For a long time Catherine laid wide awake with her eyes closed.
The event from yesterday night kept troubling her mind and each time she gazed at Rome, she was amazed and baffled at how he could sleep so soundly.
After staring at him for a while, she sat up, rested her feet on the tiles, and buried her face in her palms.
“Can't sleep?” Rome asked as he raised his lashes and gazed at her.
Shocked by the sound of his voice, Catherine looked back. Then she tried to smile, but her lips rebelled against her, and she was left with a stiff expression.
“I don't know…” Catherine muttered, pausing as she tried to figure out how she felt at that moment and
The cab came to a stop in front of a huge fence, and Rome stepped down from the vehicle after paying the driver. Then he walked over to the fence, rang the bell, and faced the camera. When the light beamed from in the scanner, it flashed against his left eye for a few seconds, and then it went off. It took a matter of seconds for the gate to open, and Rome headed inside. After walking a few distances into the yard, he saw a golf cart approaching him so he stopped and waited. “Good morning, young master,” Butler Hobson said as he brought the golf cart to a stopped near Rome. After getting into it, Rome glanced at Butler Hobson before turning his focus ahead of him and saying, "Morning," Ten minutes later, Butler Hobson stepped on the brake pedal. The moment the golf cart ceased movement, Rome got down and headed into the mansion. “Where is my father?” He asked one of the maids. “Master is in his bedroom.”
It took a while for everyone to get over their shock, and when Mr. Barlow did, he immediately stood to his feet and said, “I'm sorry. Those words were said out of ignorance.” Without mentioning a word to him, Mr. Ford looked at Catherine and calmly intoned, “I called your office, and you weren't there. Since what I have to say is important, I decided to stop by. I hope it's not a problem.” Waking from her shock, Catherine slightly shook her head and uttered, “Of course not.” When Mrs. Barlow snapped back to reality, she stared at the maid and said, “What are you standing around here for! Tell everyone in the kitchen that we have an extremely important guest and they should prepare a few more dishes.” Afterward, she looked at Mr. Ford and gently intoned, “I hope you can grace this family by having dinner with us.” Swaying his focus off Madam Rosey, Mr. Ford stared at Rome, and even though he shook his head to signal his father not to stay, Mr.
The days went by naturally, and on Saturday, Rome left the Barlow mansion early that morning even before Catherine could wake up.By seven-fifteen, Mr. Orlando drove the vehicle into the yard, and when he turned off the engine, Rome got out and headed inside.It took him a while, but he finally arrived in the living room. Then he walked over to the couch, sat down, and said, “Good morning, Father.”“You are early.” Mr. Ford mumbled, closing his newspaper.Staring at his watch, Rome sighed and said, “I know. But if I had waited for the actual meet-up time, I would have to lie to Catherine. So I left a note instead.”There was a brief moment of silence. Then Mr. Ford rested his newspaper on the couch as he stood up and said “Well since you are here. How about breakfast?”“Sure,” Rome mumbled, standing to his feet.When the daylight had faded a bit at five o'clock, R
Early Monday morning, the Barlow mansion was peaceful, and Mr. Barlow was seated in the living room waiting for the maids to get done with breakfast.A few seconds when by in silence. Then Mr. Barlow's phone began to buzzed and he picked it off the couch.Realizing that it was one of Charles’ clients, Mr. Barlow answered the call.Before he could have the chance to speak, an angry male voice echoed into his ear, “I want to cancel my contract with your grandson!”“Wait, What! Why?” Mr. Barlow asked, sitting up straight.“Your grandson has no moral!”“What are you talking about?”“Haven't you seen the news! Anyways, I want my contract terminated!”Without replying, Mr. Barlow ended the call. Then he scrolled through his news feed, and his anger spiked immediately.“Where is Charles!” Mr. Barlow screamed, hastily standing to his feet.
Staring coldly at everyone’s faces in the living room, Mr. Stony clutched his fist and harshly inquired, “Who is Charles Barlow?”“Is there a problem?” Charles asked as he glared at Mr. Stony.“Are you him?”“Yes,”In shock, the rest of the family watched as Mr. Stony charged at Charles, grabbed him by the neck, and body-slammed him to the floor.“What is wrong with you?” William shouted as he watched Mr. Stony’s fist slammed into his son’s left cheek.Then he tried to rush over to them, but Mr. Stony's bodyguards shot him a warning look, causing William to stop in his tracks.With tears in her eyes, William’s wife clutched onto his arm and cried, “Honey, do something.”But he was too much of a coward to do anything, and his feet felt frozen to the floor as he watched as his son got beat up.“You are the punk that my wif
There was a moment of hesitation as Rome gazed at Catherine.Then he second-guessed his words for a brief while before saying, “Jeff burned down your family warehouse, Charles got involved with someone's wife, Elijah betray your grandfather, and Chloe, well she messed with Mr. Ford. What have you done?”“Uh?” Catherine asked, raising a brow.“What wrong have you done?”“Well…”Feeling a bit uncertain, Catherine mumbled, “Ummm… Nothing?”“Right, nothing. So why do you want things to fall apart for you?” Rome asked with a straight face.With her eyes fixed on his, Catherine slowly rubbed her thumb against her other finger as she mumbled beneath her breath, “I don't know. I thought maybe…”“The quote, ‘Bad things happen to good people is not right because it shouldn't be that way, and you shouldn't be th
The office door opened, and all of Elijah’s clients walked into the room. Then they took a seat on the leather couches and focused on Mr. Barlow.“Excuse me,” Ella said before walking out of the room and shutting the door closed.For a few seconds, it was silent. Then Mr. Barlow cleared his throat and gently asked, “Why are you all here?”“It's no secret that DBA INC. is failing immensely.” Mr. Davis carefully said, striving to remember Rome's every word correctly.“So I heard.”“That is why we are here to tell you that we want to keep our projects with DreamTeam, and since Elijah is not a part of this company, we will like to sign under William.”Although Mr. Barlow kept a straight face, he was extremely excited inside, knowing that this was something that could help DreamTeam.Without any second thought, he looked at Davis and said, “If that's the case, then I w
Knowing that his brother was about to ruin them all, Anthony stood to his feet and said, "Elijah, how about we do this at home?" "Home, Nah. We are going to do this here so that everyone can know the kind of hypocrites and betrayals I have as brothers!" Elijah coldly said before sneering. A slight smirk surfaced on Rome's face, but his expression quickly became straight when Catherine took his hand in hers. Staring at her, Rome saw a touch of anxiety in her eyes, and he squeezed her hand and mumbled, "It's going to be fine." Although Catherine was nervous about what her uncle's behavior was going to cost their family, she smiled faintly, trying to find comfort in his words. "Look, Elijah! I wasn't the one who set you up!" William calmly said, taking a step back as he tried to create a distance between his brother and him, just in case he became violent again. "Am I supposed to believe that bullcrap! You suddenly got all my clients when