10

After hearing David mention Luke's girlfriend, Anna could not keep still. She immediately excused herself saying she had to use the ladies' restroom. Luke smirked at her action. He did not miss how nervous she felt when she heard that he has a girlfriend.

Anna walked outside the party hall and searched her purse for her phone. She quickly dialed the number.

The phone rang for a few seconds before it was picked, "Hello?" A man's voice said.

"What took you so long to receive the phone call?" Anna asked restlessly.

The man sighed and said, "Sister, I am a busy man and I have tons of work to do. I am not the chairman like your husband."

Anna was irritated by it, "Whatever, Robert. Just listen to me now. You have to immediately get Gia and bring her to my house."

Robert Cyprus is Anna's younger brother. They have been together through thick and thin. Crime or luxury, they were in it together. If Anna did the action, Robert managed the behind the scenes for her. And they shared the profits from it.

"Gia? She is at the university in a whole different state," Robert said. Gia Cyprus is his daughter. She is the very girl that Anna has been trying to match make to Luke. It is Anna's plan to take control of the Sawyer corporation step by step, so she could hand it over to her son, Leo in the future.

"Don't I know that? Just get her immediately. She does not need formal education to be a wife to the CEO," Anna almost screamed.

Robert's voice sounded brightly now, "Wife of the CEO? Really? Will you execute the plan now? Has the time come?"

Anna smiled at a passerby and then got back to the phone call, "Yes, the time has come. So get her immediately."

"Okay, got it. I might not be able to come there to personally drop her. But I will make sure she reaches your house as soon as possible," Robert agreed to his sister's plan. After all, she was helping to marry off his daughter to the CEO of the richest companies in the country. Why would he say no to it?

Inside the party hall, Luke is met by none other than the host of the party, William Simon.

"Ah, here you are my boy, Luke. How have you been? I have not seen you in a while," William said smiling at Luke which was returned with equal respect.

"Yes, uncle. I have been busy a lot lately. And I am doing good. I hope you are too," Luke said. He genuinely looked up to William's work ethics. So there was nothing he could hide regarding work with him.

William laughed lightly, "Of course, you are the CEO of the Sawyer corporation. If not you, who else will be busy? I am so proud of you Luke."

"Thanks uncle. Oh and congratulations on the anniversary," Luke said remembering the main reason he was here.

Before William could reply anything, a tall and handsome figure made its way towards them.

"Uncle Will!! Congrats! 35 years is a great deal," said the man. William chuckled, "Uff… that is a big 35 years, Leo."

Luke smiled at his half brother, Leo. They had a huge age gap between them. Luke was 8 years old when Leo was born. No matter how much Luke loathes Anna, he has always loved Leo. Luke held no anger towards Leo and vice versa. People would think half brothers are rivals in every way. But in the Sawyer brothers' case, it was absolutely different. Leo always looked up to Luke and even followed his footsteps through school and college.

"Well, thank you boys for coming to the party and congratulating me," William said. Luke said, "That is the least we could do."

"Oh Luke. By the way, when are you going to get married? And give anniversary parties? I can't wait for you to get married. My daughter, Sunny, is still single just so you know," William joked and winked at Luke. Leo and Luke could not help but laugh at William's words. William had this secret desire to marry his daughter to Luke since they were kids. But Luke and Sunny seemed to have the same choices in partners, women. But William was not aware of his daughter's preference.

"Uncle, I am sorry to break your hopes. I have a girlfriend now. If possible, I will introduce her to you soon," Luke said honestly.

Leo and William's eyes widened at those words. William gave a look to Leo, and Leo defended himself immediately, "I had no idea about this. He never mentioned a girlfriend to me before. This is the first time I am hearing the word girlfriend out of my brother's mouth." Luke chuckled at his brother's reaction. Leo was cute even after growing up.

"Although I am slightly disappointed, I want to meet this girl very soon, who has stolen your heart," William said. Luke agreed to it. William then excused himself to meet other guests. It seemed like he was more than slightly disappointed at Luke's revelation.

"You broke his heart, bro," Leo said. Luke smiled at his brother, "I cannot help it." Leo gave a sympathetic nod to his brother and walked to talk to his mother. He had noticed her signaling to him to go to her. Luke happily bid bye to Leo and was soon out of the party hall with Gabriel, who was kind of drunk already.

"Hey, mama," Leo greeted his mother with a kiss on her cheek. Anna did not have the same enthusiasm as her son.

"Did you hear that Luke has got a girlfriend?" She asked him. She had noticed him talking with Luke and William. It was bugging her to dig up something about this so called girlfriend of Luke.

Leo nodded his head, "Yeah, bro told about his girlfriend to uncle William. Poor uncle William, he had high hopes of marrying off Sunny to Luke."

Anna hissed at his words, "That is not the point, son. What if Luke is going to marry her and have a kid? He already has the CEO position in the company. Your dad will definitely give away the company to him."

Leo frowned at his mother's words, "Mom, Luke has worked hard for the company. And it belongs to him if anything. It was his originally before whatever happened." Leo was partly ashamed about how his mother entered the Sawyer family. He was even bullied for the same reason at the school. If not for Luke's intervention, Leo would not have a proper education.

Anna suppressed her anger for now, "You better work hard and get on good terms with your father regarding the company. And I won't allow Luke to have everything. It belongs to you as much as it does to him."

Leo did not spare another moment won't his mother. He simply walked away. He was tired of his mother's antics.