Kendrick’s POV
"Get in" I said calmly after unlocking the door, he imdiately got into the back seat and Mason got in the passenger seat.
"Why are you here?" I asked while observing his expression through the rear view mirror.
"I was invited by Emily" he replied with a smile and he didn’t seem to be lying.
"How did you two et?" I asked as I slowly drove out of the villa’s gate.
"I t her at Sumr camp five years ago and we have been friends ever since. She even visited a few tis when I was sick" he said calmly.
I focused on driving and didn’t ask anything else.
"Umm... Brother, are you having an issue with them?" he suddenly asked and I looked at him through the mirror again.
"What makes you think we have an issue?"I asked, instead of answering his questions.
"Emily’s Mom asked to speak to you on why you should be on their side. I was actually confused by her words but nodded to avoid the awkward situation" he explained calmly.
Madam Michaelson is really desperate and greedy.
"Stay away from them in the future, they are not good people and wouldn’t hesitate to harm you" I advised and he frowned.
"I know that you think Emily is your friend but the Michaelson family has never been genuinely involved with anyone, especially when it does not benefit them" I added and he nodded, but his face was still twisted in a frown.
"I would like to go back to school and coincidentally, I found out that your girlfriend is also a student in the school I am interested in," he sighed before finally changing the topic.
"I will have Eva..... I will arrange it" my grip on the steering wheel tightened and Mason tapped my shoulder gently.
I guess I have to get used to doing things myself for now,at least before I get a new personal assistant.
"I am sure he is in a better place, when I was sick, I sotis wished I was dead because of the intense pains I was feeling daily.
But thanks to you brother, I have a renewed hope for a good life and now, I can finally pursue my music career" Zain suddenly said but I didn’t look at him.
I just noticed that his Indian accent is pretty strong despite not being raised there.
"Brother, when am I eting my sister in law?" he suddenly asked and I felt a gentle tug on my heart before smiling.
Hopefully she becos my wife soon, I will definitely give her the wedding of the century.
"I will drop you at the old mansion, I have sowhere else to be" I said to him and he nodded.
The rest of the drive was quiet and calm, just three guys in the car, all lost in their own thoughts.
"Thank you brother" Zain said before hurrying into the villa.
"It’s already 7PM, let’s grab sothing to eat before we et the general" Mason suggested and I imdiately drove towards the nearest restaurant.
I wondered if Christy had eaten as well, so I decided to get her sothing.
I hurried into the restaurant as soon as I parked the car, as I didn’t want us to keep the general waiting.
"We have an hour before the eting" Mason said from behind, I turned and glared at him with a frown.
"What’s with that expression? You didn’t ask for the ti." he said with an innocent smile.
We quickly placed our orders and were served so wine while waiting for the food to be delivered.
"You bitch, how dare you?!"
"Let go of her imdiately!"
"The only reason I am being calm is because I want to give you face, so you better tell her to let go of or else I might just forget that we are in public"
"Raina please calm down"
When we first heard the first shout, I didn’t think much of it and continued sipping my wine.
But when we heard the second sentence, we wasted no ti before rushing in the direction of the voices.
I was certain that it was Gary’s voice, then when he ntioned Raina, I confird it.
"You bitch! Our engagent was canceled because of you! We have been engaged since we were kids, how could you be so shaless to seduce him despite being aware of this!"
When I heard what the other woman was saying, I imdiately knew who she was and I felt slightly annoyed.
"That’s enough Naomi, why are you suddenly playing the victim? Didn’t you agree for the engagent to be canceled? You are only back now because Frederick cheated on you and married his other girlfriend!" Raina fired back.
"Say whatever you want, I want Gary back!" Naomi demanded like the spoiled brat that she is.
"You want back? Am I your property? Or a thing that can be thrown away and picked back?. You better leave this place because I can’t promise that I wouldn’t lay my hands on you if you continue being unreasonable!"Gary’s face darkened angrily and I knew he wasn’t bluffing about hitting her as he has never been a gentleman.
"You will hit for her? You better be ready to face my father! You have no choice but to marry because I asked you to!" Naomi scread angrily before storming away on her high heels.
"Raina, I am...."
"When will this stop? She is always stalking us, embarrassing and following us around. All you do is apologize every ti and promise to take care of it.
When are you going to take care of it?!" Raina interrupted him angrily before picking up her purse and walking away.
"Brother" she greeted softly as she walked past .
Gary sat down on the chair and stared blankly at the untouched dinner on the table.
"Are you being pressured by her family? Why are you taking so much nonsense from her?" Mason asked the questions that were on my mind as we sat down as well.
"Her father had helped my father with so money ten years ago based on friendship but now, her father is insisting that it was a loan, and he is demanding an exorbitant interest or I marry his daughter.
It’s quite funny how this sa father of hers, forced my family to cancel the engagent last year because she hooked up with a multimillionaire heir and now that she has been dumped, he wants to marry her like so puppet that is supposed to do whatever he says" he gave us a brief explanation of the situation.
"You should have told when all of this started, her father is just a little character and also has his hands in so shady businesses. I have a lot of evidence if you need it" Mason said and Gary finally smiled.
"Thanks brother, what would I ever do without you guys. Let’s have a drink tonight" He suggested excitedly.
"We have an important appointnt so we can’t drink, especially not with you" I said with a smile and they laughed.
Drinking with Gary is like making a deal with the devil. He won’t let you go except you have forgotten how to walk on your own.
"I think you should go find Raina instead" Mason suggested and he quickly called a waitress to package the food on the table.
"Don’t forget to send the stuff Mason, bye guys"Gary said as he hurried out of the restaurant with the packaged food.
"I would have never guessed in my wildest dreams that the both of them would end up together. They hated each other so much back then that I was sotis worried they might kill each other if given the chance." Mason said with a slight smile.
"Life can be very unpredictable, if soone had told back then that my grandfather was such an evil person, I wouldn’t have believed either but see the reality now" I sighed in frustration.
A few minutes later, our food was served and we focused on eating. A peaceful al has beco a luxury recently.
Ring Ring!
The silence was broken by the ringing of Mason’s phone and he picked it up without wasting ti.
"Speak" he ordered and I realized the person that called must be one of his subordinates.
"Sir, the general with whom you asked to arrange a eting, was just rushed in for severe poisoning. He is in the ICU and the doctors said he might not make it.
But he was still conscious when he was brought in and he said you should hurry over to see him. That was the last thing he said before losing consciousness.
His phone speaker was loud, so I heard everything that the person just reported.
BANG!
Mason sent the table flying with a kick, the plates and cutleries clattered on the floor and the broken pieces flew in different directions.
"Now I know why that old bastard was so calm!" he yelled angrily.
I felt numb, I only felt calm, no anger, pain or frustration. Just oddly calm.
I have to maintain a calm mind if I am going to avenge Evans and protect Christy.
"Let’s go" I said to him before walking out of the restaurant.
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