The banquet lasted till evening. It was a real eye opener for Drew.
Recalling the expensive gifts Mr. Callahan recieved, he felt mad with rage.
If only he could buy them all!
As for Julian, Drew found him really accomodating. He wasn't proud nor arrogant, although he had a bit of over confidence. However, they hit the road quite well.
They even exchanged contacts and promised to be in touch.
Soon, it was only Mr. Callahan, Charlotte, Drew and Amelia left at the banquet table.
"It's getting late. I think i must take my leave now" Drew attempted to stand up.
However, Mr. Callahan swiftly interjected.
"How can i not show hospitality to my benefactor? may i be bold enough to implore that young master Drew pass the night at my place?"
Mr. Callahan was quite respectful. He believed that Drew had a powerful backing.
Drew shrugged and turned towards Amelia.
"Will you accompany me tonight?"
Everyone had weird expressions when they heard Drew's ambiguous words.
"That.. that's not what i meant!" he hurriedly corrected himself.
"I've literally lost my job because of you. Where else should i go?" Amelia huffed out a reply.
Drew turned towards Mr. Callahan.
"Then i hopd we won't be intruding"
"Hah. It's fine. We have alot of guestrooms to spare!"
* * *
"Father! is Drew really that amazing?" Charlotte asked her father as soon as they got into his room.
"Keep it down!" Mr. Callahan shut the door tightly.
"You are not to call him so casually or you'll put your father in trouble. Got it?" he wiped off the sweat on his forehead.
"Why are you fretting? he's just a doctor. Plus the car he came in isn't that special!" Charlotte pouted.
She felt her father was just being too paranoid.
"You won't understand" Mr. Callahan smiled bitterly at his daughter's ignorance.
How could somebody who could diagnos his ailment and beat the third young master of the Vlad family be anyone simple?
Worst of all, he achieved this without any skin contact.
Only a Divine Physician could train such a prodigy!
The next day arrived. Drew and Amelia had breakfast with Mr. Callahan.
Charlotte was still asleep by that time.
"So let's discuss your rewards.." Mr. Callahan cleared his throat.
Although he felt that somebody with Drew's status won't need his help, he decided to ask anyways.
For formality's sake.
"That's great. It just so happens that i have heard of your reputation in gathering rare antiques and herbs" Drew rubbed both palms together like he was a pervert reading an adult magazine.
"I am honoured"
"Okay. I am looking for some herbs. I hope you can be able to get them for me" Drew struck the nail on its head.
However, he swiftly added.
"Of course such items will be precious to you, so i won't be taking them for nothing!"
"Young master Drew must be joking. You found a cure to my ailment. How could i ask something more from you?" Mr. Callahan's brows twitch.
I am not an ingrate okay?
"However, i am curious. Just what kind of herbs might you be looking for?" he was afraid that he might not have what Drew was looking for.
Drew requested for a pen and paper and Butler Jaimes swiftly brought it over. Drew scribbled down the list of herbs he wanted and gave it to Mr. Callahan who smiled brightly when he saw the list.
He had them all!
"Jaimes, go get these herbs for me" he handed the list over to Butler Jaimes.
Although he was curious as to why Drew couldn't get such average herbs with his influence, he didn't think too much about it.
Maybe this was a test given to Drew by his master.
"Let's move on to the second reward"
Drew felt an headache when he heard these words.
"Can we skip it? i really don't mind"
Mr. Callahan was shocked when he saw Drew uninterested.
"Is my daughter unattractive to young master Drew?"
"How can that be? Miss. Charlotte's beauty can cause kings to go against each other. Of course she's attractive"
"It would be every man's dream to date her, even though it's short term. However, her opinion matters" Drews spoke with sincerity.
His relationship with Amelia taught him a big lesson.
Never force a lady's affections.
While they were dating back in high school, things were fine. They were still naive.
But when they got into college, their eyes were exposed to reality. He noticed Angela beginning to turn materialistic.
Even his friends warned him that the relationship wouldn't last.
But he kept deceiving himself that Angela would love him no matter what. So he tried his utmost to please her, at the expense of even starving.
At last, he finally realized that it was all just a fools dream.
"You are right" Mr. Callahan held his chin.
Although he wanted a capable son-in-law such as Drew, he wasn't ruthless as to sacrifice his daughter's happiness for it.
At that moment, Butler Jaimes arrived with some wrapped up boxes.
"The herbs are all stored inside. Do you want to take a look?"
"I completely trust in Mr. Callahan's integrity" Drew shook his head.
"Oh, and you should quit calling me so formally"
"Alright! Alright!" Mr. Callahan laughed heartily.
Drew and Amelia hastened up and finished breakfast in a jiffy.
"Thank you for the breakfast. However, we have urgent matters to take care of" Drew bowed.
"Then i won't hold you back. However, do well to drop by here" Mr. Callahan acquised.
"That is certain. My regards to Miss. Charlotte" Drew smiled, staring fixedly at a particular direction.
Butler Jaimes ordered three hefty men to load the boxes containing the herbs into Amelia's car.
Mr. Callahan escorted them to the gate and watched as the G-wagon drove off.
"You can stop hiding now. I can see through those paltry tricks" Mr. Callahan sniggered.
Whiish!
Charlotte suddenly appeared besides him.
She pouted.
"How did you know i was eavesdropping?"
"I didn't. Drew did"
Charlotte's eyes lit up in amazement.
"He's that amazing?!"
"You have no idea. So, what do you think of him?" Mr. Callahan studied his daughter.
A red blush crept up Charlotte's screen when she recalled Drew's heroic poise as he contradicted Julian.
Noticing this, Mr. Callahan flashed her a meaningful smile.
"Looks like somebody is in lo~ove~~"
"Pui in love with who?!" Charlotte spat shyly.
"Drew of course. Who else can capture the attention of my beautiful daughter?" Mr. Callahan replied with a sheepish grin.
"Ah! you are so mean dad!" Charlotte's face went completely beet red.
Unable to take it, she scurried towards her room while hearing her father's hearty laughter from behind her.
As her driver handeled the wheels, Amelia couldn't help but steal glances at Drew.
She was completely smitten at his awesomeness and charisma.
He managed to heal Mr. Callahan, befriend the third heir of the Vlad family and steal her heart!
Wasn't these feats a little too much for a single guy?
"Have you ogled enough?" Drew chuckled.
"Who wants to ogle at your ugly face?" Amelia was shocked when she said these words.
It came out so unexpected that she couldn't stop it. Since when did they become so casual?
Luckily, Drew didn't mind.
"I mean now that you've made me lose my job. I don't know what to do with my life from here on out" Amelia sighed.
"Don't worry about that. Just trust me" Drew patted her, his eyes filled with reassurance.
Somehow, Amelia found herself trusting his words.
"So where are we even going?" she suddenly realized that they had no destination in mind.
Drew's eyes became hazy, like he was reminiscing over something.
"My family"