"He did it again,he's not picking up,"Mrs Avery knights complained to her husband who was seated down in the sitting room busy with his phone.
"Honey you need to calm down."Mr Knights told her in a not so concerned tone over the situation.
"Calm down you say ,this is not first time he's stood up countless potential wives which I've chosen for him,since he has decided to not take me serious by getting a bride by himself!"Mrs knights was getting irritated over her son's attitude.
She just received a call that he did not adhere to the blind date she had set up for him tonight. To make the matter worst,her husband do not seemed concerned whenever the issue about him getting married was been brought up. Irritated, she walked up to stand in front of her husband who lifted his face from his phone to ask.
"What's wrong? Seriously honey, I don't see any problem in Zaiden's decision to not get married now"
"That is what you have always been saying for years now, Ezekiel, how old do you think he is, and you of all people know that without him getting married father would not give the company to him"
"So ,this is all because of the company Avery,you are scared for your son to lose his inheritance"
"No it is not,you seem relaxed about this whole issues because you do not get to see how embarrassed I get whenever I go out to meetings for my friends to brag about how thier son's and daughters are doing well in their marriage!"Mrs Knights complained with hurt in her voice"People are talking Ezekiel,they assume that my son is gay,at least if he has a girlfriend he should have intorduced her already to stop the paparazzi from prying further in his life "
"So what is the point,what do you want me to do to help?"Mr Knights said dropping his phone to give his full attention to his wife.
"Firstly,you need to talk to our son to know what is wrong with him,he does not want to talk to me lately and does not take my calls again"
"Okay I will call him over and do just that,if his reason is not valid,then I will know what to do when father comes back from his trip",Mr.Knights said holding his wife's hand."Don't worry,everything is going to work out just fine,now smile for me my lady".Mr.Knights teased his wife until she gave him that mind blowing smile that caught him off guard the very first day he saw her.
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"I heard he stood up the girl Avery set him up with,that's good ,with the way things are going it seems the rumours are true Zaiden is gay".Sophia Knights said pure happiness was radiating over her face,for the news which her spies just reported back to her.
"If he's a gay, that means no marriage,and no marriage means...?"Elijah knights said looking at his wife"No inheritance"
"The balls are being thrown in our favour darling,I'm so excited"
"Once Nathan gets to marry Nancy,the company then becomes fully ours,Now tell me is that not amazing?"Elijah asked his wife Sophia who turned to him with a wicked grin plastered all over her demeanour.
"That is perfectly amazing,I mean honey ,what was father thinking to make Zaiden the heir to the company,our Nathan is much more reliable and worthy to behold the honour to be become the heir to Knights Empire"Sophia said pridefully.
"But honey,I'm afraid.."
"Afraid of what?"Elijah,the second son of Knights Empire asked his wife who was seated on his lap.
"What if the rumours are not true,what if Zaiden actually was pretending all along just.."
"Thats not going to happen Sophia,you need to relax ,I have got everything covered"
"You do not understand Elijah,I have this feeling that he is pretending"Sophia muttered,there was this feeling she was having that something huge was coming their way and she was not going to like it.
"Look at me baby,do you not trust your hubby again?"
"I do Elijah,what are you trying to say?"
"Sophia baby "He called as he stood up walking in circles till he stopped for a while.
"Elijah,what do you got up your sleeves,tell me?" Sophia said standing up,she turned her husband to face her,but the look on his face was the one that said that he has something cooked up in that brain of his.
"Growing up ,I have always knew that the company was going to be Ezekiel's,but since we now have our son's competing for whom to be the heir,am afraid that I can not afford to lose this time around sophie,the cards must be in my favour".Elijah knights said reminsceing over the past on how his brother got to be the heir to their family business,while he got to be the second choice.
"I can still not understand you Elijah,what are you trying to say?"
"You won't baby,I don't plan on making you understand right now"
"Then when?"Sophia pestered him further but all she got was a smile and peck on her forehead.
"Relax honey,all you need to know is that our son is the only heir to knights corp okay "
"Okay"Sophia said with a smile.
"Now that's my baby,we need to rest,we are going back tomorrow ,father would soon be back,now after you"Elijah said drawing Sophia up from the chair to the bedroom.
"Are you not coming along?"Sophia asked him when she noticed he was not coming with her to their bedroom.
"I will join you soon hunipie,I need to think"
"Okay,I will be waiting"Sophia replied back kissing his cheeks,she decided to leave him for a while ,ever since Zaiden and Nathan were born,she knew her husband has not been himself.
Elijah sipped his wine while staring at the busy nights of country B,he took a vacation with Sophia to rest for awhile,think and set his strategies on her to make his son Nathan the potential heir to Knights Empire.
"I do not plan on losing this time Ezekiel,not ever!"