Two Worlds Apart

Chapter 50

Eric's POV

It's been 2 weeks since Courtney lost her shop and I haven't been able to get her another one. Normally when I make calls for things like these, I get responses in less then 48 hours, but weirdly enough every effort put into getting Courtney a shop has been in vain

Jeff hasn't been able to get anything, two of my best agents haven't been able to aquire a single shop and to worsen the situation, Courtney was counting on me because I had promised her.

I knew there was a problem, I didn't know exactly what it was but from everything so far and if I'm guessing, the problem here has my mum's name spelt all over it

"Sir your mum is in company" one of my parents help said for the 5th time

"I heard you before, it's important. Why am I even asking you" I walked passed her and into the living room where my mum was in company of some her 'distinguished' friends

"Eric? What are you doing..."

"Mum I need to talk to you"

She looked at her friends who all stared at me

"But I'm busy...."

"It's urgent"

She sighs and gets up "please excuse me ladies" she gets up and we walk into my fathers study

When the door was finally closed behind us, she asked

"What is all this about?"

"What did you do?" I jumped straight on to the questions

She raised her brows "what do you mean?"

"I spoke to Collins to help me aquire a shop and his response after 4days was that shops are not for sale including the ones at the complex that I built for business purposes...."

"Business purposes, not for stupid girls that can't do anything for themselves" she said bluntly

I frowned my brows"excuse me?"

"Did you really think that you would be able to give out any shop in that complex without my knowing?"

"With all due respect mum, that complex belongs to me...."

"No Eric that complex belongs to us. It was built with the Martinez fortune and there is no way I'm letting you give it out to some dirty seamstress"

"Alright that's enough!" I yelled

Her brows shot up because of how high I raised my voice

"I don't know how you found out about Courtney and I but I knew you weren't going to keep your nose out of my business for long"

"Eric...."

"Stay away from everything that has to do with Courtney...."

She moved closer to me "If you think I will sit back and watch this abomination take place then you obviously don't know me"

"Everything that goes against what you want is an abomination, that's why I never involve you in anything that has to do with me. You're more like a hindrance to my happiness than anything else....." I felt her hand as she slapped me across the face

"Now you listen to me, you have 24 hours to end that joke you call a relationship"

I touched my cheek sightly before letting out a chuckle and turning to her

"Telling me to break up with Courtney is as useless as telling me to get back together with Theresa. I only came to tell you to stay away from my business, stay far away and I mean it"