Hidden Billionaire Son-in-law

Chapter 5

He wanted to know whether he is doing right to take decision or following Scarlet like a puppet is right.

As he walks up to his house, Scarlett is sitting at the chair like a devil.  

He saw her then his heart lit up with happiness.

"Finally, you are back home." Eric said, taking steps towards her.

She stopped him showing her palm on his face. 

"It's my house. Not yours. So, obviously I will be back home. I am not like you a pet to whom I am giving a house to leave," she flared her nostrils and slapped on his face.

He winced in pain but he wanted to end this.

He looks down, behaving like the ever submissive husband.

"Go and clean my room,now,*She yelled angrily on him.

After cleaning the room, he'as about to return to his room when Scarlett stops him on the way with their son in her arms. 

"Where do you think you're going?" 

"To my room, I'm tired." 

"Hmm," she scoffs. "When you didn't bring in the right amount of money, you want to go and sleep?" 

"What am I supposed to do?" 

"Good, you asked what you're supposed to do?" 

"Yes," he nods.

"You're gonna go downstairs, pick the car key from the table, go back to work." 

"I don't get you? I should drive at night?" 

"You want to disagree with me? From now on you'll be driving day and night since you can't make money during the day. Go now!" She shouts. 

"Please let me take my shirt from my room!" Scarlett hits him hard in the back as he passes her. She scoffs, she's so tired of him. 

Eric comes back dressed to still meet her, staring at him with her wicked eyes, she's an epitome of the devil's daughter herself, he's laughing at her right inside him and would reward her for all she's doing to him when the time comes.

"Make sure you make between eight hundred dollars to one thousand, five hundred dollars. I wouldn't let you sleep in my house if you don't do that. Come back before twelve midnight, lest you'll sleep in the car. Is that clear?" 

"Yes, Scarlett!"

"Hey, for your information, never call me by my name. It's either you call me ma'am or you simply answer what I ask you, don't you have respect or do you think I'm in your poor, useless class?" 

"No ma'am, I'm sorry." 

"Will you disappear from my sight now! I don't wanna see you in a second lest my anger descends on you.." Eric hurriedly descends the stairs before the second she talks of. 

He goes to the parlor, the key is on the table, he picks it up and exits the apartment. It has started raining outside, he couldn't hear this from within.

" I'll soon be the one to punish her, I'll punish her more than this." He vows to himself as he gets into the car and drives off. 

The rain gets heavier on the streets but it's not out to get passengers but going to his grandfather's estate which is now his property. 

He messages him with his little phone, alerting them to open the gate for him. Within thirty minutes, he arrives but it's not the company he's going to, but the residential estate which shares a fence with the company.

 Both are quite massive but the company is more since it's a production firm.

He stops the car at the garage, the security personnel stand before him with an umbrella to escort him to the residence. 

He sighs inside him, looking at the honor he's getting here but when he goes to his wife and mother-in-law, they treat him like trash. 

When he passes through the glass door at the entrance of the building, the personnel goes back. 

He walks into the elevator. He can't stop admiring the beautiful atmosphere at each of the floors, it seems like a dream to him that all these belong to him, from his father. 

Carlos, his granddad stands at the foot of the last floor to welcome him. 

"Welcome my son," he stretches out his hands into an embrace for Eric. He gets into it and his dad hugs him tight.

 "Why are you wet?"

"I was under the rain before coming here, dad."

"What do you mean? I'm surprised to hear this."

"I walked from my wife's apartment to the taxi which is parked at the garage, then it was still raining, that's why I'm wet."

"What the hell is she thinking she's doing! Why is she treating you like a slave?" Eric tries to calm his dad down, he already has his plan.

"Dad, I'm her slave but soon, she'll become my slave."

"I don't get what you're trying to do, why are you enduring all these even when you've found wealth and your true status?"

"Dad," he prefers to call him so as a shorter address.

"You asked me about this and I told you, you know the type of person Scarlett is and her mother, if I'm willing to still stay with her, you should know what is in my mind." 

"Well, but for how long? I wish you don't die one day due to this tortures they're giving you." 

"Don't say that dad, my new status makes me so strong even in the midst of the numerous difficulties that come my way. I know soon those who are torturing me will come to kneel at my feet." 

"I support you, can't wait to experience that." Carlos jumps screaming a 'yay.' He's so happy and lively now he has got reconciled with his grandson.

 Earlier he'd been worried over giving out all his possessions to a charity, servant or the government because before Eric was a  worthless guy as he thought who was undeserving of inheriting a fortune worth billions. 

He was gonna squander it all in a few months. All those anxieties are history now, he's more glad than ever.

 "I came to welcome you, also our conversation today would be very special, I've got something to show you." 

"Wow, really? What's that?" Eric asks?

"It's gonna be a surprise, you should calmly wait to see it." 

He pulls him by the wrist through the verandah which is transparent and you can see the ground many meters away from up, the streets are glowing with golden lights, the streets on the estate. 

From the last floor, he can see that this estate looks so much like a city, he mistook the streets to be the outside environment.

"I have a lot of information to share with you, a lot of things to show you."

"But dad, I need to return by 11 PM, so I can arrive at around 11:30 PM, she asked me to come back before twelve." 

"Hmmm, this' 8:45 PM. Don't worry, not everything will be done today." 

"That's better dad." He hastens his steps following closely behind into an underground with his dad leading the way.