Sarah took a cab from the airport and alighted at the Granger's Mansion
She's been trying to reach Blaire but that lady isn't picking up her calls so instead of the hotel suite she had booked upon arrival, she decided to check on Blaire first
She paid the cab driver and the security man let her through the gate and into the Mansion
Sarah stepped into the mansion and she wasn't surprised at all to meet an empty living room
"Sometimes I wonder if anyone lives here at all" Sarah muttered
"Who are you?" Sarah heard a sharp voice from behind and she turned around to see the eldest of the Grangers siblings walking in with his wife
"Oh she's that brat's assistant" Ryan sneered and Sarah was bowled over for a moment
"Umm excuse me but I work for no brat, as a matter of fact I work for Blaire Granger, the CEO of BG Estates, not some brat" Sarah retorted
She wasn't necessarily stunned, she knew perfectly well just how scornful Blaire's siblings can be
"Oh I know you, who wouldn't, you've probably been to this house more times than you've been to yours, that's if you even have a house" Linda jeered and Sarah scoffed
What? Just how discourteous and ill-mannered are these people?
Sarah sighed
"Unlike you two, I've developed a quite thick skin so I shall leave you to your jest and find the one I came here for" Sarah conceded and walked up the stairs finding her way to Blaire's room
"Blaire!" Sarah called out on seeing Blaire laid flat on her bed
"Blaire" Sarah called repeatedly tapping her passed out friend
Blaire turned around in the bed, slowly opening her eyes to see the blurred figure of her assistant
"Sa.... Sarah?" Blaire faintly called as she sat up
"What the hell is wrong what you Blaire? Did you drink till you blacked out again"
"No Sarah, I....I just had a bottle" Blaire defended, sitting up and rubbing her sleepy eyes
"You have to cut on your drinking habits Blaire, you are pregnant now"
"You don't need to remind me" Blaire pouted as she stood up and went wash her face in the bathroom
"So, did you just arrive in London?" Blaire asked, cleaning her face with a towel as she walked out of the bathroom
"I arrived over an hour ago, haven't even been to my hotel suite yet cause I had to come check up on you as you weren't responding to my calls" Sarah said and Blaire simpered
"No, no stop raising those lips corners, I didn't come because I cared about you or anything, I just came to check if your siblings succeeded in killing you so I can proceed with my plan of organizing a coup and taking over your company" Sarah jeered
"Yeah right, good luck with that" Blaire chortled
"Anyway how's my business fairing in New York?" Blaire asked sitting beside Anna on the bed
"Well the partners are in line, surprisingly Mr Carter is being a good boy too and he's making profits since he invested in the estates, sales have skyrocketed too since you won best growing business in New York" Sarah reported and Blaire nodded
"That's good news, at least my business is doing great unlike me"
"Is there any time you ever feel great? You sulk about the littlest thing when you are alone" Sarah remarked
"Anyway, you told me you've found your sperm donor, did you get him to sign the contract you prepared?"
"Oh please Sarah, do not remind of that douchebag, yes I did find him but I've never met someone so overly rude, I'm used the having the last word when making scornful remarks with my siblings but that simp never lets me have the last word, he always finds a way to make a comeback and get on my nerves"
"Ooohh, seems like you finally met your match in the taunting game Blaire" Sarah laughed
"Its not funny Blaire, I've never met anyone that's as proud as that guy is, no wonder he still remain in the slum, I offered him four thousand dollars Sarah, four thousand dollars every month for the nine months but that rude jerk remained obstinate and refused my offer!"
"Wow I'd jump at that offer if it was made to me, how could he refuse it?"
"Exactly Sarah, he is just every bit of annoying" Blaire huffed
"What are you going to do now?" Sarah enquired
"I left the contract with him to read through and contact me but he's obviously not going to do that so I have no choice but to find another way to coerce him, I'll get in touch with the owner of the Auto repair shop he works at tomorrow and buy the place from him, that should give that rude boy a good push to accept my offer"
"Buy the Auto repair shop? Did the owner put it up for sale?"
"Well not really"
"If it wasn't put up for sale then how sure are you that it would be sold to you?"
"It will be sold to me tomorrow Sarah because everything is for sell, you just have offer the right amount of money to get it" Blaire
"Well good luck with that, it's pretty late now so I'm off to my hotel"
"What? Why must you go? You can spend the night here"
"I already have my suite booked and my luggages have been transferred there plus I'll like to have my own privacy, you already bother my life a lot in the day, I can't give you the nights too"
"Oh please Sarah please, just spend the night here please, I need some company, I am pregnant remember?" Blaire pouted
"Your emotional blackmail isn't going to work this time Blaire, sorry" Sarah said as she stood up to leave and Blaire decided to use the last card she has on her sleeve to stop her from leaving, a card that has proven to be the most effective
"What about your crush? James? You haven't seen him have you? If you stay the night here you'll get to see his face first thing tomorrow morning and I'm telling you Sarah, that guy's early morning face, it's magical" Blaire said with a dreamy face
"Oh fine! I know what you did there and it worked but get it clear, I'm not staying the night for you, I'm staying so I can see James and marvel in the uniqueness of his aura" Sarah fancifully remarked, eyes closed as she dreamt of being in the presence of her crush
"Right, I get it so stop, you are giving me creepy vibes" Blaire said and Sarah chuckled
...
James went into to the Chairman's room to confirm if he has taken his pills and to get him tucked in for the night
"You taken your pills Sir?" James asked as he walked into the room
"Just right before you walked in" the Chairman nodded
"Okay the doctor is coming in for your routine check up tomorrow so I think you should retire to bed early to be in a good shape by tomorrow" James suggested and the Chairman agreed as he moved from the couch to the bed and James helped him cover up with his duvet
"Blaire's still hasn't said anything about her boyfriend's arrival?" the Chairman asked
"No Sir but...." Jason remembered Blaire's remark when he had confronted her about it this morning
....."I told you guys already, he'll be here soon, I just need to find a way to coerce him into signing the contract".....
"What are you thinking about?" The Chairman asked on noticing James' creased brows, he always does that when he's critically thinking about something
"Nothing Sir, I just....I can't help but suspect Blaire, she seems like she has something up her sleeves" James voiced
"Why do think so?" the Chairman asked
"She acts weird most of the time Sir, it's already much of a coincidence that she happened to be pregnant just when you announced your successor will be the first one to give you a grandchild but then again, today she made an out of the place comment when she was drunk, I asked her about her boyfriend and she said something alone the lines of she'll bring in her boyfriend soon, she just needs to find a way to force him to sign the contract"
"And that is why you think she's up to something?" the Chairman enquired
"She might have been drunk but that remark must have definitely come from somewhere" James said and the Chairman smiled
"What about Ryan and and his wife, Linda, what do you think about them?"
"They are always so discreet and I never paid much attention to them so I'm not sure if they are up to something too"
"Oh they are all up to something James that I can assure you, it is my companies in line after all so I expect them to go all out to in order to get it, if they don't then they do not have my gene after all, we'll see in the coming days, all the strategies they've adopted just to get my company and what they do not know is that grandchild or not, the one with the best strategy wins, I do love a good game after all" the Chairman said....