EDRICS MANSION
Olivia sighed as she closed a door behind her. She takes the stairs down to the living room and tells Cassey, a maid, to get her some tea. Cassey wastes no time as she heads to the kitchen to prepare her tea.
Olivia sits down on the couch and rubs her eyes with her hand sighing clearly showing she was tired. " Charles!"
" Yes, my lady?" A man looking in his late sixties hurries over to Olivia. " Is my husband home yet?" Olivia looks at her watch which tells her the time is 8:30pm into the night.
" Eh... no, my lady. Sir Reginald isn't home yet". Olivia looks frustrated as she scowls. "Don't tell me he is still at that wretched woman's place because I am going to lose it-"
" Madam, Miss Helena is his sister -"
"And I am his wife!" Olivia yelled. Charles bowed his head as he saw Olivia was already furious. " Am I not his main priority, Charles? He has three kids with me and has been married to me for twenty five years now but he still can't spend even an hour at home with me?" Charles simply shook his head as he did not know what to say.
Olivia was saying the truth. Reginald was hardly ever home. He was either at the company, monitoring what Raymund was doing, or he was at his family home doing God knows what.
" And that Helena. She and her mother control Reginald like he's still a boy when he is in fact a grown man. He does whatever they want and it's pissing me off!" Olivia yelled.
" I guess it's true what they say. Like mother like daughter " Olivia added.
Just then, Harper entered and at that moment Charles heaved a sigh of relief. Now that Harper was here, he didn't need to deal with this crazy woman anymore.
Harper gave Charles a questioning look and she saw her mother having another rampage but she didn't know why. Charles mouthed, ' The master isn't home yet' to Harper and she immediately understood.
She signalled Charles to leave as she walked towards her mother. " Mom, I'm home". But Olivia looked at her like she was looking at a child who was asking for something which she didn't have and said, " And why does that matter?"
Although her words were harsh, Harper wasn't affected. She had been called worse by her so called mother so many times during her childhood that these became normal for her.
" Father called. He said he won't be coming home for the next three days". Olivia immediately stopped ruffling her hair and looked at her daughter.
" Did he tell you why?" Olivia asked and Harper could only scoff in her mind. ' Acting like she cares. Afterall, all she wants is his money. Once she gets that, this will be another chance for her to go to her lover again. Cheater '.
Despite her thoughts, Harper responded. " He said he has some business to attend to with Aunt Helena-"
' CRASH!!'
Harper stared at the now broken vase on the floor with a straight face and heaved out a sigh. Before she could finish her sentence, her mother smashed a vase hard against the marble tiles to stop her.
" Don't you dare call her name in front of me. You shouldn't even be calling her Aunt! You should be angry with her for manipulating your father's life!" Olivia yelled.
In response to her yelling, Harper simply walked away, going up the stairs to her room, leaving her mother to calm down. Olivia just yelled at her daughter's retreating back, " You ungrateful brat! Why did I ever conceive you! You shameless girl!! Only your brothers were enough for me, why did you have to come into my life?! Just get out of my life already!!"
Though Harper was already gone, Olivia kept on yelling, " You've already tainted my reputation with that man. Now, you support that slithering snake?! Any of my children supports her are dead to me, ya hear me?! Dead! I don't have a daughter!"
.....
In Harper's room.
Though Harper heard her mother yelling at her, she couldn't care less. She simply sat on her bed. When she heard her mother's last statement about her daughter being dead, she mockingly laughed, " Like I ever had a mother"
.....
The next day;
Damon came out of his bedroom after a short nap and headed to the kitchen to get some water. He came out holding a glass of water near his lips. He was about to gulp down the whole glass when he frowned.
" How's it going bestie?" Damon simply ignored Levi as he walked over to the sofa and sat down. " What? Not even a hello? Wow."
Damon remained unaffected as he drank his water. After gulping down the content of the glass, he asked, " How's my sister?" Levi's face became serious as he said " She's doing great actually. Unlike her friend. Her friend's been going through a really tough time."
Damon just picked up his phone as he said, " I asked about my sister. Not her friend. As far as my sister isn't affected, I don't care".
Damon then started scrolling through his phone as he mumbled, " So many messages".
He then sat up as he stared at his phone in shock. " What?" Levi asked as Damon immediately stood up from his seat. He immediately grabbed his laptop and went to his dining table.
He quickly opened the laptop as he said, " It's already 9:00pm. I'm late for our chat session. I just hope she isn't asleep yet"
Levi groaned as he said, " Ah, yes. Your awesome web pal bestie who just happens to be your crush"
Damon's eyebrows creased as he stared at Levi. " I don't have a crush on her" Damon said with so much certainty in his voice. Levi laughed as ge said, " Oh please, you never miss a chat session with her even if emee are having executive meetings, you smile 24/7 when chatting with her, you get worried when she doesn't reply your messages and badly want to know who she is. You even get all giddy when she sends you emojis with hearts in them".
" It's written all over that you have a crush on her. " Levi continued
Damon glared at Levi as he said with conviction, " I. Do. Not. Have. A. Crush. On her!" Levi raised both his hands in surrender as he said, " Fine, fine. You don't. But you should know that denial is the first stage".
Damon creased his brows but didn't reply Levi as he started typing. But he immediately stopped when he heard what Levi said next. It was like thousands of swords pierced his heart, were removed and was pierced again.
" How do you even know she's a girl?"