“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
“I will get to my office now. I have a lot of work to do.” Damien said, and Eric nodded his head before he inhaled deeply to talk.“Okay then. Get to work as soon as possible. I won't be her for long. I just want to talk to Lydia and Emily before I leave.” Eric said, and this time Damien was already in his feet arranging his suit before he talked.“They should be here any moment from now.” He said, and Eric gave a nod before he inhaled deeply as he tilted his head to look at his wife.“Sam, are you going to your office as well?” He asked her, and she initially made a puzzled face as if she did not hear what he had said. After a few seconds, she chuckled and shook her head lightly before she talked.“No. I want to stay here. Since we are not here on official ground, I can stay here, right?” She asked, and Eric heaved a sigh before he looked at Damien.“You can go, Damien. Order for some snack for us so that we can keep ourselves busy with it before they arrive.” Eric said in a low tone