Samantha woke up, opened her eyes slowly, and looked around, trying to be familiar with where she was before she remembered that she had relocated to the mansion. She tilted her head around slightly to see if Eric was beside her on the queen-size bed but to her surprise, he was not there with her. “Where could he have gone to this early morning?” She asked herself as she grunted, sitting up on the bed. She arranged her hair bonnet that almost covered her eyes, yawning afterward. Her mind wandered off to the events that happened in the past few days.“What could have happened if Eric did not show up? I definitely would have lost my marriage and perhaps be stuck with Bryan for the rest of my life.” She thought as she inhaled deeply, and a slight smile appeared on her face. Shortly after, a thought filtered into her mind, and the smiled faded away immediately. “How could he have hidden such a big secret from me for this long?” She asked herself as she slowly brought her hand to tap on he
“You should have thought of that before you lied to me. I never expected you to do this to me. I loved you with all I had, and this is how you will pay me?” Samantha said and Eric's heart skipped a beat as he took his gaze away. “How do I make her see reasons with me? How do I make her understand what I was trying to do?” He asked himself as he inhaled deeply before raising his head to talk.“I know you did not deserve to be treated that way, and I am truly sorry for all that happened. I want to make things right. If only you give me the chance to make things right.” Eric said in a low tone, as his voice was barely above a whisper.“Don't talk to me about another chance. Did you not know what you were doing when you kept those secrets away from me?” Samantha said and heaved a heavy sigh as she tilted her head away from him.“I said I am sorry. I wanted to make them believe that being poor is not a thing to make a mockery of. I wanted them to accept me for whom I really was and not bec
Eric's phone started to buzz, and he searched through his pocket to bring out his phone to see who was calling. “Damien.” He muttered as he picked up the call and placed the phone over his ear to talk.“Good morning.” He said in a low tone, and Eric guessed that he was in a place where he was not permitted to talk loud.“What's going on? Why are you whispering?” Eric asked as he sat up on the bed, heaving a heavy sigh.“Where are you, you master?” He asked in a sharp tone, and Eric made a puzzled face, heaving a sigh as he asked himself why Damien was trying to ask him where he was.“I am at home. Where else would I be?” He asked in a low tone.“You have to be here. We are closing a mega deal today, and you need to be here. You have to be here. I called Master Chadwick, but he said that you are in the right position to close the deal.” He said and Eric's heart skipped a beat immediately. He looked at the time and saw that it was 10 AM already. “I don't think I can make it. Call him a
“Like I said, I do not want to be the cause of any downfall of the company. I heard you telling your grandfather that I was angry at you, but I did not hear you tell him the reason I am angry at you. Is that even fair at all?” She asked, and Eric raised his head to look at her, clearing his throat slightly as if he were trying to buy time before he talked. Different thoughts ran through Samantha's heart as she wrapped her arms around her chest, unable to decide whether to stop being mad at her husband for hiding such a serious secret from her.“Like I said too, the only thing that I care about is you. I want you to give me the chance to make it up to you.” Eric said in a low tone, and Samantha heaved a heavy sigh as she did not know what next to say or do. She looked at him with a straight face for a while before she took a deep breath to talk.“I do not want to look heartless and wicked. I am nothing compared to those. You had a point that you wanted to prove, and I am not against it
Samantha opened the door to Eric's room and smiled as her gaze fell on him. She could not help but shake her head as she saw how elegant the suit made him look. “You look stunning.” She commented and Eric smiled, looking at himself before he inhaled deeply to talk.“You, my dear, you also look gorgeous. I can't wait to announce you to the world.” He said, and she drew in a puzzled face as she thought of what to say.“Let's get to the office. We have people waiting.” She said, and he gave a nod as he stretched forth his hand for her to hold, and she did accordingly. They walked out of the mansion together to meet the car ready to take them to the office. They entered and the journey to the office started. Samantha looked out through the window as the street and mansion passed by. Eric cleared his throat to grab her attention, and she tilted her head to look at him before he talked.“Today would be one of the best days of my life. I can't imagine myself without you in it.” He said, and
“Thank you, Damien,” Eric said in a low tone as he tilted his head back to look at Samantha, who was still looking at the whole conference room.“So, how do you say I should go and show you my office?” He said to draw Samantha's attention, but she did not hear what he said and had to make her eyes wide open for him to repeat what he had said.“If not that I know you and everything you are doing, I would have said that you have done this before. That was an excellent performance.” Damien chipped in immediately, and Samantha chuckled as she looked at Eric, smiling sheepishly.“I told you. I have not done it before. So, me and my grandfather, who negotiates better?” Eric asked, and Damien laughed as he leaned backward for a moment as he tried to stop himself from laughing.“Master Chadwick has been negotiating for over forty years and you, my dear friend, just had your first negotiation today. I bet you can get your answers from there. I am not saying you did not do a good job today, but
Eric heaved a heavy sigh as he came off the stage and walked through the crowd to the elevator. “That was a stellar performance. You are just killing every show today. Like you rehearsed everything.” Damien said from behind, and he tilted his head slightly to look at him, thinking of what to say to him.“You can say that again,” Eric said, and that was when Samantha heaved a sigh, tilting her head to look at Eric for a moment before she talked.“You are so exceptional. You keep sweeping me off my feet every single time. Keep it up.” She said and Damien chuckled, placing a hand over his face before he talked.“Are you both trying to make me jealous or what? You did the same thing in the conference room. Here you are, doing the same.” He said, and they all laughed for a moment before the elevator stopped and the door opened.They walked out of the elevator, walking along the hallway before Eric cleared his throat to talk. “That reminds me, Damien. How come we never talked about your f
“That was the best date I have ever experienced. Thank you. I really appreciate it.” Samantha said in a low tone as they were in the car, going back home. He tilted his head to look at her for a while as he thought of what to say, but nothing was coming to his head at that moment.“I am glad you had a nice time. We would try that again some other time.” He said, and she nodded her head slowly before she talked.“How did you come up with such a perfect idea for a date.” She asked, he shrugged at first, trying to think of a perfect answer for her before he inhaled deeply as he tilted his head to look at her.“I watched it in a movie and I decided to try it out. Not exactly what was done in the movie, though. I had to add my own spice to make it extra lit. I am glad you loved it. Consider it as an act of showing how sorry I am for doing all that to you. I hope you forgive me and never use it against me.” He said in a low tone slowly as if he were counting his words as he spoke them.“I f
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,