“Are you sure that he would want to speak with you about it?” Rachael asked, making a scrunching face as she waited anxiously for Michael to talk. He heaved a heavy sigh, tilting his head to look at his mother, clearing his throat before talking.“That's the only option we have now. Do we have a hundred million dollars to pay to him in twenty-four hours? No, we don't.” Michael stated, forcing out a heavy breath as he slowly tilted his head away from his mother.“But, what would have made him just decide to end it all?” Rachael asked, but Michael only heaved a sigh of frustration as he tilted his head slowly, trying to calm his racing heart.“I will meet him first thing tomorrow morning at his company. We will get answers to all these intriguing questions.” Michael said in an assuring tone, and his mother heaved a heavy sigh, wiping her forehead with her palm. Frustration, fretting, and fear, were all evident in their faces.“But for now, let us relax and plan on what next to do,” Mich
“Did you just ask me to leave?” Michael managed to say, and Darius gave a nod, pointing towards the door. Michael knew better not to say any more words as he only stared at him, hoping that he would be able to change his mind, but that was a dream that would never come true. He heaved a sigh as he turned around to leave, and just then he stopped abruptly as he heard Darius clear his throat slightly to talk. He hoped that he wanted to tell him that he changed his mind, so he waited anxiously to hear what he had to say.“Don't forget that you have eaten well into your twenty-four hours. I wonder how you will be able to source for forty million dollars before nightfall. Anyway, that's for you to worry about.” Darius said slowly, and Michael's heart was completely shattered as he heard what he had just said. He was not ready to go back on his words. Michael heaved a sigh of frustration as he walked out of the office slowly. He could not help but notice that there were a lot of changes in
Michael contemplated on whether to go home and come back the next day, or just to go back to the company and try to look into their cameras. “Delay is dangerous, it's better I get it done today.” He thought, and he headed back to the company to check on their cameras for the past few days. He walked into the company and headed straight to the receptionist. As soon as she gazed at him, she forced out a breath and gave him a stern look briefly before she made up her mind not to entertain his unending questions.“What is it this time?” She asked him, giving him a straight stare, and Michael only thought of how to convince her that she should allow her into the CCTV camera room. Just as he was about to talk, someone walked to her, and she turned her gaze to look at him, ignoring Michael completely.“You left the Control room, who is watching the cameras?” She asked the young man who stood there in front of her desk, and he shrugged before talking.“I was only out for a few minutes, and th
“Honey, I am ho…” Eric said but slowly came to a halt immediately he noticed the presence of Michael in his sitting room. His walking pace became slow as he tilted his head to look at his wife and then back at Michael. He heaved a sigh as he approached them, pulling his wife into a warm embrace and giving her a kiss on her forehead. “Welcome baby. How was work today?” She said in a low tone as he withdrew slowly from his embrace.“What's going on here? Why is he here?” Eric asked in a sharp tone, and Samantha could not help but heaved a sigh as she shrugged, not knowing what to say.“He just showed up a moment ago and began to act all wired and nice.” She whispered to him, and Eric heaved a sigh as he tilted his head to look at Michael, who had a slight smile on his face. “Welcome home Eric.” Michael greeted and waved a hand at him and that left Eric with a puzzled face as he did not know what was going on?“Why are you here?” Eric wasted no time, going straight to the point and ask
“Mom, I will call you back. I feel like I am disrespecting Eric by talking to you in his presence.” Michael said, and by this, Eric could no longer hold it. He ruffled his hair rapidly in his head and walked away quickly to his room. Samantha immediately followed him into the room, heaving a sigh as she sat on the bed, waiting for her husband to talk. Eric only took a deep breath as he was clearly frustrated by the whole drama being played by his brother-in-law. There was a moment of awkward silence in the room.Meanwhile, in the sitting room where Michael was, his call with his mom continued as he continued to wipe his bloody and broken nose. “Tell me this is all a joke, please,” Rachael said, as she still could not believe her ears. She heaved a sigh, waiting anxiously for her son to talk.“It's not a joke. I told you he was up to something, Mom. You would not believe what I found out about him today.” Michael said, hoping to convince his mother, but she was ready to stand her grou
“Honey, what's wrong?” Samantha asked Eric as he walked back into the house. He only kept mute as he could not make a full sentence. His head was full of different thoughts as every word of Michael bit through him. He heaved a sigh as he slowly shook his head, laying down reluctantly on the bed as he faced up to the ceiling. Samantha waited for him to talk, but he did not say a word as he continued to stare at the ceiling. “What could be wrong with him?” Samantha asked herself as she leaned towards him, placing a hand on his chest before talking.“You are not saying anything,” Samantha said, and he slowly tilted his head to give her a brief look before talking.“I am fine, Samantha.” He said, and she became surprised as he called her by her name. She became worried as she did not know what was going on with him. “No, you are not. Please talk to me. Did Michael say something to upset you?” She asked, waiting anxiously for him to talk, but he did not utter a single word, making her mor
The alarm went off and Eric immediately opened his eyes. He checked beside him, and Samantha was already up and out of bed. He yawned, stretching out his arms as he stood from the bed and walked straight into the bathroom, to get prepared for the day's activity. A thought suddenly struck his mind on how to arrange the meetings and make the plan work out smoothly for him. Not long after, he came out of the shower and started to get dressed. He picked up his phone and dialed Damien. As soon as it started to ring, Damien picked up the call and greeted.“Good morning boss.” He greeted, and Eric heaved a sigh.“Mind your words. I am at home.” He said, and there was a brief moment of silence before he talked.“How can I be of help?” Damien said, and Eric cleared his throat slightly as he looked around, making sure that no one was looking.“Where are you?” He asked.“On my way to the company,” Damien responded and Eric gave a nod.“I will meet you there soon. There is something I need to dis
The taxi pulled over in front of Rachael's house and Etic came out of the car. He paid the taxi man and heaved a sigh as he turned around to look at the house. “I have to put on my best acting performance.” He whispered to himself as he took a deep breath and walked to the door, hitting the bell. No response came immediately, and his heart skipped a beat as he thought of what could go wrong. He rang the bell again and this time, the door opened, revealing Rachael. She gave him a stare-down for a moment, and Eric knew he was in for drama today.“Good morning mother-in-law.” He greeted and bowed lowly to her, but she hissed, rolling her eyes away as if she were disgusted by his presence. “What are you doing here this morning?” She asked in a sharp tone, and Eric lowered his head as if he was ashamed of himself.“I came to say hello to my mother-in-law.” He replied and waited anxiously for her to reply, but she chuckled with a hint of sarcasm. “Who is your mother-in-law? I hope you are
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,