Emilia Peyton
Wednesday came by much more quicker than I expected. I wasn't ready to face my uncle. I had spent last night thinking of possible reasons as to why he would want me in Switzerland but none came to me. I guess I'll just have to find out myself.Taking one last look at my appearance, I take my luggage. Not knowing how much time I was going to be spending in Switzerland, I decided to just take a few clothes and shop for more if my stay got extended.I contemplate on taking a security team with me because whether I liked it or not, the media was interested in my family. Perks of being the second richest in the country. I had been crowded by reporters whenever I went out alone and my uncle was never happy with it. According to him, I wasn't supposed to be in the spotlight, that position was for Julia. Julia was an actress, a famous one. Not for her acting of course, she was well known for her several escapades. Having dated or slept with at least half the men she met on a daily basis. There was even a sex tape of her with the owner of an entertainment company, Mr Crawford James, who was married. It took me lots of time and of course, lots of money to clean that up. I was always cleaning up her mess but of course, Uncle Aaron saw no faults in what she did. Either he didn't or he just didn't say anything about it.Deciding not to go with security as it would attract unwanted attention, I pull out a black cap from my box and I matching face mask, I looked like an assassin right now. I was on a black turtleneck crop sweater paired with a black high waisted trouser. I had my black boots on to complete the look and since my hair was also black there was nothing colourful on me.The look was perfect as no one would recognize me. I get into my blue Porsche Panamera and head for the airport.In my family, I was the only one who ever flew on economy class. This was because I didn't see the need to waste money on first class flights when we were all heading to the same destination. I only used the company's private jet when I was on official travels. If it was personal, I was going on economy class.It took approximately eight hours to get to Switzerland and I was suddenly missing Canada. Switzerland was really pretty with beautiful buildings and places as I had been here on several occasions before for business purposes, but the reason I was here was what made me want to go back. I was at the city Geneva because this was were my uncle was staying with his family.I was going to meet Uncle Aaron at their villa here in Geneva. They had so many houses in almost every country.There was a driver waiting for me at the airport when I arrived. Sent by Uncle Aaron I suppose." Miss Peyton." The man I assume is my driver says with a nod." Hello." I say with a smile but he just nods like a robot and takes my luggages to the car. Okay, he's a professional but it wouldn't kill to be friendly now would it." Mr Aaron expects you in 15 minutes ma'am, we are already behind time so I'm going to be fast ma'am." He says looking at his watch and I get confused.What could be so serious that Uncle won't even let me settle down. I don't feel good about this meeting. I take of my face cap and nose masks as I settle into the car." It's okay, please carry on." I say to the man whose name I have no idea of.He nods as he ignites the car and moves on a really high speed but somehow manages to make it a comfortable ride." Wow, he's good." I say to myself. I have always been a lover of cars and I also loved driving. It was once my dream to become a car racer when I was younger but I had to throw that dream away when I lost my parents.We arrive at a the villa in no time, thanks to the man whose name I still don't know. I head to get my luggages when he stops me." We have people for that. You should head inside, Mr Aaron must be waiting." He says with the same stern look." Okay, thank you Mr?" I say hoping to get an answer out of him. Thankfully I do." Conner Williams, Ma'am." He says." Please, Mr Aaron is expecting you." He says as I see two ladies exit the house and head towards the I and Conner. Must be the helpers." Okay Mr Conner." I say as I head inside." Please call me Conner." He says just behind me.My mind is everywhere as I approach the door. God please, let this not be too bad." Good afternoon ma'am." A young maid greets as I enter the house." Mr Aaron has been waiting. This way please." She says as she leads me towards the living room.As we approach the living room, I notice that every one is there. Aunt Claire, Julia, Uncle Aaron and two other men that look really familiar to me. One older than the other. Must me father and son, giving the resemblance. This must be really serious.The room is quiet and everyone's attention turns towards me.I put on my most confident look as I approach them." Took you forever to get here Emilia." Uncle Aaron says with a snare and I hear Julia give a snort but her mother gives her a nudge on the arm to silence her. These guests must be really important." I'm sorry Uncle, I didn't know we were having the meeting today. I would have been earlier if you had informed me." I say as I turn towards the men who happen to be really important. As I look at the men I feel my breathe hitch as I take in the appearance of the younger man. He sits in his chair, with an expressionless face.This man was handsome. I couldn't help but stare at him in awe. He had the most beautiful set of grey eyes I had ever seen. Jet black hair that was similar to mine and a perfectly outlined lip. He didn't look Canadian to me, more like an Italian.Snapping out of my daze, I walk towards a sofa and settle down." Very well, Emilia, I'm sure you're familiar with the name -- Kings Corp." Uncle Aaron states while looking at the men with a proud look plastered on his face.Of course I'm familiar with Kings Corp, everyone in the country and beyond knew who they were. The most powerful family in the whole of Canada, also the richest. Their son, Liam Kings was always in the front page for his achievements in the company and of course, for his eligibility in the world of bachelors. He was always number one on the tabloids and his beauty was not to be questioned. What many people wondered was why he was never seen with a woman, some were already beginning to think he was gay.Although I had never sem him in person, I had seen his pictures on the internet. But why was Uncle Aaron asking about him now." Of course, I know about Kings Corp, why do you ask Uncle?" I say confused." Well Emilia, you say you know about Kings Corp, but you don't recognize the owners." He says with an angry look.That's when I realize it. No wonder they looked so familiar. Richard Kings and Liam Kings of kings Corp." Oh, I didn't realize, please forgive me." I say to the father and son. The older man whom I now know to be Richard Kings, speaks up first." Oh, it's okay dear, although this is a first for me, or should I say for us." He says with a short laugh and the others join in pretentiously, well except Liam Kings, who just sits there with the same bored look but this time, his eyes are on me. Quickly averting my eyes from his gaze I turn to the older kings." What do you mean if I may ask." I say not quite understanding what he meant by ' a first for them '." What I meant by that dear, is that we, the kings, have never not been recognized before. Moreso by a business mogul like yourself. You see we're quite popular in the industry." He says and nod, understanding what he was saying. It would be next to impossible to see a person who didn't know who the kings were. I was never good at recognizing people." If I may interrupt your little chit-chat session with my niece Mr Kings, I see you're getting quite comfortable with her already." Uncle Aaron says with a fake smile. I can tell he doesn't like that Mr Richards attention was on me and not on Julia. Not that I care though. Mr Richard seemed like a wonderful person and I was just being nice to him." Well yes, she is indeed a wonderful woman. I hear she manages the affairs of Peyton Inc. Must be a strong woman to control the monthly income of over 50,000 employees all over the world." Mr Richard replies." Well, technically, I own the company Mr Richard." Uncle Aaron retorts in an attempt to defend himself." But she runs it. Right?" Mr Richard says and I feel his son -- Liam Kings shift his gaze towards me." That doesn't matter, Richard. We've wasted so much time chatting, why don't we get down to business. The reason for this meeting." Uncle Aaron says as the kings nod in agreement. Curiosity overwhelms me once again."Well, Emilia, Mr Richard and Liam Kings here has a proposal for Peyton Inc. Something that could change our lives forever." He says as he smiles at Julia who reciprocates the action.Okay, what is going on." You see, we're already rich and influential, same thing with the kings, if not more. So imagine what would happen, If we were to merge the two companies." He says with so much excitement.Where is he going with this." We would be unstoppable Emilia." He continues." I don't understand what you're trying to say Uncle." I say already feeling uneasy.Is he trying to merge my parents company with another company for money! How dare he. This company belongs to my parents and it was built with their sweat, there is no way I am going to do as he's saying. We were already so successful and didn't need the support of another company. How could someone be this greedy." Look, Emilia, I'm not trying to sell the company. We're just joining forces with the most powerful company in Canada. If anything you should be happy." He says grinning from ear to ear." No." I say calmly.Everyone turns towards me and I look up." What do you mean by No, Emilia. It's been decided already." Aunt Claire says as she tries to hide her anger." What exactly has been decided." I say looking at all if them. I had lost it already. How could they think of merging the company." If it has been decided, why am I here, You could have finished the process already. So why do you need me." I say and I'm reminded of my meeting with Mr Albert on Monday. Very similar cases indeed.Of course they needed me to complete the process. My signature was needed and they were not going to get it. Never." Miss Peyton, if I may." Mr Richard says and I can't help but give him a chance to explain." Please, go ahead." I say" What we're suggesting isn't a normal merger. We don't need Peyton Inc as we're already number one. That wasn't our intention from the beginning." He says and for the tenth time today, I get confused again." Our initial plan was to marry into the Peyton family, but Mr Aaron here, thought that it would be better to merge the companies after the marriage." He says.Wait, what? Marriage?" Wait, hold up, a marriage?." I say and everyone smiles including Julia as she looks at Liam Kings in a shameful manner.Oh, Julia's getting married to Liam Kings?" Yes, a marriage, Miss Peyton." Liam speaks up for the first time since I walked into the room." Okay, now look, I don't really care about who is getting married or to whom they are getting married but what I know is, marriage or not, there's no way I'm allowing a merger between my parents company and another take place." I say as a matter of fact." Emilia! Be quiet." Uncle Aaron's voice booms and Aunt Claire is quick to calm him to stop him from causing a scene.The only reason he did not hit me was because there were important people here. If it was not for that fact, I would have been bruised the very moment I said the word ' No ' in an attempt to go against him." Please, let's not get worked up. We can do without the merger, but since the documents have already been signed by your uncle, a marriage has to take place in order to avoid legal issues with your company. I respect your decision Emilia, the company belonged to your parents and I totally understand you for not wanting to merge it with another." Mr Richard says and I relax. He was an understanding man." You don't have to listen her, Mr Richard, She doesn't know what she's saying. She is still so young." Uncle Aaron says still trying to convince Mr Richard." She runs a company Mr Aaron, something that none of your family members know how to do, yourself including. She knows what she's saying." Mr Richard says in my defense. Not many people knew that I was the one running the company, only people who were as influential as the kings knew. To the public I was just a worker in my parents company which was now owned by my uncle. A smile finds its way to my face and I quickly wipe it off. I see Liam smile from the corner of my eyes. Weird.That shut Uncle Aaron and the rest of his family up." Okay then. Since the issue with the merger is all taken care of, I'll leave you guys to discuss matters regarding the marriage between Julia and Mr Liam Kings. Please excuse me." I say as I stand up to leave." Yeah Dad, you heard her. Since there's no merger taking place, we just have the wedding to plan." Julia says happily." Wait a minute. Miss Peyton, please wait." Liam Kings says stopping me in my tracks and I turn towards them." You can't leave yet." He says" Why can't I, my business here is done." I say getting impatient." You see, your business here isn't close to being done. We just finished one phase, we still have a wedding to finalize." He says. Okay, can these people be more clear." We?" I say with a confused expression." What do you mean Mr Kings." Uncle Aaron says and for the first time we're in the same page.Julia gets up and walks towards Liam Kings." We have a wedding to plan, so why does she have to be here." She says in a sickening tone.Liam smirks as he walks towards me." I can see you didn't read the documents at all. I never said I was going to marry Julia." He says.What is he talking about.I sigh in relief when I see Mr Richard getting up to speak. He was always saying things in my favour since this meeting commenced, but I wasn't prepared for what he said next." She has to be here because the marriage is between Liam and Emilia my dear." Mr Richard says.Wait, what!Liam KingsWhen I told mom that I was going to get married in three months, I had no idea what I was saying. Getting into my room, I lay flat on the bed. My mind is in a mess right now. I don’t even have a girlfriend, where was I going to get a wife from.Minutes pass with me still deep in my thoughts. A knock on the door brings me out of my daze. It opens to reveal Dad. I know why he is here. He knows me so well and I’m a hundred percent sure he knows that there is no woman in my life at the moment.“ Hey.” He says as he enters the room. He gives a chuckle seeing the state I’m in.“ Yeah I know, I’m in deep shit. You don’t have to let me know Dad.” I say as I adjust my position on the bed.“ I’m not here for that Liam, although it is true that you just got yourself a huge problem. I know that you did it for your mother and that alone makes me proud.” He says sitting beside me. He puts a hand on my shoulder in an attempt to cheer me up.“ Yeah, she wants it Dad, my choice doesn’t mat
Liam KingsWe left Canada at 3pm and by the time we arrive in Geneva, it is already 11pm, so we were just going to go to our house here first to rest before getting to work tomorrow. I check my watch and I see that it is already 2pm. I haven’t been able to get a wink of sleep since we got to the house. Dad was already sound asleep but I just couldn’t. Different thoughts were going through my head.I will be getting married in less than 3 months and to someone I didn’t know. Of course I had seen her pictures but I didn’t know what she her character was like.After so much tossing and turning, I get up from the bed and go downstairs to the mini wine bar. They always helped me go to sleep whenever I had problems. The wine must have really worked cause I see my self slowly giving in to sleep. I go to my back to the room and crash in the bed with only one thought in my head.‘Emilia Peyton. ‘ “ Good morning Mr. Kings. So good to see you here.” Paula, the manager greets as I arrive at the
Emilia Peyton“ She has to be here because the marriage is between Liam and Emilia my dear.” Liam’s father says. Emilia could not believe her ears. She must have heard wrong. “ What do you mean.” She asks looking directly at Liam’s father. He couldn’t be serious because as far as she was concerned, she was not going to be getting married anytime soon and even if she were, it was going to be with someone she loved. Not that she had any.“ Exactly what you heard dear.” Liam’s father says with a remorseful look that she couldn’t quite understand.“ Okay, okay, I think there’s a mix up here.” Aaron speaks up.“ Mr. Kings, I think you have the names all mixed up. Well, it happens. Your son, Liam will be marrying my daughter, Julia, not the niece.” He says while laughing. Julia walks up to Liam, who had left her side minutes ago and attempts to hold him in the arm but is brushed aside by Liam. “ You see, Aaron, we’re not denying the fact that the initial plan was to marry Julia, but seei
Emilia PeytonAfter the dreadful meeting, Emilia had immediately booked the next flight back to Canada. She wasn’t going to stay there a second longer, not after what just happened.Since she left Geneva late in the evening, she had arrived in Canada at 3am. There was no way she was going to be at work tomorrow, she wasn’t supposed to be anyways. She was supposed to spend the night in Geneva and maybe come back the next day, so she wasn’t going to make it to the company either ways. Tomorrow was going to be more like a holiday. Instead of going back to the Peyton Mansion, she had gone to a hotel. Her uncle and his family were going to be leaving Geneva tomorrow and she didn’t want to be in the house when they arrived. She wasn’t ready to face them. It took everything thing in her to not react to what her uncle had done. She couldn’t. Not yet. She hadn’t gotten what she wanted. It was the only reason she still lived with them.THE TRUTHThe truth behind the changed will. She was goin
Liam Kings“ Nothing Lucy, send her in.” He says as he adjusts himself in his chair.A few seconds pass and a slight knock is heard before the door knob turns, indicating that someone was entering.Emilia Peyton comes into view and it takes Liam sometime to realize that she was the one. The last time they met she wore a casual clothing which made her look like a normal person.‘An extremely beautiful normal person’ he thought.If he thought she looked like a goddess the last time he saw her, then there wasn’t yet a word to describe her right now. She was beautiful.“ I see you are already back from Switzerland Mr Kings.” She says as she walks into the office. Her hips swaying without effort. ‘ God damn this woman. '“ I could say the same to you Emilia. Please, call me Liam. ‘ Mr Kings ‘makes it look like you’re referring to my father.” He says standing.She gives a small smile that doesn’t go unnoticed by Liam as she looks around his office. “ It is your name you know, whether it
Emilia PeytonThe meeting with Liam was a bad idea. She admitted it. Not only was she not able to change his mind, he somehow made her speechless.Growing up, Emilia never had a boyfriend or even hung out with boys, hell she didn’t even hang out with girls although she was loved by people because of her looks. It was part of the reasons she had no friends presently. Since her parents died when she still very young, an early age of 7, she could only focus on trying to survive without being trampled upon. So yes, she had never been touched by a man, or woman. She didn’t know what it felt like to be held by a man, well not until earlier today. She was barely managing to not loose her sanity in front of Liam Kings. Inside, she was a complete mess. Emilia started craving for things that she never gave so much thought to. When he came close to her she could swear that her breathe seizedAnd his hands on her waist. Good lord! He knew how to work his hands, she gave him that. “ Oh Go
Emilia PeytonEmilia was glad she made the decision to not check out of the hotel because it looked like she was going to be spending a few days there. She had already packed all her belongings from the house and sent them to one of the many apartments she owned. She hadn’t bothered to furnish them before, she didn’t see the need because no one was living in them. She would move into the house but it was still empty. She would have to put it in order before she could settle in and that would take a few days. So for now, the hotel was going to be her home.She was tired and hungry. She had forgotten to eat with all the trouble going on. She was staying at the royal pavilion hotel, a well known hotel. It was owned by her father’s friend, Mr Daniel McKay. The only person she trusted in this cruel world she was forced to live in. He treated her like she was his daughter and when he heard that she was staying in his hotel, he made sure she got only the best treatment despite not being i
Emilia PeytonLiam wasn’t aware that she had moved out of her uncle’s house. She wasn’t even sure if he knew how to locate the house as she had never seen him there before but then, he was Liam Kings and according to him, he had his ways.She considered calling him but after looking at the time on her phone, she realized that it was already too late and she didn’t want to disturb him or give him something to tease her with. She would have to call him tomorrow morning.**********************************************************************************“ I’d you’re calling to cancel then my answer is no Emilia.” Liam says over the phone. She had called him first thing in the morning. She didn’t want him going to the wrong house. He didn’t sound like he was just waking up from sleep unlike her. His voice was low but steady. But then, like he said, she was jobless.“ I didn’t call to cancel. I gave you my word and I don’t intend to break it.” She replied.“ If you say so. Why did you cal