At The Billionaire's Party

Father-Daughter

Suddenly, a loud noise is heard as Huzaifa's hold loosens around Janet's neck. He turns back the find that Jen had hit his head hard with a flower vase.

He lets go of Janet and pounces upon Jen instead. "Why you low class bitch!" He growls at her.

But, before he could actually do her any harm, the door opens and David barges into the room. The first sight he sees is an unconscious Janet on her chair.

"Jen! Tend to Janet now!" He shouts at the PA before grabbing Huzaifa by the collar.

"You sick son of a bitch! How dare you!" He growls at the man and over powers him immediately. Pummelling into the man's face, he pushes him to the ground. He kicks him in the face and the gut, making the brown man double over in pain.

The next moment, David is being removed from over Huzaifa. He looks up to find his brother.

"Jane needs you the most now. She is out like a light." Damian murmurs.

David jerks out of his trance and runs towards his girlfriend.

In the meantime, Jen had already called in the security. She had informed Damian too.

David rushes towards his girlfriend who is now made to lie on the couch.

"Jane? Jane, wake up." He murmurs and then picks up a glass of water from her desk. He sprinkles some of it on her face. Nothing.

"Somebody, call for help! What the fuck are y'all doing?" He shouts at nobody in particular.

"Sir, help is on the way." One of the security personnel replies.

Soon the ambulance arrives and Janet is taken to the nearest hospital.

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"Don't worry, Brother. She'll be alright." Damian says placing a hand on his brothers shoulder.

"Where is my daughter!" A roar is heard.

Both the Richards brothers turn to look at the man. A furious Jonathan Claremont stood there.

"Mr. Richards, I thought we had a talk about you treating my daughter like the way would want your daughter to be treated. And now, she couldn't even see the lights of this world because of your fucked up past." The old man spits angrily.

David feels his insides turn at the allegations. He keeps shut nevertheless.

"Dad, stop." Joseph's voice is heard. He and Rachel had rushed in just in time to get to hear Jonathan Claremont's mean words towards David.

"No! You stop, Joseph. You stop. You were the one who reassured me about David being the best suitor for Janie. Did you or did you not?!" Joseph bites the inside of his cheek as he listens to his father's scoldings.

"Here, my daughter has been attacked not once or twice, but THREE times. And I wasn't even informed of any one of it. How would a father feel?!" Jonathan Claremont growls at his son.

"You're a father now. Aren't you?" He asks but Joseph remains silent.

"Yes or no, Joseph. Are you or are you not a father?" He repeats as tears well up in the old man's eyes.

"Yes." Joseph replies and then takes a look at his father.

"Dad." He whispers and grabs the old man by his shoulders.

"She's fine. Nothing has happened to her. And this wasn't even David's fault. His ex is locked up. This happened because of Huzaifa Khan. Janet's ex." He explains to his father as he makes him (Jonathan) sit in one of the seats.

"The Indian?" The old man furrows his brows in question.

"Pakistani." Joseph replies.

"And what about the lost child? What do you say to it?!" Jonathan says as his tears fall freely.

"That was indeed my fault. It was all my fault. Non of this would have happened if-" David starts to rant.

"Shut up, David." Rachel speaks up.

"Nothing happened because of either one of you. Non of you are kids. You met. You liked eachother. You fell in love. You took a decision. A decision to stay with eachother in all circumstances." She chastises all present there.

"This is no blame game. And Jonathan, you know very well that there was a major gap between the two of you after Janet decided not to join the company and start her on her own. It is since then, the generation gap began to widen between the two of you. Don't really don't get to barge in and blame it on David. The guy here, loves her, a lot. The way you threw the miscarriage incident right at his face. It was as if he didn't go through the loss just as Janet did." She speaks to her father in law, whose head hangs down in realisation.

"The point is. This happened because of both their exes. Alice and Hu-saifa. God. I cant even pronounce his name. That son of a bitch." She mutters the last part to herself.

"She's fine. From what I've heard from Jen. All he did was strangle her. Nothing major must have happened." She says trying to reassure herself.

"David deserves an apology." She whispers to her father in law, whiles taking a seat beside him.

The old man turns towards the girl for a moment and then nods. But doesn't speak anymore regardless.

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"Dad?" Janet croaks out as she sees her father walk into the hospital room.

"Wow. This is a surprise." She laughs a bit. Her voice comes out strained as her father leans down to place a peck on her forehead.

Jonathan Claremont laughs too. "Why? You had planned to not tell me about this as well?" The old man asks taking a seat on the still beside her bed.

"Well." Janet pauses. "We don't really talk about our lives with eachother anymore." She smiles sadly. "And you know why." She adds.

"I know, Princess. It's all my fault. I thought you'll be a precious, protected princess of mine. You turned out to be a rebellious one." He says making both of them laugh.

"How are you feeling now? And what on earth happened?" Jonathan asks with furrowed brows.

"Remember Huzaifa? My ex boyfriend." She begins, recieving a nod from her father. "He and David's ex, Alice. They teamed up.." Janet narrates the whole story to her father.

"I'm glad that you're okay now." Jonathan Claremont smiles. "I'll take my leave and let the others meet you. The Richards boy must be very anxious." He laughs. Janet joins him too.

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I am planning on ending this book soon.
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