“Why is my grandfather calling me?” He asked himself as he slowly picked up the call and placed it over his ear to talk.“Hello.” He said, as he placed the phone over this ear, waiting for him to talk.“Eric.” Sir Chadwick called out in a sharp tone, and he made a puzzled face as he didn't know why he had called his name like that.“Yes sir. This is me.” Eric replied as he looked at his wife for a moment and back at Damien, who already knew that he was speaking to Sir Chadwick.“I must congratulate you on your new role at the company and I must also commend your success in your first negotiation. You really did well. I got all the reports.” He said and Eric tilted his head to look at Damien for a moment as he was the only one who could have sent him the updates. “Thank you, sir. I appreciate the kind words.” Eric said in a low tone as he slightly bowed his head, taking a deep breath as he waited for Sir Chadwick to talk.“I also got the report that you want to go on honeymoon with Ca
“A general family meeting, you said?” He said and this time, the smile on his face had faded, and he now had a straight face on as he could not believe his ears at this time.“Yeah. Do you have any problem with that?” He asked Eric, and he inhaled deeply, looking at Samantha who had already lowered her head as Eric had been on the call for a long time and he was fully aware that he was the one that they were waiting for. Eric noticed this, and he cleared his throat slightly before he talked.“Grandfather, we will need to talk later. I was about to eat dinner when your call came in, the other time. My wife and brother are waiting for me.” He said sharply and Samantha raised her head with a puzzled face as he looked at Eric. Damien also had a puzzled face as he looked at Eric at first before looking at Samantha.“Wait, your brother? Did your mother give birth to another boy apart from you?” Sir Chadwick asked and Eric burst into laughter as he held his ribs and leaned backward to rest h
Damien slowly took his gaze away from Eric as he paused to take a deep breath and have a sip of water, probably because his throat was coarse. “So, you see, that is what I am talking about. She will not be happy, knowing that she is the cause of your sadness.” Eric added quickly and at this moment, Samantha was rounding up her meal and Eric chuckled as his gaze fell on her as she tried to finish up quickly.“Are you that hungry?” Eric asked her, and Damien tilted his head to look at her, exclaiming as he had his mouth wide open.“You thought I was joking when I said I was not going to wait for you? I was not joking at all. I meant all that I said.” She said, and Damien cleared his throat slightly to talk.“So you left me behind too?” He asked, and she paused immediately, tilting her head to look at him before she talked.“I am so sorry. I totally forgot that we were partners. And I should have waited for you.” She said and laughed as she still continued with her food.“Back to what w
Not long after, Eric was already in front of his door an idea popped up in his mind as he thought of pranking his wife. He took a deep breath as he knocked on the door and waited for his wife to talk. “Come in.” He heard her say, and he chuckled slightly, knocking on the door again in a bid to get her to stand up from wherever she was seated.“I said, come in.” He heard her yell again, this time a bit louder than the initial one. He inhaled deeply as he knocked on the door again, and suddenly, he began to hear footsteps approaching the door, he leaned against the wall beside the door and he began to laugh uncontrollably. The door opened immediately, and his wife peeked outside to see who it was, and then her gaze fell on her husband as he stood beside the door, laughing.“So it was you all along?” She asked, and he only tried to bring his laugh to a halt. “I was waiting for you since and now that you are just coming, you are stressing me already.” She said, and he took a deep breath
“Who is it?” Samantha asked as she made a puzzled face while she was looking at him in the eyes. He held his phone high for her to see who was calling, and she saw that it was Damien.“What is it? Why is he calling you now?” She asked in a low tone as she took her gaze away from the phone and landed it on Eric's face.“I have no idea. But I recall telling him that he was going to tell me more about my cousins over the phone. I guess that's why he was calling.” Eric said, and she nodded her head slowly as she inhaled deeply before she talked.“Then, pick up the call and talk to him. Or do you want to leave everything until tomorrow?” She asked, raising her eyebrows, waiting for him to talk. He thought for a while as he looked up to the ceiling before he finally took a deep breath, bringing his gaze to look at her to talk.“Remember that I still have to speak with my grandfather. We have not finished our earlier discussion. I had to hang up that time so we could have dinner together.” H
Samantha woke up, opening her eyes slowly as she tilted her head to look at Damien, who was still sleeping. She inhaled deeply, as she sat up on the bed, yawning before she decided to go and ease herself. She got off the bed, trying not to wake Eric up, but he opened his eyes as he heard the movement in the bed. He tilted his head around to look at her, inhaling deeply before he talked.“So you just want to leave me here on the bed?” He said in his groggy voice, and she chuckled slightly before she talked.“I just wanted to go and ease myself. I was not leaving you for anything.” She said and turned to walk to the toilet. Not long after, she was done in the toilet and came out to the room, taking and deep breath before she talked. “Good morning darling. You didn't even let me greet you at first. You just started off the day with….” She stopped as she did not know what else to say to him. “Why did you stop?” He asked her and heaved a sigh as he sat up on the bed, yawning as he tilted
“I will go with you to the office. I told you that I cannot stay here alone. I will just die of boredom.” Samantha said as she grabbed her tea and placed it in her mouth to take a sip.“That would not be a problem. We can go together to the office.” Eric said as he took his tea and took a cup from the tray and took a sip from his tea. “I even forgot to ask him whether he had contacted Emily and Lydia whom I asked him to contact and tell them that I wanted to see them,” Eric added, and Samantha took a deep breath before she cleared her throat to talk.“Oh. Perhaps you should call him back and ask him if he had done that.” She said, and he nodded his head, bringing out his phone and dialing his contact, waiting for him to pick up the call.“Hello, boss,” Damien said immediately after the call connected and Eric dropped the cup he was holding, inhaling deeply before he talked.“What is going on?” He asked as he temporarily forgot what he wanted to ask before. “Everything is going well.
“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
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,