Kate opened her mouth to speak but Claire beat her to it."What do you mean what is she doing here?" Claire demanded, her eyebrow raised. “I invited her".Charles rolled his eyes. “He was just surprised to see Taylor, especially since she had been avoiding him".Claire walked upto Charles, whispering in his ears, "don't even think I invited her because of you, she's here for Katie ''.Charles frowned at his sister, while Claire had a sweet smile on her face."Now the only one left is…", Claire said, when they heard a high pitched scream."Kate!!!".Everyone turned to the stairs to see Katie run down, her pink princess dress bouncing with her every move."Careful Katie, slow down", Claire cautioned but instead Katie quickened her pace."Kate!", Katie said again as she got down the stairs and ran towards Kate. Just in time Kate bent down and pulled Katie into a hug."It's nice to see you again Katie", Kate smiled as they pulled away from the hug."I'm very happy you came, I made the car
"So now that everyone is here let's start", Katie announced excitedly."We'll have two teams, mummy, grandma and Kate will be on the girl's team, while uncle Charles, Carl and grandpa in boy's. And me and great grandpa will be the judge", Katie added and everyone nodded in agreement."We'll play three games and whoever gets the most points wins", she shouted excitedly. “And remember no cheating", she added with a stern look."Yes Katie", Claire nodded with a chuckle."Good", Katie nodded, "now on my mark get set go"."Katie we aren't in a race", Carl corrected."I know that", Katie pouted, making everyone chuckle."Let's start", she grumbled.Meanwhile, at the Andino Mansion.The family of three sat at the dinning.“Have you figured how you'll get Miss Cosgrove to sign the contract?", Nathaniel asked, breaking the silence."Have sent an appointment letter to her secretary, hopefully on Monday I'll get a response", Rose answered."Okay", Nathaniel nodded, "are you sure she'll sign it,
What are you doing at Donovan's estate Kate? I told you to stay away from that man and his family", Andrew stated sternly, the anger in his voice evident."Relax Andrew", Kate signed. “And who told you I was here, Felix?"."Whoever told me Isn't the point here but rather why you went there", Andrew answered."So Felix didn't tell Andrew, then who", Kate wondered."That bodyguard doesn't know how to do his job, I’m going to fire him", she heard Andrew hiss at the other end."No, you're not, Felix is my bodyguard not yours", Kate said sternly. “Can you please stop having people spy on me", she barked."Am an adult and I can take care of myself"."Am just watching out for you Kate, am protecting you...", Andrew defended. "Stop it Andrew", Kate interrupted, "I really appreciate it but you don't have to, I can take care of myself. Felix here is enough for me, I don't need a thousand more eyes to spy on me because you want to protect me".Hearing how pissed Kate sounded, Andrew signed in d
The ride back home was silent, the air in the car awkward. Kate stared out the window as they drove out, past the estate into the city."So where do you live?" Charles asked as took a quick glance at Kate."Pearls garden, 2nd house on the right", Kate answered, still looking out the window.Charles nodded, "he knew that estate, it wasn't very far from the office", he thought. The ride turned silent again."You've still got one more chance to ask me another question", Charles reminded."Oh that's right, she almost forgot", Kate thought as she turned to look at Charles."Why is there a red sports car in the office Gracie stays in, the out of bounds room?".Charles glanced at Kate briefly, "Gracie showed you?"."No I found out on my own, Gracie has nothing to do with me finding out ", Kate assured. She didn't want to put Gracie in trouble but she had to ask, a replica of her car was in his company."Hmmm", Charles nodded, his eyes on the road."What's hmmm?", Kate thought confused.“Ca
"Speaking of grandpa trusting people, grandpa welcomed Taylor, and even told her to call him grandpa, weird and surprising", Claire stated, sitting opposite her parents."Yes", Stephanie and Bryce both nodded in agreement."I didn't expect grandpa to accept Taylor so easily, grandpa had always been hard to please", Claire said, the surprise in her tone evident. "Well Taylor is a nice girl, I like her too", Stephanie said smiling, "Do you think she'll agree to be my daughter-in-law?” Stephanie asked with a smile."Taylor is our business partner dear", Bryce said rubbing his forehead."And so what, it's not like she won't get married someday", Stephanie countered."And who would you get her married to, if I may ask?", Bryce asked with a raised eyebrow."Charles of course, who else?", Stephanie said in a matter of fact tone.Bryce stared at his wife bewild, shaking his head, "you do know Charles is engaged and will get married in 3 months time?"."Yh I know, but.....didn't you see the w
Monday 22, August 2022.In the morning at Donovan's Car Enterprise.Kate parked her car, stepping out when her phone rang."Yes Olivia", Kate answered, locking her car, then walked towards the entrance of the company."Fast Tach Limited wants to make an appointment with you", Olivia informed. Olivia Curt is Kate's secretary."Is that so", Kate said stopping in her tracks, "she already saw it coming"."What's the purpose?", She asked."It's not stated ma", Olivia answered."Hmmm", Kate hummed contemplating."Do you want me to make the appointment or should I...."."Make the appointment", Kate interrupted, "Thursday, 12pm"."Yes ma", Olivia nodded, call ends."I wonder what trick you've got up your sleeves now Rose", Kate thought with an amused look on her face, as she walked into the company meeting Jack at the elevator, as usual."Good morning Jack", she greeted as they both stepped into the elevator."Good morning Miss Cosgrove"."Is Charles at the office?"Kate asked expectantly, "sh
Kate momentarily smacked herself, she just behaved like a little child who was excited to finally see her dad."You wish", Kate said clearing her throat, taking a few steps back. "I just wanted to make sure you didn't forget about our.....". "Our deal", Charles completed, "I told you Taylor am a man of my words", he added with a wink.Charles signed in relief when he saw Taylor hadn't left. He had just left a very important meeting to meet her. He had almost forgotten about their meeting today cause he had been busy all day and didn't have time to stop by at the office but luckily remembered at the last minute, and drove back to the office so he could meet her.Even if he'll lose the multi-million dollar deal, he didn't care, Taylor was more important right now. If he wants her to let him in her life again, he had to show her she could trust him."C'mon let's go", Charles ushered Kate out of the office to the elevator.Kate watched as the elevator went down below the building to the
Alexander nodded, "let's go", he said, leading them deeper in the cave, they followed."How do you know Alexander?", Kate whispered to Charles."Why do you ask?", Charles whispered back with a raised eyebrow."Just curious", Kate shrugged."Well me and Alex go a long way back. We are brothers than friends, including Vincent ","Who's Vincent?","A pal of ours, he's not in the city but you'll meet him soon", Charles answered."Oh", Kate nodded, "so you, Alexander and Vincent have known each other for a very long time"."Since high school", Charles answered."Wow, that long"."Hmm", Charles nodded. "They've been with me every step of the way, and if there's anyone I trust with my life it's them".Kate could see how much Charles trusted his friends, and she could sense they were good too. Though she hadn't meant Vincent but if Charles trusted him, it meant he was a good person. Unlike her, she was not lucky when it came to trusting people and making friends. "Alex ran away from home be