Ronald Ronner (1)

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"Mr. Mo, I assume George already informed you," Ronald Ronner greeted, extending his hand to shake Laotian's. They are now in the hospital hallway as they met along the way. Looking at the man dangerously, Laotian still chose to shake his hand in the end before looking at him monotonously.

"Yes, however, I never said it would be okay for you to come," Laotian replied, even though this is the first time that he met the man in person, he already hates him because of the fact that he took Susan Sullen out of the mental facility and now had caused danger to Daniel. If this man had only persisted into taking Susan Sullen out again of the mental facility, he was planning to fully destroy him.

"Mr. Mo, I came with no ill intention. It has been years since I have been back, finding out that my younger sister and niece were both sent to a mental facility; it was only natural for me to try and take them out. But I know now my mistake and I will not persist, Susan truly needed the care of a mental specialist. Additionally, I had lost millions from the pressure you had been putting on my company. I think I have suffered enough and at least deserve to meet the nephew that I have never known." Ronald said as he was holding a beautiful bouquet of colorful random flowers and a basket of fresh assorted fruits.

Ronald Ronner had migrated to Canada after he inherited their late father's main company, it had been so long since the last time he had seen his younger sister because he had been very busy. Additionally, Ronald and Susan had a misunderstanding at the time when his other younger sibling, Susan's twin brother, died mysteriously. When he learned the truth one day, the real reason why he had died, Susan and Ronald were already too distant from each other by then.

Ronald blamed himself for not being able to properly protect his younger siblings from their sick father and so he chose to give Susan her space. Years had passed and they didn't have any communication. If it was not because he was constantly and secretly monitoring Susan all these years, he would not have known that his younger sister was sent to a mental hospital along with his only niece.

He did a thorough investigation of what had happened and he learned the truth and the existence of his nephew, Daniel. For two years Ronald had been finding ways to get Susan and Daniella out of the mental institute, and finally, months ago he was able to get Susan out. He planned to take her to Canada and get her fixed up there and also to separate her from his nephew.

And then later, he planned to meet Daniel before getting back but then he didn't expect his sister would do such a thing while he was busy with a branch company.

Now, he regretted what he did and would like to apologize. He also wanted to introduce himself; after all, he never once married, he didn't have any capable benefactor left since Daniella was much worse than her mother.

Seeing her for the first time in a long time, it was like she's now a shell without a soul; she doesn't respond and would continually look in an empty space all day, she never reacted even once whatever he said when Ronald visited her. If anyone was asked to describe her, they would definitely say she was already dead, an empty shell. She was not Daniella Sullen anymore.

Although Ronald would still support his niece, leaving her with the best medical assistance she will need to recover, Ronald wants to focus his attention on Daniel as he didn't have that much time left.

"I only want to say a few things about me and Susan, I learned about the suffering and hardships Daniel has gone through and I want to make things a bit better if possible," Ronald explained to the Alpha who was still glaring at him. He knew the Alpha was powerful especially in this country because this was his territory, he won't be able to fight back. So now, Ronald's only choice was to talk to the Alpha and hopefully convince him to let him meet Daniel.

". . ." Looking at Ronald Ronner, George Sullen's words echoed in his mind. Even though Daniel had most likely moved on now, Laotian knew that there was still something inside the Omega that doubted himself, blaming himself for not being able to gain his mother's love. Laotian doesn't know what the Ronner family background was; he didn't bother looking out for it but whatever past they had, Laotian hoped that just like what George Sullen said yesterday, Daniel will be able to find out the real reason behind Susan Sullen.

The reason why the woman refused to accept Daniel and threw him the moment he was born without a second thought.

"I don't want him hurt." Laotian simply said before he turned around, he briefly raised his hand giving a signal to his men that were vigilant of Ronner and was currently concealing their presence ready to attack anytime when needed, that they are now dismissed. "I'll be listening to your conversation," Laotian added, indicating that he was allowing Ronald to meet Daniel and that he should follow him.

"Thank you. Hurting my nephew is the last thing I wanted to do." Ronald replied with a smile and followed the Alpha. He was very thankful that despite his nephew's sufferings, he was able to marry a good man like Mo Laotian. Ronald could now be rest assured that he was leaving his nephew in good hands.

Walking behind the Alpha, it was not long before they arrived in front of a VIP Room. The men guarding the entry opened the door for the both of them, Ronald was still unable to see Daniel as he walked inside the room but he could already hear his voice talking to a little kid, which is his great-grandnephew from his sister. His heart started pacing fast and as soon as he walked past the hallway and his eyes laid on Daniel's figure, he could feel his eyes turn hot.

Ronald had already seen Daniel's picture long ago, but looking at him now in person, the Omega does truly look like their late mother. If Daniel just had blond hair, he would truly look like her.

"Laotian? Uhmm..." Daniel looked at the man in his 40's who was staring at him intently. Although the way he looked at him didn't feel like he had bad intentions, the awkward stare made him uncomfortable.

"He came to meet you," Laotian simply explained, picking Luangmin from the bed, to at least give the two a little privacy.

"Meet me?" Daniel asked, confused because he had never seen this man before. Daniel glanced at the man again who had seemed to have been frozen from the moment he appeared in front of Daniel, but somehow Daniel felt like the man's facial features looked familiar.

"We'll be on the couch," Laotian excused and soon headed to the couch. Daniel glanced again at his husband before he looked again at the frozen man confused.

"Uhmm, d-do I know you?" Daniel stuttered as he asked the man. Ronald hearing Daniel's sweet and angelic voice, he woke up from his stunned condition before he smiled warmly.

*clearing throat* "You don't know me yet, I'm here to introduce myself," Ronald quickly said, "But before that, I brought you a get well soon gift." He added raising the things he brought.

"Thank you so much. Can you please put it on the table? Thank you," Daniel politely replied. Ronald silently walked towards the table and put the things that he brought and when he turned around to meet Daniel's curious eyes, he smiled warmly once again. Seeing that the Omega looked exactly like his mother, he couldn't help feeling warm inside. He was a teenager when their mother decided to run away from their father. Although it was sad, Ronald understood his mother's situation.

"Since two years ago, I've been meaning to come and meet you. I'm truly sorry for my late introduction; my name is Ronald Ronner...your biological mother's older brother." Ronald introduced himself. He walked close to Daniel; the second he said the last part, he could see the slight shift on the Omega's expression.

"I know your relationship with Susan isn't good, I'm not here to criticize you. I'm here to apologize for her mistakes." Ronald said, finally earning a reply from the stunned Omega.

"Y-You don't have to apologize for her, you didn't do anything," Daniel replied, his voice a little bit sad. Although Susan Sullen never became his mother, he did wish that his relationship with her would get better. There were indeed times when he did his best to curry her favor and when it didn't work, Daniel was heartbroken, he felt undesirable and that took a toll on his already timid personality.

Even now, even though Daniel accepted that he could never make his biological mother like him, he still couldn't help but feel that there was that regret, sadness, and doubt to himself left in the deepest corner of his heart.

Daniel looked at the man. No wonder the man looked familiar; it was because he looked similar to Susan Sullen. Daniel had never been close to his biological mother, he had never known that he had an uncle all this time since all Daniel knew about Susan Sullen was that she didn't have a family left who was alive.

"No, please. Allow me to apologize on her behalf. I know what she did was ruthless, you don't have to forgive her, I just want to apologize." Ronald insisted, making Daniel smile sadly for some reason. The mention of old names suddenly made him sad.

"Okay...sometimes, we just can't help it when people don't like us; even if they're your blood-related. For me, I just try to forget but seeing you here makes me happy, I never knew I had an uncle on my maternal side. It's truly nice meeting you," Daniel mentioned, a sad smile flashed on his lips at first and then later shifted into a genuinely happy smile.

"May I?" Ronald walked towards Daniel and asked whether he could sit on the edge of the bed. Daniel nodded slightly, when Ronald sat, he quickly sighs making Daniel wonder why such a huge sigh.

"You know, Susan was never like that from the start..." Ronald started while Daniel just listened sensing that the man had more to say. "She used to be a bright and cheerful little kid. We had a 10 years age gapped so I watched her grow up... together with her twin brother."

"But when I was 18, she suddenly changed... when her twin died... at the hands of our father," Ronald revealed. Back then at 18 years old, Ronald was already handling minor businesses that his father appointed him to. At a young age their father already had so much expectation on them, he always believed that training at a young age would definitely mean success in the future because that's how he was raised as well.

For Ronald, it was okay because thankfully, he was capable and could keep up but for his younger siblings, it was too much. Especially when their mother ran away, that time their father was even more strict and violent. He had always been implying corporal punishment in their household as a discipline; their mother was included in that. And since their mother was just a simple commoner woman, she couldn't keep up with the expectations. Until one day, she finally had enough and left.

Ronald understood their mother's decision despite saddened by her disappearance, even to him there were times when he wanted to give up but he was never the kind to complain. At that time, Ronald was young; he followed the rules implemented by their father thinking he was helpless.

He thought he was doing fine meanwhile not knowing that his little siblings were suffering. If only he knew, maybe he would have done something. It never crossed his mind that his father would do something like deliberately kill his own child. And before Ronald could do something, it was already too late for Susan too.

"Our mother was an Omega, and so was Susan's twin brother."