Samantha reached for the envelope and handed it over to Eric, who collected it and opened it. He heaved a sigh as he tilted the opening of the envelope to show Samantha what was inside. Amazed by what she saw, her eyes went wide open as well as her mouth. She tilted her head to look at Eric for a moment, placing a palm over her mouth. “Why the shock?” He asked in a low tone as he closely observed her. She shook her head slowly as she gently dropped her hands from her mouth.“It's too small, right? I know. But what can I do? He is the boss and does anything he wishes.” Eric said, and Samantha shit him a wild stare for a moment.“Small? Did I just hear you say small? Babe, that's huge.” She said, and Eric tilted his head away for a moment, thinking of what next to say.“Let's cut the chit-chat. What do you suggest for dinner? We have got some bucks, baby.” Eric said with a grin on his face as he leaned forward to grab his wife. She smiled as well, melting in his arms as she soon forgot
Michael heaved a sigh as he walked into his house, walking straight to his room. His heart was clouded by the thought of what he had just discussed with Lydia. He took a deep breath as sat on the edge of the bed slowly, placing his palm over his face. He could not bring himself to think about what to do. “Why do they need a family member of his?” He asked himself as he slowly wiped his face with his palm, exhaling rapidly. “There is no way I am letting Eric in on this deal.” He thought, standing up to change into something light.“Michael!” He suddenly heard his name from his mom, and he tilted his head to look at the door. He made an attempt to yell back that he was in his room, but decide was to keep shut and meet her in the sitting room instead. “What is she calling me for?” He thought for a moment before he finally dressed up and walked out of the room to the sitting room but could not find his mom there. He looked around for a moment, and suddenly, his gaze fell on her as she wal
Michael woke up to the sound of his buzzing phone, he checked the caller ID and noticed that there was no name. It was a call from an unsaved contact, and he hissed, tossing his phone away as he went back to sleep. Not long after, a knock came on his door and a frown suddenly appeared on his face as he was clearly disturbed. He raised his head slowly, opening his eyes to look at the door. “Why is my mom disturbing me?” He whispered to himself as he took a deep breath, tilting his head away for a moment before he talked.“Mom, go away. I want to sleep.” He yelled, and the knock became more frequent and disturbing. He placed a pillow over his head, trying to cover his ears. “This woman is …” he said but cut his statement short as the knock came on again.“Fine, I am coming.” He yelled, getting out of bed reluctantly. He walked slowly to the door, wiping his face with his palm as he was angry at how his morning started off. “First it was the damn call from an unknown caller, and now it's
“Thank you for the offer,” Eric said, and Michael did not let him finish his statement before he cut in rudely with a laugh.“Yeah, you have to thank me for trying to help your life from this wretched life of yours. I also want you to know that I am doing this for my sister and not you.” Michael said, leaning backward to rest his back, while Eric shook his head slowly, lowering his head for a moment as he thought of what next to say. “I know you are dumbfounded about the offer. Fifty million dollars is not easy money to come by, you know.” Michael said, and Eric gave a nod, still not saying a word. He heaved a sigh, tilting his head away for a moment, as different thoughts ran through his mind. “This is easier than I thought it would be.” He said to himself as he cleared his throat to talk.“The last time I was involved in something like this with you, I ended up in the police cell,” Eric said as he looked at Michael, who leaned forward, giving him a stern look for a moment before he
“What, honey?” Samantha asked with her eyes a bit wide open as different thoughts ran through her mind at that moment.“I said you should guess,” Eric replied, tilting his head away for a moment, bringing it back to focus on his wife, who made a scrunching face as if she were thinking of what next to say.“You got a job offer?” She asked in a low tone as she looked directly into his eyes, waiting anxiously for him to talk, but he shook his head slowly, lowering it momentarily.“That's close. Try again.” He said, and she heaved a heavy sigh, making a scrunching face again as she thought for a moment before scoffing.“I don't know. You know I am bad at guessing.” She said, and Eric inhaled deeply with a smile on his face, clearing his throat for a moment before he talked.“Okay. You got a job offer.” Eric said, and her eyes went wide open as she heard what he had just said. She could not hide the excitement on her face as she leaned forward from the couch.“Are you for real?” She asked,
Michael went back to the house, but unfortunately, he met the house already locked, and his mind suddenly wandered off to Darius. He was extremely furious and frustrated, especially after being humiliated by the person he thought was going to worship him like a god. He heaved a sigh as he leaned against the door of the house, thinking of what next to do, but nothing was coming forth to his head. Eric's words reverberated in his mind and he felt like beating the hell out of him. “I have never seen a poor man so arrogant like this before in my life.” He whispered to himself as he thought of a way to go about the business deal.“There is no way I am letting this opportunity pass me by.” He said to himself as he came off the door and walked away. His phone suddenly buzzed, and he heaved a sigh, hoping that it was not Lydia who was calling. He checked to see that it was his mom and he hissed, placing his phone back into his pocket as he continued to walk. He then suddenly recalled that he
“I have been trying to call you back after the first call, but you did not pick up,” Michael said as he heaved a sigh, sitting down in front of Lydia, who was sipping a drink.“And I am sorry for the outburst over the phone. I promise that was not for you at all.” He added immediately, taking a deep breath to calm his nerves. She heaved a sigh as she tilted her head to give him a straight stare for a moment before she cleaned her throat to talk.“Who was it for then?” She asked, and he lowered his head for a moment, trying to think of what to say to her. “Never mind, but just know that I was not talking to you. I ignored the person's call a first and your call came in immediately, so I thought it was the person. That was why I spoke in such a harsh tone.” He said slowly as if he were counting his words as he spoke them.“Back to why I called you here. Did you get his signature?” She asked, and he heaved a heavy sigh of frustration as he did not know how to explain to her that Eric wa
“I had no idea that the house had been seized.” She said, and Michael heaved a sigh, tilting his head away for a moment before he talked.“And I told you to stop talking ill about my husband.” She added quickly as if his words just reverberated in her mind.“Oh, I am going to say anything I wish to say about him. Tell me how a puppet like him would decline a deal of such a whooping amount.” He blasted and Samantha remained quiet for a moment as she did not know what to tell him.“Perhaps you should try to focus on your life and leave us alone. You might just find out that paying greater attention to your life than the life of others allows you enough time to get things together.” She said and took a pause to get a reply, but he was dumbfounded as he could not utter a single word in response to what she had said.“Anyway, I just called to ask if you guys were able to meet his deadline. But I did not know that it had gone to this extent. I hope you get where to stay.” She said and hung
Their gaze fell on Samantha as she walked rapidly with a smile on her face as she walked towards Eric, who looked away from her as he wanted to act like he was angry at her. She chuckled lightly, and she sat on the couch beside him, heaving a sigh before she talked.“I am so sorry for getting you worried. When I just received the call from him, and he asked me to come over, I didn't know what to do. I had wanted to tell you, but he had instructed me not to tell you.” She explained and at this point, Lydia was already smiling.“You got us all worried. But I am glad that you are alright.” Lydia talked even before Eric could talk, and they both tilted their heads to look at her. Samantha smiled slightly before she inhaled deeply, clearing her throat to talk.“I honestly did not mean to put you all through such position. I apologize for that.” Samantha pleaded, and then there was a moment of silence before Eric cleared his throat slightly, tilting his head to see the expression on Samanth
“It's Emily.” Her voice echoed and Eric quickly drew his face into a puzzle as he looked at her before she picked up the call and placed it over her ear to talk to Emily. Eric looked away from her as different thoughts ran through his mind. Just then, he tilted his head back to look at Lydia, who was still talking to Emily over the phone.“Where are you now?” Lydia asked and then tilted her head to look at Eric, who was looking directly into her eyes for a moment before she brought the phone off her ear to place the call on the loudspeaker.“On my way out of my house, I met someone in front of my doorstep. He is not letting me leave the house. Have you arrived at Master Eric's house?” She talked rapidly, and Eric slowly took his gaze away as different thoughts ran through his mind. “What was she talking about?” He asked himself.“Yes. I got here not long ago. I thought that I was going to meet you here, but the reverse was the case. Who is that person that is holding you from reaching
“That's very true. But at least, I should have gotten a hint that she was going out. Even if she did not tell me that she was coming to your place. Do you know how worried I was?” Eric asked in a sharp tone as he heaved a heavy sigh of relief.“Well, sorry you had to go through all those worries. I am done actually with her, and she will be back to your pace very soon.” He said, and Eric inhaled deeply as he looked to expel his anger and talk in a calm tone. He stood up from the bed and just as he was about to talk, a knock came in on the door, and he turned around to walk to the door.“Okay. I will be waiting for her.” He heaved a sigh as he walked to the door to get the door. As he tilted the doorknob, his gaze fell on the maid who brought his food to him, and he opened the door widely for her to bring the food inside the room. “Thank you. Is this for me and my wife?” He could not help but ask as he looked at her in the eyes, and she looked away before she nodded her head slowly be
Eric woke up to the buzzing sound of his phone, and he opened his eyes slowly to check who was calling him. As he looked around for his phone, he noticed that Samantha was not in bed with him, and it made him draw a puzzled face as he wondered where she could be at that point in time. Not minding that his phone was ringing, he sat up slowly on the bed and rubbed his palm over his face as he thought deeply, about where she might be. A thought popped up in his mind and he tilted his head immediately to look at the bathroom, but there was no sign at all that she was there.“Samantha!” He yelled out and waited to see if he would get any response, but he did not get any. He gradually came off the bed, heaving a sigh as he tossed his phone on the bed before walking towards the bathroom to check.“Samantha!” He called lowly as he walked inside the bathroom and looked everywhere but could not find her. “Where is she?” He asked himself as he quickly walked out of the room and headed out to lo
“How did you know that?” Samantha asked with a frown on her face, but Eric kept tapping her gently to maintain calmness so that Rachael could go on with what she was saying.“Someone told me about it. I would not say the name of the person for some reason.” She raised her head to look at her daughter and then at Eric for a moment before she inhaled deeply to talk.“I know, you probably don't ever want to have anything to do with me, but I just want you to let me clear my mind and make things right.” “There is nothing to make a right, mom. You already made your mark and you stood by it.” Samantha chipped in immediately, tilting her head to look at her husband for a moment before she exhaled deeply.“Sam, I told you to calm down. Just let her finish what she has to say.” Eric tilted his head back to look at Rachael before he talked to her.“You can go on.” Eric's voice echoed, and Rachael made a sign to thank him. She inhaled deeply before she continued to talk.“As I was saying, I kno
Samantha brought the phone off her ear quickly to end the call. Her heart began to beat erratically as she did not know what was going on with her mother. She took in several deep breaths to calm her racing heart, but it only got was. She constantly checked her phone to see if her mother had sent the address to her, but she had not sent it. Eric noticed how perturbed she was, and then he moved closer to her to talk to her.“You should be calm. She is going to be alright.” He said in a low tone, and she immediately tilted her head to look at Eric who had a pale look on his face.“She still had not sent her address. I don't think there is anyone with her right now.” She could not but talk back at him, looking away immediately after she finished talking.“I know. But I want you to be calm. You should not harm yourself before she sends her address….” Just as he was trying to talk to her, her phone suddenly chimed, and she quickly brought it to look at what came in. She noticed that Rachae
The dinner ended faster than they all thought, and they walked back to the sitting room. Lydia and Harvey sat by themselves, and so did Emily and Damien. Eric and Samantha also took their seat on the same side of the chair.“Now to the next part of the night's activities,” Eric said in a low tone, and they all tilted their heads to look at him as he looked at Samantha for a moment and thought of what next to say. He then tilted his head back to look at them before he talked.“We wanted to play some couple's game. So since there are three couples now, it's the best.” Eric said slowly as his eyes darted between Lydia and Emily. They looked at themselves, and then Emily cleared her throat to talk.“What games are we playing?” She asked, and they all looked at her for a moment before Samantha talked.“The one that couples play. Good thing you have a partner.” “But, I thought we all agreed that it was just to eat dinner. When did we say we were going to play some games?” Emily spoke in su
It was finally dinner time, Eric and Samantha were in the room, talking about how their day went and what they were going to do at the dinner.“Perhaps after, eating we will play a couple of games and then have fun. What do you think?” Eric looked away as he thought about what Samantha had just said. He thought for a while before he inhaled deeply, bringing his gaze back to look at her.“That's a nice idea. Since we are going to be out of town for the next couple of months. It's only right if we do some of those games and have fun.” Eric explained slowly as if he were counting his words as he spoke them. Not long after, they heard the sound of a car, driving into the mansion.“They are here!” Eric said rapidly, and she nodded her head slightly as she walked behind him towards the door. They arrived in the dining room and just then, the food was getting ready. The door suddenly opened, and Lydia was the first person to enter the room alongside a strange man. Eric's eyebrow furrowed as
The meeting finally came to a close after much rancor and disagreements. Eric inhaled deeply as he watched his last auntie leave the room. “Why were they pissed that I was announced as the head of the family?” He thought for a moment before he exhaled rapidly, tilting his head to look at his grandfather, who also seemed to be lost in thought.“Why are they all angry?” He asked in a low tone, jolting Sir Chadwick from his reverie as he tilted his head to look at Eric before he inhaled deeply to talk.“Pay no attention to them. You are now the head of the family. You can choose to do whatever you want to do with them.” Sir Chadwick grunted lightly as he stood up from the chair and walked slowly away from the sitting room but halted his steps, turning around to look at Eric as if he remembered to say something.“You can find your back to the mansion. I will be leaving for France tomorrow. My vacation has started and I don't want any disturbance. Take good care of yourself and of course,