Morris ran to the backyard, sweating profusely, but there was no one there, not even Christian.
"Fuck! Where are the Sargent family? Where is my asshole son!" Morris roared loudly in the backyard. "The Sargent family," a maid said in a trembling voice, "they left already." "What?" Both Morris and Teressa exchanged their glances. Teressa frowned at the maid, "what do you mean by they left, how can they leave without meeting my husband?" The maid shook her head as she had a lot to say, "actually they didn't leave by themselves, they left along with young master Chris." "Huh?" Morris's emotions looked unstable as at that moment a mixture of confusion, anger, and frustration filled in him hearing to the words of that maid. While he had waited for hours, expecting to meet them, but all he had received was a message from a maid saying they had already left with Christian, the useless guy in the house. "Why would the Sargent family leave without meeting me? That too why is that bastard taken away by them?" Morris muttered, with a racing mind. He clenched his fist while his thoughts were spiralling, "Did they come here for me? Or… was it for Christian?" The idea of Christian being the reason for their visit seemed ridiculous to him, "yes, a boy like Christian, useless and troublemaker, couldn't have caught the attention of a family as prestigious as the Sargents." He tried to convince himself that there's nothing big in this for him to concentrate about though a lingering doubt pressing in his mind. Just then, Teresa decided to play her role carefully to eliminate Christian forever using this opportunity, "Chris, I've been waiting for this chance for a long time, now I'll teach you a lesson!" Standing beside him, she gently held his arm with her sparkling showing off hidden malice, "I think Chris is the reason behind them leaving without meeting you!" Morris looked at her sharply. "What makes you say that?" Teresa sighed, with a soft tone as if she is concerned about her husband while her thoughts are nothing but full of venom. "Well, isn’t it obvious? Chris must have fooled the Sargent family somehow. He always loves to pretend to be innocent hiding his malicious side, so who knows what kind of lies he used to make them believe in him," leaning closer to Morris, she whispered, "Don’t you think it’s strange they left with him and didn’t even meet you, the master of this house? Don't you suspect anything here?" Morris frowned, but Teressa looked satisfied as she successfully planted the seed of doubt in Morris's head against Christian. Thinking about Terresa's words, he sat in the couch with a loud thud, "so do you think Chris orchestrated this?" "Come on Morris, you're so naive, why isn't it possible? Don't tell me you think of him as an innocent boy," Teresa pressed further, "That boy has always been manipulative from the beginning, he knows how to play the victim card, to make people feel sorry for him. It wouldn’t surprise me if he saw the Sargents as an opportunity and jumped at it, to ruin us and our reputation." Understanding his mother's motive, Ivan also joined the conversation adding fire to his father's anger, "Father, I… I don’t want to speak ill of Chris, but…" "But what?" Morris sighed rubbing his temples in frustration. Ivan lowered his gaze, as if he is reluctant to speak, "Even in the college, brother used to talk ill about our family, because of his lies everyone thinks that we are harassing and abusing him, some of my friends started making fun of me while calling me the son of an abuser, I never thought of mentioning this with you." "That bastard, how dare he do something like that?" Morris gritted his teeth with extreme anger, Ivan nodded his head and continued, "I thought brother did it out of jealousy but never thought he would be this… blackhearted. To deceive such a powerful family and ruin your reputation in the process? It’s hard to believe, but maybe he always has intentions of making us bad, Dad." Morris’s expression darkened after hearing to all these. The mere thought of Christian betraying him, and manipulating the Sargents for his own gain, enraged him "That useless rat, he is going to pay for this." Teresa seized the moment, with a sweet tone. "You’ve always been too lenient with him, Morris. Perhaps it’s time for us to use the strict method on him only then he'll be the obedient son of this family. Remember the residential school I mentioned? They’re experts in dealing with unruly children like Chris, why don't we send him there?" Morris glanced at her, remembering the school she mentioned, "You mean the one where they train children to be obedient?" "Exactly," Teresa said, and her eyes were lighting up while speaking, "They’ll teach Chris discipline and respect. And he won’t have the chance to pull any more stunts like this." Ivan nodded, his expression serious. "It might be the best option, dad, for Chris's sake, and ours." Morris stood abruptly, his towering frame casting a shadow over Teresa and Ivan. "Fine," he said coldly. "I’ll send him there immediately that boy needs to learn his place." Pulling out his mobile immediately from the pocket, Morris made a call to his assistant and barked an order. "Find out where the Sargents have taken Christian. I want to know everything, every detail about their location, immediately." The assistant nodded quickly, and hung the call to know the whereabouts of Christian. Teresa smirked, satisfied that her plan was in motion. She reached for her teacup, sipping delicately as she watched Morris pace the room, with extreme anger. In her mind, she envisioned Christian’s suffering at the residential school, she mentioned, it's a place where young children are treated as slaves, and to her it's a perfect punishment for a boy she had always despised. "Don’t worry, Morris," she said with a smile inwardly, "everything will be taken care of personally by me, and I bet once he goes there, he'll never return!"Latest Chapter
WHY NOT?
"I didn’t do anything," Christian said quietly.Aurora froze for a second, but her hand was still pressed against his chest, while fingers were trembling, eyes red and wet with unshed tears."I didn’t act that way to make anyone fall in love with me, especially you," he continued in a steady voice, neither being defensive, nor cold. "And I never had the intention of making anyone fall for me either." Aurora laughed bitterly at his statement. "Then why be like this? Why do you behave like this as if you're a gentleman?" Christian inhaled slowly, giving her time, and also giving himself time."I grew up watching my mother get mistreated," he said softly holding back himself not to break down as all the memories from the past surrounded him all at once. "I watched her get disrespected, silenced, broken… every single day, there's no single day passed in my life without seeing her tears, though it hurts that's how her life has been a hell with a man who didn't even give her the basic res
IS THAT IMPORTANT?
"I need to take care of something at the company, Rose," Christian said quietly. "I already promised Andrew that I'll be going to the company in the morning unfortunately I couldn't, at least now I should go." Rosaline sighed at his response, "Is it that important?" "Yes," Christian nodded his head with a determined face, "Of course it is important Rose, they must be panicking because of everything that's happening in the company right now, I need to be there with them, they stood by my side all the time, now whatever happening it's all because of me, shouldn't I be there to assure them everything will be okay? Isn't it my duty to take care of them?"Rosaline stared at him, arms crossed, eyes searching his face as if trying to read the thoughts he wasn’t saying aloud.She knew it's all because of Aurora, that woman targeted Christian and became the cause of all the mess, still, Christian isn't blaming her or talking ill about her, that single thing proved to Rosaline that Christian
YOU SCARED ME
"I still can't believe..." Christian didn’t remember the drive back. "I left that mansion!" He only remembered the moment the gates of Nevermore Mansion closed behind him, and how his chest felt strangely hollow the entire way, as if he had left something important behind without even knowing what it was.The car barely stopped in front of Rosaline’s guest house before the door got opened."Chris!"Rosaline ran straight toward him, not even caring that he hadn’t fully stepped out yet because she has been waiting for him all the night without even sleeping as she is worried about him from the moment Mrs. Nevermore has informed them about Christian staying at their mansion overnight.Immediately she wrapped her arms around him tightly, burying her face against his shoulder as if afraid he might disappear again, the thought of him disappearing made her heart clench in unexplainable pain and she was not ready to be separated from him even for a second."You scared me," she muttered. "Do
HE TRUSTS ME TOO EASILY
"What do you mean by a paternity test?" Adrian repeated softly, his voice steady in a way that did not match the tension coiled inside him.Lysandre nodded once with a gentle smile. "First of all, I apologise for doing such a thing without your permission my Lord, actually I've taken the samples discreetly. The lab used blood residue from last night, your wound, and… a sample retrieved from the bracelet fragments, I've given them to the lab by myself." Adrian didn’t check the report immediately, he didn’t need to, because his heart already gave an answer to him last night.Still, his fingers moved on their own, slow and deliberate, as he pulled the paper free.The words were clinical, cold, and unemotional.Probability of biological paternity: 99.99%.For a long moment, nothing happened, no storm answering the truth, not even wind came to disturb the silence that surrounded him.Adrian simply closed his eyes, not in shock, but in relief.Behind him, Mrs. Nevermore took a slow step fo
I DON'T KNOW
"I'm so happy after a long time Lys," Mrs. Nevermore smiled at Lysandre, though Lysandre smiled back as a reply deep inside he was nervous as he was waiting for someone or something so eagerly from the moment he woke up.Morning moved gently through Nevermore Mansion.There was no thunder to announce it, no lightning tearing through the sky, only pale sunlight slipping through tall windows, painting the stone walls gold and softening the shadows left behind by the night’s chaos.Christian stood near the window of Adrian’s room, adjusting the sleeve of his shirt absently.His body felt… fine.Too fine, there's not even a single ache, he couldn't feel any storm beneath his skin.No buzzing pressure in his chest, it almost frightened him more than the pain had.Adrian stood a few steps behind him, watching in silence. He hadn’t spoken much since the last conversation he had with Christian in the morning, only observed, as if afraid that sound alone might shatter this fragile calmness.M
AM I REALLY OKAY NOW?
"Whoosh!" Soft wind with gentle rays showed the signs that morning has arrived quietlyNo thunder, no lightning, no pain either, everything was peaceful in between four walls, there's no signs of any danger or awakenings anymore, all of a sudden it's very silent.Christian woke to the unfamiliar weight of warmth and silence.For a few seconds, he didn’t move as he couldn't remember anything at that moment, he simply lay there, staring at the ceiling, confused by how calm his body felt. No ache in his chest, no buzzing under his skin, no storm clawing to get out, it was like nothing ever happened to him, "Am I really okay now?"The question felt unreal.He slowly turned his head, and froze immediately after finding Adrian was asleep.Not on the bed, but in the chair beside it, his long frame folded awkwardly, one arm resting against the mattress, fingers loosely curled as if he’d fallen asleep mid-guard.He hadn’t left the room and stayed there for the whole night, the realisation th
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