Zain shook his head, trying to clear the weird thoughts sprouting in his mind. ‘Could Young Master and this man be a couple?’ His mind kept bringing up various thoughts, unknown to him, Rhys was able to read his thoughts just by the expression that appeared on his face, and his face darkened in anger because of it.“Let go of me right now!” He struggled for a bit and was finally able to free himself from the man. Then he took a proper look at his assaulter. “Listen here mister, I don’t know you and I don’t appreciate strangers touching me, so I’ll appreciate it if you just leave right away.” Rhys tried to be civil but he was fuming on the inside. “How can you say such mean things to me? You have completely forgotten about me.” The man held his chest like a distressed wife who was being abandon by her husband. “Could it be that you have already replaced me either him?” The man openly glared at Zain. Rhys was completely flabbergasted. In his shocked state, he forgot to refute the man
Rhys facepalmed, he felt the urge to slap the smile off Jonathan’s face. “Why don’t you tell me who you are, then maybe, I can tell you how I got him.”Rio just sneered at Johnathan. “Stupid human.” He climbed on one of the sofas and soon fell asleep. “You still don’t know who I am? I thought auntie or uncle must have told you.”“Auntie? Uncle? What do you mean?” “Well I’m your best friend, your childhood best friend!” Johnathan announced with glee..“So this uncle and auntie you speak of, they are my parents?”“Yeah! Auntie told me that they found you and I got so curious about how you’ve grown. When you disappeared m, I think I cried for a long time.”Rhys went silent, trying to process his thoughts from what Johnathan had said. “THEN WHAY DIDN’T YOU SAY THIS ALL ALONG!” Rhys suddenly yelled, startling Rio awake and scaring Johnathan.Johnathan let’s out an uneasy laugh. “What are you talking about?”The elevator door opened and Zain returned, he was holding the box of chicken and
“What do you mean?” Rhys seemed interested about what his so called best friend had to say.“I’m so sure he hates you.”“ How can he hate me when we’ve never met?” “Don’t you know , since you were taken, it seemed that Atlas would be announced as the future young master of the Fernandez family, to the Fernandez conglomerate,” Johnathan slowly explained whilst taking bites of his pizza. “ I bet he had started to think of himself as the young master of your family. But since you’ve returned, who do you think would be most upset by this sudden change?”“ It would be him.” A profound expression appeared on his face. “I don’t care who he is but as long as he mess with him, I’ll make sure he regrets it.”Johnathan shrugged. “He won’t be able to hurt you, at least not in the open but that doesn’t mean that he won’t devise various means to hurt you. You have to be very careful.” Johnathan said with sincerity.“I will.”“So tell me,” He glanced at Rio who was already snoring away with chicken
The next evening, Rhys showed up early at the hotel where the banquet would be held. He was led to a dressing room where he changed into a custom made tuxedo, Rio and his self acclaimed best friend waited for him outside the door. His hair was styled to give him a very distinct look and an air of authority enshrouded him.“You look amazing! You are going to steal all the ladies tonight, just make sure to leave some for me.” Johnathan had called himself the prince of the underworld but he was in fact a playboy.“Rhys rolled his eyes at his words, he looked forward to dominating the party…. Besides it was his party, he had to be the center of attention. As he entered through the a private door reserved for him, everyone’s over heyes fell on him, they stared at him as if there was a chocolate cake standing in front of them but they couldn’t have it because it was hidden behind an unbreakable glass case. Rhys countenance was calm and relaxed, his looks were like that of a god with hi
With Rhys arrival, the banquet was officially going to begin. Lydia handed Rio over to Harrison, she agot a glass of champagne and clicked on it, drawing everyone’s attention. “Would everyone please have a seat, the banquet is about to get started.” She giggled at the end of her sentence, her laughter was always melodious, coupled with her changes appearance, she was very radiant. The crowd became organized and everyone dispersed to their various seats according to the sitting arrangements. The Fernandez family were sitted in the middle of the hall, and lights were lit on the platform.Harrison went to take the stage and Rio was passed back to Lydia, he flashed a cheeky grin at Rhys as he made demands on the food and snacks in the table, Lydia was happy to indulge him.The speech went on for a long time, Johnathan had snuck back to their table and started to pester Rhys. “Psst, guess what?”“Be quiet, what do you want this time?” Rhys fixed a smile on his face as he responded.“I saw
Rhys stood before Elema and her grandfather like some sort of god, the crisp white shirt he wore contrasted with the all-black perfectly, his black hair was styled with utmost care as a compliment to his eyes, and his eyes fascinated her because it was cold on the outside but full of warmth. He towered over her five foot six height. ‘So tall’ She openly gaped at him. His piercing eyes looked sweetly down at her, and with a smile, he revealed dimples that almost made her swoon. “Hello, I’m Rhys.” He introduced himself, the previous fervent look in his eyes was gone in a flash.Elena felt as if she was drenched in the rain, she noticed how he was able to quickly change his mood. “I know, I’m glad you don’t look like that brat.” The old man continued as if he had not noticed the moment that Rhys and Elena had shared.Rhys then took notice of the old man, his eyes were drawn to the dark spot over the man’s brows which indicated that he was poisoned. The frown he had tried to hide all ni
Whilst everyone were laughing and having various conversations, Rio was left all alone, he continued to devour every pastry that was placed before him, Lydia seems to not notice how much he was eating, Instead she was happily to indulge him, she even ordered a waiter to stay close by and provide whatever the kid wanted. Rio was left all alone in a table, no one dared to approach him since his identity was even more special. Everyone stayed away, all except one. A man suddenly approached the kid with a kind smile on his face. “Hello little boy? What is your name?”Rio pretended not to see the malicious intent hidden in the man’s eyes and played along. “My name is Rio. Who are you and why are you here?”“I am Damien, your uncle’s best friend. Can we be friends?” He stretched out his hand towards him.Rio doesn’t shake his hand, instead he shook his head. “I don’t know you, my daddy said I should not talk to strangers. Please leave.” Rio’s focus was drawn to the chicken wings that was b
After the banquet, Rhys officially returned to the main house, he and Atlas smiles at each other on the surface but each held grudge against the other. Johnathan chose to tag along which no one had anything against. “What happened between the both of you?” Johnathan followed Rhys into his room with a confused expression.Rhys ignored him, as soon as his parents had gone, he had pulled Rio by the ear into the room and shut the door. “Ouch, ouch, let go. It hurts.” Rio cried out in pain, tears flowing freely from his face.“Hey Rhys, stop that, you are hurting him.” Jonathan didn’t make a move to stop him, seeing the enraged expression on the other’s face. “What did he did to get you upset?”“What have I told you about avoiding strangers?” Rhys inquired with a frown, he still doesn’t let go of Rio’s ear but doesn’t tug at it.“They came to talk to me, I’m sure they were after my chicken.” Rio cried out. “They said they wanted to get me ice cream?”“One minute you act mature, the other