Mother Would Be Proud Of You

Eve anxiously drove along the busy road after the close of the day at the office, heading toward her father’s mansion. She was eager to feed the man all about her first day at work.

She envisioned how proud he would be to hear about her success in all the meetings, she thought. Except for the one with Noah though. It’s definitely a failure because there’s no way she would sign the deal. Finally, her car stopped before the large building of the Gray mansion.

“Welcome, Miss Gray.”

“Welcome, Miss Gray.”

“Welcome.”

The servants all lowered their heads as she slowly walked past them.

“Ma’am, welcome,” one of the servants stepped closer and greeted.

“Thanks, Lily. Where’s father?”

“Your father is in the garden. He insisted on taking some fresh air outside.”

“You shouldn’t have? We all know that his health is not good right now and he should not be anywhere cold. Did you forget it's winter?”

“He insisted, ma’am. I'm sorry for being incompetent.”

“It's fine. I'll just go outside and see.”

Eve walked out of the house and began taking steps to the garden in search of her father. The cool breeze was enough to have her rub her arms soothingly.

“He never listens to anyone. It’s so cold outside.”

Finally, after a few minutes of searching, she found him sitting on a chair a few meters away and immediately, she stormed to him.

“Father,” she scolded.

Mr. Gray turned a smile on his lips.

“Oh dear, you're here.”

“Father, what are you doing outside?”

“Taking some fresh breeze. Come on, join me. Let's have a chat.”

“Really? Did you suddenly forget all that the doctor said? It's cold outside.”

“I'm not cold today. The weather is good. Stop scolding me like I’m a child.”

She sighed and stepped closer.

“It's not about being a child. You're getting older. Your health is weak,” Genevieve said as she sat on the chair opposite m her old father. She saw the sadness In his eyes as he looked at her causing her to feel a pang of pain in her chest.

This man that she finally accepted as her father, she had only known him for ten months but it seemed as if she had known him for ages. Maybe it's the blood bond in their veins or whatever but she felt this strong connection with him.

“By the way, why is there a second chair here when you're all alone? Did you have a visitor?”

“No one was here. I only brought it here to think properly. You know, your mother and I used to sit here every evening and look at the stars together and she used to sit in that same chair. We used to count the stars together and play right here.” He gazed up to the sky, his eyes filled with regret and pain.

“Mother would be proud of you anywhere she is right now. Her husband didn't forget about her even after years of her death. I'm proud of you too, father.”

The man wiped his eyes and laughed. “Right? How was your first day at work?” He changed the topic.

Eve sighed and glared at her father.

“What?”

“You know what you did, father.”

“Me? Did I do something?”

“Yes, you did. How could you make me work so hard on my first day? I can't even feel my bones.”

“I gave you the easiest things to do on your first day, you know.”

“That means there's more work than that?”

He nodded. She looked at him in dread. Why didn't anyone warn her about this?

“Really, father? I had a lot of meetings today. And those files on your desk? Jeez.” She wasn't sure that she wanted to continue this at this rate.

“Nothing is easy in this life and if you want to progress and move forward, you have to work hard every single day like you will die if you don't. It's all about being consistent and If I can do it and succeed, I'm sure that my daughter will do even better. Trust me. By the way, how was the deal? Has it been concluded?”

“Oh, that? Is it that important to you?”

“Every deal is important, Genevieve. It's important to both parties. Though not as much as it is to them.”

After chatting with her father for a while, Genevieve stood up from the chair and announced her departure. Her father had first refused to let her go and had questioned why she moved out in the first place.

Well, she loves to have her space and wants somewhere she can live alone without these blocking servants and security everywhere.

After much convincing, he finally let her go.

She slowly walked to her car and drove out.

Once all of these are settled and once she achieves her goals, she is going to move here again so she can spend more time with her father. The loneliness in his eyes was killing her. She doesn't want to get him involved in her plans and troubles. His health won't handle that.

She could still remember the first day that she moved in here. The day that she found out that her father was Mr Gray.

All her life, she has been told that she was an orphan and her parents died while she was a baby. That was why she was always bullied in school years ago.

While growing up, he lived with her grandmother in a small community. She was her mother’s mother and had taken her in as a child. That was until she decided to move to the city for school and work.

After the divorce from Noah, her life became a living hell. While staying with him, she didn't think to save any money and because of that, all she had when she moved out was a few bucks and her phone.

The money in her hand didn't even last her three days before it finished as she had spent it all on renting somewhere to spend some days.

Getting chased from the motel for not having money to pay for food and rent, she stumbled on the street with her luggage and failed to watch where she was going. She was hit by a car and the next time she woke up, she was in the hospital and it was already a month passed, and with someone claiming to be her father.

She learned that after being hit by a car, she was taken to a hospital and ended up being in a coma for a whole month. The man who hit her showed her a DNA result proving that they were father and daughter and gave her a big hug.

Up till this day, the story was not that clear to her but she understood the part that she needed to.

He was her father and seeing the striking resemblance in both of them she didn't doubt it at all.

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