Mystique Well

Chapter 27: Getting Ready For The Party

Actually what happened on that day was that Eric was going to propose Genevieve so he had asked her to meet him alone and that is why he was waiting for her but on seeing his elder brother's call he became so excited that he forgot that it was already time for Genevieve to come.

When he finished speaking to his brother, he flinched as he turned back. "Gene! Yo-you came?!" He said nervously.

"Was that Mayson Forbes? You were talking to Mayson Forbes?" She asked in surprise.

"N-no no. It wasn't him." He said.

"Well then who was it?" She asked.

"He...uh...he was a friend. I mean my friend. He looks like Mayson. Hehehe." He said.

"So you call your friends big brother?" She asked raising her eyebrows.

"Huh!" Eric was too stunned to speak anything.

"Eric, I am not stupid. I just saw it all with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears. You were talking to Mayson Forbes." she said and Eric was about to say something but Genevieve interrupted him and said, "I'm not done yet. Eric, that day when you were showing me our photos on your phone, while scrolling, accidentally a photo came up in which you and Mayson were together and when I asked you about that, you said that you have edited this photo because you are a big fan of him. Not only this, whenever I asked you about your family, you avoided telling anything and today you were calling Mayson as big brother! Eric, can I know what's going on? Do I have the right to ask this?" She said almost on the verge of crying.

Eric was so stunned that he was unable to say anything. Only his panicked breathing could be heard. For a few seconds, only the breathing of both of them could be heard. Whenever he opened his mouth to say something, no sound came out of his throat.

Finally, he took a deep breath and pulled himself up to say, "My name is Eric Forbes. The younger son of Anna Forbes and John Forbes. And their elder son's name is Mayson Forbes. Mayson and I are real brothers."

Genevive's eyes widened upon hearing this but before she could say anything Eric began speaking again, "What happened? Are you not angry with me? You are thinking that I befriended you just to pass time. Isn't it? I am also like those Cassinova type of boys. I am also one of those spoiled kids of rich people who keep changing their girlfriends every month. Isn't it Gene?" Tears started forming her eyes after he said all these.

"This is what I was afraid of. This is the reason why I always hid my identity. And not just from you, but from everyone. If you don't believe me, ask any of my classmates about me, they will not be able to tell you anything about my family because I never told anyone anything. Because I don't want people to know me as Mayson's younger brother. I don't want you to like me because I am the brother of some Mayson Forbes. I just want people to know me as Eric Forbes. You know me as Eric, which is my real identity. Gene, I know I ruined everything but..." Saying this, he took out a cute teddy bear from his bag pack and knelt down in front of her and said, "Dear Genevieve, I Eric Forbes want to be someone special to you. Will you let me do that? I know it's not any expensive gift because I don't want to show off my wealth to you but I... I love you. I love you Genevieve."

She was too stunned to speak anything and thought that how wrong she was about him and guilt started rushing through her veins. She slowly took the teddy bear with her trembling hands and said, "This is more valuable than any expensive thing" and hugged him dearly.

"I love you Eric... I'm sorry I thought so wrong..." She said.

"Shhh... It's okay. I love you too." He said.
************Flashback ends***********

(Mayson's POV)

My heart was touched after listening to Eric and Genevieve's story. These two really love each other a lot. Genevieve is absolutely perfect for my brother. She also showed us her family's pictures and talked a lot about her childhood and her parents. Not only this, she also invited us to her house, although she was feeling a little uncomfortable while saying this, maybe she was thinking that we would refuse to go to a middle class family, but we are not the ones who decide a people's class based on their financial status. A person's class is decided by his/her character and motives.

Well, the party is about to start now, I should go down to welcome the guests. By guests I mean most of them are our family members and some close friends but there are some people who are actually guests and I had to invite them on my mother's insistence. It's not that I did not want to invite them but... I am talking about Maya and Monica. I had no objection in inviting Monica but if I invited her and did not invite her sister, she would feel bad, so I was avoiding inviting both of them, but my mother....I mean till date even my father has not been able to prevail over her, so what am I?
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Almost everyone had arrived, Kyle had also arrived, he was the first to arrive when I was not even ready. He has a habit of dropping in at the wrong time and I don't even want to change this habit of his. Everyone has arrived but Maya and Monica haven't yet. Maybe they won't come. I was thinking when someone called me "hey Mayson."

"Oh hey aunty!" I said and forced a smile because this aunty was one of those relatives who enjoy insulting people without any reason. Relatives being relative, I guess.

"So tell me dear how is your work going?" She asked.

"It's going well I guess." I said.

"You guess... Hmm... I have heard that your singing voice has deteriorated a lot these days." She said and I felt so so much embarrassed. I was going to say something but someone already replied, "still people like to listen to his songs."

I was shocked and turned around to see that person and it was...