Michael woke up to the sound of his buzzing phone, and he slowly opened his eyes to see who was calling. He picked the call immediately as he saw that it was Bryan that was calling.“Hello Bryan.” He said immediately the call connected as he placed the phone over his ears. “Are you still asleep?” Bryan asked as he noticed that Michael had talked in a groggy voice. Michael yawned, heaving a sigh as he sat up on the bed before nodding as if Bryan could see him.“Yes. I woke up to the sound of your call.” He said as he inhaled deeply, wiping his face with his palm.“Oh, sorry. I had no idea that you were still asleep. But I need to talk to you about something.” Bryan said, and immediately his eyes went wide as he heard what Bryan had just said. Different thoughts ran through his mind as he sat there on the bed.“What is it? I hope there is no problem! What is going on?” Michael asked hurriedly as he stood up from the bed, waiting to hear what Bryan had to say. “Chill with the question.
It was finally the day of the wedding between Samantha and Bryan. Michael was still in doubt about the authenticity of Samantha's feeling towards Bryan, but he did not want to entertain any negative feeling, so he just shook the thought off his minds. He walked out of his room slowly and walked to where the joining was to be held in the yard of the mansion. He observed the whole environment as he was still not sure whether to tell Bryan about his thoughts, but he shrugged, telling himself that everything was going to be alright. “Just my brain messing with me.” He said and walked back inside. “Why are you still here? Is the priest not here yet?” Michael said as he walked into Bryan, who was standing in the entrance of the door. “He is in his way. He will be here soon. Are you ready?” He asked and he nodded his head slowly.“You know you are walking the bride down the aisle, right?” Bryan teased, and Michael nodded his head rapidly as he smiled sheepishly.“Never in doubt.” He said a
“Do you Samantha take him as….” the priest asked as he tilted his to look at Samantha who had already cut him short.“Yes, yes. I do. Without thinking, it twice.” She said as she nodded her head, looking directly into his eyes while she said that. He could notice the unwavering love in her looks, and the only way he could respond to that was by beaming a beautiful smile back at her before tilting his head to look at the priest as he cleared his throat.“Yes. I do.” Eric said as he did not wait for the priest to ask him before he answered. The priest gasped as he smiled slightly before he tilted his head to look at the congregation for a moment.“Is there anyone here who has any reason for them not to be wedded?” He asked, and both of them tilted their head to look at the crowd for a moment as they both looked over the place to see if anyone was actually against them getting married. She was shocked to see Rachel's hand not up and wondered what she must be thinking now.“In the absenc
“Take your hands off my head. Do you know who the hell I am?” Bryan shouted as he was bundled into the police car. He scorned Michael, not uttering a single word to him as they were both taken and handcuffed inside the police car.“That's it. Nobody cares who the hell you are. You have committed some deadly crimes, and you have to pay the price. The law must take its course regardless of whoever the fuck you think you are. Now you have to remain silent, or I will have to shut it up for you.” The policeman said, and Michael cut in immediately.“Officers there might be a mix-up somewhere. We are the good guys here. It's not us you want, it's Eric. He was the one who set this whole up.” Michael said as he did not know what else to think. His heart beat faster and pounded harder to the point where he could hear the sound of his own heart beating erratically in his ears.“Spare me all that shit. Why then were you running and trying to resist arrest.” The policeman asked, and Bryan scoffed,
“Good morning grandfather.” Eric greeted in a low tone as he walked into the living room where Master Chadwick was seated. He tilted his head around to look at Eric as he walked slowly towards where he was seated.“Derek!” Master Chadwick said, and Eric had a puzzled face as he wondered why he had called him that. He heaved a heavy sigh, arranging his nightwear, before heaving a sigh as he sat on the couch next to his grandfather.“Who is Derek?” Eric could not help but ask as he tilted his head to look at his grandfather.“That's you. Are you… you… not Derek?” He asked and Eric burst into wild laughter as he tilted his head away from him.“Sorry about that, but I should have gotten a heads-up that you wanted to change my name,” Eric said slowly as he tried to stop himself from laughing.“Come on. We have only lived together for barely twenty-four hours. Excuse me for not knowing the name of my grandchild. You know that's totally not on me, right?” He said as he tilted his head to loo
Samantha walked away from Damien and headed to where her mom was seated at the front of the stage. “Mom! What are you doing here?” She asked in a sharp tone as she gave her mother a straight look and she heaved a sigh before wrapping her hands around her chest.“What am I doing here? Are you really asking that?” Rachael asked as she made a puzzled look. Samantha scoffed, taking a deep breath as she shook her head slowly.“Yes. Ooh. You were expecting to see me and Bryan get married? We are sorry to cut short your expectations. That's not happening. Not now, not ever.” She said convincingly as she tilted her head away to look at the direction of Eric as he still stood there with Damien. She wondered what they were talking about. Her mother, stood up from the chair, looking at her in the eyes before she talked.“That's not what I am here for. I am here to see you win. Marry somebody who will cater to you and the children that you will breed. And I am happy that you actually followed th
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
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,