Secrecy of Regrets

56 - So This Is How It Feels Being Rich.

56 -So This Is How It Feels Being Rich.

That Catherine Bakker had to have some fantastic theory with Ethan Steiner.

"How do you know her name Jack?" Charlotte asked.

"That's because I sent her to you. I - actually we know her. Don't we Ethan?" Jack said with that hidden laughter and Ethan's eyes couldn't grow any big with horror.

"How do you guys know her and I don't?" Charlotte specifically directed her question to Ethan.

"We met her at a fundraiser event." Ethan replied with an unsure expression.

"After that event Ethan got a very good business deal and if you had noticed his visits to the UK increased last year. And the deal had to come to an end as the project finished. You could have expanded the business there Ethan." Only I could catch the mocking tone in his voice at that time. Charlotte was busy decoding what Jack said.

"It was a short term project, nothing big and serious. I saw short term profit and invested into it." Ethan replied in their same secret way.

I was totally enjoying that conversation, so I arranged myself on the couch and folded my hands.

"She has to have something with this deal of yours you are talking about, doesn't she?" Charlotte asked, narrowing her eyes at Ethan.

"Of course. Catherine was the assistant of her father, the CEO of the automobile company. She convinced her father about Ethan's proposal." Jack was playing his part and that too very well.

"Now I know how and why she convinced her father for the deal. Ethan is there any girl left out to be banged by you, business , outside business, clubs, bars. I don't even want to know about other places, you know." Charlotte was angry, frustrated and hurt. She stomped out of the cabin and to the back side of it.

Poor Charlotte...

But only if anyone of them could tell the other about their feelings. And because of that I'm frustrated.

Ethan rooted his seat which irritated me even more.

"Do we have to remind you to go after her?" I exclaimed, throwing my hands in the air.

"Please pretend you are putting in some efforts too rather than to sit and wait for us to do it."

"Going... I am going." With that he went the direction where Charlotte had gone.

But after 5 seconds he came back and just said with wide eyes -

"Don't tell me you guys planned it!"

I facepalmed myself for his discovery and couldn't stop myself from warning him - "Okay, we planned it and now we are withdrawing from this mission. You sit here and I am going to get her."

"No No No No. I'm going. I'm going." I nodded my head and plopped down on the couch again.

"Let's go upstairs. I want to see the balcony." I had to ask him to come with me because it was dark out there.

"Can't you go by yourself? Ohh yes, you are afraid of the dark, aren't you?" Jack could not hide his mocking smile.

"Ohh yes, always Sherlock Holmes, aren't you?" I rolled my eyes and went towards stairs but not before confirming Jack was following me.

We reached one of the big rooms - maybe a master room? And the balcony attached to that room was the best part of that cabin. It provides you with the perfect view of the garden and a lake. I let out a relief sigh enjoying the cool breeze of the night.

"So this is how it feels being rich." I turned to Jack taking support of the railing attached to the balcony.

I noticed the sudden drop of his egoistic, mysterious and mocking smile. I hit the bad spot there.

Why can't I stop myself from spilling so much?

"Arey yarr (Hindi Slang) I am from a middle class family. Let me experience how it feels being at place with such a beautiful view. You know what is the view from my balcony back at home in India?"

"How can you know. Let me tell you. It is the view of the balcony of my irritating neighbor. How she managed to wake up early in the morning and wash the clothes and hang them to dry in sunlight is still a mystery to me. And the horrific part is she is always ready to start a conversation even on the topic of weather, if she sees me anywhere near the balcony."

Only when I stopped my blabbering I noticed Jack had changed his position from before me to beside me. And he had that amusing expression on his face again, so my guilt reduced slightly.

"What?" I had to ask him because he didn't speak anything.

"What was that?" He asked.

"What was what?" - we were playing question-question.

"The word you first said?"

"I am from the middle class-" he interrupted me and said -

"Not that. The word before you start this talk."

I had to replay the whole conversation in my mind and then realized that he was asking about the word - 'Arey Yarr.'

"Ohh that! That means 'Ohh Buddy' - I guess."

He shook his head finding this word amusing.

"Now how did you convince the Catherine Bekker?" 

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01-10-2020

Hey Wattpaders!!!

Here's the update.

Ethan and Charlotte's never ending arguments and slowly building up chemistry between Jack and Jiyana.

Sorry but this is to inform you that I have exams from the first week of November. So my updates will be more irregular than before. I may or maynot be able to update early.

But if I get time I'll update one or two chapters.

Please be the honest readers as you already are.

Happy Reading!!!