Chapter 195 - 195: The Elder"s approval
It"s been so long since Daniella finished telling her story but the elder Su remained quiet staring at the bushes.
Daniella moved a hand to hold the elder Su"s wrist. She checked his pulse and it was beating normally. She ran her eyes over his face and saw how much it was paling.
"My – grandson died like that?" the elder Su"s voice broke down. The pain so similar to when his grandson died rushed in his heart. He gulped hard, Nathan was his most favourite grandson as he was the firstborn. He gave and taught him everything about the company that"s why he let him run it after he graduated.
He didn"t even favour his own sons as much as he favoured Nathan. So when he died he felt as if he lost half of himself. And now, after knowing how his grandson died hurt him so much. It was even worse than watching his ashes scattered in the ocean.
He didn"t get to see his grandson"s body as it was burned in the car accident. And now that he knew how his grandson died and how the man"s parents lied about his death was making him feel like an active volcano that will erupt soon.
He was like a ticking bomb, he tried to suppress his anger but the more he held it the more he felt exploding.
"Mr Su, you need to calm down," Daniella patted his shoulder. She could see the nerves in his neck popping angrily. If he will not calm down, she"s afraid that he might have a heart attack.
But her words did not calm the elder Su. His hand holding the walking stick clenched it tightly. He wanted to hit someone with his cane, an image of Elise and his son Alvin popped up in his mind.
He gulped hard, the anger inside of him rose rapidly. His eyes were burning with rage, he didn"t know that he would ever feel this kind of anger to his family.
All of his thoughts were disturbed when he felt a hand on the back of his neck. It was a cold hand cooling his nerves down.
The hand started moving to ma.s.sage the back of his neck. The elder Su could not help but shut his eyes. For a moment his mind forgot about the painful truth he just found out.
When Daniella felt that the elder Su"s body was starting to feel at ease, she released his neck and folded her hands on her lap. Her eyes focused at the bushes ahead, seemed like she and the elder Su were mesmerized by the light emitting from the LEDs.
Andrew Su let out a long and heavy sigh, his mind was in chaos. There were so many questions he would like to ask his son and ex daughter in law. If he could he would storm in the house and strangle them but he didn"t want his family especially Selena to be confused with the situation.
Sadness flooded his heart when he thought of Selena. If she found out what kind of secret her family was keeping, the girl will lose her mind.
He turned to look at Daniella and stayed staring at her. He blew out another sigh, now that he knew about her real situation he feared that his family will be in danger even more.
So, he took out the cheque he hid in his pocket and handed it to her.
"I am sorry for your loss but you must understand the reason why I am giving you this money," his voice was full of sadness. He felt guilty for doing this to her but if what she said was true, he"s afraid that his family will be in danger.
But Daniella did not understand why. So, she looked into his eyes and read his mind.
Thousand of knives seemed to have pierced her heart. Was her life really that troubled to the point the Elder Su would think of her as a person that would do nothing but to bring danger to his family?
Her heart throbbed with pain, her eyes gloomed as she lowered it to her hands.
She knew that he didn"t need the money and he knew she didn"t need it as well yet he"s still giving it to her.
"Mr Su, I am working with someone to make sure that my enemy will not go after Evan or this family," she started though she had already doubted her own words after remembering that Evan was shot in his own office by the people that were after her.
"Are those the people you trusted?" the elder Su asked.
Daniella blinked, no! She answered in her mind.
Roman Lee and all the people he was working with were the last people she can trust but she needed to put her life in their hands to make sure that they won"t touch this family.
"I will make sure that they will not touch any of the Su, including Elise."
A bitter smirked flashed on Elder Su"s face.
"You are so stupid young woman," his head shook in disappointment, "this family has caused you nothing but pain yet you still want to be part of it because of Evan," he paused and narrowed his eyes in suspicion.
Daniella elevated her chin to meet his eyes, "you can doubt me but Evan knows very well that my feelings are real."
The elder Su took in a deep sigh, his heart was still burning in pain from the truth.
"Fine," he put the cheque back in his suit pocket, "I am still a businessman Ms Chen. Tell me, what kind of benefits my family will get if Evan marries you," he tapped a finger o the walking stick he was holding, "you should know that Roman Lee is planning-"
He stopped when Daniella smiled at him. It was a degrading smile but somehow it didn"t insult him. If he were in her position and he heard someone say the same words he said, he would probably act the same.
"How about full ownership to the Island Bank and branch extension in London?"
The sound of the walking stick sounded after Daniella spoke. The elder Su was dumbfounded staring at her that his hands seemed to have lost its strength.
He blinked his eyes while his mind tried to process her words. It can"t be true she might be special but there"s no way she can do the words she just said.
"It"s impossible, you are so young. It"s impossible for you to have an authority that can help us extend our business in London" he said shaking his head. Expanding the business locally was not a problem but dealing with international law can be painful and expensive not to mention risky that"s why Andrew didn"t dare to even dream about doing it.
"It"s not impossible if you have the full ownership of Lumax. The company has so many connections that can help the Su Financial bank to-" her lips froze when the elder Su suddenly laughed.
"Lumax? That company chose the island bank over us. If the CEO didn"t want to have a partnership with SU financial Bank, how do I convince him to sell the Lumax to me not to mention the price."
Daniella blew out a sigh, her tongue was itching to interrupt him but she was here to win his favour so interrupting him was not a good way to get his favour.
"Mr Su, first you should know that the owner of Lumax is a SHE and not a HE," she scoffed in disbelief, "why do people think that all CEO"s are men," her eyes went round as she spoke.
"Second, you are looking at the CEO of the Lumax Mr Su. Once I married Evan, all my a.s.sets will be his as well. And it includes full ownership of the Island bank."
The elder Su"s hand lifted absently to scratches his head. He was uncertain if it was his age or Daniella"s voice but he was having a hard time processing her words.
Daniella felt like an old person in front of a confused baby. The confusion was so visible on the Elder Su"s face.
"Are you saying that you own the 50% of the island bank?" his head was bobbed a bit in confusion.
Daniella nodded, "when I was buying the Island Bank, I sold the 50% share to Evan," she proudly explained.
The elder Su nodded, "you must be very rich to afford a bank," up until now he still could not believe that she"s someone richer than them. She must have feel insulted when he tried to give her a cheque.
"Well," Daniella"s face screwed up when she remembered the price she paid for the bank.
"Evan paid a lot of money for that share," the elder Su said while shaking his head. Evan didn"t inform him that he was planning to buy the Island Bank, so when he found out the price they had to pay he felt having a heart attack.
Daniella snickered upon hearing it, her shoulder shook as she let out a faint laugh, "yeah, Evan said that he felt scammed but anyone will be willing to be scammed if the scammer is as beautiful as me," she boastfully said complimenting herself.
"You are very confident aren"t you?" the elder Su replied with a cold voice while his face pokered.
The wide smile Daniella had on her lips faded, she suddenly forgot who she was talking too.
"My apologies," she bowed her head a bit as she apologized.
The elder nodded his head once, "its alright. But you must prepare yourself and act properly. I don"t want to hear a news one day that you misbehaved and shamed the Su name."
When Daniella"s brain processed his words her eyes went round in shock.
Just then she realized that the old man has accepted her to be part of the Su.
Her heart overjoyed. She wanted to scream and laugh but she held herself since she"s in front of the Elder Su.
She could feel her heart thumping uncontrollably, she had never felt this kind of happiness before. Just the thought of her being Evan"s wife was blowing up her mind.
She bit her lips hard, she didn"t mind that it hurt her, she just needed to do it or else she will be shouting and the last thing she wanted was for the Elder Su to take back his decision.
Her hands were clenching her dress. When she heard the elder Su calling her name, her mind eased up and she looked at him.
"You mentioned that you had a twin brother, right?"
Daniella nodded as she flickered her eyelashes.
"So there"s a big possibility that you can also have twin babies, right?"
Daniella almost choked on her own saliva, she blinked her eyes repeatedly. Definitely not expecting for the Elder Su to talk about babies right now.
"Yes," she said in an almost whisper. She hasn"t completely decided whether to go through with having a baby but the hope she saw shining in the elder Su"s face was making her think about going through with it.
"Good, good," the elder Su stared at the bushes once again, "you must know that Selena is growing so fast, so my wife Anna would really like to have some kids around the house. She"s old and her only happiness is her grandchildren."
The elder Su might not have said it directly but Daniella knew the message behind his words.
"Don"t worry, I will talk to Evan about it."