“Yes. I never left the country. Who said I left the country?” Sir Chadwick asked rapidly, and he brought his phone from his ear to check the contact before putting it back over his ear to continue to talk.“You are not serious with that?” Eric said in a sharp tone, and he cleared his throat slightly as he made a scrunching face as he didn't seem to understand what was going on.“Why did you say that? Did Damien tell you that I left the country?” He asked, and Eric shook his head slightly, as he did not know what else to say or do.“No. He did not. I thought you left the country. You clearly told me that you were not around.” Eric said as he heaved a sigh, coming off the bed for a moment as he walked to the closet to grab a shirt to wear immediately he was done taking his bath.“I don't recall ever telling you that. And if I did, I probably, did not want to show you that I was around.” He said, and Eric exhaled heavily as he thought of what next to say.“Grandfather, I need to go and t
“I will get to my office now. I have a lot of work to do.” Damien said, and Eric nodded his head before he inhaled deeply to talk.“Okay then. Get to work as soon as possible. I won't be her for long. I just want to talk to Lydia and Emily before I leave.” Eric said, and this time Damien was already in his feet arranging his suit before he talked.“They should be here any moment from now.” He said, and Eric gave a nod before he inhaled deeply as he tilted his head to look at his wife.“Sam, are you going to your office as well?” He asked her, and she initially made a puzzled face as if she did not hear what he had said. After a few seconds, she chuckled and shook her head lightly before she talked.“No. I want to stay here. Since we are not here on official ground, I can stay here, right?” She asked, and Eric heaved a sigh before he looked at Damien.“You can go, Damien. Order for some snack for us so that we can keep ourselves busy with it before they arrive.” Eric said in a low tone
Eric inhaled deeply as he tilted his head to look at Samantha for a moment before he looked at Emily and then Lydia, who now had a puzzled face as everyone was looking at her. “Michael is my wife's brother. You see how my hands are tight on the matter. And even if he is not family, seizing their properties is enough punishment for them.” Eric said in a low tone, and she gasped in shock as she heard what Eric had just said. She tilted her head slowly to look at Emily and then Samantha, who was looking away as she did not want to make any eye contact with her.“I apologize for that. I had no idea this had turned out to be a family issue.” She said in a low tone and Samantha shook her head slowly before she tilted it to give Lydia a look and laughed.“You are absolutely right. He deserves all the names that you have called him. And he deserves to go to jail too, yes. Considering all that he had done, he is not supposed to be anywhere apart from jail. But you know that no matter a family
“This calls for a celebration. Dinner at my place. I will ask Damien to bring you both over to the dinner.” Eric said in a low tone, and they both nodded their head in response to what he had just said. “That would be nice. I will finally come to know your place.” Lydia said, and Samantha nodded her head slowly before she talked.“Yeah. And you both are welcome at any time.” She said, and before anybody could say anything, Eric had chipped in already.“Well, of course, that is when we are back from our honeymoon.” He said, and all of them laughed at what he said.“Okay. Thank you, Master Eric.” Emily said and just then, a knock came on the door, grabbing all of their attention as they tilted their head to look at the door. “Come in,” Eric yelled, and the door opened immediately, revealing Damien as he walked swiftly towards Eric's table and then noticed that he was busy with the ladies.“Oh. I might have to come back. I can see that you are clearly busy with them.” He said, and Eric
“There is no way I could ever forget that. No way at all. I will be there very soon. I just need to finalize some things here in the office before I take my leave.” Eric said and tilted his head to look at Lydia and Emily after he had gestured that they waited for him to finish before they left.“Okay… be here at the family mansion. I will be waiting for you.” He said, and Eric nodded as if his grandfather was there to see him nod his head. He inhaled deeply, trying to get his thoughts right before he talked.“Okay. I will be there. Make sure you have some snacks and I will be coming with Samantha too. You know, I always go everywhere with her.” He said, and he chuckled softly as he tilted his head to look at Samantha, who was also chuckling when she sat down. “Do you even know the family mansion at all? Have you been here before?” He asked, and Eric shook his head slightly as looked at the girls, gesturing that they hold on a bit longer so he could finish before they go home. He inh
“Hello.” Damien picked up the table phone and placed it over his ears immediately, to talk, to whoever was calling. There was a moment of silence over the phone as Damien tilted his head around to look at Eric and then Emily before he inhaled deeply to talk but stopped as it seemed that the person over the phone was still talking.“Okay! That's not a problem. Set a meeting for us in the coming days. Check my schedule and fix them somewhere. But let them know that the CEO is currently not unavoidably absent, and I will handle the meeting.” He said and Eric made a scrunching face as he looked at Damien who was nodding his head sharply before he brought the phone off his ears.“Who was that?” Eric asked in a low tone and the Damien tilted his head to look at Eric, clearing his throat before he talked to him.“Some business associates were calling for a meeting to discuss some potential business planning phase. They also wanted to use the opportunity to meet the new CEO, but I told them t
“Eric, can I see you briefly in the room?” Sir Chadwick asked in a low tone, and he nodded his head, tilting it to look at him before he talked.“Sure.” He said and tilted his head back to look at his wife who was looking at her phone at that time, clearing his throat to grab her attention. She raised her head to look at him, heaving a sigh before she talked.“Were you trying to talk to me?” She asked and he nodded his head slightly.“I will be back in a jiffy. I want to see sir Chadwick personally.” He said in a low tone as if he were whispering, and she took a deep breath as she tilted her head to see Sir Chadwick and then back to look at her husband before talking.“I hope it's nothing serious?” She asked, and he shook his head slightly while closing his eyes.“No, I guess he wants to brief me on the matters to be discussed in the family meeting so that some things, when said, would not sound new to my ears.” He whispered into her ears and she nodded before he heaved a sigh stood u
“Uhm…. Hello everyone. It's a pleasure to meet you all. This is my wife Samantha, and she says welcome.” Eric said rapidly as he tapped his wife to move forward quickly so that they could leave the sitting room. She responded well by nodding her head and walking away as nobody answered their rapid greetings. “Where are you off to?” Sir Chadwick asked, and then he stopped for a moment to look at him, trying to gather his thoughts for a moment before he talked.“I want to take her to a room. She is feeling kind of dizzy and needs to get it cleared.” He said in a low tone, sir Chadwick nodded his head before he tilted it back to look at his daughters, and Eric took Samantha into one of the rooms that was close.“Stay here. I will come and get you when we are done. And if you feel we are taking too much time, you can come out and check on me.” He said, and she nodded her head immediately, not uttering a single word though as her mind was full of different thoughts.“I better get going.”