Catch Me

Chapter One

Chapter One

Present Time

Eros Petrakis stood up behind his desk when his sister, Chloe, entered his New York office on Monday morning. He was the executive vice president of Petrakis International Holding Corporation, a multibillion world shipping company that recently joined the global chain of luxury hotels, resorts, casinos, and restaurants. Since he earned his Business Administration degree at Harvard University, he devoted his time to their family business, making it more profitable and competitive around the globe.

"You are late." Eros said firmly while looking at the antique wall clock.

"No, I'm not." Chloe frowned at her brother, following his eyes, then, looked at her Gucci watch. "Your clock is fifteen minutes advance."

He laughed and went to her side. "I always enjoy teasing you. You immediately react, like a scared mouse." He hugged and kissed her cheek, then playfully rumpled her hair.

"Eros, no! You are messing up my hair."

"HAHA! I miss doing this to you." He looked at his sister adoringly.

"That's because you seldom go home since you bought your new mansion."

"A man needs privacy sometimes, little sis."

"I understand, and please...will you stop calling me little sis, I'm a grown-up woman now, okay?"

Eros sneered at her and said. "Okay, as you wish...but you will always be my little sister, it's my job to protect you."

"I'm twenty-one not eleven years old. Stop protecting me, Eros, you are even more protective than Dad."

"I just don't want you getting hurt by anyone, by men in particular." He shrugged and continued. "You are always so fragile, naive and seem so... weak."

"Weak?!"

"Yes, weak when it comes to men."

"No, I'm not!"

"Yes, you are." He sat down on the couch and patted the space beside him. "I heard you are seriously dating. Is that true?"

Chloe smiled and sat down beside him. "Yes. His name is Martin Lambert, and he is an artist."

"A striving artist. Tsk...tsk...You should be careful in going out with men like that. They are extremely introverted and have idealistic minds."

"I know what you are trying to say, he is not weird okay?"

He smirked. "I'm sure he knows that your family is extremely rich. He could be an opportunist."

"Oh, Eros, Martin is different. You are just like Dad, both of you said the same thing. Just trust me."

"Well, I don't trust him." He shook his head.

Chloe sighed and put her arms together. "You will like Martin once you get to know him."

He grinned and shrugged. "Come, I'll walk you to your new office, then we can start discussing the interior designs of our new luxury hotel in California."

Chloe suddenly felt so excited and at the same time, nervous. Nervous because the new hotel would be the world's most luxurious and grandest hotel, and she would be designing its entire interior. Another thing was that the hotel was a joint venture of Petrakis International Holdings Corporation and Monteiro Land Group Incorporated. She was not against the merger, only the thought of meeting Iñigo Monteiro again in the process of decorating the hotel. She still hates him for what he did to her five years ago.