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Chapter 11: The Punishment

The driver drove Ava to the bakery. After saying thanks, she got out of the car to meet her boss. She was too late for work. She was afraid that Monica would fire her because of the mistake she did during her first month at work.

Once she was in Monica's room, she explained everything she went through and that she missed her shift. Monica's eyes looked at the young woman in front of her with pity. "I almost fired you if I didn't see your wounds."

Ava just grinned. Luckily, she didn't get fired. She felt she couldn't afford to lose her job because of what happened earlier.

"You can go home!" she said. "Are you able to work tomorrow morning?"

"Of course!" said Ava, nodding happily. "Thank you, Monica! You are the best boss I've ever wanted."

***

The next day, William, who was about to leave for the office, was confronted by his son. The little boy looked at his father angrily.

"Why can't I go to school today, dad?" he shouted, demanding a reasonable explanation from the strict father.

"You ask me the reason?" William asked back with a cold gaze. "What you did yesterday was the worst thing ever. Of course, I will punish you with something comparable. You were allowed to go outside if you were always under the watch of guards. You broke the rule, you are not leaving the house at all."

"No!" Lukas refused and did not accept his father's decision. "I did it because you treated me too strictly! Why couldn't I visit you at work?"

"Okay, visiting me at the office…," William muttered while glaring. "Did you visit me at the office? Didn't you run away and wander outside?"

Now, Lukas got scared. "I came to your office yesterday. But …."

"But?" asked William inquisitively.

"But … I heard Danica say there is a maid who looks like my mother in the bakery. So—"

"What?" raged William. He didn't expect that Danica's stupid conversation was one of the reasons that made all the mess happen yesterday. His hands clenched, determined to cut Danica's bonus this month.

"Father, where is ... mom—ups, the woman who helped me yesterday?" asked Lukas again, now in a whining tone. "Why wasn't she at home when I woke up?"

William cleared his throat, irritated by the whole situation that was getting out of control. "You can't go near her anymore!"

"Why? If she didn't help me, I would have been taken away by those bad guys," protested Lukas loudly. He tugged at his father's pants, making the neat cloth wrinkle a little.

William brushed off his son's tiny hand gently. He then crouched down, aligning his face with his son's. "Luke, not everything you see is what you see. There are a lot of bad people out there pretending to be good ones."

Luke's emerald eyes widened, he couldn't believe his father's words. How could the woman who defended him sincerely be a bad person?

"I hate you, dad!" shouted Lukas, then ran to his room, leaving his father.

William could only look at his son expressionlessly. After all, he couldn't let Lukas wander around anymore. He had already lost Paula. He didn't want to lose his only child. The most precious memento from her.

"Henry, make sure that Lukas studies at home starting today," William ordered the head butler at his house.

"Okay, sir," said the head butler. "Oh, I almost forget to tell you that Miss Anderson plans to visit this afternoon. Is it permissible?"

William's brows furrowed. He was not pleased that Henry called Julia, Paula's stepsister, Miss Anderson. He knew Paula wouldn't be happy to hear that because she got the name Anderson just because her cunning mom tricked Robert into marrying her again.

"I said, just call her Julia," William said correcting Henry.

"Yes sir. Is Miss Julia allowed to visit?" asked Henry again. He had to immediately confirm the answer. Otherwise, Julia would terrorize him all day.

"Fine," William replied indifferently. He then quickly left the mansion since his schedule was quite tight today.

***

Meanwhile, at Anderson's mansion, Julia and Amanda were eating breakfast. Robert certainly wasn't in their midst because he was still in a long sleep at the hospital, assisted with equipment and injections of medication to keep his heart beating.

"No progress with Luke?" Amanda asked her daughter with a flat look.

"I'm going to pay a visit to William's mansion this afternoon. It would be easier to persuade him if William wasn't home, would it?" replied Julia with a triumphant smile. She was happy to finally get access to William's house. Usually, there would always be a reason to refuse her request.

"Good! Remember, you have to be able to win that bastard kid's heart so that William will marry you for his child," said Amanda. "We need the kid to get access to all of Paula's possession."

Julia nodded. She knew her mother was very upset because she didn't expect that almost all of Robert's property was given to Paula, and almost nothing was left for Amanda but the monthly budget. After Paula died, things didn't change because everything fell into Lukas' hands.

"If only I had dealt with that bitch earlier, none of this would have happened," Amanda grumbled, reminiscing.

"It's not your fault, ma'am. We didn't expect that my father's company would go bankrupt so quickly after he died," said Julia to calm her mother. She poured hot tea for the beautiful middle-aged woman to calm her down.

"You're right, I also didn't expect that Robert's wealth will escalate this much at all," Amanda said angrily. "Remember Julia, all our efforts must be successful. Otherwise, both of us could suffer for the rest of our lives."

"That was so sad. You left Robert for dad because dad was much richer than Robert. Later, you chased him again for the same reason but you got nothing," said Julia sarcastically.

"Watch your mouth, Julie! Just do your job properly," Amanda snapped, unable to accept that she was being treated like that by her daughter. "Remember, I can't fool everyone forever. There's no guarantee that Robert's lawyers will be willing to work with us all the time. If you fail, hell awaits us, Julie. Keep that in mind!"

"Okay, mom! Leave everything to me," said Julia with determination. His father's debt was so much. There was no other way to pay it off than by getting Robert's possession. Paula's wealth. Owned by Lukas.

Julia rose from her seat. After saying goodbye to her mother, she immediately prepared to leave William's mansion. The sooner the better. So she thought.

"Henry, I'm going to the mansion right now," said Julia, announcing her arrival by phone.

"But, Miss, the young master is—"

"I'm going there now!"

Without hearing Henry's explanation, Julia immediately asked the driver to drive the car to William's mansion.

"Wait for me, Lukie baby …." The grin on Julia's face revealed all her greed for wealth. She would try to take everything that previously belonged to Paula. Be it her possessions or her man.


Chapter 12: Aunt Julia vs Baby Lukie

Danica listened to her boss scolding lazily, contrary to her feigned serious look. It was still early in the morning. However, her boss had already blamed her for the chaos, including how she couldn't discuss anything related to Paula in front of Lukas.

Of course, Danica didn't feel guilty at all. Yesterday's incident happened due to the negligence of the butler and the bodyguards.

"So, I'll give you a bonus cut this month," concluded William, scowling at Danica. He had to teach his assistant a lesson.

Danica's eyes widened at William's decision. However, she was too lazy to argue with him. What for? Threatened him that she would get resigned if he cut the bonus? No. She wouldn't find a salary as big as in his company. It was useless because she won't go anywhere.

"By the way, I heard that today you allowed Julia to see Lukas, huh?" asked Danica, changing the topic.

William's brows furrowed. He nodded. He knew that if Danica had changed the topic, it was a sign that she wasn't going to listen to whatever he was going to grumble about. It was a stop-sign alarm. That was how it was. He didn't want to lose Danica either. There would be no assistant who would work for him as well as that woman.

"My son is in a bad mood. I think he needs some … entertainment," William answered casually. "By coincidence, Henry said that Julia wanted to visit Luke. There's nothing wrong with me giving the boy a present, right?"

William's eyebrows rose as he smiled cynically at his assistant. Soon, Danica laughed out loud because she understood what William meant.

Meanwhile, at the mansion, Lukas lazily listened to his math teacher's explanation of adding apples to apples and its variations. To him, it was a lesson only befitting a child that had just been born into the world. Meanwhile, The boy felt that he was as old as his grandparents with all the hardships that he suffered in life.

"Young master, I told you that you had to pay attention to what I was explaining, didn't I?" Mr. Wilson felt offended because Lukas yawned many times while looking out the window with his annoying lazy face. "What should I report to your father if you get a low grade in math?"

Luke turned to his teacher. He pursed his lips, pouting in annoyance. "I've explained twice to you that I'm not the least bit interested in your explanation, Mr. Wilson! Do I have to say ten times so that you will understand?"

"Young master! Sorry, but I was allowed to scold you and force you to study," snapped old Mr. Wilson in his old-fashioned and annoying teaching style. "I've added the difficulty level. Look! I'm teaching you algebra."

"I told you that algebra is too easy for me! Have you not read my portfolio?" Luke protested, slamming the table hard. He stood up from his chair, about to run away from the room.

However, just as the boy opened the door, an even more annoying sight greeted him. There was Julia who was flabbergasted because she didn't expect the door to open at that moment.

"Oh, baby! How are you? I miss you!"

Julia rushed over, hugged Luke, and made the little man's cheeks flatten with too much pressure. The little man was very annoyed when he had to feel Julia's embrace.

"Aunt Julia, haven't I told you, stop pressing my face with your fake big boobs," Lukas grumbled incoherently as he tried to get away from Julia.

Hearing Luke's insult, of course, Julia got angry. "You damn son of—Oh, Lukie baby, you can't say such vulgar things." Julia immediately corrected her rude attitude, pretending to be patient with the boy's impolite behavior. Her dark brown eyes then caught the presence of another figure there, Mr. Wilson. "Ah, are you studying? Why didn't Henry tell me."

Mr. Wilson nodded. "That's right, starting today, young master is studying at home." Mr. Wilson didn't know the reason why Lukas was banned from going to school by the boy's father. "Supposedly, during study hours, no one else disturbed him."

Mr. Wilson's sarcasm made Julia's face darken for a moment. She swore in her head that she would fire the man if she became the mistress of the mansion in the future.

"Ah, Mr. Wilson, why are you so mean to my aunt?" Suddenly, Luke changed his attitude. "She's my mother's sister. You also have to pay her some respect," defended Lukas.

Julia's face brightened. Luke's sweet demeanor made her happy. "Lukie, you are so wise. Now tell me, did this teacher piss you off so much that you want to run out of his lesson?"

Suddenly, an even brighter idea popped into Luke's mind. "Mr. Wilson is a great teacher. But, the lesson that was explained was too difficult. Why don't you help him and explain it to me?" coaxed the little man with a hidden sly grin in his mind.

Julia's eyes widened. Since Luke was only a five-year-old boy, how hard would it be to accept such a challenge? If with this, Lukas would like her, it was not a difficult task, right?

"Of course! I will be happy to help you study, Lukie baby!"

Lukas didn't like being called 'baby' or 'Lukie'. It all sounded so ridiculous to his ears. However, he hated it even more because it was Julia who had said that.

"Mr. Wilson, you can take a rest a moment. Let Aunt Julia take over for you," Lukas asked in a suddenly sweet manner.

Mr. Wilson complied. As long as Lukas was willing to learn, it wouldn't be bad to let someone else take over his job.

"Which part do you not understand?" asked Julia, then sat down nicely beside Lukas.

Lukas then gave one of the questions given by Mr. Wilson. "Here, Aunty! Do you know how to solve this algebraic problem?"

Julia smiled and convinced herself that the questions Luke had given couldn't be difficult. She then read aloud the sentence in the problem, "Alana ran 100 meters in twenty seconds. Next, she managed to increase her speed by a quarter. However, her new record is still one-fifth slower than her target. What is Alana's target?"

Julia's self-confidence suddenly disappeared. Why would a kid at Luke's age learn such a thing? She glanced alternately at Lukas and Mr. Wilson in disbelief.

"Come on, Aunt Julia! Explain it to me! You can also use the bar model if it's too difficult for you!" Lukas grinned widely.

Julia could only curse in her head. However, she did not lose the idea to save herself from embarrassment. "Mr. Wilson! Why would you give a question as complex as this to a five-year-old?"

"I will be six years old in a week," Lukas corrected slowly.

Mr. Wilson gasped and answered. "However, Young Master said that the problem was too easy for him."

Julia was inflamed. "How could Lukas say that? He said it was difficult, didn't he? Are you lying to me, Lukie?"

Lukas' green eyes pretended to glisten with tears. "If you need proof, how about we work on this problem together?" asked the boy.

The competition begins. Mr. Wilson gave some papers and pens to Lukas and Julia. "Start!"


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