Elena halted her steps. Instead of trembling in fear as she usually did, she took a deep, steady breath.
The dark courage she had acquired after her forbidden intimacy with Julian, coupled with the resentment that had accumulated for years, made her loath to submit ever again.
Elena looked at her father with an incredibly calm, almost casual gaze.
"I only went to find some peace of mind, Dad. Besides, doesn't Daddy usually never care whether I am in this house or not?" she replied in a flat, piercing tone.
Not stopping there, Elena flashed a cynical smile and turned the sarcasm back on the man who held the status of her biological father.
"All this time, even when I am at home, Daddy only considers me an invisible ornament or a nuisance cluttering up the storage room. So, why are you
