No offense, but fuck you!

/Brian's POV/

I storm out of the resting place angrily,heading for my car and driving away while trying to stomach and process the magnitude of Adrian's betrayal only for me to be interrupted by my fathers call so I stop the car to talk to him so that I don’t get myself killed.

“Mr kings has been trying to get a hold of you since the scandal broke out but he has not been able to reach you” his assistant, Miss Caleb says on the other side of the phone and I sigh.

“What does my father want?” I Ask her so that she goes straight to the point instead of boring me with unnecessary details.

“.your father is presently at kings corporation and he wants to have a proper conversation with you concerning everything that is going on “ she informs

“ fine…..I will be there as soon as I can” I answer her before hanging up the call.

One minute, I was dealing with the shock from the most unexpected news of the year, the next minute, I was dealing with my psycho ex and my back stabbing friend , now I have to go through endless questions and Rounds of scheming on how to damage control the whole situation with my dad because my engagement with Ember was not the only event going on when Ember collapsed earlier today, we had a double celebration going on in the hall.

My father decided to have mine and Embers engagement together with the celebration of the 25th anniversary of kings corporation so for what it is worth, he has to come up with a proper explanation for the board of directors of kings corporation and the general public on behalf of kings corporation.

My father needs an explanation that will be strong enough to damage control the pregnancy scandal that is going on, but at this point I strongly feel that the almighty Xander kings has been corned so whether he wants to or not, he has to take full responsibility for what is going on because the whole pregnancy news is not just a rumor, my fiancée is really pregnant for another man,and there is no disputing that fact.

One thing I just find difficult to wrap my head around is why Adrian and Ember decided to allow things to get out of hand when they could have just been honest with me in the beginning, At least we would have been able to salvage the situation from going out of hand.

Adrian had every opportunity to inform me that something went down between him and Ember because shortly before I found out about the existing marriage alliance between the kings and the Westons, he was the first person I called to inform about the family dinner that my family was supposed to have that day and he pretended like everything was fine.

Let’s assume that he had no idea that there was ever going to be anything serious between Ember and I , After I found out about the marriage alliance, the first place I drove down to was Adrian's apartment to inform him because we used to be able to confide in each other before he started acting really weird after getting the news.

It was bad enough that he didn’t react to the news of Ember agreeing to marry me properly, after I drove down to his apartment that night to inform him, he even went ahead to ask if I was drunk before he started acting up.

“ No offense, but all this is not normal, it doesn’t even look normal but you are here celebrating your luck for getting together with your “college crush” without having to do as much as lifting a finger to win her over when Ember on the other hand must be having a hard time because this is not what she wants” he expressed but I was offended by his statement so we got into a heated conversation.

When I realized that Adrian was taking the whole marriage proposal thing way more personal that he was supposed to , I went ahead to ask him what Ember agreeing to marry me had to do with him but he just waved it that Ember us his friend and he just wanted to be there for her .

I should have sensed from the statement that Adrian made that something was seriously wrong because since Embers twin sister died, Adrain stopped valuing relationships and just detached himself from every single person.

The only reason why Adrian and I remained friends over the past three years is because I kept on reaching out to him despite how many time he pushed me away because I understood that at that point, he had it rough for him.

I made myself available for him every time he needed me but the one time I went over to his house the share good news with him as a friend, the subject of his concern was how wrong it looked………how wrong my happiness looked.

“ you know what? I won’t say horrible things to you out of anger because I may end up saying things that I don’t mean, so before I do something that I will regret for the rest of my life, I will get myself out of your house” I said to him as I picked up the jacket that I dumped on his chair because of how excited I was to share the news with him.

“ you don’t have to force yourself to be a part of my happiness if you don’t want to neither do you have yo force yourself to attend my engagement or wedding ceremony” I told him

“ I can’t promise you that I will understand why you chose to be your typical self when all I could use at a moment like this is your undivided support, but anyways it is what it is” I sad with a sad smile

“ have a nice life, I am done trying to be in it “ I concluded before finally walking out of his presence.

At the point,when things was starting to get out of hand, Adrian could have just confided in me and given me the opportunity to make my own decision whether o was still willing to marry Ember or not instead of cornering me in such a way.

I thought that Adrian and I used to confide in each other no matter how bad the situation was, or should I just speak for myself since I am only 100% sure that I had Adrian's back.

I confided in Adrian because he was one of the closest friends that I had, but instead of him to tell me the truth behind why he was strongly against my engagement with Ember, he decided to watch me make a fool of myself.

My engagement was originally arranged with Embers other twin sister, Eden but she refused to go ahead to accept the existing marriage alliance between both our families because she wasn't ready to go through with an arranged marriage.

I was also strongly against the whole idea of getting my marriage arranged to someone that I had no feelings for, but I it was just easier for me to keep quiet about it and not get into trouble with the all powerful Xander kings since Eden was already spuring on the rebellion against her own father .

I was still generally observing the situation hoping that Eden Weston was going to be able to control the whole situation so that I wont have to go against my father publicly when Ember Weston suddenly decided to go through with the arranged marriage in place of her sister .

My mentality towards the whole arranged marriage changed because even though the alliance was arranged by my father and Embers father, I was still willing to go through it because I have always admired Ember from afar, and a relationship with her is something that I can give up my prized possession to have.

Over the past two weeks, I have tried to put in effort into both Ember and my relationship so that ‘Ember can At least see our relationship as something much more beautiful and meaningful instead of an agreement between our parents to expand their businesses but seems more like I have spent the past few weeks making a spectacle of myself .

I drive into kings villa and I head for my fathers study after parking in front of the house because only God know why my father summoned me despite me having so much going on without giving me time to process my emotions.

“You sent for me” I inform as I step into his story with his back facing me in the dimly room exhaling a strong presence like that of a medieval king.

“What is the meaning of this?” My father finally faces me and tosses his phone on the table towards my direction so I pick up the phone to check what he has to show me, and alas it is a video of me getting physical with Adrian at the resting place .

“You are the heir of kings corporation and your attitude anywhere should be a proper representation of our company and our family so why exactly didn’t you think twice…before punching him in the face” my father scolds and instead of dragging the conversation any further I just keep quiet because I already got the satisfaction that I wanted for punching that human.

“The issue of your violence is besides the point that I called you here”

“I have handed that case over to the PR team so that your wrong representation of our company’s image won’t affect our stock price.” my father says letting me off rather readily which is quite surprising

“Since you have this “whole situation” under control, what was the need to invite me here” I ask my dad demonstrating the air quotes around my words because I doubt if he really has the whole situation under control.

“Since he scandal happened,you have not posted anything in response, so while we await a proper explanation from the Weston’s, I want you to announce on all your social media platforms that you are breaking your Engagement with Ember” my father instructs making me almost spew blood in disbelief

“I don’t understand, what other proper explanation are you expecting to get from the Weston’s when we both know that Ember is really pregnant so I strongly feel what we will be looking for a way forward”I express

“Looking for a way forward is exactly what I am doing, that is why I told you to break up your engagement with Ember so that when the impact of the scandal dies down, you can announce your engagement with Eden Weston” my father answers with a cool ,calm and collected voice

“You are kidding right?” I ask him chuckling slightly

“Does it look like I am?” He expresses in a cold voice that sends shivers down my spine

“How am I supposed to marry Eden Weston after I just got engaged to her sister?” I mutter In confusion with my gaze full of questions

“That is why I just told you to break off the engagement with Ember as soon as possible so that the general public will stop associating you with the scandal” he answers with unfazed expression,that of unexpected calmness.

“I have not decided if I want to break up my engage with Ember or not, but even if I do break up my engagement, there is just no way I can marry Eden Weston” I express hoping that for once, my father will see things from my point of view instead of imposing his decisions on me.

“The alliance between the kings and the Weston’s is a done deal,so you will marry Embers twin sister to uphold the deal on your end as the heir of kings corporation” he speaks with the intimidating tone of a king.

“ why do you have to complicate my life just because I am the heir of kings corporation?”

“For crying out loud, I am your only son and I try my best to ensure that I work as hard as everyone in this office does because I don’t want to take liberty for license, but you keep complicating my life on a daily basis” I express with my voice holding a sense of being wronged.

“I have made my decision, you are going to break off your engagement with Ember Weston this night, and few days later we will discuss your marriage with Eden,and that is final” my father says giving off the aura of God passing judgement while I just stare at him in disbelief

“You no what?” I finally speak up after a while

“No offense, but fuck you” I sneer and walk out of his office without looking back.