Capítulo 21: Schemes against Erik

When he came back, the four people in the room were already drunk except for Megan who is hugging the microphone while singing her heart out.

"You're back!" Michelle said happily. She has drunk a lot. Her face was already flushed.

"Common let us toast Erik for getting the deal with Amaya Corporation." Michelle picked up her wine glass. Justin and Lindsay followed suit. Marlon already went out because he cannot get drunk.

Michelle glanced at Erik's wine glass expectantly. Erik followed her gaze and the corner of his lips curled upwards. He pushed a button and the waiter appeared.

"Give me a new glass and pour me a martini." The waiter complied. Only then did Erik raise his glass and downed the content in one go.

Michelle, Justin, and Lindsay exchanged glances.

Erik moved closer to Michelle. He grasped her waist and squeezed it tightly.

"Wrong move Michelle. Never do that again. You will not like the consequence. You are lucky Megan is here otherwise, you will be the one to drink the drugged wine." Erik whispered into her ear in a chilling voice and then he pushed her away.

Michelle shuddered at the coldness of his voice. He was scared of Erik. But she still smiled bashfully as if nothing happened. She downed glass after glass of tequila until she was totally wasted.

"Why can't you like me? You know I love you, Erik." She slurred and mumbled more incoherent words. Before long, she passed out sprawled on the sofa.

Erik also drank a lot but was still sober. He messaged Marlon and Ace to carry Michelle to the yacht while he supported Megan who was a bit tipsy.

"I don't want to go home yet big bro. It's only one am." Megan objected when Erik decided to call it a day.

Without a word, Erik lifted her and carried her out of the club.

Erik woke up very early. After his jog, he took a shower and was planning to pick up Aryana at the hotel. They were not able to go island hopping because of her drowning incident and yesterday, he went to The Marina with his father's family.

He was disappointed that he wasn't able to spend time with her last night. He considered inviting her to the club but decided against it because he did not want her to be entangled with his complicated family.

He was still in the shower when he heard a loud banging on the door. He grabbed the towel and hurriedly wrapped it around his waist. He went directly to open the door. Water droplets were still dripping down from his wet hair.

"What's with banging? It is so early in the morning." He did not hide the annoyance in his voice.

"Erik… Erik.. Michelle is missing. We cannot find her anywhere." Martha said in a panicked voice.

Before Erik can say anything or fully open the door, Martha with Henry storm in.

Scattered on the floor were the clothes Michelle wore yesterday and she was lying naked on his bed under the quilt.

Martha screamed.

"What did you do to my niece? You took advantage of her." She said accusingly while pointing a finger at Erik.

A furrow appeared between Erik's eyebrows. He remained calm as he replayed in his mind what happened last night. It was Ace who brought Michelle to her room on the second floor. But how did she get into his bed?

He did not see the scattered clothes when he went back from his jog earlier and he was absolutely sure that Michelle was not on his bed last night.

"You have to take responsibility…."

"I did not sleep with her. I did nothing to her!" Erik did not even let Henry finish.

They heard sobs. Martha approached the bed and comforted Michelle who sat on the bed while clutching the quilt over her naked body.

"Erik, did you forget what we did?" she said in a pitiful voice.

Erik approached her and pushed Martha away. His narrowed eyes were shooting daggers and he was seething.

"What did we do huh? Tell me what did we do you scheming bitch?"

Michelle shivered as if she was enveloped by an icy gust of wind.

"We … we…" Michelle stammered. Her body was trembling and she looked at Martha asking for help. Martha secretly winked at her.

"We had sex." Michelle declared boldly. "I did not remember how I get here but when I woke up at dawn, you were beside me and …. and we did it."

The temperature in the room dropped as Erik's gaze turned even colder. Michelle was really scared now.

"I warned you last night but you did not listen!"

He turned to his father and stepmother.

"Did you plan all these?" His voice was very calm but if you looked deeper into his eyes one would see that a storm is brewing.

For a moment, Henry was scared. But he recovered immediately and become his stern self again. Erik was just his son!

"What are you talking about?" Martha interjected.

Erik get his phone from the bedside table drawer and accessed the CCTV recording. As he anticipated, Michelle entered his room when he went for his morning jog. He did not notice her as he went directly to the bathroom to shower.

"Get out!" He dragged her off the bed by the hair.

Michelle cried in pain. She grabbed Erik's hand while clutching the quilt with her left hand so it will not slip and expose her nakedness.

"Erik, what are you doing?" Henry asked angrily.

"Let her go, Erik." Martha cried out loud. She never expected Erik to be this ruthless.

Erik let go of Michelle and she slumped on the floor sobbing uncontrollably.

"You have thirty minutes to pack your things and leave the villa."

"ERIK!" Henry's appalled voice filled the room.

"What! Do you want to join her?" Erik's voice was full of sarcasm.

"How can you show so much disrespect? We are your parents!" Henry's voice boomed in the bedroom.

"You disrespected me first by letting your wife and her niece schemed against me." Erik retorted coldly.

Marlon, Ace and two bodyguards were at the door. They came right away when they heard the commotion inside the villa.

"Take her out and make sure she leaves the island in an hour! Also, make sure she doesn't appear in my sight. She disgusts me!" He commanded Marlon and the bodyguards.

Martha cringed at Erik's cruel words. She realized that he was no longer the boy that she can manipulate and bully.