"Kim dear , william tells me that you guys have completed the shooting at that horrendous mountain " Madame Genevieve said sipping her glass of fruit juice..
"Oh my God mum, its wasn't that bad" Kimberley said laughing while lying on her mum's laps browsing through the vogue magazine..
"You can't convince me otherwise, look at you...you look so thin" Madame Genevieve argued worriedly, causing the people present at the living room to burst into fits of laughter..
"William, I hope you didn't make things difficult for Kim" she asked looking intently at him..
"Of cause not aunty, she is my favorite cousin I can't possibly let her suffer" he said seriously raising his hands..
"Hmm" she didn't believe him..
Getting up from her mum's lap, she stretched and went upstairs..
"You have somewhere to be" Mr banks asked as soon as kim made her way to the stairs..
"Yes, I need to pick up kathryn and rebecca for our spa date" she said smiling at how she worded it..
Hearing her mention kathryn, William sat up immediately..
"Oh, you know kathryn" he asked excitedly..
"Yes, why?" She asked squinting her eyes at him in scrutiny..
Clearing his voice he sat upright and decided this opportunity is as good as any to solicit support from his uncle and aunt on his new quest....
"Aunt ,uncle...I have something I want to say" he started....rubbing his two hands he was visibly nervous as all eyes were on him..
Getting a nod from the patriarch of the family he said "I want to settle down"
"Well who would have thought" kim said teasing him..
"That's good, I hope she is from a good family" Mr banks asked...
"Well about that....."
" I have not met her formally" he admitted..
"So its an arranged marriage then" Madam Genevieve enquired..
"Well, its not...I mean I know her...we all know her" he said...
"Its kathryn....she is the woman I want to marry", he finally admitted..
"What!!" Kim shouted..
Madame Genevieve looked suprised..
"Better keep your flirty self away from her" kim retorted...
"Kim" her mum chided her..
A thick cloud of silence enveloped the whole room...
"So she doesn't know your intentions yet" mr banks asked after what seemed like forever..
He had seen what kathryn looked like up close, she was a beauty with brains, her achievements is enough testimony to that but there was something about her that doesn't seem right to him...
And then there is his son Davin,who might seem like a block of ice unable to express any form of emotions but seem to look at her direction more times than he could care to count on that faithful night at the after party...
He knew that look very well, heck he used to look at his wife like that before..
He wondered what it was about her that got his boys hooked..
"No sir" he replied..
"Hmm.....her company are among those invited to the anniversary, you can make your move tonight if she is able to make it" mr banks said
He shrugged his shoulders when he found his wife glaring daggers at him...
"Good luck with that" kim said and went upstairs...
The atmosphere in the room was definately not what he'd expected, and he wondered why kim was super against him getting together with kathryn...
Seeing that kim were friends with kathryn, he needed to convince her that he was genuine and who know, maybe she can help him win her over..
With that thought in mind, he went up after her..
"Excuse me uncle and auntie" he said and left..
Getting to the second floor, kim was already out of her room and in the hall way..
"Can I talk to you for a minute kim" he asked almost pleading...seeing his pitiful expression she decided to humour him and besides her anger had already subsided..
"I want to ask....uhmm, did I do something wrong cause it seemed you are angry with me for something I have no idea about" he asked
"No you didn't,and sorry for how I acted earlier" she said sighing...
"Then why were you mad at me earlier" he pressed on...
"Oh forgive me for looking out for the only friend i have ever had and not wanting her to end up with a serial flirt and a cheat....William you have a Playboy reputation that precedes anyone in the industry...." she said visibly pissed at him for thinking her anger was unfounded..
Hearing what she said, he lowered his head...he was guilty as charged...
"Fair enough....but I can change for her" he said..
"Yeah right, what about your model girlfriend" she asked folding her arm in front of her chest waiting for an answer...
He pinched the center of his brows, he could definately see a headache coming....he had already forgotten about her..
"That's what I thought" she said smirking at him..
"You don't deserve her" she said as a matter of fact.
Hearing her last statement he stared at her annoyed..
"Who the hell do you think deserve her then" he asked rudely...he couldn't handle his bruised ego..
"Davin" she called out..
"What?" William asked, shock visibly written on his handsome face..
"Dav are you going somewhere" she panicked...
She wondered how much he had heard from their conversation..
Turning around he saw Davin walking towards them in a gray sweatshirt and black jeans, he dressed simply but nothing about his looks were simple, he was gorgeous human specimen..
"Yes" he answered curtly..
Sensing that something was wrong, kim asked him to drop her off at Kathryns' which he reluctantly agreed to..
From the time they left the banks mansion to the road, Davin didn't said a word to kim..
"Are you mad?" She asked softly..
"No" he said with his eyes still fixed at road..
"Then why aren't you looking at me or talking to me" she asked aggrieved by his reaction..
"Because I am driving" he gave a half baked answer which he was sure kim wouldn't buy..
"Ok" kim answered and looked out the window..
He sighed when he saw her dejected disposition..
He wasn't mad at her or anything close to that, he was just mad that Williams was still persistent with his desire to woo kathryn..
He knew his cousin, whatever he sets his mind to do he would give it his hundred percent and ninety percent of the time he'd achieve it.
Seeing her pouting lips his heart softened, she was his baby of cause, he could never be mad at her..
"Am sorry, don't be sad ok" he tried coercing her but she still didn't look at him, he smiled at her petty action...
"Can I buy an ice cream and appease her Majesty" he teased her which worked as always , as she turned, stared at him for a milliseconds and burst unto laughter..
He smiled when he saw her laughing heartily..his strategy always worked..she wasn't too hard to please after all..
"A birkin bag and all will be forgiven" she stated smugly..
"Yes ma'am" he answered chuckling..