The Secret of Dad’s Study
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My sister, Emily McDonald, got married at just eighteen and had her son at nineteen. But I was twenty–seven years old now
and still unmarried.
Over the past few years, I’d brought boyfriends home one after another. But every time things got close to the point of marriage, my father, Arthur McDonald, would take them into his study.
I had no idea what Arthur said to them. But after coming out of the study, those men would turn strange and terrifying, even trying to strangle me to death.
My new boyfriend, James Fraser, thought Arthur had gone too far. So, he followed Arthur into the study. When James came out, his eyes were wide with anger as he broke up with me and slapped me twice, hard.
I was so confused. What was the real reason they all broke up with me? What secret was hidden in Arthur’s study?
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After James left, Arthur glared at me, his face full of rage, cursing me. “You’re such a slut! Aren’t you disgusting?
“Next time, I should just let your boyfriends kill you. Otherwise, you’ll never learn!”
To be honest, in these past few years, I had five boyfriends. Without exception, they all ended in ugly breakups.
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Before they turned violent towards me, they’d all been in Arthur’s study.
Even though I didn’t want to believe that people could change so quickly, it had really happened.
I frowned and looked at Arthur, hoping to hear an apology from
him.
But he seemed like he wanted to tear me apart, still lamenting that James had let me off and hadn’t strangled me right then
and there.
I knew Arthur had always liked Emily more and never cared about me.
Back when I was first falling in love and wanted to date someone, Arthur told me to break up immediately. But when Emily was eighteen and reached the legal age, she could get a marriage license with David Marshall.
Watching David move into our house and live a married life where he took such good care of Emily, I was envious that Emily could be with the person she loved forever.
At that moment, Arthur would kick me to the floor and tell me
to stop staring at David, saying marriage was out of the question for me.
When Emily and David went on their honeymoon abroad,
Arthur made me stay at home as punishment to reflect on my
“sins.”
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I never thought Arthur would keep coming between me and the people I liked, and I even wondered if I was adopted. But after hiring a private detective to check it, I found out that I was really his daughter.
I couldn’t figure it out, so I posted about it online to vent.
Netizens came out one after another to think about the reasons
with me.
[Is there a possibility that you were born on the same day your dad was supposed to close a big business deal? Because of your birth, he lost a lot of money, and now he’s struggling in middle age, so he wants to get back at you.]
[I think it’s because you look like your dad’s mistress. Your mom hates you, so your dad treats you badly, too.]
So, I started investigating secretly again. But Arthur was a teacher and had no experience in business.
He was a decent man and never had a mistress.
I didn’t understand why he wouldn’t let me date or get married.
With my stunningly beautiful looks, I often encountered true love, yet nothing ever worked out.
Since Arthur kept coming between me and my boyfriends, I had no choice but to ask my uncle, Harvey McDonald, to help me persuade him.
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Harvey also thought Arthur was being way too extreme. Who would want their daughter to end up alone?
He went to our house and started arguing with Arthur. “If your daughter has someone she likes, as a father, you should support her. How can you keep telling her not to date? You’ve lost your mind!”
Arthur just stared silently at Harvey, grabbed his hand, and led him into the study.
