Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism
Chapter 123 The Punishment

Niall's expression was indifferent. He pointed ahead at Nyla instead of answering the question.

"Is that your daughter?

"You should already know who she injured today. I can't help you solve this ... "

Your Grace?

Everyone was stunned when they heard Niall's words.

Sawyer looked at Niall in astonishment. What was going on?

Dylan's expression stiffened. He had rushed over as soon as he got the call, already prepared for the worst.

"I failed to properly teach my daughter, which has led to this disaster today. There's no objection to whatever Your Grace decides to do with her."

Nyla froze. She turned around and tugged Dylan's arm. "Dad, they bullied me! This woman even wanted to whip me!"

"Nonsense."

Dylan shook off Nyla's hand.

"If you didn't do anything wrong, why would she whip you for no reason? Do you even know who you injured today? How dare you distort the truth in front of me? Nyla, you're such a spoiled brat! You must be punished today."

Nyla trembled.

Her father rarely used the term "Your Grace" to address anyone.

In her memory, there were only a few people he would call that.

She wondered if they were the foreign oil merchant who helped him take office a few years ago.

Realising this, Nyla looked up at Niall and she was shocked. He was that foreign oil merchant!

Nyla guessed correctly.

Niall was indeed the foreign oil merchant who had helped Dylan take office back then. Without Niall, Dylan would never have become the vice president of the Yurtlandia Chamber of Commerce. Without Niall's support, Dylan wouldn't have had a comfortable life.

She wondered if anyone could just take that position so easily.

Niall had helped Dylan a lot!

Based on the annual oil contracts Niall signed with the Chamber of Commerce, even without Dylan, countless people would be willing to serve him.

Dylan knew Nyla had caused trouble. He was shocked to see what she had done to Hayden when he reached the scene.

She had whipped the son of a high-ranking government official.

No one could settle this mess, including Niall.

As Dylan thought about it, the angrier he got. He strode forward and slapped Nyla.

Slap!

Nyla was stunned.

She stood there holding her face and her eyes welled up with tears immediately.

No one had ever humiliated her like this in public before.

Dylan knew that instead of being punished later, he had to show that he was addressing the problem seriously.

He looked at the whip in Violeta's hand and asked, "Miss, please tell me what else had she done?"

Violeta replied, "She made a bet with me. If I broke her record, she would let me whip her, but now she wants to back out." "That's unacceptable!"

Dylan stepped forward. "Give me the whip, I'll do it."

Violeta hesitated for a moment and looked at Nyla. Although she wanted to whip her, it was better to let the elder handle it.

After pondering momentarily, she handed the whip to Dylan.

Dylan would use all his force to whip Nyla since he was determined to handle the matter properly.

He had to discipline Nyla well in front of Hayden and Niall.

Nyla panicked just seeing Dylan holding the whip.

"Dad...

Whip!

Before Nyla could say anything, Dylan whipped her on her forearm and shoulder.

"Ahh!"

Nyla screamed and fell to the ground. She was trembling in pain.

Dylan intended to whip her again, but Violeta stopped him.

"We had only bet on one whip. It's done for now. It doesn't have anything to do with me if you continued whipping her."

Dylan looked at Nyla on the ground and said, "This rebellious girl has been spoiled by us. To prevent her from causing trouble in the future, she must be taught a lesson this time. The first whip is for you, and the second is for the one she had hurt!"

With that, Dylan whipped Nyla again.

Nyla fainted from the pain without crying out. Dylan had whipped her hard.

Then, the servants took Nyla away.

Dylan stayed and planned to host a banquet to entertain Niall and the others.

He always thought Niall was here with his friends, only to replace out at dinner that Violeta was Niall's younger sister.

Thinking about it, Dylan gifted Violeta and Hayden a pair of opal pendants as a token of apology for today's incident.