Chapter 37_ Where is your Dad?
Arya paced around the room in circles, she wondered who that was..
First it was Vivian demanding money from her, then followed by her restaurant which will be demolished in a month’s time and now this unknown person..
“What do I do?” she murmured to herself and slumped down on the sofa in the room..
The last person she could meet was Kyle, she didn’t want him to see her so helpless..
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Kyle collected the file from his assistant and scanned through it..
“Boss, the document you handed to me is a fake one.. we never sent that file to Arya’s delight”
Kyle raised his head and met his assistant gaze “Then how come every word is the exact same as the one we prepared five months ago?”
The assistant swallowed and adjusted his glasses “I have no idea boss..”
Kyle hummed in reply and reverted his gaze to the document he was reading.. He noticed his assistant wasn’t leaving so he assumed he had more to say..
“Anything else Tim?”
Tim cleared his throat “Ma’am was at the park today with Martin”
Kyle closed the file when he heard a knock on his door at the study..
“Who’s it?”
Ray popped in with a pout “Are you busy daddy?”
Kyle smiled and urged him forward “Come here son”
Ray walked to his dad and helped himself to sit on his laps..
“What’s the matter Ray? you look unhappy”
“That’s because Arya isn’t happy, she’s behaving strangely since last night, today I overheard her talking to someone over the phone about some money that she’s owing”
Kyle raised a brow, He suspected it must be something related to her restaurant.
“Hmm.. I’ll look into it.. how about we go swimming? ”
Ray smiled and nodded “That’s a good idea.. I’ll go get ready”
Ray jeered and dashed out of the study room, immediately he left Kyle turned to Tim..
“Find out what Ray was talking about.. I believe there’s more to this, I need to get to the bottom of this by the end of today”..
“Yes boss” Tim bowed and left the study room..
Kyle relaxed back on his seat stroking his chin gently..
His gaze rested on the file one more time “Something is definitely fishy here”
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Chloe rolled her eyes as she received lectures from her four brothers..
“Come on guys I’m no longer a kid anymore, I have the right to move”..
“Well we don’t really care where you were for the past two days”
Chloe’s lips parted in surprise “Then what’s the use of this endless sermon Arnold?” she questioned her elder brother..
The dark haired young man Arnold stood up and so did the remaining three..
“We are only trying to talk some sense into you.. do yourself a favor and look for a guy who will be willing to take a character like yourself as a wife”
Chloe sighed “Arnold, Gerald, Liam and Lawrence! listen to me carefully.. I won’t leave here unless I wish to.. why don’t you all get married and let me be?”
Lawrence who was the youngest of the four brothers nodded in support to Chloe’s words..
“We will eventually but we’re still waiting for our money bag to get married first and that’s you!”
“Hmph!” Chloe snorted and left the living room for them, she has heard stories of siblings who took care of the last child and spoilt them rotten but in her case it was different..
Her four brothers keeps looking for reasons to marry her off to some rich man and make money out of her..
As soon as she left a knock came on the door, Arnold turned to Gerald “Go get the door”
However Gerald turned towards Liam “You heard him”
Liam tched and nudged Lawrence “You do it”
Lawrence reluctantly stood up, he wouldn’t have bothered to do it if Chloe was in here..
He walked to the door and pulled it wide open to reveal a lady..
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The lady threw back her loose strands of hair behind her..
“I’m here to see your b*tchy sister Chloe!” She announced and made her way into the house..
Chloe appeared with a bowl of ice cream, she choked and coughed continuously as soon as her eyes fell on Lora..
“You?”
Lora smirked “Yes me”
Chloe smiled nervously when her brothers gaze fell on her..
“What are you doing here?”
Lora folded her arm, “To get back my boyfriend that you shamelessly stole”
Chloe paused her lips, her brothers will definitely make this an issue..
“What boyfriend?” Arnold asked..
Lora turned to Arnold and walked to him “Your sister is a wh*re! she lured my boyfriend to her…
Arnold grabbed Lora’s chin to stop her from speaking “Now that’s a trait I hate in women! you’re in our house so mind your language and speak like a proper lady”
Lora snorted and pulled Arnold’s hand off her chin “How dare you lay your filthy hands on me?!”
Chloe took a scoop of her ice cream, she couldn’t deny that she was enjoying this show..
“Get yourself out of here or I’ll lodge a complaint against you for trespassing and the next time you try to bully our sister again I won’t go easy on you!” Arnold declared..
Chloe’s heart warmed, so he really cared about her..
“Bully? I’m the one being bullied by her! you don’t understand any…
Arnold grabbed her arm and led her to the door “Get lost!”
He said and slammed the door at her face, Arnold folded his arm while his gaze returned back to Chloe..
“Care to explain?”
Chloe shook her head “I’m just so touched after you stood up for me”
Liam snorted “Only we have the right to bully you.. not some incredibly pretty lady with a really great figure”
Chloe’s eyes dimmed, who was she kidding??
“You snatched her boyfriend?”
Chloe sniffed the air “I think the water is burning in the kitchen” She murmured and dashed off..
“Well this is good news right? someone has an interest in her” Gerald pointed out..
“It’s more than that.. I’ve seen that lady somewhere and I can tell she’s from a wealthy family.. Lawrence find out everything from Chloe”
Lawrence nodded in understanding, he was the only one among them who Chloe could confide in.
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Arya sat in front of Kyle, she couldn’t bring herself to look him in the eye because of his intimidating stare..
“Will you stop staring? you’re making me uncomfortable!” She lashed out irritably..
Kyle snorted in disdain, it’s not as if he enjoyed staring at her face..
“Has anyone ever told you how unattractive you look?”
Arya snapped her gaze to him this time making direct eye contact with him..
“If I wasn’t attractive you wouldn’t be staring at me right now… if you have a crush on me just tell I might consider you if I have the chance in a million years”
Kyle took in a deep breath and folded his palms into a fist.. if they argued like this they wouldn’t get to the main point..
“Don’t praise yourself so much.. you’re so unbearable and difficult to deal with”
“Says the man who bought my restaurant, what kind of a husband are you?” Arya questioned..
“Well I think we are even now Arya”
Arya shuddered when her name rolled on his tongue..
“Even? how?”
“You stole my son’s attention away from me, all he does all day is to sing praises of you while I’m completely forgotten”
Arya narrowed her eyes at him, what was he trying to imply?
“So that’s the reason you bought my restaurant?? that’s so childish of you Mr Anderson! and why wasn’t I informed before you bought my property?”
Arya suddenly went numb as she recalled something..
“The marriage contract I signed….
Kyle smirked “Exactly, well I think your ex fiance has all the credits but anyways this isn’t the reason i sent for you..”
Arya folded her arm and snapped her gaze elsewhere, Kyle just proved to her that he was a bit loose in the head..
“Where is your dad?”
The sudden unrelated question made Arya’s heart skip a beat..
“W.. hat?”
“Answer the damn question Arya!”
Arya jolted out of her thoughts, how did Kyle find out about this?
“Look.. I’m not doing any of this for you.. I’m doing it for Ray because when you’re happy he’s happy and whenever you’re sad then he’ll be sad and I can’t bear it!”
Arya took in a deep breath “He has been held captive by my step sister for four years”
“Good!”
Kyle picked up his phone “Find him immediately!”