Chapter 9

Mr and Mrs Thompson rushed out, they were curious about the noise. They were utterly speechless when they saw it was their daughter. 

Mrs. Thompson rushed to her and hugged her, "Oh my darling daughter, I've been waiting for this day to come for all these years."

Margaret hugged her back, 'Mom, I wanted to surprise you, and I'm happy that you are surprised. "

After the daughter-mother drama, Margaret finally has the time to approach her Dad. She doesn't like her Dad that much, because he was the reason she went to America, leaving Carson all alone. 

"Dad, I'm back." She smiled at him, although it was not genuine. 

The only thing that she was pleased with while she was away was that they arranged her marriage with Carson. 

Mr. Thompson nodded and patted her head, "I'm happy to see you. Come on, let's go inside. "

It looked like they still haven't noticed Carson, but Carson does not give a fuck about it. 

Margaret and Carson were offered a drink when they got inside. That was when the husband and wife realized that Carson had been here since. 

"Oh Carson, I'm so sorry, I forgot about everything else the moment I saw my daughter." Mrs. Thompson apologized. 

Carson shook his head, "No it's okay, it normally happens like that. "

Mrs. Thompson turned to her daughter, "What would you like to eat? "

Margaret shook her head, "I just ate before coming here."

Mrs. Thompson furrowed her brow, "You mean you've been back for a while?”

Margaret nodded and turned her head to look at Carson. "I've been living with Carson, but I arrived here yesterday."

Mr. Thompson was satisfied with it so he didn't say anything. He just watched as the mother-daughter talked. 

After getting bored of their talk, he excused himself. He went to his study. After a short while he called Carson to join him in his study. 

He felt that Carson would be bored so he called him to his study. He wanted to have a man-to-man talk. 

Carson knocked and entered, he sat down himself before he was offered to do so. Mr. Thompson looked at every movement of his. 

"Are you satisfied with the arrangement?” As a man that he is, he didn't need to beat around the bush. 

Carson smirked, "You guys already decided our future for us, do we have any option?"

Mr. Thompson was left speechless, he knew that Carsom won't beat around the bush that was why he also asked his question without beating around the bush. 

"Your father and I decided this together, not me and my wife. We thought about other ways to make our relationship stronger and we thought of this."

"And that's the major problem we are having. Let us decide our future by ourselves, but you still want us to follow the same old method." 

Carson was not interested in the conversation from the start, but now, it was more frustrating for him.

Mr. Thompson was still pondering on what to say when he heard Carson's voice.

"If you would excuse me, I would like to start going now.”

He excused himself and went back to the sitting room. The mother and daughter were still busy chatting, and Carson didn't want to stay there for any more minutes. 

He gave a condition, "Let me take you home or you want to go home by yourself."

Margaret knew not to say anything and just chose. "It's okay you can go."

Carson strode out of the house in a big stride. 

Mrs. Thompson was not satisfied, "Is this how he will treat you when you get married?"

Margaret would still stand for him, "No, it might be that he got an urgent call from the office. Mom, just forget about that."**

Carson hit the wheel of the car angrily. He drove to his office which was on the other side of the road. 

His secretary was not at work to receive him so he had to go to the office alone. He sat on his swivel chair. He was turning to a chair and moving it from one side to the other. 

He closed his eyes and opened it. He took a document from his desk and started reading it. 

Each page needed to be signed by the president of the company, as he was signing it, the figure of Alice just came to his memory. 

He grunted and dropped the pen on the floor. He stopped for a while before he continued but this particular figure kept coming to his head. 

He stood up and went to the window side, to clear his thoughts. He went there with the hope of getting Alice out of his head. 

"Carson, are you crazy?" He asked himself. 

"Yes, I think so, you are crazily in love with her." A voice spiked in his mind. 

Carson slapped his head with his hand, went back to his table, and sat down to continue with his work.

Though he has many ex-girlfriends, Alice, who was not even his ex, was the only girl coming to his head. He had Margaret, he had Lisa, Angela and so many of them to think about but unfortunately, they did not come across his mind. 

Throughout the signing of the papers on his desk, he continued to think about Alice. 

Finally, working hours have passed and he could finally go home. 

When he got to his car, he decided to make Alice his girlfriend today. And he was not going back on that decision he made. 

He zoomed off and very soon he got home. It felt like the drive home was short, only because he was thinking about the good decision he made. 

He went to his room immediately after he came back from work to get changed. After he got changed, he went back to the kitchen to ask for Alice. 

They called Alice for him. 

"I'm here sir." Alice said respectively. 

"Bring a glass of wine to my room now."

Alice nodded and left to do that.