Two Worlds Apart

Chapter 107

Eric's POV•

"I have no idea what to say" I stand in front of Gloria, still in complete shock of what just happened.

She smiles, taking both my hands in hers "that look, was all I wanted to see. I don't need you to say anything, I just want that glow on your face"

A grin spreads across my face and immediately envelope her in a hug, but not for too long....her husband is still here.

"Are you being serious?" Jane walks up to us. A frown clear on her face and her voice a bit high pitched

"What on earth was that? The designer? That's who you're going for now?" She asks, her first clinged "did you even remember I was here? What was that look you were giving to her"

I let out a sigh, my hands on my hips and my head lowered

"Why in God's name would you bring that seamstress to my house?" My mum walks up to Gloria

"To disrespect me? To upset me? You know better, Gloria"

"I don't care about anything you have with her, Barbara" she lets out a dry chuckle "I was only giving my friend the only thing I know would make him smile today, what's so wrong in that?"

"What's that suppose to mean?" Jane walks towards her "who the hell is she to him? Why would you plan something so stupid to humiliate me?"

"Alright, you ladies need to back off" Thomas walks in front of his wife, shielding her from them.

"Did you see what she did?" Jane points out

"That's enough, ladies" Daniel had to jump in.

They start getting enraged, blabbing from one person to another

"And you" my mum turns to me "you just stood there taking sides when you should have defended your mother"

I stay still, my hands folded and our eyes literally shooting daggers at each other

Jane then turns to me "what exactly do you or did you have with that woman?"

I look back and forth between them, good thing Theresa held her tongue.

"Now" I take one step towards them, turning to my mum

"Wherever Courtney and I are now, you put us there." I point out "The last thing I'll do is defend you against anyone because you really don't deserve it, you're good at handling everything on your own... aren't you?"

Her eyes were emotionless, her face holding a blank expression.

I then turn to Jane "I do owe you an explanation... just not right now. Let's leave" I try to take her hands but she pulls away

"You owe me an explanation, right here and right now"

I let out a sigh, shutting my eyes. I was trying to avoid much noise and to lessen the tension, but she wasn't making it easy.

"Jane, I really want to leave this place and I don't want to leave you behind"

She throws her hand "you can leave, I'll call my driver. I've taken enough disrespect for one day"

I turn to Daniel "can we?"

He presses his car key "thought you'd never ask"

Gloria blows a kiss to my mum "have a lovely day, Mrs Martinez."

Might as well lessen the tension for them by giving them space.

~°~

Courtney's POV•

"That's actually a good idea"

"How are we going to go about it though?" I ask Morgan

It's currently 5pm and Morgan scheduled a call for us to talk concerning the new department she's planning on adding to the company.

"The easiest way to go about this is partnering with a modelling agency." She states "it'll make the company less crowded and it'll seem more like a co-operation rather than just going all out and buying models and all that"

Clinton lets out a sigh "in as much as a lot of agencies would want to partner with us, many agencies would want to do this to boast themselves and might pull out once they've gotten the recognition they need"

I nod "that's actually true, Morgan. Many agencies would want to do this as a form of leaching."

She let out a sigh "what are you guys suggesting then?"

"Well" Clinton speaks "I suggest we buy a small agency. Buy it off the owner and build it up. That way MFE can have it's own modeling agency and we can finally cut off the cost of always paying for models when we need to shoot or have our fashion. Besides, others can hire our models, which will be beneficial to us and we won't be partnering with anyone, trying to build up anyone's name or have their issues and social media problems affect our image."

Morgan stays quiet for a bit while I quietly pick up the fruit bowl beside me, stuffing my face.

"That's actually a really good idea, Clinton"

I swallowed what was in my mouth "and a safe one to. The part about their problems putting a dent on our name is the biggest thing to consider"

I hear Morgan let out a sigh again "alright then, that's fine. I'll talk to a few people and I'll get back to you and we'll also be having another meeting with Morcé soon to hear what they've concluded on"

"No problem, Boss"

"We'll keep that in our schedule"

"Alright then" she said "enjoy the rest of your day"

And the call came to an end.

I place my phone on the couch and stretch out a bit, letting out a little yarn with my hand over my mouth.

How can I be the only one home? I can feel the boredom oozing.

"Maybe I should watch a movie" I ask myself slightly

I don't even get the chance to choose when Natalie's crying breaks my concentration

"My mini me's awake" I jump off the couch, pulling my shirt down and putting on my slippers before heading inside