Love Lost

To Family

Forth POV

I woke up in good mood the next morning. I was advised by my ever dependable staff that they're in the process of remedying our last concern and that should take the weekend easy. Sweet.

So I did just that.

Went on a jog.
Had coffee and a bagel for breakfast. Resumed sweating in the gym.
Used the sauna, then showered.
Grabbed lunch at the newly opened resturant in town.

"Today is definitely my day!" I hollered in my mind together with this brilliant idea that I will go see Beam. I would like to at least thank him that I finally reconnect with my mother.

I was in my car when I received a message from Wayo. "Phi, I'm here at your condo, where are you?"

"I just had lunch. Why?"

"I want to apologize. Can we talk?" Reading between the lines, it seemed Wayo was upset. I decided to forgo meeting Beam and drive back to my unit. After all, Wayo is still my boyfriend so he takes priority.

My little stroke of luck continued that afternoon as Wayo and I made up from our last argument. We acknowledged that the difference in our maturity was apparent and we need to do something about it.

"Just please be patient with me, P'Forth." Wayo said with tears in his eyes. "I promise to be the person you deserve."

"Alright, I will. Be patient with me too. I'm overbearing sometimes. I think it comes with the age. I guess I grew out my rebellious phase and started getting serious about our business. I'm also the heir to our empire and I wanted to be worthy of it." I brushed Wayo's hair.

"Phi..." Wayo enclosed his arms around me.

I dittoed his action and caressed his back. He raised his head to look at me. I kissed his forehead as a sign of my love. But then pinched his cheeks.

"As punishment for all your misgivings, no sex until Uncle Chris tells me some praise about you." I said firmly.

"Awww phi! Anything but that!"

"No buts nong! I look forward to hearing positive things from uncle about your performance as his heir."

I figured we better change our dynamics to make our relationship stable. Given my heavy workload nowadays, I can't keep my promise of giving him satisfying sex whenever he wants. But of course, if it is in a form of a reward, then I can make special exemptions from time to time.

xoxo

Later that day, we had an unexpected guest. We were chilling in the living room watching Netflix when we heard knocks on the front door.

When I opened it, I was surprised to see dad with a lot of grocery bags by his feet.

"Ahoy!"

"Dad? What a pleasant surprise!" I immediately hugged my father and gave him pats on the back. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh nothing, I just want to spend some quality time with my one and only son, that's all. I was told by your staff that they forced you to take it easy for the weekend. I figured this will be the most opportune time."

"Aww shucks!" I scratched my head. My staff just says to much information. But I won't be able to enjoy this free time without them. "Well, come on in!"

"You seemed to have bought a lot of stuff." I commented when I saw the contents of the groceries as I grabbed the bags.

"I wanted for us to have dinner together. So decided that I'm gonna cook for this special occasion." Dad answered. "So I gonna need to use your kitchen."