That night, Kaylee had a hard time convincing Christopher to sleep. He didn't want to sleep because he wanted to look after her, but that wouldn't do because he always got sick whenever he stayed up all night. They were arguing for an hour before Christopher gave in. After all, Kaylee wouldn't give up because of Christopher's condition.
...
The next morning, Charlotte woke up without Kaylee on her side. She stood up and was about to go into Christopher's room when her Mom popped up, out of nowhere. She blinked. "Mom, what are you—"
Chrisette covered her mouth and dragged her away from Christopher's room. "They're sleeping. Let's not bother them okay?" She said in a lower voice.
When Charlotte realized what was happening, she wrapped her arm around her Mother's and walked away as they left.
Downstairs
Ethan was drinking his coffee when Charlotte and Chrisette went downstairs.
He has a bruise near the left side of his mouth where Christopher punched him last night and a wound on the lips where Kaylee bit him while he was forcefully kissing her. Charlotte walked toward him and asked him worriedly. "Ethan-nii, what happened to you?"
Ethan smiled at her and didn't say a word. He grabbed the cup of coffee and drank it. He groaned when he felt pain on his lips. Trevor just got there. He looked coldly at Ethan. "Did you provoke him even more?"
Ethan gritted his teeth and stood up, leaving them alone.
"What happened?" Charlotte asked confused. Ethan lost his cool this time. He failed to show the innocent image he always has inside the Jarvis Mansion.
Even though Trevor was aware of what he was doing all this time and Chrisette knew that he hated them, Ethan acted as if he had done nothing wrong.
Chrisette looked at Trevor but he shook his head. Charlotte looked at his mom and dad, but when neither of them said a word, she went upstairs and called Liam.
As soon as Charlotte left, Chrisette frowned and looked at his husband. "What do you mean by that? Did your great son do something wrong with my son again?"
Trevor massaged his temple as he turned his back to his wife. "Don't start."
Chrisette gritted her teeth. "What did he do?"
"Mom. Dad." Trevor and Chrisette looked at the man who had just called them. He was wearing a simple long-sleeved polo shirt and black pants. Beside him was Kaylee, wearing a simple white dress.
Trevor looked at his son. "Not going to work?"
"We're going somewhere."
Chrisette ran toward her son and held his face. Check if there is a bruise on his face.
"Are you okay? Did Ethan hurt you or something?"
Kaylee subconsciously held in Christopher's arms when she heard Ethan's name.
Christopher held her hand and looked at his mom. "We're leaving, Mom; Liam is outside."
Chrisette nodded. "Take care." She said and gave Christopher and Kaylee a hug.
"Son, I forgot to tell you, We have a business meeting with the head of the Vermillion Empire next week. You must take this deal. You have to. Vermillion Empire is going to be a big help for us in many ways and in the future. You're going to meet the eldest daughter, her name is Noelle Vermillion."
"Okay." Christopher walks away together with Kaylee as soon as his dad is done talking.
Jarvis Empire | Ethan's office.
When his secretary knocked, Ethan was sitting on his swivel chair with a laptop in front of him. "Come in."
She entered the office and reported, "President Jarvis will be having a meeting next week with one of the most powerful companies around the world. If he gets this deal, he will be unstoppable. You won't get a chance to take the company from him."
Hearing that, Ethan swiped away all the documents even his laptop.
His secretary sighed as she looked at Ethan's stuff on the floor. Ethan massaged his temple and looked at his secretary. "Clean this and make sure to get the exact date, exact time, and exact location of that meeting you're talking about. I need to be there." After saying that he stood up and went inside his bedroom, he also has a bedroom inside his office.
He loosened his tie and unbuttoned the upper three buttons of his long-sleeve polo shirt. He lay down on the bed and placed his right arm into his forehead as he looked at the ceiling. "I'm so pathetic. I'm sorry, Mom."
He sat up on the bed when his phone rang. He closed his eyes when he saw who it was. 'It's from Sofia.' He thought to himself. He gritted his teeth and threw his phone. "Damn it! I don't want to talk to anyone right now!"
When the door suddenly opened, he was about to call his secretary not to let anyone bother him.
A woman in red lipstick and a white coat with a black dress underneath looks at him, then at his phone on the floor, back at him. "Ethan, what's this? Did you purposely ignore my call?"
Ethan sighed. "I'm sorry, I'm just having a bad day."
She picked up his phone and placed her bag on the bed as she sat beside him "What happened?"
Ethan shook his head. "Nothing happened, why are you here? Is there something wrong?
She sighed and pouted her lips. "I can't find Topher, do you know where he is?"
Ethan's face darkened. "Do I look like I care wherever he is?"
She opened her mouth and then closed it again. "I mean... You're his brother."
Ethan let out a deep breath. "Look Sofia, why are you trying to push yourself to him when he doesn't give a damn about you? He even brought his girlfriend home, without thinking about what you feel.
When Sofia heard that, she furrowed her brow and looked at Ethan. "He brought his girlfriend home, you say?"
Ethan sighed and stood up. "Yes, Kaylee had a sleepover last night."
Sofia let out a 'Hah!' as she bit her lower lip. "You mean that assistant of him."
"Yes," Ethan said as he unbuttoned all the buttons of his long-sleeved polo shirt.
Sofia stood up and was about to leave when Ethan grabbed her right arm and threw her on the bed.
"Since you're already here, I am giving you the right to entertain me." He said as he pinned her hand beside her head.
Sofia frowned. "Not now, I need to teach Kaylee a lesson-"
"Hush!" Ethan pressed his index finger into her lips to shut her up. They went somewhere, and I don't know where. Stay with me, and I'll give you the information about Kaylee."
Sofia looked at Ethan when she finally noticed the wound on his lips. "What happened."
Ethan smiled as he sat on the bed. "I kissed Kaylee and Topher did this to me."
Sofia pushed him away, sat up, and looked at Ethan, shocked. "You what?"
"Come on. We both agreed not to meddle with each other's affairs. After all, we're not in a relationship. We're just each other's playmates." He whispered into her ears.
Sofia gritted her teeth and yelled at Ethan, "FLIRT WHOEVER YOU WANT, BUT NOT THAT BITCH!"
Ethan touched his lower lip with his thumb and replied. "Flirt whoever you like, but not Topher, how was that? Fair enough?"
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