Chapter 98

"When are you coming home?" Chester whispered to her the following morning in her room, arranging her hair.

"That is a tough decision, Chester" she responded with a low tone, bowing her head and wearing an embarrassing smile.

He moved closer to her and held her chin. "You don't trust me, yet?"

"It's not that I....."

"I'm here now, Olivia. Throw your questions at me, I'm ready to take it. What do you have to say? What do you have to ask? I'm curious, what makes you so worried? What makes you stay all night thinking? I want to hear them all" he said in a seductive tone.

She blushed. "Your touch.... can you stop already? I need to focus"

He chuckled softly and removed his hands from her face. "I'm sorry"

"This is tough. I trust you, Chester. I forgive you, I have forgiven you but it's tough trying to deal with my subconscious. I can't look at you without thinking about the trauma and pains I went through. Your eyes are supposed to be comforting but I end up seeing my most painful experiences"

"Through the most painful experiences, we find ourselves, we find our strength. Look at me, Olivia. You don't have to run away from them, you have to face them and that's how you deal with your pains"

"But I can't...."

"I'm not sorry" he whispered and kissed her lips. "Look at me" he whispered seductively, that it made her shiver and longed for him.

She avoided his eye contact.

He held up her chin and kissed her lips again.

"What?" She asked with a chuckle.

"I'm not stopping until you look at me. You're avoiding my eyes"

She looked up to him and moved his neck closer to her lips and kissed him passionately. "I've not been avoiding you, I've just been fighting the urge to kiss you"

"Throw cautions to the wind"

She had a good laugh after his statement.

"I want you to know that you can talk to me about anything, I mean anything"

She nodded.

He took her palms and locked his fingers in it.

"Come home whenever you're ready"

"I can't stand your maids"

"You're worrying about that? Say no more! I'm dismissing them all today! Or do I call them now and ask them to leave?"

She bursted out in laughter, shaking her head.

"Harlow is still in prison. If we do not act fast, Aldo will find a way to get her out of there. I do not want you to be involved in this, I want to deal with this myself to at least feel better that I ended the mess I started but again....I want to be sure that you want this and you are supporting me and you wish for this too"

"Let's end it together. I also contributed to this mess by trusting her so much and I will feel more satisfied if I do this as well."

"Is that a yes? You're coming home?"

"Yes but...."

"No buts!" He cut in immediately.

"I have to speak to Gemma"

"Why? Should I call her now? Gemma!"

"Stop" she whispered, stifling her laughter.

"Let's have a family dinner tonight. I will send Gerald to pick y'all"

"Gemma and Trent are invited?"

"Why not? And you don't have to worry about the maids, I will deal with them myself. They will be gone before you arrive"

"Sure"

"I shall prepare the mansion for your arrival. Thank you for saying Yes, this means so much to me"

"I know I'm safe because I'm doing this with you"

He hugged her warmly. "Let's go outside, Gemma and the kids must be waiting"

After a fun breakfast time with his family, Chester felt fulfilled. He contacted Gerald to come pick him up as soon as he was done to prepare the mansion for his family dinner.

As he entered the car, he noticed a tablet in the backseat.

"What's this?" He puzzled.

"Uh...I have something important there for you" Gerald responded, igniting the car.

"Important? What's that?" He quizzed, turning on the tablet.

"It's about your father, Aldo, and Harlow. They had an unusual relationship...."

"Keep talking....."

"How do I put this? Uhmm... Aldo and Harlow were some sort of lovers. They had a very good relationship but I can't define it because I'm wondering why will Harlow to choose settle with Aldo when she's engaged to you"

Chester looked through the window, reminiscing on everything his father robbed him of. He had a very crazy childhood and it was all thanks to Olivia that he was able to rebuild Perkins Group but yet, his father was not satisfied with the fact that he earned 5% from the Group, was given a company to head, and paid monthly.

"Olivia's son was right, he was not trying to toy with us, he was giving us a hint. Perkins Group has a paper company that is used to embezzle funds and Aldo controls the Paper company"