“W— We’re not riding in this, are we?” I asked, my surprise and awe obvious in my voice as I looked at the huge helicopter but Alfred only laughed.
It felt like a dream, I still couldn’t believe that I was in front of a live, working helicopter, one that could actually fly. It was different from the kinds I saw in movies, anime or books. It was really huge and the rotor blades were as if they were ready to blow Alfred and I away. “Of course, that’s what we’re riding in, young master.” Alfred said and my jaw dropped as I tried to take a step closer but I couldn’t. Maybe it’s my fear or it’s probably because I never saw myself using this kind of helicopter as a mode of transportation. It screamed luxury and I still couldn’t believe it. “Let’s go, the lady doesn’t really like waiting but I’m sure she loves you enough to let go of anything.” Alfred smiled and I turned to face him with a raised eyebrow. “The lady?” I asked, confused because I thought we were going to see my sister and I expect him to be clear on that, at least. “Oh, pardon me, your sister,” he quickly corrected, “it’s a force of habit because we refer to your sisters as ‘ladies’ as a form of respect.” He explained and I nodded. Pushing all my nervousness to the back of my mind, I got on the helicopter even though my heart was beating so fast that it seemed as though it was going to jump out of my chest. “I can tell she’s going to be really excited to see you.” Alfred said, his voice was louder in the headphones and instead of excitement, what I felt at the moment was nervousness. It didn’t take long for the helicopter to start descending and soon, it was on the ground of a really huge and luxurious manor. The manor was so big that anyone could get lost if it was their first time, it was nothing like Jenna’s house at all and everywhere were glistening in the sunlight. It was as though it was made with a very precious stone, like a diamond. I had trouble keeping my mouth closed as I made my way with Alfred to the main building and even that was huge. How could a building be this huge? It was a skyscraper and unarguably the largest and probably the only building in the estate. “I’ll take you to the living room, please come with me.” Alfred said and I nodded, my eyes darting around as I walked with him to the living room. Everything we came across was shining, the curtains, the statues, the artwork and even the chandeliers all looked like something that should be in a palace. I felt like I was in the house of the richest and most powerful king in the world. My mouth hung open as I stared at everything in disbelief. I never believed there was anything like a paradise before but this building immediately made me believe it. It was as if I’d died and gone to heaven. “Oh My God!” A loud feminine voice jolted me out of my thoughts and I lifted my gaze to see a beautiful lady in front of me. She was wearing a perfectly fitted prim and proper dress. The diamond around her neck shone brightly and even her earrings and the rings around her fingers were glittering as she walked towards me. She carried herself with so much grace and her heels were higher than the ones Jenna was used to wearing, making me wonder how she was able to walk in it. “I can’t believe we finally found you!” She cried as she hugged me, holding me tighter than any female other than Mrs Winkle have ever held me. “I really can’t believe you’re here,” she added as she pulled away from me only to hug me again, “you’re alive, I’m so glad we found you. I’m glad we didn’t give up our search for you.” She added. Her voice was heavy with her gladness and even her eyes conveyed so much emotion that I couldn’t help but smile nervously as I looked at her. “I’m sorry, what’s going on—” “Oh, pardon my rudeness,” she cut in with a laugh even though a single tear was still trickling down her cheeks. “I’m Georgina Cavendish, the first daughter of the Cavendish family and I’m also your elder sister.” She introduced herself and I couldn’t say anything. Her rich brunette hair fell freely on her shoulders, her lips were luscious and I just couldn’t believe that I had a sister this gorgeous. “Miss Georgina is also a CEO of her own company, the most successful fashion company that has won tons of awards, Gigi’s glamour and she’s also a real estate mogul.” “I wonder how she handles all of these successes sometimes.” Alfred explained and my eyes widened as I looked at my sister. I’ve heard a lot about Gigi’s glamour and the Cavendish first daughter that thrives in both her business paths, I just wasn’t expecting that Cavendish daughter to be my elder sister. “Stop it, Alfred, Zade is my younger brother and I don’t want him to see me in that light, I want him to see me as his sister, a casual person.” She said and I was even more dazed. I get to speak casually to one of the most successful people in the business world because she’s my sister?! “You’re humble, Lady Georgina.” Alfred laughed as he bowed before turning to leave me and my sister, Georgina, alone. “Okay, Zade,” my sister started as she held my hand and we both started walking around the huge house, “now that you’re back, I’d like for you to take on your responsibilities, it’s been waiting for you for years.” She added. “Responsibilities?” I asked and she nodded. “You’re the heir of the Cavendish family and you have to start acting like it, Zade,” she explained, her tone emphasizing authority as the first daughter of the family. “Although the welcome ceremony is still being prepared and it will be held in a month’s time.” She paused for a while. “You’ll get to meet the rest of your sisters and you could meet them even earlier than that, I was selfish and didn’t tell them I was meeting you now, I hope they forgive me.” She laughed. “Now, back to the matter at hand, you should start to take over the family business now. Tomorrow, you should go to the Zenith Global company and oversee things there.” She added. “It’s one of the Cavendish companies and since you’re the heir, you should start doing things and start from there until I’m able to put you through the others.” She explained. Shock rocked me as I listened to her talk because not only is the Zenith global company one of the biggest companies under the Cavendish business, it is the biggest company in this town. “Just how rich is my family?!” I blurted out before I could think and my sister only smiled as she stood in front of me. “You’ll find it out soon, Zade, be patient.” She responded as she held her phone up and took a selfie with me before I knew what was going on. The sound of her phone ringing put a stop to our chitchats and as soon as she picked it up, her brows drew together and she instantly became serious. “I’ll be there soon,” She said into the phone before hanging up and turning to face me, “Zade, the group headquarters has something urgent, I need to fly to the capital right now.” She hugged me again before I could speak, “don’t forget to go to the Zenith Global company tomorrow, because starting from tomorrow, you’ll be the CEO of that company.” She explained. “W— What?!” I was shocked but before she could give an explanation, ten men came inside the house, one of them took her bag and while five of them stayed in front of her, five stood behind her and they all led her out of the house. I’m the new CEO of Zenith Global?!The butler soon came inside the living room to join me and when he clapped his hands, lots of maids came outside and my jaw dropped.“Welcome, Young Master Zade.” They all said in unison as they bowed in front of me. My heart thumped, I had no idea what to do with so much fame.These people are bowing to me, showing me so much respect than I’m usually used to and it’s all happening so fast that I was starting to feel dizzy.“They’ll show you to your room and make sure that you’re settling in well.” Alfred said and before I could say anything, one of the maids was already inviting me.Two of the maids led me up the stairs and there I realized that there was another sitting room but it was a more private one and was only used by the family.There was also a private swimming pool and a private lounge that none of the maids are allowed to enter and soon, I was led to a really big room.It was the biggest bedroom of all the bedrooms that the maids had shown me, it had a king size bed and i
I watched as the woman smiled flatteringly at Simon, her lips parted and her set of teeth revealing as she stood up and the rest followed suit.“What’s going on?” Simon asked, his confusion obvious in his voice as he looked around with a nervous smile but the woman only smiled even more.“You don’t have to be so humble,” she said amidst humble laughter but I knew really well that Simon wasn’t being humble, he genuinely doesn’t know what’s going on.I don’t know what’s going on too but I wanted to know, I wanted to stick around to see why the woman gave Simon a better treatment.“I really don’t know what’s going on, Daphne,” Simon chuckled as he walked past me with a glare and the woman only sneered, “please, hint me.” He added and the woman nodded.“Sure, I will,” the woman, Daphne, responded. She looked happy and excited to tell Simon the news and even I was curious, I wanted to know why too.“Mrs Georgina had hinted to us yesterday that a new CEO will be appointed. I was expecting a
His words stung, they hurt like every other insulting word anyone had ever said to me but I couldn’t possibly let him get to me, I knew better. “Why did you hit me? I didn’t do anything to you, so why—” “And what are you going to do?!” He cut in before I could finish talking, “I’m going to be the CEO of the company you’re going to be a cleaner at and you think you can talk back to me?!” He sneered. My fist clenched and my teeth gritted as anger stirred inside of me but I wanted to do everything I could to avoid this situation, I wanted to remain calm until all of my doubts were cleared. Everyone on the floor laughed at my misfortune while Simon took sheer satisfaction in seeing people laugh at me. My throat bobbed as I swallowed and I turned to leave. “Where do you think you’re going?!” Simon’s voice thundered as he pulled me back with my T-shirt until my feet faltered and I staggered, making me fall to the ground. “Do you think you can leave while I talk, you useless son o
“WHAT?!” The sound of everyone’s utter shock filled the air and I could feel the ground shaking as it felt as though there was a rumble on the 99th floor.“What is she talking about?!”“That wretched man is her brother?”“Has to be a lie because there’s no way.”“He’s not even fit to be a Cavendish, he doesn’t look like one either.”Everyone wasted no time in letting other people know what they were all thinking and although their words cut deep, I felt a sense of odd satisfaction course through me when Georgina slapped Simon.“WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT?!” She yelled, her eyes had gotten so red that it was obvious that getting close to the Cavendish’s first daughter would be a mistake for anyone.I couldn’t help the smile that crept up my lips when I looked at her, I have never had someone stand up for me like this.Is this what it feels like to have a family?A warm glow filled my stomach and I could feel my eyes stinging with tears that I would never let fall as I remained composed.“Y
“What?” Simon said, his voice barely loud that I was only able to hear him because I’d trained my ears to pick up sounds that were far away.His eyes grew wide with shock and her statement left him so dumbfounded that he couldn’t wrap his head around what she’d just said.How is he going to walk around with that arrogant look of his after being warned to steer clear of the Cavendish’s family properties?I couldn’t possibly know how he felt because I’ve never had enough to be cut out of something but I could tell from his look that it hurts.What Georgina had said seemed to have hit him like a ton of bricks, leaving him speechless and making him unable to stand properly as he staggered.“Georgina, Sister, You—”“Don’t touch me!” Georgina gritted when Simon reached his hand out to touch her and he jumped at the suddenness and sternness of her voice.The air was cold and choking and it didn’t help that the floor was as silent as a graveyard. The people that were happily laughing when Sim
Georgina, Alfred and I all turned to leave the floor and as we walked, I could see people stopping to bow their heads while we walked past them.Whoever was doing something all dropped what they were doing to bow down as an act of respect and I knew it was mainly because Georgina was there.“Look at those people,” Alfred’s voice jolted me out of my thoughts and I looked at him as he smiled at me, “they’re not just showing respect to Mrs Georgina but they are showing respect to you too.” He added and my eyes widened.“What?” I asked as I turned to look at Georgina, “do they know who I am?” I asked and Georgina shook her head.“No one knows who you are just yet,” she answered with a sigh, “I’m going to have Elizabeth take care of what happened up there so that everyone knows who you are when you’re ready.” She added.“Lady Georgina is so beautiful.”“I know, who is that guy with her? Is it her new boyfriend?”“No but I heard a commotion happened on the 99th floor, she’s probably just he
Two days later, I got ready to go back to the company, I had no idea how my sister was able to do it but I marveled at the insane amount of power my sisters had.No one was talking about the incident at the Zenith Global and everywhere seemed like a normal day when Alfred dropped me off in the parking lot.“I don’t know why you’re doing this but I’m going to go along, also, you need a car to match your status whether you’re a cleaner or not.” Alfred said and I smiled.“I’ll find you the best car, you could ride it secretly but as soon as you leave the company, you’re the Cavendish heir and not a filthy cleaner.” He added.“Thank you, Alfred.” I said before stepping into the building, everyone stopped what they were doing and murmured unheard words to each other.Georgina was out of the city on a business trip and she had asked me to call her if there was any problem. I took in a deep breath and made my way to the top floor.“Oh look, it’s the impoverished, filthy cleaner!” A familiar
Turning to face him, I wanted to say something but at the same time I didn’t want to blow my cover so I just smiled and I nodded before turning my back on him and leaving.Returning my phone to my pocket, I adjusted my shirt and walked out of the building, making my way to the parking lot to find my car.“Which of these cars is mine?” I said into the phone as I called Alfred, I hadn’t asked him the specifics of the car before coming here and to avoid getting into someone else’s car, I needed him to tell me what car I was getting into.“It’s a black Aurorin La Voiture Noire, it’s the only car in the parking lot considering how expensive it really is.” Alfred explained and I nodded.“Thank you so much.” I smiled when I saw the car and just like Alfred had said, it was the only one of its kind in the parking lot.I could tell that the car was expensive because I remember when the list of expensive cars came out a month ago, the Aurorin was part of the list and only two people had it.“Wo