AFFECTION

THIRTY ONE

31

DAVID WELLINGTON

"Hope and Oliver are not safe around him. Get that into your head. A man who can't look at women respectfully, won't hesitate to use his nephew as a ticket to heaven. He wasn't Venus' real brother after all. He's the half brother for God sake! And I sent you that news, didn't I? He's accused of being associated with a human trafficking gang."

I remember Eric's words from that day, my stress only multiplying manifolds. His security team is very fine, they know well how to deal with all this.

Aurelio, that day was a piece of shit. He badmouthed Hope, making me smack him thrice.

"Now I know why you married her. She looks so appealing!", his comment still had a nerve in my head bobbing. That was as ridiculous as Eric explained. Why did I think that he will ever be better? Why was I even helping him? My money is probably in some dumpster. And on top of all this, he wanted to meet Oliver.

Now I understand why Eric kept Oliver so shielded. He even told me that he was afraid that if he didn't use the card of Erica being his aunt in his favour, he would have lost him to the children welfare commission, and worse, Aurelio would have been contacted as the nearest relative. I can't imagine my baby living anywhere around that bastard.

I sat straight in my chair and called my new PA to come in.

When he did, I asked, "Eric is in his office or not?"

He nodded, "Yes sir! Mr. Ashton has just come back from a lunch meeting."

I stood up from my chair, and i guess after months made way to the cabin opposite mine, greeting Antonio, his PA on the way.

He was talking on the phone when I went in and took a place on the chair opposite him. He stared at me, probably wondering why I came there, but continued talking. To prove he is the same asshole who i know since our diapers time, he continued talking to the client for fifteen minutes. And to say all his clients talk to his PA. And definitely nobody talks to him for more than a minute, unless it was my sister.

Once he was done, he set his phone aside, "How can I help you Mr. Wellington?"

Oh! We are being formal. Or he's probably, no certainly mocking me.

I rolled my eyes, "I need your security men to report to me too. After all they are the incharge of my wife and son's security."

He nodded, "Your wife, son and you."

"Tsk! It's necessary to show how high and mighty you are. Isn't it?!? Tell them to report to me, or I'll hire a separate security team."

"Separate but second best."

I glared at him, feeling irritated because I have to ask for a favour from him.
"Will you or will you not?"

A smirk appeared on his lips, ofcourse loving how I am stuck in my problem.

Nonetheless, he made a call, most probably to Stephan.

"Stephan! Now onwards, report to David also about your management. He seems like he'll piss in his pants, worrying about his wife and son."

I looked at him bored, as he continued to give some more directions and then finally kept his phone down, "Happy now?"

I stood up from the chair, "This changes nothing!"

"You are here. In my cabin. After months. This changes alot!"

I folded my hands huffing, "You remember you were angry at me? How come you're so chirpy all of a sudden?"