Zick-Zack Romance (MxM)

Unexpected Visitor (3)

Chapter 6: Unexpected Visitor (3)

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So now Edward was in a bed, in a mansion, with Emma Carte, the 22 year old woman he spent half a year seducing just to get to this point. He not only got her attention but her trust and now that he even broke things off with his lover to demonstrate his ‘feelings’ for her, she was more than convinced she could be on his side…

“You’re the sweetest man I’ve ever met… I just wish I’d met you sooner…” Emma said as she snuggled into the man’s embrace, hugging him tightly as if she was afraid she might lose him at any given moment.

“Why’s that?” Edward asked as he caressed the woman’s hair dark hair slowly. ‘Let’s see if we can get any real information from her…’ He thought to himself, up until this point they’d never spoken about anything too important thus proving of no real use to their objective. But he was determined to never push matters as it would make anyone grow suspicious.

“My father… wants me to marry someone else… someone rich and with a lot of opportunities for our company… It’s a shitty deal but not one I can disagree with…” Emma said with a low voice as she pressed her forehead onto the man’s chest.

“An arranged marriage, how old school of him…” Edward remarked as he continued caressing the woman’s head. ‘Hm… a marriage to benefit his company seems excessive unless he’s having trouble keeping afloat… or maybe he’s just greedy… maybe he doesn’t care for his daughter but that wouldn’t make any sense either…’

“I know, right? I can’t stand him… but… I can’t do anything against him either… He’s my father and I want to help him out in any way I can… haha… why am I even telling you all this… I must sound so stupid.” Emma said with a bit of regret in her voice. She felt like she had embarrassed herself by revealing such private matters to her lover.

“No… I get that feeling… my father is an ass too… well maybe more than yours is… not that it’s a competition…” Edward remarked as the hand that had been caressing the woman’s head suddenly stopped.

“Why? What did he do?” Emma instantly asked as she raised her eyes to look at the man that seemed somewhat saddened now that he’d mentioned his father. “I mean… you don’t need to talk about him if you don’t want to but… I’m willing to listen if it will make you feel any better…” She said in a kind voice.

“He kicked me out of my home when I was barely old enough… in fact both me and my brother were off on the streets… it was a horrible time…” Edward wasn’t lying when he told this story to the woman, in fact not only all of it was true but the emotions he displayed of anger, sadness and genuine hurt were also true.

“No… what a horrible man… to do something like that to his own children…” Emma remarked. She was a kind person by heart which only made Edward feel even worse for having to seduce and trick her in such a manner. “I can’t believe there are people like that…”

“Well… What can we do… it is what it is… the most horrible thing now is that bastard is getting a sweet deal with some big names in the industry…” Edward said, purposefully leading the conversation in that direction.

“What? Who is it?” Emma instantly asked, as a woman in the business world herself she was more than capable of pulling strings if need be.

“As far as I know… it’s a group of the top investors in the tech industry, among which your father is one of them…” Edward admitted. “Though I didn’t want to tell you since I knew you’d be sad to hear it…”

“No… there’s no way dad would invest in such a person as your father…” Emma said as she caressed his lover’s face. “You seem really hurt… and it makes me mad…” She said while holding onto her lover even tighter.

“I know you’re angry dear but… I don’t want your father to lose out on business because of me…” Edward said in his best pitiful voice possible. This of course was a total lie, it didn’t matter who had to miss out on business as long as his father was dealt with.

“You’re kidding, right? My father would never agree to cooperate with a person like that as long as he knows about it… What’s your father’s name? I’ll make sure to speak with dad tomorrow and make this right… Such a person doesn’t even deserve to have a business in the first place!” Emma was really angry at this point. And of course she would be, to her, her poor lover was in a bad position and holding back on saying things because of the fear of hurting her.

“He’s Alphonse Barrik… but darling… you don’t need to do anything for me…” Edward insisted though weakly.

“I’ll do it for you and not only! Dad really values personal connections in his business life, if your father is awful enough to kick you out like that then he can’t be trusted with filling orders either. We are not going to work with him no matter what! And the association as well… I’ll make sure everyone knows what kind of a scumbag he is…” Emma said as she furrowed her brow in disgust towards such an uncaring father.

“Thank you… the fact you care so much for me is really…” Edward shed a single tear, it was all an act of course but he had to solidify his position in this.

‘That bastard Alphonse Barrik is going to pay…’ Emma thought to herself as she gently brushed away the single tear that was left on the man’s face…