’t care about anything and even had a second family. Although Nathaniel hated that Jenifer couldn’t win over her husband’s love, he still felt that the Jones family owed her.

Knowing Denise, the first person she would run to if she needed help was Jenifer. And if Jenifer pleaded for her daughter, it would be hard for Nathaniel to turn his daughter-in-law down.

Nathaniel had never felt so humiliated in front of Ashlyn, and this was all Denise’s fault.

Even though he didn’t lose his temper at the dinner table, nothing could stop him from punishing Denise now.

Nathaniel had just asked Carl to keep an eye on Denise. He was obviously going to teach her a lesson tonight.

Carl had worked for Nathaniel for many years and knew that he was a very vain man. The only reason why he couldn’t talk back to Ashlyn was because of Denise.

Carl nodded and then headed back to the villa.

Nathaniel was right. When he left, Denise hurriedly stumbled out of the car to look for Jenifer.

But today was not her lucky day. Jenifer had gone shopping and called back to say that she couldn’t come home in time for dinner. Since it was only seven o’clock, she wouldn’t be in the villa.

Denise knocked on Jenifer’s door for a while but didn’t get a response. She started getting antsy. As she was about to take out her phone to call Jenifer up, Carl suddenly showed up behind her and stopped her. “Your grandpa told me that if you don’t get to the living room in ten minutes, you’ll suffer serious consequences.”

Denise felt her legs weaken and almost collapsed on the floor when she heard what he said.

She sensed her impending doom but couldn’t muster up the courage to ask for help from Gordon. Now the only person who could save her was Jenifer.

She leaned against the wall as she closed her eyes and tried to calm herself down. She then looked at Carl and forced a smile. “I know. Please go check on my grandfather. As you know, he is quite old. What if he trips and falls? I’ll just change my clothes and head there.”

Denise turned around and went to her room.

Carl didn’t stop her. Instead, he advised, “I recommend that you don’t bring your mother into this. Your grandpa is furious. You have no choice but to face his anger by yourself.”

When Denise heard this, she froze in her tracks, her eyes wide open.

“I see. You can now go to assist my grandfather.”

Once she got to her room, Denise immediately fell to the floor. Her hands trembled as she held her phone. With shaky fingers, she tapped on it several times and called Jenifer’s number.

As soon as the call was picked up, Denise wailed, “Mom, please come back and save me!”

Jenifer just had dinner with her friend and was about to go shopping. When she saw that Denise was calling her, she thought that she wanted something from the mall. But as she answered the call, she heard Denise’s distraught voice. Her face turned pale. “Denise, what happened? Tell me, I’ll come home right away!”

Denise didn’t get into detail and only told her that she had irritated Nathaniel and that he was now going to punish her.

Jenifer married into the Jones family and knew the severity of the punishment when Nathaniel was angry. The last time he was angry, Ashlyn knelt for the whole night.

She was now not in the mood to go shopping.

After saying goodbye to her friend, she hurriedly drove back home.

Denise ended the call but didn’t have the strength to change her clothes.

Nathaniel ordered her to wear a nice and fancy dress for dinner with Ashlyn today. So she wore a very ladylike dress.

Since Nathaniel asked her to change her clothes, it meant that he was going to punish her, maybe even whip her.

As far as Denise could remember, Nathaniel had been this angry three times in total. The first time was when Leon wanted to divorce Jenifer and marry a woman of ill repute. The second time was the night when they thought Arabella had a miscarriage because of Ashlyn.

There was a downpour the last time Ashlyn knelt as a punishment. She knelt there the whole night. If she hadn’t left the next day, Nathaniel would have continued to punish her.

After Leon was punished, he could barely walk and his body was drenched in blood. Even though he wasn’t injured seriously, it was still an extremely painful punishment.

At that time, Denise was only eight years old. She followed Jenifer to check up on Leon and remembered how she saw him sobbing.

The sight of it scared her.

Denise wanted to stall for some time till Jenifer came home, but Nathaniel wasn’t going to let her go that easily. Carl waited for five minutes and figured that she had no plans on coming out. With a sigh, he knocked on her door. “It’s been seven minutes. If you don’t come out of the room, we’ll be late. You should know that your grandpa won’t show you mercy regardless if your mother is there.”

Denise froze for a few seconds. She realized that there was no point in stalling the inevitable. She then propped herself up and held the door. “Carl, I’m just finishing up!”

She wiped away her tears and ran to the closet to change her clothes.

Carl was right. Her grandfather was so furious that he was quiet the whole ride back. Now that he sent Carl over to monitor her, her tardiness would send him into a fit of rage.

Even though she was scared, she knew that there was no escaping the punishment tonight. All she could do was hope that Jenifer got back in time to plead for her so that Nathaniel would show her mercy.

After Carl reminded Denise, she quickly changed her clothes. She wept as she followed him to the living room.

Once they got there, a teacup flung in Denise’s direction and landed on her feet. It shattered into several pieces as Nathaniel shouted, “Kneel!”

Denise’s body trembled but did as she was told. “Grandpa, I know that what I did was wrong.”

Her eyes had grown red and puffy from her constant crying. Nathaniel’s shout made her too terrified to speak.

Suddenly, a black Maybach stopped outside the Jones family’s residence. The car doors swung open and Gordon got out.

The butler was surprised to see him there.

“Where is Denise?” Gordon got straight to the point.

The butler was shocked and pointed at the villa. “She’s in the living room with Mr. Jones.”

“Okay.”

Gordon then marched straight to the villa.

Although the butler had something else to say, he saw Gordon’s gloomy face and decided to just keep his mouth shut.

The sky was dark while the lights in the villa were on.

The last time the atmosphere was this intense was when Ashlyn was being punished.

Gordon’s face darkened when he remembered that night. He then quickened his pace.

Nathaniel snorted at Denise’s words. “You know you are wrong? Didn’t you say that last time? Do you ever learn your lesson? Don’t you know the position that the Ramos family holds? What good will it do to you if we have a falling-out with them? Do you think Ashlyn is the only person being laughed at after everything that has happened? People will judge our family too! Don’t you know?”

The more Nathaniel spoke, the angrier he became, the veins on his forehead popping. “You are the youngest in our family. You have two elder brothers. I’ve never asked you to contribute anything to the family. All I’ve ever asked is to not cause any trouble. But what did you do? I want Gordon to remarry Ashlyn, but you’ve just offended her! Do you still expect a girl from a decent family to marry Gordon after so many things have happened? And who will want to marry you after knowing what you did? You are such a disgrace!”

His words were harsh. In the past, Denise would have retorted. But now, she merely knelt on the floor, holding her breath. She dared not say anything other than admit her mistake.

She hadn’t expected the situation to escalate as it had today.

Denise understood how serious things had turned out because of her wilfulness at the thought of Ashlyn’s aggressive attitude and Nathaniel’s restrained anger from an hour ago.

Ashlyn was no longer the ordinary girl trying to climb the social ladder they had thought. She was now the only daughter of the head of the Ramos family, the richest family in Bluepond. She had the capital and strength to compete with the Jones family.

This time, Denise’s actions irritated Ashlyn.

Denise might have realized the seriousness of the matter, but she also knew that it was too late.

Noticing that Nathaniel was getting more agitated by the second, Carl, worried that his hypertension would get worse, said, “Mr. Jones, you can punish Denise for what she did. But being angry will cause health problems.”

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