It'll Come Naturally

"You think you can threaten me with that? If you wish to die so badly, I'll grant your wish with pleasure," Sheena sneered, raising her hand again. For more than two decades, she wore the image of a loving mother to Tiana. It was all destroyed in a single eye-opening

argument where Sheena revealed her claws. This time, however, her hand was held back by another powerful hand.

"If you want to teach your daughter a lesson, please teach her at home. It's office time. Don't get in the way of my staff's productivity," said Rain flatly. Granted, it was originally their family business. So it felt inconvenient for him, as an outsider, to interfere in their personal affairs. Nevertheless, he couldn't take another minute of watching Tiana being bullied by her mother.

"Rain," Tiana beckoned to him, looking helplessly sad. Aware of her pathetic situation, she lowered her eyes to hide her pain from Rain.

"What does our family affair have to do with you, you son-of-a-bitch? What? Now that you're the president of KD Group, do you really think that you've become noble now? Don't forget that regardless of your status changing, it will never erase the fact that you're still just an illegitimate child." Sheena said coldly towards him. Then, with great force, she pulled her hand back. If it hadn't been for him taking over KD Group, she wouldn't have become the villain shouting in public and humiliating her daughter.

"So what? At least I took over KD Group by my competence, not by selling out my daughter for power and wealth like someone," Rain said ironically. Glancing at Tiana's face, he saw the reddish marks on her face. She must be in great pain at the moment.

"Hah! Did you say, by your own competence? That's right. When it comes to being brazen and sly as a fox, who's better than you?" Rain bit back a response, and let her continue, "Did you think that after you putting my sons and daughters-in-law in the branch office, I'd be grateful to you? Óh, on the contrary, I'll curse you to die like a dog forever." Sheena snapped, gritting her teeth. She didn't even attempt to conceal her hatred for him.

"Whatever! If cursing actually worked, maybe you'd be dead several times now," Rain retorted, flaring up at the insensitive woman. If she thought that her resentment towards him was bigger than the other way around, she had another thing coming.

"You stupid girl, did you hear what he said? He's a man who wants us to die, and you're stupid enough to stay here and work for him. Do you have any self-esteem left at all?" Sheena accused swiftly, trying to twist the facts. In fear of Tiana making a run for it, Sheena kept a tight hold on her sleeve.

"Self-esteem? I don't remember you giving me anything like that before," Tiana said defiantly. She was slapped in public by her mother in this very spot by the entrance of the company, humiliating her in front of people. And now, her mother had the guts to ask for her self- esteem? How ridiculous!

"Are you really going to be on his side? Well, fine! As long as you give me six hundred million dollars, then I'll have nothing to do with your business. Anyway, I don't want a daughter like you. Not as good or reliable as money," finished Sheena, licking her dry lips like a mad woman.

Tiana never laughed so hard in her life. "Six hundred million! I never imagined that my life would be so valuable. So you've estimated my price early in the morning. If I guess correctly, this is the price you agreed with the president of CM Company, isn't it?! So this is how you're selling me out." At a loss for words, Tiana didn't know how to express such an inexplicable pain in her heart. It was like that the mother in front of her, and the home that she had lived in for more than 20 years, had become too foreign to recognize. "It's good for both of us since you guessed correctly. If you were not that beautiful, the president wouldn't have been that willing to pay such a high price." Sheena said, full of pride, without the slightest sense of shame. As she had raised Tiana all those years, she felt entitled to some type of repayment for her efforts.

"Tiana, go inside first!" Rain said abruptly. Rain had heard enough. Were such words really what a mother should say to her daughter?

"But..." Tiana began, sounding helpless. Struggling to escape from Sheena's grasp, Tiana tried to move away but her mother had no intention of letting her go.

When Rain noticed what was going on, he turned to her side and squeezed Sheena's wrist with great strength, forcing her to release Tiana.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

"OUCH! He's trying to kill me! Everybody, look at what he's doing now! The little bastard is trying to kill me right now!" Sheena cried out due to the pain. As soon as Tiana was free from Sheena's grip, she rushed inside the company without another thought. "Mind your words, or I really won't mind killing you right now." Rain said, warning her in a very low voice. For a woman who could say everything that Rain had the misfortune to hear, bringing out facts and reasons would never work out. What he needed to do was be crueler than her.

"You're not allowed to leave. Since you released that stupid girl, you're obligated to pay me the 6 hundred million dollars," Sheena said shamelessly, holding his suit's sleeve instead. Assuming that he truly cared about Tiana, Sheena thought he'd be willing to pay for her. "You're barking up the wrong tree. You're asking for 6 hundred million dollars? I won't even pay you 6 pennies!" Rain said firmly. Rain wasn't Tiana. With a nonchalant yet swift move, he got himself out of Sheena's grasp, and shot a sharp look at her before striding inside the company. On the way in, he told the security guards not to let her in, and that if she continued to cause a commotion by the entrance, they better call the police.

"Rain," As soon as Tiana saw Rain entering the building, she called out his name softly.

"Are you dumb? She already slapped you once on the left cheek," he said, "And yet you still let her slap you again on the other side?" Rain questioned her, a mixture of anger and pity resonating in his voice. Despite his unapproachable disposition, he still pulled her into the special elevator for the president.

"I didn't think she'd really slap me again," said Tiana grimly. After being scolded by Rain, she felt even more uncomfortable, her tears beginning to well up in her eyes again.

"She slapped you the first time. Do you really think she'd care about doing it again?" said Rain, a bit infuriated with himself as he wasn't supposed to interfere in the first place. No matter how many times he tried to not get in the middle of the Ke family's business, nothing just seemed to go according to his plans as he was inevitably involved in it again.

"I'm so sorry!" Tiana said, sensing his anger. His animosity must have been induced by her mother scolding him, and so naturally, she felt like she owed him an apology.

"Don't say sorry to me. Say sorry to your cheeks! You owe me nothing! And why didn't you tell me that your family wanted to marry you off to the president of CM Company?" Rain questioned her. He was almost positive that the people of the Ke family had lost their minds. Otherwise, why on earth would they let such a beautiful young lady marry a man who was so much older than her? Did it really mean that deep in their hearts, money was more important than family?

"I was afraid you wouldn't allow me to stay at your company, so I hid it from you," Tiana said, biting her lips anxiously. If she had told him the truth earlier, he wouldn't have cared about her. With the fact that her beloved family could treat her that way, she could only assume that he would do the same since he had always regarded the other members of the Ke family as his enemies.

"You're really very aware of the whole situation," Rain remarked, honestly. As soon as they emerged from the elevator, Rain pulled her into the office of the president, raising people's curiosity for a while. Soon enough, he walked out and ordered casually, "William, go get me some ice, and gauze," "If Tiana's face wasn't treated immediately, it would swell up like a pig's head, 'Rain thought to himself.

"I'm on it, Sir," William said quickly, "I'll bring them to you right away." Although William didn't know what was happening, he didn't bother to ask questions and preferred to follow his boss' orders.