Son of Genius: My father's Conglomerate!
Chapter 18: The quarrel between two Fathers

Brak...!!

Someone broke the door down violently, until the unlocked door opened perfectly. Daren looked with a face full of anger standing in the doorway.

"Daren!" Pekik.

Hearing the name Daren called, making Richard immediately alert, the instinct of a father and husband immediately rose in Richard he was afraid Daren would take Shelia from him. Considering Shelia has not fully accepted him.

"Shelia who is this?" Daren asked with a trembling voice.

"He.he's my husband." Shelia answered, looking away, not looking at Daren. Daren approached and stood in front of Shelia.

"His husband? Wh why? She just came to Shelia, do you just trust this new person? It's likely that she's just a con artist, why did you agree to marry her? As for me, you just keep resisting." Daren threw a look of disbelief. She could not accept that Shelia married someone else, so long as she continued to be patient, hoping that one day Shelia would melt down and accept it.

"Daren, he's Nici's real father. I married her just for Nici." Shelia said, still calm.

"Then what if he's Nici's real father? I've been with you all along, I'm the first Nici to call Papi, I love both of you, I've considered Nici like my own biological son Shelia." Daren rubbed his huffed face.

"Why are you doing this to me?"

Grep...!! Daren shakes Shelia's shoulder, making Richard reflexively brush Daren's hand rough.

"Let go! Now Shelia's my wife!" Richard drew a sharp look at Daren. Daren stared back with the same gaze, an invisible war flag fluttering between the two of them.

"Wife?! Cih, where were you when Shelia was falling? She almost ended her life if I did not come, when she was pregnant I was the one who always accompanied her, when Nici was about to be born I was also the one who stood beside Shelia and clasped her hand. Where are you huh? Where?!" Daren pushed Richard's chest, making Richard slightly retreat backwards.

Richard refrains from getting angry, which Daren says is true. She was not there for Shelia when she had trouble conceiving Nici. Richard looked at Shelia with a sad look full of regret, why he used to be so stupid and did not have the courage to take responsibility.

"Coward! You're just a coward, you don't deserve them!" Daren.

Bhuk...!!

Richard smashed a fist into Daren's right cheek, until the corner of his lips drew blood. Daren returned the blow in the same place as he got the blow. There was a fight between the two men

"Enough!!!" Shouted Shelia. Making both of them stop their fists in the air.

"Are you guys crazy?! You guys fight in front of a kid." Shelia closes the eyes of Nici who is standing next to her, watching her biological father and adoptive father fight over her and her mother.

"Look at him scared, what kind of father are you?"

"Mommy, I'm not afraid." Nici replied not to accept, of course he was not afraid, he even enjoyed the exciting show live earlier. Shelia ignored Nici's words.

"You guys?! Nici's dad is just me." Richard was still in angry mode.

"I'm also his father!" Furious Daren.

"I'm his real father." Richard did not want to lose.

"I'm the first person he calls Papi. Isn't that Nici?" Daren's voice softened, Nici just nodded in response.

"You sit down, I want to talk!" Shelia's orders were crushing, making the two adult men obey her orders.

"For the first, Daren! You are so very meritorious in my life, without you me and Nici would not be living as they are now. I'm so grateful to you, Daren, that whenever you're gonna be Nici's adoptive father, no one's gonna dare take it from you." Shelia throws a warning look at Richard, that the decision he made was a crushing one.

"And to you Richard, Nici is your real son and I...Your wife," Shelia paused when she said the word 'Wife' "but, what Daren said was not wrong, you were not there for me and Nici all this time, she was the one who always stood by me and supported me. So I hope you can understand and be nice to Daren, even if he's Nici's first dad."

Degs...The...!!

The first father's words were heart-wrenching to Richard, but he could not argue, if he wanted to get Shelia's heart completely he had to give in and obey Shelia's words.

"Hem." Richard nodded obediently. With Daren.

"I hope that in the future, there will no longer be any controversy and debate about who Nici's father is. This time I consider it over!" Shelia was about to get out of her seat, but Daren's words stopped her intentions.

"Then you're alone? Do I have no rights to you?" Shelia was silent, she gestured for Nici to enter the room. Nici reluctantly got off the sopa and walked away, but instead of going to the room she eavesdropped behind the wall.

"She's my wife, what right do you want from her." Richard started to get emotional again.

"Enough both of you!!" Shelia raised her voice.

"Daren, since the beginning I told you, I only consider you as a friend no more. I resisted your feelings, so you could give up and see someone who loved you so much."

"You mean, Anna?!" Daren scrunched his forehead.

"Right Anna, she's been loving you for a long time, Daren. Give him a chance." Shelia.

"So because of her you won't accept me? Since you're best friends you're afraid of hurting Anna's feelings, right?" ask Daren.

Shelia shook her head, "no, I've never had more feelings for you." Shelia firmly, making Daren sigh heavily.

"All right, I get it. Then tell Nici, next time I'll come back to see him. I'm sorry I didn't bring gifts for him, I said goodbye." Daren leaves with shuntai steps leaving Shelia's house. Shelia is not in the heart, but if she is not decisive in making a decision, Daren will suffer even more.

Shelia closed the door, heaving a heavy sigh, then turned around. Bruk...!! Shelia crashed into Richard's body, which had been standing behind her since when.

Richard smiled gently, "thank you." Her speech.

"For what?" Shelia asked confusedly.

"To call me, your husband in front of Daren."

"There's no need to thank you, that's reality anyway." Shelia turned her face.

Richard smiled back, wanting to feel like he was hugging Shelia this second, but he held back.

'Please Richard, this is not the right time. Give Shelia some time, I'm sure she will gradually accept you wholeheartedly.' Richard murmured in his heart.