Chapter 18
He then introduced Stephanie to his twin brother who immediately let him know that they had met earlier.
” Wow” Audrey seemed offended that Stephanie didn’t tell him she had met up with his brother but he did not want to make it an issue so he let it slide.
After the introductions were over, they all sat down to devour the food before them.
They ate the whole food in silence with Audrey giving Stephanie funny faces, she didn’t know what to make of it so she kept ignoring him.
After they all finished eating, Audrey, Stephanie and his dad all went to the living room to have a discussion, Derrick gave the excuse that he was supposed to meet up with Sophie so he wouldn’t be available that night.
” You can go, you are not even needed here in the first place” Audrey said
The rest of the family went into the living room and for a moment there was silence in the room.NôvelDrama.Org © content.
” I must say sir, you have a beautiful home ” Stephanie broke the silence
“The ambience, the decorations, the settings, the furniture, I love everything so much sir” she continued
” Thank you very much, dear if you just know it was Audrey that designed the house,” he said.
Stephanie looked at him and smiled.
“So tell me who are you my dear, ” he asked
She then proceeded to tell you all about herself, how she lived in Boston and what brought her to New York.
” You know my son never told me or his brother about you,” me mentioned
“How did you two meet” Roand asked
” Ooh at bar sir ” she said
They both had a very interesting conversation it was more like father and daughter were bonding, one entering the living room would think Audrey was the adopted one as his father had turned to a his partner overnight but nevertheless he liked the fact that they were bonding . He zoned out completely while they were talking when he heard his father say his goodnites. He knew his father was not a late night person besides they had to go to the woods the next day
” I would like to continue this conversation with you dear but I have tons of work to do,” he said.
“Before you mentioned anything , I already knew why my son brought you home, you will need answers which I can’t provide with you today but later on ” he continued
“Audrey I would like to see you” he said while going inside
” Just hold on for me babe I’m coming ” Audrey said
As soon as father and son stepped out of earshot, his father hugged him and told him he had made the right choice.
” I like her “he said ” she seems like a really good person and also very nice” his father said
Audrey became very excited at the sight of this, he had gotten his father’s approval of her, he had crossed the first hurdle, they were other hurdles to cross and he knew he would cross it successfully since his father already liked her.
She might not have told him everything that happened especially things that went down between them in New York and he was happy about that because he wanted to be the one to tell his father about it just the same way Derrick told his dad about Sophie.
“Anyways good night and have fun son , tune it down a bit though” his father teased
” I might be going to the woods at midnight, take care,” he said.
He hugged his father and told him good night, he then went to meet Stephanie in the living room, they hadn’t really talked since they both got to Ohio so this was his chance to talk to her. As he got there he started looking at her in a funny way again, the same glances he was giving her at the dining table.
” What” she asked ” this is the same look you were giving me when we were having dinner” she continued
“You seem to have charmed your way into my father’s heart and even my brother” he said
She squealed as he said that
“You seem very excited, to think you almost threw up when I mentioned we were going for dinner;”
, he teased her
“What do you mean, it’s only natural for me to be nervous, how was I supposed to act around them and all that, meeting people for the first time has not been my greatest point” she said
“But you didn’t get nervous when you met my twin brother right”he mocked , she immediately knew the reason for the look he was giving her during dinner and not long ago
“Oooh so this was the reason you were giving me nonsense faces, you did not want your brother to meet me first” she remarked
She had caught him so he just smiled.
“Anyway u bumped into your brother on my way out, I wanted to take a stroll after I woke up so I came out of the room , he was even shocked to see me because he wasn’t expecting to see a girl in the house, then I told him you brought me home that’s when he knew you were back so I asked him for where I could go for a walk and clear my head he told me the fields, that’s all. It was when I got to the fields I met Nanny Maria by herself so I decided to join her” she said
” Ooh alright,” he said, giving a sigh of relief. He feared his brother might have said something very similar because he was a very silly person.
“Your house is beautiful by the way”she said
” Thank you very much” he replied and smiled ” how have you been enjoying this place” he asked
“Well it’s been cool anyways, nanny Maria is such a friendly person , she’s actually really helpful and funny”she replied
“Everybody in this house, is just so nice even your father , I expected him to be a bit difficult “she continued
“My dad is literally chill with everybody” he said
They both decided to put a movie to watch before going to bed, they cuddled each other while watching the movie, some minutes after Stephanie slept off. He couldn’t help but imagine how innocent she looked while sleeping. He didn’t want to wake her up so he kissed her on the cheek and carried her on his back to her room and covered her with the duvet. He was tempted to sleep over but he decided not to so he switched off her lamp at the bedside and was about to go when she held his hand and muttered in her sleep for him not to go, this was a sign he thought so he removed his trouser so he could feel comfortable while sleeping and laid be off.
They both had a long day tomorrow so he was just going to sleep and not trying anything else or so he thought to himself. He was going to bring her into his world the next day so he needed to prepare her and not scare her .
He gave her a goodnight kiss on the cheek again and slept off.