Eryna walked back to the room with a happy face not knowing Ryker and Micah were having a meeting together. Eryna paused when she saw their serious faces.
“Oh! I am sorry, I will come back when you are done,” Eryna was about to close the door when Ryker called upon her.
“No need, come have a seat,”
“Me? But I have no Idea what you are talking about, it’s better for me to leave,” Eryna pressed on her words.
“It’s about Mr.Noah, the one you spilled coffee on,” Micah spoke, “by the looks of it, it seemed that you knew quite a lot about him, I think you should join us,” Micah’s voice had some hidden messages in it but Eryna didn’t quite understand them.
“Is he speaking the truth?” Ryker asked Eryna.
Eryna stepped closer as she twisted her fingers in panic.
“Yes! I knew him because of—because his company is very famous for its unique jewellery designs…”
‘Well I am not lying, I mean I do make unique designs,’ Eryna praised herself inwardly.
“Hmm— I had the same thoughts. Their designs sure are eye catching, it is a profitable deal,” Ryker nodded.
“But, I think it’s a bit odd that the designer doesn’t want to show herself, what if there is something shady going on…” Micha added.
Eryna suddenly felt her stomach boil up,
“What do you mean by something shady? It’s just the designer doesn’t want a lot of attention for herself- and there can be other reasons as well,” Eryna got defensive, On which both Ryker and Micah stared at her with odd expressions.
“That-I felt bad for the designer, she is getting accused for no reason, I didn’t mean to say any of this.”
‘Gaah!! Why is this mouth of mine so desperate to ruin everything?’ Eryna though.
“Hm...Both of you are right but I think in business one should be sure about everything, You can look into them more and see if there is something fishy going on,” Ryker spoke.
“Okay! I will do that,” Micah replied obediently,
Eryna stood beside them biting her lips.
“I have some work to do, I will be leaving then,” Eryna excused herself and walked out of the room quickly.
“That prick!!” Eryna mumbled and pulled out her cellphone to call Hunter.
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At the Scott mansion it was dinner time and the family members had circled around the table for dinner. Taylor being the head of the family sat on the main seat, Grayson sat on his right while Norah and Helena were seated to his left.
Grayson was looking down at his plate, while Norah’s expressions were extremely unsatisfied. She was in a very bad mood.
“Norah! Is everything alright? You haven’t been going to work for a few days now,” Taylor had sensed her bad mood and asked politely.
“I don’t want to talk about it,” Norah replied angrily.
“Still! Is there something I can help you with?” Taylor asked affectionately.
Norah looked at him with hatred, and then got up from her chair to leave.
“Norah! What happened?” Taylor called her out but she didn’t respond.
“Leave her alone for a while, she will figure it out herself,” Helena comforted Taylor.
“But what happened? Why is she acting like that?” Taylor asked Helena.
“It’s your son-in-law’s doing, he shamed her so much that she dared not show up at work again,” Helena muttered in a poisonous tone.
“Micah? What did he say to her,” Taylor’s face slowly grew red as his voice became louder.
“What else can he say to a mistress’s daughter, Renya might have polluted his Brian against us,“ Helena showed her fake tears to Taylor.
“Stop portraying her like a villain, anyone can tell what you are trying to achieve by sending Norah to Micah’s office in those revealing clothes ,” Grayson spoke with a disgusted tone ,
Taylor’s eyes swiftly shifted to his son who had uttered such harsh words.
“Grayson! How can you talk about your mother and sister like that?” Taylor slapped the table in anger.
“Hah!!” Grayson gave out a cold laugh, “ Mother? Sister?—what about the daughter whose life they are planning on ruining? Have you ever thought of Renya?” Grayson muttered with disgust.
“Grayson! Is this how you talk to your father?” Helena spoke in anger.
Grayson grinded his teeth as bitterness boiled inside him.
“I won’t let you hurt Renya, I won’t let you hurt her like you did to Eryna,”
His hostile words were directed towards Taylor, Grayon’s words fell on Taylor like thunder bolts, but before Taylor could utter another word Grayson got up and walked up to his room. Taylor’s hand formed into a fist and his veins popped out of his forehead.
Grayson’s face was expressionless, he walked into his room and locked the door. He turned on the lights and walked towards the bookshelves,
He traced his finger across the books until his finger met a brown leather diary. He pulled it out and walked towards his study table. After lightly patting the dust off the book, Grayson opened it.
The diary was filled with colourful drawings of flowers and short notes. It was Eryna’s writing. Grayson flipped a bunch of pages to reveal a picture, It was Eryna in her wedding dress hugging Grayson with a wide smile on her face. Simba stood beside them holding onto a bouquet of white flowers that Grayson had brought her.
He stroked her face lightly, his eyes trembling, his lips parted and a deep wounded voice came out of his lips.
“You were so happy— you had such a beautiful smile, If only I knew it was the last time I would see that smile, I wouldn’t have let you go, I would have stopped you from leaving—if only I knew,” Grayson’s eyes were red, he felt his heart suffocating and he slowly held onto it.
“If only I knew—,”he whispered ,A tear fell on the picture, Grayson’s hands were trembling with pain, he could feel his chest burning up,
“Agh!! If only I knew I would have saved you— I failed as your brother, I failed to save my sister,” Grayson punched his chest harshly as the tears rolled down his cheek,
Grayson took a deep breath as he lifted the picture up with his trembling hands and kissed it,
“I will not let Renya suffer, I promise I will not let her suffer like you did— I will make it up to you that way—“