Daniel cried out, "Olivia, stay out of this. I must teach him a really harsh lesson. Even if I beat him to death today, I won't feel sorry about it. His behavior has brought disgrace on our family. He is a rotten apple! Daniel thought, 'Jeremy was too lazy to work in the company on his own will. What's worse, he even stopped Olivia by locking her at home. How dare he do such an awful thing to her? No matter who tries to defend him, I must punish him today.'

Olivia continued, "Uncle, Auntie, I'm sorry that I wasn't able to finish the task and I'm sorry for letting you down. Since Jeremy didn't go to the office today, I think I must take responsibility for it. So please punish me as well." After that, she went down on her knees beside Jeremy.

Jeremy's heart beat heavily upon hearing what Olivia had said. He stared at Olivia and said stubbornly, "Don't bother. The buck stops here. You don't have to do this. I'll take responsibility for myself. Mind your own business! Hmm!"

Daniel glanced at them and said, "Okay, if that's what you want, I'll do as you wish." Daniel raised the whip towards Olivia.

Janet hastily went to stop Daniel, "Daniel, what are you doing? It was not Olivia's fault. She didn't do anything wrong."

While Jeremy didn't notice it, Daniel gestured at Janet with his eyes to calm her down. Janet immediately got what he meant and smiled.

She thought, 'It is obviously impossible for Daniel to beat Olivia. After all, she is a nice girl.' "Okay, it's up to you. Just go ahead as you like." Janet replied.

Jeremy felt a little startled at Janet's response. He asked, "Mom, aren't you supposed to protect Olivia?"

"She is your fiancee, so you are the one who should protect her, not me." Janet understood what Daniel had meant.

"I won't ... Hiss... Hey, Daniel, I can't believe that you're actually going to whip her." Finally, here came the whip. But it was a lot lighter than Jeremy had expected.

A sweet smell filled Olivia's nostril. With a confused expression on her face, she looked at Jeremy, who was holding her in his arms.copy right hot novel pub