Eryna sat by the dining table holding a spoon while staring at the file before her. It had been three hours now that she had returned from the office but she hadn’t even started it yet.
“What is this? What language is this? Kill me please! Somebody!!”
Eryna wailed and her stomach churned making her feel like her organs were getting entangled together,
“Haha!! What happened?” Ayden walked in on her and dragged the chair beside her and sat up on it.
“This happened!” Eryna pointed at the file as if it was something poisonous.
“Hmm—what is that?” Ayden picked it up and read through the lines with a serious face, Eryna too felt curious at what he was reading with so much interest.
“What’s up with this? Don’t you know how to complete it?” Ayden placed the file back on the table leisurely and picked up an apple from the basket and bit into it.
“Sigh! I wish I had any idea about this!” Eryna looked away with a dissatisfied expression.
“It’s okay, I will help you,”
“You will!! I mean you understand this alien language?” Eryna’s eyes were wide open and she asked With amazement.
“Hah! Why are you acting like that? It’s like you have never attended business school all,” Ayden replied sarcastically, hoping for a clear answer.
“I haven’t!” Eryna blurred out without hesitating.
“What?”
“I haven’t even stepped into the college! Not even once,” With the most serious expression Eryna told him one of the deepest secrets that she would tell almost anyone who asked about it.
“I mean-you haven’t?” Ayden was a little shock by her reaction.
“Nope!- so will you help me or not?” She asked.
“(Exhale) Hmm- okay, but you will have to grant me a wish,”
Ayden spoke with a mysterious tone while looking at Eryna with an odd gaze,
“Okay! Done. You help me out and I will grant you a wish,” Eryna agreed on a whim without further investigation.
“Pfft—hahaha!!!” Ayden punched the table and laughed out hard when he saw Eryna agreeing so quickly.
“Aren’t you worried that I might ask for something you won’t be able to give me?” Ayden suddenly changed his facial expression and spoke in a deep voice. Eryna waved her spoon in the air and closed up her face to Ayden’s. She stared into his eyes with an equal seriousness. She didn’t speak for a few seconds and then parted her lips.
“Nope!” She spoke with a jolly tone and cracked into a smile, her white teeth along with the dimples on her cheek made her look extremely cute. Ayden retreated and covered his face with his hand. He breathed in deeply before speaking.
“Come on, I will teach you,” he got up and walked up the stairs still holding onto his face.
“Hm—okay! But first let’s get some snacks,” Eryna mumbled to herself and walked into the kitchen where the maids were busy cleaning up the mess that Eryna made a while ago.
“Miss, do you need something?” One of them asked.
“Yes! I would like some snacks upstairs, I am a bit hungry,”
“Should i prepare food for you?” The maid asked.
“No need! We will have dinner once everyone is back, for now just bring me and Ayden something to eat,” Eryna replied and walked out and up the stairs to join Ayden.
Knock-knock,
Eryna stood outside the opened door and knocked a few times to get Ayden’s attention, who was sitting on his bed looking at the laptop screen.
“Come in, you don’t have to knock like that,” he chuckled and gestured her to come in,
“Okay,” Eryna dragged a chair from the side and placed it beside his bed, and sat up on it,
“Here! I have asked my assistant to send me the full information regarding this project, it will make it easy for us to prepare the report,” he showed Eryna the screen.
“Wow! You have got a secretary?” Her eyes sparked with envy.
“Yes, what can I say-after all I am the director of the company,” Ayden spoke arrogantly and then Broke into laughter. Their cackles were heard outside the room when the maid brought in the tray with the snacks Eryna asked for.
“Thanks,” Eryna took the tray off her hand and placed it on the bed.
“How much time will it take?” Eryna asked.
“Let’s see,” Ayden pressed his lips together and frowned a bit,
“It is a bit time taking—“he muttered.
Both of them started working and the sun slowly drowned into an endless darkness but they didn’t even realise it as they were so deeply Immersed in their work. Eryna’s eyelids dropped as she slowly drifted into the sleep, but would wake up again with a sudden jerk. She swayed to and fro until Ayden noticed her sorry state.
“(Low chuckle)...” Ayden pressed his lips together to not make much noise as he didn’t want to wake her up but Eryna opened up her eye suddenly and stared straight at Ayden’s eyes.
“I wasn’t sleeping!!” Eryna spoke in a defensive tone.
“Pfft—“ Ayden cracked into laughter, “yes sure, you weren’t sleeping,Come on get up, let’s bring you back to your room before you lose consciousness here,” Ayden got up from the bed and gave her a hand Eryna glanced at his hand and then back at the laptop.
“No, I have work to do,” Eryna replied in a sleepy tone, and got up from the chair. She picked up the laptop and sat on the bed while staring at the screen.
“Sigh! Fine just wait here. I will freshen up a bit, and come back.” Ayden walked into the washroom while Eryna yawned widely.
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It was already late when Micah walked into the mansion with his close still neatly Hugging his clothes. His tie was perfectly tied around his neck while his shoes made clicking sound as they touched the marbles below them.
“Hope you had a great day master,” the butler rushed towards him and greeted him.
“Thank you,” he replied with a stoic face while looking around, his gaze constantly looking for something.
“Isn’t Master Ryker coming?” With a hint of disappointment, the butler looked at the door hoping Ryker would walk in.
“Grandpa said he would be a little late,” Micah replied and stepped away.
“Fun-I thought he was not coming,” The butler mumbled with relief.
“Did you say something?” Micah turned around and looked at the butler with a questioning gaze.
“I said Miss.Reyna was upstairs,” The butler replied swiftly without any shame.
“Okay, thanks,”
Micah absent mindedly told the butler that she was looking for Renya. The butler grinned wickedly but the expression changed so quickly that Micah almost thought it was just an illusion.
“I didn’t mean it like that,” Micah spoke.
“Sure you didn’t,” The butler replied with a doubtless tone.
Micah frowned and looked away,
Ayden had washed up his face and walked out of the washroom with a towel I. His hand when he saw Eryna’s head swaying. He sprinted close to her and supported her head with his hand. Her soft cheeks rested against his palm, and her soft breath stroked his skin slowly. Ayden sat beside her and stared at her for a second and then muttered.
“You seriously don’t remember me?” His voice had a hint of yearning in it, his clear eyes stared at Eryna with affection.
“How was your day today?” Micah’s voice came from the door, Ayden jumped lightly and quickly looked at Micah whose face was rock solid at the time.
“Brother! You are back!” Ayden replied.
Micha stepped closer to them and replaced Ayden’s hand with his,
“You can rest now! I will take care of her from now,” Micah spoke while tightly clenching his teeth.
“Yes...brother,” Ayden got up and distanced himself from Eryna. Micah stared at him retreating and then looked at his sleeping wife who was enjoying her hand pillow with a complicated expression. He crouched down and lifted her up in his arms and walked outside the room, he was just a few steps out when Ryker from nowhere walked up the stairs and when he saw Micah holding Eryna so carefully, his lips stretched into a smile.
“Go on! I will have dinner alone tonight,” Ryker spoke sarcastically, and turned around.
Micah who was speechless only stared at Ryker who had walked away.
‘It’s not like that…’ The words he wanted to utter stayed in his mouth.
Micah’s face was still painted with his usual frown and he continued walking, until he reached his room’s door.
“Damn it,” after seeing the door closed Micah got even more angry, but the curse that had escaped his lips made Eryna frown and she opened her eyes slightly.
“Stop cursing! Let me sleep,” Eryna mumbled.
“Do you think I am your servant? You make me carry you around! Do you know how heavy you are?”
Micah spoke with anger but that didn’t sound like anger because his voice was low and said he didn’t want her to fully wake up but still he wanted to go off his anger.
“Hm...where is the bed? I want my bed! At Least it doesn’t call me fat like somebody,” Eryna pushed him away while trying to get off his arms.
“What are you doing! Stay still!” Micah huffed. “I am trying to open the door,”
Micah hugged Eryna to free his one hand to open the door and succeeded. He walked into the room kicking the door behind him. He walked closer to the couch where he had thrown Eryna yesterday and then glanced at the bed.
“I know I am going to regret this,” Micah breathed in deeply and walked towards the right side of the bed and gently placed Eryna on the soft gray bedding.
“You are really fat!” He whispered.