Chapter 19
“Im gonna explain the situation to my dad and peacefully part ways” I said, determined.]
Miss it’s not his girlfriend, it’s his half sister”
I blinked and then blinked again.
Shit
“Um.. How does he have a sibling?” I was confused because I knew the Andersons didn’t have any daughter.
“It’s his mom’s daughter“]
And then I realized I had never seen or heard about his mother.
Seeing my confusion she quickly added.]
“I don’t know much but it’s not my place to tell you” She looked down fidgeting with her fingers again.
I need to apologize to Marcus, this was bad. I thought for several minutes contemplating whether to do or not before going upstairs.
After giving it a long thought I decided to apologise to him. So I went back upstairs and stood in front of his door ready to knock
But I was stopped when I heard someone breathing heavily from the other side.
“Mom….. Please don’t please”
I sighed realising what it was. Marcus was having a nightmare again. I decided to knock again but then I heard his breathing quickening.
“MOM!!
I stumbled a few steps back, shocked at his sudden outburst. He shouted as if his life depends on it and it made me feel worried
Madeline came running towards his room with some pills and a wet towel in her hands.
She entered the room without knocking and I saw Marcus sitting on the bed, his forehead wet with sweat. He was gasping for aur, almost choking.
Madeline dabbed his forehead with the towel and gave him the pills, Marcus took it but then his eyes shifted to me.
I suddenly felt guilty. I had invaded his privacy. I crossed a line.]
And I knew that he was thinking the same thing as his eyes turned a shade darker before he growled.]
“Get the fuck out of here!”
up the next day
Awoke up
next day only to find that Marcus had left early. Today the Rs had a meeting wi
meeting him this afternoon.[]
I was at the Empire headquarters with my dad, my brother and a few of our employees.[]
Empire headquarters were massive buildings towering over the city like four glants. A huge fountain as big as the Mississippi itself was built in the middle, water flowing from a dragon’s mouth as it’s tail circled the fountain.]]
We entered a long meeting room and half of the chairs were already filled with employees of Empire.
I saw Mr. Anderson and Marcus at the end of the table. We made our way to them and I took a seat across from Marcus
He didn’t even take one glance at me so I decided to ignore him, not to make my day more worse.]
We discussed about the new island RIs bought in Indonesia. We were to built hotels, restaurants, clothing stores and everything tourist would like in that. But for that we needed Empire’s help and that’s when the director board found me very useful.
Thated it whenever I had to represent RJ and the director board also equally hated me for always acting like a rebel. Whenever there was a problem in business other groups make plans to overcome the damage but our strategy had been to marry some of their own to another.
That’s why we lasts longer as a powerful conglomerate in the states. Because we have sacrificial goats unlike the others. Which gives me more and more reasons to hate them.
And whenever the RJ gives out a marriage proposal the other groups can do nothing but accept it because they wouldn’t let good business go away just like that. RJ might be the most asshole conglomerate ever but they still holds the power in the market.
No wonder Marcus hates me. He had no choice but to accept me. But I didn’t have one either. And I knew it all my life
The meeting came to an end after god knows how many hours. Everyone left the table but Marcus remained in his seat, going through some file. I also stayed glued to my seat not knowing what I was doing.
But all I knew was that I felt bad about yesterday and the guilt wouldn’t go away until I do something. I wanted to apologize for misunderstanding him and for invading his privacy.
Apologizing wasn’t my thing so I felt weird.
“Umm” I cleared my throat and he slowly raised his head and looked me in the eye.]
“Ummm I’m sorry for scolding you yesterday and for invading your personal space”
He stared at me a few seconds and took a sharp intake of breath.
“I’m sorry too
I was taken aback. I quickly pinched myself to see if this was a dream or
“What?” I looked at him, trying to see whether he was joking.
“For shouting at you“]
I nodded my head. “I don’t know um…do you want to grab some dinner? I asked him already knowing that he would
refuse.]
He again kept his eyes fixed on mine and then slowly nodded his head.
I was surprised but I quickly hid my expression and went out before I could embarrass myself anymore.
