Uprising Of The Hidden Heir

CHAPTER 7

 Austin could barely hold his laughter as he continued to stare at him with so much awe.

His heart beating hard against his chest as though it was going to burst through. He watched as Ariel walked up to him, her hands firmly around his neck, and she kissed him.

"I never knew that I had gotten a blessing in disguise." She muttered under her breath.

Soon, Austin could no longer control himself as he burst out into laughter making everyone in the room fling in his direction.

"Is the fool real right now?"

"What makes him think that he can laugh?" Another voice streamed swiftly into his ears.

He could already hear the pattern of feet from behind and he turned around to see who it was only to notice that it was Lady Kate.

His hands had a tight frown on her face, one that was enough to throw him off balance.

"And what right do you think that you have the right to laugh?" She thundered at him, her voice laced with so much hatred and disgust but even at this, he was still calm.

"I just wanted to know which heir is befriending. The one that I know or anyone else." He finally said.  Not intending to say the words aloud but didn't realize when he did that.

At first, there was still silence in the place after which everyone that surrounded him burst out into laughter at the words.

"Has the divorce affected you so much that you are no longer thinking straight?" Ariel could not control her laughter as a drop of tears escaped from her eyes even without her knowledge of it.

Luther shot a really weird stare at him after he was able to control his laughter.

"Come to think of it. What do you That you will be able to clean the dust off the shoes of the heir even if you have an opportunity to?

I am beginning to wonder how engrossed you are in this dilemma of yours." He laughed at him.

Austin's arms were clenched to reinstate his calm as he continued to stare at him right in the eyes.

"You do a great job of deceiving people. I wonder how long you will be able to keep up with it." He muttered under his breath with an air of disgust hovering around the words.

They went ahead to sign the papers as he had a lot to carry out for that day.

First, Mr. Rufus made sure that all the colors were matching to his taste. Never had he imagined that his uncle could be this nice.

Hearts racing, teeth clicking. Something didn't feel right with him that evening but he pushed the thoughts away from his head.

"I would like to introduce you to the board of directors first."  His uncle announced to him before going to the main party that was going to start in a few moments.

Taking him around each of them, they all took turns bowing before him.

Soon, it was over and he proceeded to the hall. Flirts of luxury cars were packed around, enough to snap the breath out of anybody's lungs.

Staring at the beautiful building that was laced with gold and silver, he could feel his heart beating hard against his chest.

His eyes skimmed through the hall as though he was in search of someone. Soon, he heard a swift pattern of feet racing toward him.

"Sir. Austin". A voice called out to him from behind.

Turning around, his eyes met with Jane. She seemed to be a little bit exhausted as sweat gradually dropped down from the corner of her face. 

And though it was not easily noticeable, as someone wholly intelligent he could tell that her steps were unsteady.

"Sir Austin." She greeted once again, bowing slightly before him and most people didn't notice this strange exchange between them.

"I wanted to tell you the turnout of things." She finally began, drawing her pad off from her purse.

She listed every single bit of the events and finally ended with a note.

"Mr. Ramsey and Rufus are at the hospital and will be here as soon as possible." She finally said and he nodded his head, drawing a really deep breath as his heart raced faster.

"I will leave now." She finally said but as she was about to go, he stopped her, making her turn around towards him.

"Is there anything that I can do for you Young master?" She inquired but he shook his head and proceeded to compliment her.

"You did a great job here." He finally said.

Immediately he spat out the words from her lips, and a weak smile was spotted on her face swiftly.

"Thanks." She appreciated walking away from the place.

He stared at the watch in his hands and noticed that there was still an hour before the time and David wasn't there yet.

Walking over to the central table, he took a glass of wine and was about to sip but something really strange happened.

A crashing force came afterward, snapping it off from his hands and it crashed to the floor, making a shattering sound.

Everyone stopped at the sound almost immediately turning around to see what was going on.

Pairing at the smashed glass that was lying on the floor, confusion flooded his face as to who was capable of doing that.

But the question that longed in his mind, waiting to be answered was soon answered as he lifted his eyes only to be met by a scornful frown.

It was Ariel and her boyfriend. His face squeezed into a frown almost immediately, his hands clutched, trying as hard as he could to control his rising anger.

"Guess who we have here," Luther said under his breath with a smirk but he was firmly ignored as all of Austin's attention was focused on Ariel.

"Why did you do that?" He shot the question at her staring right into her eyes but a chuckle from her was the first response that he got.

"Are you directing that question to me?" She responded swiftly.