The Secrecy✔

Chapter 18

Samuel Parkinson

It's been almost three or four months since I met her. I'm glad Liz is starting to open up to all of us. However, she still looks hesitant, but it's a good thing that she begins to talk more. When she called me a 'Jerk', my demon inside me had awakened. I mean no one has ever call me that before, not even those one nightstands.

My anger was reaching its peak when I heard her said that. However, I don't know why I didn't let my rage on her, but did the exactly opposite thing. I somehow have the urge to make her stay longer in her office or the intentions of annoying and bothering her. It was a new thing for me, seeing a different girl whose personality I have never ever encountered before.
She is unpredictable. I asked Finn to find some information about her and I clearly remembered that moment.

I was doing my paperwork and about to go to a business deal when my phone rang.

"Good afternoon, Mr.Parkinson!" Finn greeted me and I was in a hurry.

"Cut out the introduction, have you found anything about the girl?"

"Geez... I was just being nice and look what I received for doing that, huh?" Finn mocked me.

"Just give the damn reason why you called!?" I scowled at him, knowing he was being irritating.

"I researched everything and I barely found any information about her." He sighed loudly as I was getting badly annoyed.

"What do you mean??" I grumbled. "Send me the files now."

"Alright." In a minute, a file was sent to my private mail. I was still in my office, so I sat on the chair and opened what Finn had sent me.

"Me and my team were trying hard to find information from her background but nothing seemed to be found." Finn informed and I knew that he worked hard on this. He was my best private investigator and usually the things I informed him to searched, only took him two or three days. However, this time, it took him almost two weeks to send me the information.

"It just showed that she was an orphan and she used to stay in California when she was 18 and was honeschooled. Then she traveled to new york and as you already know, she's currently living with Tori Grace and is working for you as a designer." Finn recited as I was going through the files carefully. "That's the only thing I found important about her. Other than that it was just her normal resume that she applied for her job."

I nodded as I was thinking hard why there was so little information about her.

"Did you check if she had a clean record or anything unusual?" I asked him to confirm.

"Yes. She didn't commit any crime or was on any news. I checked everything and she was just an ordinary girl, but she has so little information."

"OK! And if you find anything else, report me as soon as possible, got it?" I ordered him as he replied.

"Roger that!" Then the call ended leaving me in loads of questions and curiosity.

I was getting ready to pick Bella up with the guys after we had bought the drinks that mom asked me to. We picked up Bella and now we're entering the house. As soon as Bella stepped out of the car, she quickly ran as fast as a cheetah into the house leaving me and the guys looking worried and praying she wouldn't trip on her small feet. This girl is very energetic, she talks a lot in the car while I and the guys were trying to keep her under control. For a small girl, she surely runs fast as hell.

Asher and Jack were worriedly chasing after her when I eventually got out of the car. We entered the living room and saw that Tori and Liz had already arrived. My eyes slightly widened, lips parted and starstruck, at the side of her, but I quickly covered that up.

Liz was looking very beautiful in that red blouse and her black skirt. She had a light make up on and her long wavy blonde hair was down. She looks so much different from any other attires she has worn before. She seems like the type of girl who likes to wear something comfortable and doesn't want to flaunt her beauty. It suits her perfectly and something inside me has awaken, but I need to keep it under special control.

I turned to Jack and saw his eyes were already stuck on the girl who was sitting next to Liz with Bella hugging her waist. The one and only, Tori.

Tori was wearing a printed silk dress and she was indeed looking good in it. When we take a seat, Jack's eyes haven't taken off of her yet. We greeted them and they went back to talking with each other. Tori was still unaware of Jack's stares.

I turned to him and whispered, making sure that only the three of us could hear.

"You're whipped, bro!" I muttered as Asher and I chuckled softly.

"Wait until it's you guys' turn." He glared at us and took his eyes away from Tori. Hahaha.... I wonder when will that be.

"Nah.... I'm enjoying my bachelor life." I implied and Asher agrees with me.

"We'll see." Jack smirked, looking at the Asher and I.

"Guys and Girls, come on, it's dinner time!" Mom called all of us to the dining room. Almost everyone were getting off of the couch and walking to the room. I saw Tori, Liz and Bella were still on the couch when I was standing and starting to follow the others. I was near the dining room door and I briefly turned and took a glance at the three figures near the couch.

Tori was standing near Bella while Bella's hand wrapped around her finger looking at Liz. Liz was bending down to Bella's height and she seemed like talking to Bella and her face was smiling widely as she has her pale white hand on Bella's chubby cheeks.
She looked at Bella lovingly when Bella was chuckling cutely. I turned back and went to the dining room.

A few seconds later, the door opened and came in the three girls. Tori took a seat across from Jack and Bella took a seat on her tall chair next to Tori. Liz then took a seat beside Bella.

"Are Zoe, Eva, Ben and Kyle coming?" I asked my mother.

"Yes! They will be here in.... " My mother was interrupted when the door opened and came in the four people I just mentioned.

"They're here." Mom smiled and those four took the remaining seats.

Zoe, Eva and Kyle are my cousins like Zach and Alissa, too. Ben is Zoe's husband and they got married last year. Kyle is the same age as me and Eva is his sister who is younger than him by two years. I like talking to them three except for Kyle. He's a total flirt. Not to mention, he always boasts and shows off every single time he opens his damn mouth.

Seriously! His company isn't even as big as ours and without the Parkinson's help, the Willer will be in the pit.

Kyle and Eva's father is my mom's cousin, so we help them with their business.... a bit.

Kyle took a seat in front of Liz and he was checking her out shamelessly. Liz must have been oblivious to his look while I'm here, my eyes on him intensely with my jaw hardened and blood boiling, trying to stop my demon inside from coming out and do some pretty unexplainable things.

We begin eating dinner and I see there is Pesto and Carbonara pasta in this year's menu. I notice that we never have pasta in our dish for Christmas before. I try the pasta and man.... It is one of the best pasta I have ever tasted. So that results in me, consuming pasta most of the time.

"I see that you like the pasta, Sam." Mom turned to me and said.

"Yeah. It's delicious. You're good at making this, Mom!" I told her as I was eating the Pesto pasta.

"Oh dear, I didn't make this. Tori and Liz brought them, right girls?" She informed, shoving her head to the two girls.

"Oh yes! But I didn't make it, it was all Liz's cooking, right Liz? I just helped her with the cutting and the chopping." Tori informed everyone, turning her head to Liz then at me.

Did I just compliment the girl who called me a 'Jerk'?!?!

"So, how was the pasta again, Sam?" Jack smirked at me, knowing that I would never ever compliment things verbally other than mentally.

I cleared my throat and sat straighter while shrugging "It was fairly edible."