My Very Best Mistake

Chapter 21

Eric Parker :

I brought Jess back to the house and went back to my apartment. I helped Miles with his theme park project when I was about to finish the help, I called Miles to tell him about that.

"Hey, Miles!" I said when Miles answered.

"Eric?" Miles said. His voice was so hoarse which made me think that he was sleeping.

"You were sleeping?" I couldn't help, but asked him.

"Yes. Why are you calling me?" he asked.

"It's about your theme park. I helped you with the process and I can ensure you that you can get this, but ....." I hesitated.

"But what?" he asked curiously.

"I'm not sure about your budget." I said with concern.

"Don't worry." 

"One more thing, are you planning to take the land you mentioned or buy an old amusement park and rebuild? What are you planning?" I asked him.

"I got a plan for that. By the way, send me your file so I can see it." 

"Alright!" 

"Is that all? If that's all, I'm going back to sleep." Miles said and he ended the call without waiting for my reply.

I got back to my laptop and sent an email to Miles. Then, I went to the kitchen and made something for my dinner. While I was having my dinner, my phone rang. The name 'Kevin' was showing on my screen so I picked it up without thinking.

"Eric?" Kevin's voice popped out of the phone's speaker.

"What?" I replied.

"Wanna hang out?" 

"No. I'm tired. Need to sleep." I told him.

"Fine. It seems like no one want to go out tonight." he sighed.

"Why don't you ask Chris?" 

"Don't mention him. Even Miles, he doesn't pick up my phone." Kevin complaint.

"He's sleeping, I guess." I told Kevin.

"It's just 9 pm, Eric. He doesn't sleep this early. You should know that."   

"I talked to him earlier and it looked like he was sleeping. Just don't bother him. Maybe he's too busy with his project."  

"Alright! Then, I have to change my plan and do something else since you guys are all busy." 

"Ok. Bye!" I clicked the end button on my phone screen so the phone call was ended.

I finished my dinner, took a shower and went to bed. The next morning, I woke up early and get ready for work after a big breakfast. I was working in my office as usual.

'Knock knock' someone knocked on my office door.

"Come in!" I raised my voice so that the person outside could hear me.

Miles walked into my office and sat on a sofa in my office. He sat there calmly and looked at me from the sofa to where was sitting.

"What can I help you, sir?" I jokingly asked him and chuckled.

"Stop it, Eric!" Miles rolled his eyes.

"Ok, ok! Why are you here?" I kept asking him.

"I'm here to discuss about my project." Miles looked serious.

"Alright!" I got out of my office chair and walked to the sofa that Miles was sitting on to join him. I settled down on the head of sofa and looked at Miles' face.

"Last night, you told me not to worry about it and now, what?" I raised my eyebrows.

My secretary knocked and she walked in with two cups of tea. "I don't ask for this." I told her.

"Emmm" the secretary looked at Miles.

"I asked for it." Miles told me.

"I see. You can go now." I told her to get out, she nodded and got out.

"So, tea instead of coffee!" I nodded and looked at the teacup. Then, I looked at Miles suspiciously.

"I've been drinking too much coffee these days. Why not tea?" Miles held the teacup up. I picked my cup up and took a sip.

"Let's get to your point. Since, when have you became like this?" I asked Miles sensing the weirdness. I knew that Miles is very straightforward. Well, not just Miles, but our bestfriends, we all are straightforward and honest with each other.

"I'm still the same." he childishly pouted and looked at me.

"If you want something, you just say it out." I shook my head helplessly.

"Alright, you clearly can read me like you can read a newspaper. I'm here to talk about the project as I already told you." he still hadn't tell me what he wanted which was a little bit annoyed to me.

"Get to the point." I looked at him straight in the eye.

"Hmm. I want the theme park to be done in less than a year. 6 months." he looked at e seriously.

"It's impossible. You should know it." I said coldly after hearing what my friend wanted.

"I know. That's why I'm here to talk to you." he pointed out why he needed to talk to me.

"Miles, I don't have any magic power that can help you to finish it in 6 months." I looked at him helplessly.

"I have an idea." Miles looked excited.

"What is it?" I was curious.

"If only I get the old theme park at the center point, then I can turn that old place into a new one with the my project." he said confidently.

"You should know it's very expensive to get that property. Plus, the family that owns that theme park isn't short of money." 

"Hmm. That family is getting down and they're planning to sell that park." Miles smiled brightly.

"Then, go and buy that!" 

"Well! I heard that they will open an auction for that theme park and I happened to know that many investors really want that place." Miles looked down.

"Then, make sure that you win the bid. It's easy." Miles turned his head up and looked at me.

"It's not easy when your budget is limited." he looked at me in a disbelief way.

"You're not that broke, aren't you?" I raised my eyebrows to show him that I was curious.

"My dad, he limited the budget for this project. It looks like he doesn't trust me." I sensed that his face changed a little bit, but he still kept his serious face.

"Well, I can help you with that money. I can lend you our company's budget." I smiled.

Miles didn't react to what I said. He slowly sipped his tea and said "I don't want it, but I want you to invest in my project." 

As I heard that, I was kind of shocked. "No wonder why you're here drinking tea and acted so weird." I said and chuckled.

"Are you going to invest?" Miles couldn't wait for the answer and asked.

"Why don't you just get the money I lend you? I won't get any interest from you and you also can have that theme park all by yourself which is more benefit for you the the future." I looked at him curiously.

"Can't I just work with you? The very famous and successful businessman in this whole country." Miles teased.

"Sorry, I can't take what you just said." I slowly shook my head.

"Come on, I want you to be my first partner in this very first project that I'm working on." Miles tried to beg me.