Ring! Ring!Eric's phone rang just as he walked out of the Villa. Looking at the caller's ID, he saw it was an unsaved number.Seeing this, he couldn't help but frown, after a minute of hesitation, he answered the call."Brother, you've forgotten all about your little sister since you moved to the city." A couthiesh voice came from the other end of the phone."Emily, how have you been?" Eric smiled bitterly recognizing the other party immediately he heard the voice.It was a voice he was never going to forget in his life. That was his younger sister back at the orphanage home.Though he was just a year older than her, right from when they were young, he would always act as the elder brother protecting her from the other kids, as a result, they formed a kind of bond similar to that of blood siblings.Even their mother at the Orphanage was kind of surprised by how close Eric and Emily were and how well they bonded.But since Eric graduated from college and moved to the town to find a jo
"Brother!"Emily yelled excitedly as she rushed towards Eric who had just alighted from the taxi pulling him into a tight hug."Brother, you've become a lot skinnier since the last time I saw you. Tell me the truth, you don't eat right?" Emily asked, raising her head to look at Eric."Is that the first thing you're supposed to say to your brother?" Eric smiled, returning the hug."Mmm." Emily suddenly muttered as she felt Eric's stomach through his shirt."Now I see why my brother has gotten a lot skinnier." She chuckled while continuing to touch Eric's stomach."What are you doing Emily?" Eric quickly removed her hands from his stomach."Why are you like this brother? Let me feel your abs, I didn't know you had. All you had in the past was just a flat stomach." Emily laughed, disengaging from the hug."You go to the gym too often that's why you've gotten Skinner and also this and. I'll tell Mother that you're starving yourself." She continued.Eric's mouth twitched violently hearing
"So brother, where are we heading to?" Emily adked excitedly, pulling Eric's arm."Where do you want us to go?" Eric sighed feeling rather helpless with Emily. She had always been like that since they were young, always clingy.She wouldn't want him to go anywhere without her, now that she had finished college and had come to Orange City she was going to terrorize his life.His life of flirting with girls would likely come to an end cause he was sure that she wouldn't let him rest if she knew about it.Besides, from the looks of everything, it seems as though Chloe had taken a liking to Emily which meant her chances of getting a job at the company were high.Eric sighed in desperation not knowing what to do. Emily was still tugging at his arm listing restaurants she wanted to visit.Though she was listing restaurants, none of them were high-end ones, they were all within the range that Eric could afford making him smile feeling rather warm in his heart.Even though this younger sister
"Brother, is this your house?" Emily asked in shock as she stared at the villa."Yeah, it's mine," Eric laughed, walking towards the villa.It was already late at night, the time they had returned from the restaurant after eating their fill."I didn't know the housing allowance the company gave could be so impressive; I've never heard of something like that," Emily said excitedly, looking at the house.Eric's mouth twitched violently hearing what Emily said. Why did she keep misunderstanding? The company hadn't given him the house. It was something he had bought with his money, but he was too lazy to sort things out. She was allowed to think whatever she wanted; it was none of his business."Let's go in, or do you want to spend the night out?" Eric asked, opening the door of the house."Let's see how untidy your house looks," Emily giggled, walking into the house."What do you take me for?" Eric rolled his eyes at Emily."An untidy little boy," Emily laughed, looking around the well-f
"Brother, are you sure I'll get the Job?" Emily asked, looking at Eric with a teary eye."Yeah sure, you'll get the Job, Chloe probably didn't mind your attitude." Eric shrugged while walking into the company after parking the car right outside."Once you're in, tell the receptionist that you have an appointment with the president, and she'll direct you to her office," Eric said, his hands inside his pocket as he desperately wanted to turn around and leave the surroundings. "No brother, you can't just go, let's go in together." Emily cried holding Eric's arms."But it's not as though she's going to eat you up right?" Eric chuckled, staring at Emily with an amused expression."Yes I know, but I still can't go in all by myself." Emily cried tugging at Eric's arms."Alright then, let's go." Eric sighed, having no other choice. He knew well that Emily was not going to leave him until he did what she wanted."Thanks, brother, you're the best." Emily jumped happily pecking Eric's cheeks."
"So where are we headed to?" Eric asked with a slight smile on his face looking at Natalie."I don't know." Natalie snorted coldly, ignoring Eric."Huh?" Eric froze as he slammed hard on the brakes bringing the car to a stop."Am I just supposed to continue driving around the city like a mindless idiot? It's not as though I would gobble you up or anything." Eric frowned looking at Natalie."Or do you think I'd have agreed to take you if it was not for the fact that it was Chloe who requested it? Why would I want to help someone like you in the first place.""I'm supposed to be recuperating at home, and yet I'm trying to take you to wherever the Lord knows and you're telling me you don't know. If you don't know your destination, I can take you back to the company and drop you or you can get out of the car." Eric shrugged, sounding rather annoyed."I'm going to Brookside," Natalie muttered just loud enough for Eric to hear."Good," Eric said and started the car before turning around, ch
"And who are you?" The bulky man growled, turning to Eric who walked forward with his hands inside his pockets, a smirk on his face."And why'd you ask such a dumb question?" Eric laughed, placing his hands at the back of his head, still strolling forward.Natalie frowned and looked at Eric, though she knew that Eric was skilled and would be able to take care of these men easily, she didn't want to get him involved in her matters.But was he going to listen to her? She knew him well. From the little time she has spent with him, she realized that he wasn't the type to abide by rules which was why he had constant fights with Chloe.Besides, what if the man went ahead to bring a lot of people that Eric couldn't beat, then Eric would be beaten up, and then she'd feel guilty because he was just trying to help her?"Wait, why was she thinking like this?" Natalie muttered under her breath feeling rather surprised at herself.There was no reason she was supposed to feel guilty if Eric got bea
"Huh?'The bulky man froze upon hearing Eric's words and then turned around to look at him with a frown on his face."What do you want?""Well I've paid up the debts they owed, aren't you going to pay yours?" Eric laughed l cracking his knuckles."What do you mean?" The bulky man frowned."Well here's this thing," Eric grinned looking at the men."I'm sure this is not the first time you came to threaten them about the money which has left them some certain amount of mental damage and fear." Eric continued with a smile on his face."So what do you want?" The bulky man asked, looking at Eric with an unfriendly expression."So the thing here is that you have to pay for the metal damages you've caused." Eric shrugged."And why should I do that?" The bulky man laughed."Because they paid their debts, so it's your turn to pay your debts." Eric laughed walking closer to the man."You see, I won't be charging much, you'll be paying just two Million dollars for each person as compensation for t
On his phone were as many notifications as he could see. There were even many missed calls.Eric had put his phone on silent, so he didn't notice that he had a call or anything.Gulping, he unlocked the phone, and sure enough, there was a text from Emily, Chole, and Evelyn.In short, all the girls messaged him, except for Aunt Mary and Jake, whom he was sure that this was because they didn't have his number.Eric wondered whom he was going to call that was going to give him less trouble.There was no way he could call Evelyn and Chloe. If he did, he would have to listen to their ranting nonstop, so, there was no way he could call them.He couldn't call Natalie; she was going to give Chloe the phone immediately, and as for Sophia, she was sure to give the phone to Chloe, too.Charlotte was no different and she was sure to give Evelyn the phone. There was no way he could afford it.It was only Emily who would rant on her own, that way, he was pretty sure he could bribe her to cover her
"You're awake Miss." The middle-aged man rushed towards the lady, who was the first to wake up and had just coughed."Robin," Avery called softly, her eyes darting around, calling to the middle-aged man.She didn't seem to mind the fact that she was dressed scantily. After all, when Eric was about to treat her, he had removed all of her clothes, leaving her in underwear.After he was done treating her, he covered her with the quilt. To his surprise, he had thought that Robin was going to talk, but the latter didn't say a thing and just kept a keen watch over him which he could understand somehow."Miss, how are you feeling?" Robin broke the silence and asked, staring at Avery."I feel better," Avery muttered."For some reason, all of my injuries have healed, except for the slight pain; I can feel my body rapidly recovering." She continued, staring at her body in awe."It's all thanks to him." Robin swallowed, not believing his ears as he pointed at Eric."Him?" Avery's expression chan
"Where to now?" Eric stopped after running for a while and asked.He had already outrun the soldiers; they were not able to match his speed, and even before they could call for reinforcement, he had already escaped, so there was no need to worry."If you turn left and go about five kilometers, you'll find the middle-aged man in the taxi earlier; he'll tell you where to take us." The figure on Eric's shoulder spoke with difficulty before finally passing out."I see," Eric muttered and looked at the girl he was still holding.She had already fainted a long while, and there were bullet holes all over her body.The boy, too, was no different, and Eric couldn't help but praise him a bit, seeing that he had held out for this long.Well, he couldn't just abandon them yet; he had already made up his mind to save them and then give them some instructions, that was if they were going to listen to him.And if they were not going to listen to him, that was also none of his business, he was not go
"Who do you think I am?" Eric chuckled, staring at the man with a smirk."You know you shouldn't bully the weak right?" Eric continued, the smile on his face getting wider with each second.The two on the floor looked at each other not knowing what to do. Though they didn't know who Eric was, neither did they know what he wanted, they couldn't feel any hostility from him."Young man, what do you want?" The man sitting on the sofa frowned, breaking the silence.If Eric was able to come into the Villa without alerting the soldiers outside, then he would have to be very strong and thus, he didn't want to underestimate him.It was going to be fatal if he did since he didn't know Eric's origin."I came to look for a brat here, but I don't think he's home right now." Eric shrugged and looked around.He couldn't see any hint of resemblance and thus ruled out the fact that he was the other party's father.Also, the other party was not a fool; they would never actively get themselves involved
In less than five minutes, Eric got to the Villa where he was going. At the moment, he was standing on the rooftop of another Villa observing the Villa.After a while, he leaped off the roof and landed softly. If he was to stay too long, he would be discovered and that was not what he wanted.All that he wanted was just to do what he came to do without any problems.Eric sighed and looked at the Villa with a sigh. Though he didn't see anyone outside the Villa, he could tell that there was security all around.At the same time, he was feeling lazy and was not willing to confirm his theory.So he just stood at a corner observing the Villa. He still had a lot of time, so there was no need to rush.He didn't know what the patrol would end, but that didn't mean he cared. If things proved to be rocky, he was just going to head to a hotel and sneak in.Or he could go to any other place to spend the night. From the rules, everywhere was to be shut down once it was seven.Activities could stil
"We've arrived at the estate." The driver said, breaking the silence in the car after a long while."Good." Eric stretched and opened the car door, alighting from the car."Sir, here's your money." Eric gave the man one of the notes that had been exchanged at the airport."Young man, I don't think I have changed. Your money is only a hundred Draco, and yet you're giving me a five hundred Draco." He smiled bitterly."You should just accept it, I don't have another." Eric smiled bitterly and pushed the money into the man's hands then walked off even before he could say anything.Soon, the sound of the taxi leaving the Vicinity could be heard and Eric couldn't help but sigh in relief.Looking at his watch, he realized that there were just ten minutes left till seven.Though he was in an estate, he was not sure what could happen and thus could only thread carefully.He couldn't be too rash in his decision, also, he didn't know what the security of the place he was going to look like.Aft
"Shit!" Eric cursed angrily under his breath raising his hands to check the time on his watch only to see that it was almost seven.He had been trying to stop a taxi for the past thirty minutes, but it was all futile.All the taxis he flagged would stop at first, but then after hearing where he was going, they would decline.Though he felt that it was because the place was too far, he could tell that there was another reason.What was he going to do? With the weird rule of the country, he was going to have to step back into the hotel.He didn't want to spend the night and just wanted to get to what he wanted. Finish it up and then leave the country.Though he was not scared of breaking the rules of the country as he was confident in his strength, at the same time, he was not willing to be caught in the mess.After all, it was none of his problems. He wouldn't have known that such was happening if it was not for the idiot who called Sophia.Eric sighed and looked around. The street was
"Good morning sir." Michael's old voice came from the other end of the phone just as the call was connected."Good morning," Eric replied he was not used to formalities and thus just went straight to the point."What about the ticket, has it been bought?" Eric inquired."Yeah, I have bought it. Also, I happen to have a friend at the airport. I'll give him a call right now, and he will direct you on the rest." Micheal answered."Thanks for the trouble." Eric smiled and ended the call.Stepping hard on the accelerator, the car dashed forward heading toward the airport. He planned to go and come back that very day, though he was sure that was not possible, he was still going to go home.If they were to text him, he was going to lie to them. There was no need for them to worry.All he hoped was that what he was going to do was going to be successful, or else it was going to be quite a hassle if it wasn't.Soon, Eric arrived at the airport. Looking for a spot to park his car, Eric walked
(The Next Day)"Are you sure the head of the police would not be annoyed?" Charlotte asked as she turned to look at Eric with a slight frown on her face."Why should she get annoyed?" Eric shrugged, getting into the car.Everyone had already gone to work except for Aunt Mary who was always at home.For some unknown reason, Charlotte happened to sleep more than she was supposed to and thus woke up late.Eric wouldn't have woken up early if it was not for Emily who barged into the room and complained that he was to get a car for Emily.Chloe's workplace and Emily's workplace were quite a distance from each other.So because they didn't want to disturb Eric, Emily was the one taking them all to work.Natalie had a car, and Evelyn refused to take the car Chloe offered her.After all, it was Eric who had given it to her. So the lazy girl stormed to Eric's room that morning and demanded that he get Emily a car.As for Sophia, Eric's company was just right before they got to Chloe's company,