Eric walked in the direction of his house and just as he was about to take the turn that led to his house, his phone buzzed and he stopped immediately. He reached for his phone in his pocket and brought it out, checking to see who was calling. The sun was up and shiny, making him unable to see clearly, so he sourced a shady place to stay and check who was calling. Before he got there, the call had already ended, and he checked to see who it was. He smirked softly as he saw that it was Sonia that was calling. Why was she calling? Eric asked in his mind as he dialed the contact. Sonia was the best friend of Samantha, and they have been friends since they were kids. They went through high school and college together and have remained friends ever since. She was not really in support of Samantha getting married to Eric, but after much back and forth between her and her best friend, she had no choice but to respect her decision. Eric knew that she had called him to tease him, and he was r
“To have a nice time with the husband of my best friend. At least if I am going to like you as her husband, there are baby steps.” Sonia said in a low tone as she leaned forward to look at Eric clearly.“Samantha and I do not need your approval. I don't need you to like me. Samantha loves me and that is all that matters.” Eric replied to her sharply and waited for her to talk, but she kept mute for a moment. Sonia thought that trading words with him would only jeopardize her plan, and she was not ready for it. She heaved a sigh as she already knew what to do to him.“You are suddenly quiet. Did I make you realize something?” Eric asked and Sonia tilted her head to glance at him, resisting all urge to talk back at him, but finally gave in to the urge. “You know what? Let's just have a nice time, and we will talk about all these when are done eating.” Sonia said in a low tone, and Eric nodded his head slowly, adjusting on his seat as they waited for the waiter to bring their orders. No
“You can't just leave, Eric. Do something.” Sonia said lowly in a shaky voice as fear was evident in her tone. Her heart beat faster as she was scared of what will become of her if she did not have a means of settling the bills. Eric stopped walking abruptly and turned around to give her a pale look as if he had a pity for her before bursting into laughter, pointing at her. “Who said I can't leave? This was your idea in the first place. Isn't it?” Eric asked with his eyebrow furrowed briefly before taking his gaze away from her. Sonia kept mute as she was not thinking straight. All that ran through her mind was how she was going to escape all these embarrassments. “Watch me leave you here to pay all your bill. After all, you ate all the food.” Eric said, tilting his head to look at the waiter, who stood there and watched the whole drama that ensued between them. He cleared his throat, grabbing both their attention, and they both tilted their heads at the same time to look at him.“M
Eric rushed home quickly, as he did not want to delay his wife any longer. He walked into his house swiftly, but he could not find his wife in the sitting room. “Honey!” He yelled as he walked towards the kitchen to check on her but was disappointed as he could not find her there. “Where could she be?” He wondered as he slowly walked out of the kitchen to the room, hoping to find her.“Samantha!” He called out as he walked into the room but stood there with a look of confusion as he could not find his wife. He took a deep breath as his heart began to pound faster. Worried about his wife, he slowly walked to the bed and sat on the edge, using his palm to support his chin as he leaned forward. He heaved a heavy sigh as he tried to think of where his wife might be at the moment but he could not think of any.“Rachael!” He suddenly whispered as his mind wandered off to Samantha's mom and brother. He stood up rapidly from the bed and made an attempt to walk out of the room, but he decided
“How about this?” Samantha asked Eric as she placed her dress over her body and turned to look at him.“This is perfect. It looks beautiful on you.” Eric said in a low tone as he tilted his head away briefly to scout for his clothes. After much deliberation, they finally picked a cloth, and they got ready for dinner. “Taking a cab?” Samantha asked as they walked out of the house to the roadside.“I already booked us a ride.” He replied, tilting his head away from her slowly as he heaved a sigh, thinking about what had happened between him and Sonia earlier in the day. Sonia had wanted to embarrass him, but she ended up being embarrassed instead. He chuckled as he remembered that she was asked to clean the whole restaurant to pay for the bills. “She would still be there cleaning.” Eric thought to himself and chuckled again.“What is going on?” Samantha suddenly asked, grabbing his attention as he suddenly tilted his head to look at her, making a puzzled face as if he wanted her to say
“Says someone who is about to join me in cleaning,” Sonia said and Samantha wanted to respond to her, but Eric signaled her with his eyes not to respond, and she kept quiet.“Hope you are enjoying your meal, sweetheart?” He asked, trying to tease Sonia as she turned slowly to look at them.“Yes, baby. I am.” Samantha responded and they continued their meal. Shortly after, Sonia was done cleaning the floor and waited for them to eat their food, hoping that they were going to be asked to clean the restaurant as well.“You never really learn, do you?” Eric asked as he slowly tilted his head to look at Sonia and she smirked.“Learn what?” She asked sharply.“You don't get it yet? You can't embarrass me. You tried it earlier, and it did not work out for you, and now you think that I will be disgraced here?” Eric said, and she smirked again, looking at him directly into the eyes.“I just hope you have got your cleaning shoes on. Your wife is the one I pity the most. How could you bring her
Everyone gasped as they heard the sound of the slap that landed on Sonia's face. She held her face tightly as she slowly tilted her head to give Eric a stern look.“Keep the name of my wife out of your dirty mouth,” Eric said in a low but sharp tone as he stared deeply into her eyes. Samantha only watched in shock, as she had never seen him in such an angry mood before. The whole place went silent as everyone was trying to make sense of what was happening. Eric tilted his head to look at the whole people whose attention was already on him, but he did not fret a bit about his action.“What did you do that for?” The waiter asked suddenly as he moved closer to Eric with a fist, but Eric only chuckled.“You slapped me?” Sonia said in a thunderous tone and by this time, the whole attention was turned towards them as everyone suspended their meal and watched them display like they were acting a drama. “Yes and I will do it again if you don't keep her name out of your god-damned mouth. If y
Rachael sat down on the sofa, looking in a particular direction, as she could not get her mind off the fact that Darius had canceled the plan for the wedding. She adjusted slowly as she went deep in thought, heaving a heavy sigh.“What have I gotten myself into?” She asked herself in a low tone as she slowly leaned backward to rest her back. She recalled the day that she received the call from Darius about the cancellation of the marriage plan. Her mind suddenly wandered off to Eric, and she hissed outrightly, trying not to think of him as the cause of her predicament.“Someone that can't even fend for himself. How could he…" She whispered and hissed inaudibly, forcing out a breath as she continued to think of a way out of the whole mess. A thought suddenly crossed her mind to call her daughter, Samantha, and ask her to come over. She quickly reached for her phone and dialed the contact. “Hello.” She said immediately as she picked up the call, waiting for Samantha to respond.“Hello,
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,