Chapter 8: Emerald & Apologizes

Darius groaned hearing the sound of someone calling his name, he buried his face into his pillow, not ready to face the world today, he was way too tired.

"Darius, a Emerald Green is on the phone for you." This caught his attention as he was suddenly wide awake, he sat up taking the phone from Xavier.

"Thank you, Xavier." The butler sent him a nod leaving his room, this time he slept alone since there was no need to put up a facade anymore, he and Amoy had separate rooms as they weren't really married.

"Hello?" Emerald's voice snapped him out of his thoughts.

"Emerald, hi, how are you?" She chuckled.

"Here I thought your first question would be, how I got your number, but I'm fine, thanks for asking, how are you?." He smiled she was right, that should have been his question.

"I'm good, but how did you get my number?"

"I'm rich, I found a way." He let out a small laugh.

"A bit vague."

"I can't tell you all my secrets now can I?" His smile got brighter, he moved out of bed going to his bathroom, deciding to brush his teeth.

"I was hoping you would tell me one." He admitted putting the toothpaste on his toothbrush.

"Which one is that?" The way she said that let him know she knew exactly what he was talking about and knew exactly what he was about to ask.

"What is William keeping from me?" He questions her as he began to brush his teeth.

"Isn't that something you should be asking William?" It took him a few seconds to respond as he was brushing his teeth.

"I would rather ask you, he hasn't been telling me the truth, I don't think he'll start anytime soon," Darius stated continuing brushing his teeth.

"What makes you think I will tell you the truth?" He sighed knowing she wouldn't tell him everything after her talk with William.

"I know you won't tell me the full truth but right now I can deal with half-truths, I do like puzzles."

"Fine...What do you want to know?"

"I want to know about the Atwood family, what do you know about them?" He asked her before washing his mouth and toothbrush before putting it away.

"Why do you want to know about them?" He walked out of his room going downstairs.

"You love answering questions with questions don't you." She lets out a slight laugh, before saying.

"I've been told it's one of my best qualities." He chuckles entering the dining room where Amoy and Xavier sat talking and eating, it seemed like they had made up, their eyes went to Darius as he entered.

"Who lied?"

"I don't think it's wise to insult the person you need answers from." He sighed taking a seat beside Xavier where his breakfast was.

"Fine, tell me what you can. Good morning." He greeted them, Emerald didn't ask if he was saying good morning to her as Amoy responded while Xavier sent him a nod.

"Good morning." Amoy was scrolling through her phone while speaking with Xavier, Darius was shocked she stayed for breakfast as she is usually out before 5 and it was 6, he guessed she was probably trying to make up for last night.

"Well, the Atwood family is famous, untouchable and rich like crazy rich, they are rarely seen in public unless needed to be, none of the family members is allowed outside without at least 10 bodyguards because many people want to kill them and-"

"Emerald I was hoping you would tell me something I couldn't find out with a Google search." She sighed.

"I can't tell you anything else about them...If I do I'll be in big trouble." He raised his eyebrow, instantly worrying about her.

"What do you mean?"

"I signed an NDA when I became friends with Daniel, I can't say anything more about them, unless I want to face their wrath, I can't say anything I'm sorry."

"It's fine Emerald as long as you're ok."

"I should probably let you get back to your life, your wife must be curious about the woman you're talking to." He almost broke out in laughter, as if Amoy would waste her energy on caring about him.

"I doubt that, I'll talk to you later then?" She said a quick goodbye before hanging up, Darius began eating the food in front of him.

"Who's this Emerald woman?" Xavier inquired sipping his tea.

"His girlfriend," Amoy said glancing at Darius as shook his head.

"I told you, she's just a friend." She hummed an 'ok' in response, he decided not to say anything else as he didn't need to explain himself to her.

"What were you both talking about?" Xavier asked trying to ignore the tension between them.

"We were just catching up we met at a party a few days ago." He told him, eating his pancakes.

"You should invite her to the charity dinner Amoy's hosting tonight." Darius raised his eyebrow letting Xavier know Amoy hadn't told him.

"You didn't tell him?" She shook her head, turning off her phone eating her fried dumpling.

"I forgot to last night, but you can explain it to him, I'll be leaving for work in a few minutes just need to brush my teeth."

She said getting up from the table. "Goodbye Xavier." Darius had honestly thought their 'friendship' was going somewhere, maybe he had corrected her with hostility?

"I'll get a suit for you, the party starts at 8 ends at 10. A lot of important people are going to be there and they are expecting a happy couple so sort out whatever it is that's going on between you both."

"I don't even know what I did that made her mad." He states Xavier smiles standing up from the chair.

"That's marriage. She left her phone use it as an excuse to apologize." Darius rolled his eyes as Xavier walked away.

"We're not really married!" He shouted after him, sighing once he got no response. He looked at the phone she left wondering if he should take Xavier's advice.

A few minutes had passed before he decided to get over his anxiety and talk to her, even though Darius would never admit this he was a bit scared of Amoy, sometimes, he didn't know why his heart would just beat at an irregular pace whenever she was around.

He took a deep breath as he picked up the phone going upstairs to her room door, he knocked on it, she immediately opened the door. "Yes?" Amoy asked taking a seat on her bed putting on her heels.

"You left your phone at the table, I thought I would give it to you just in case you forget it." She made a gesture for him to put it beside her which he did.

"Thank you, you can go now." He was about to but stopped himself as Xavier's voice ran through his mind. 'Apologize'

"I'm sorry." She looked up at him confused.

"Why are you apologizing? You did nothing wrong."

"You seemed rather upset downstairs, I thought I was too harsh when I corrected you." He explained feeling a bit awkward.

"No, your tone was absolutely fine, I shouldn't have assumed your relationship was something more." He was surprised to hear this from her as he almost sounded like an apology. For the first time, her voice wasn't that cold, but it still made him uncomfortable. "I should get going now." She informed him standing in her heels, he realized she was telling him to leave.

"Uh yeah." He walked out the door going downstairs, ignoring his beating heart. Xavier was in the living room cleaning the coffee table, his focus moved to Darius as he entered the room.

"How did it go?" He asked watching Darius pick up a broom and began sweeping the room.

"She said there was nothing to apologize for, I think she apologized to me." Xavier raised his eyebrow.

"Amoy admitting she's wrong? Shocking, should I check if she's caught the flu?" They both laughed.

End Of Chapter 8: Emerald & Apologizes

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