CHAPTER 29: PLAY

Ryan went to his grandfather's study before taking out his laptop As he checked something"something was off"he thought as his uncle can't just come to the city and go back immediately. He had already told Mark to find out why his uncle was here. .

It wasn't long before Ryan received a message and he found out that his uncle met with someone but they couldn't find out who. His uncle Was very careful and he went to a place that was isolated. Ryan had a clue of what his uncle was trying to do and at that thought,he smirked"he doesn't give up does he?" he thought before closing his laptop.

He then went to his room to change his clothes as he went straight to the company. His attention was on the road,he had decided not to do anything as he knew his uncle would soon comeback.

Few days past and Mia was getting used to living with Ryan she also got along well with both Lucy and Jason and noticed that they fight a lot and sometimes find an excuse to tease Ryan. In their eyes ,Ryan and Mia are a wonderful couple.

The grandfather would sometimes visit and Mia got closer to him.

"boom boom boom" the sound of the video game could be heard. Mia figured since they had nothing to do they should play video game and found out that Jason was a good player. it was tough at first but she managed to beat him that got Lucy to cheer for her while sticking out her tongue to Jason.

"you wanna try?"mia asked to Lucy who shook her head "she's afraid I would beat her" Jason chimed "come on try" mia begged and Lucy agreed. When the game started Jason was at the top but mia decided to interfere. She instructed Lucy on what to do giving the latter the upper hand and winning against Jason in the process"that's not fair,it's cheating"Jason whined as he knew he would beat Lucy if not for Mia's help.

"brother come join us"Lucy invited and the other two turned to look at Ryan. The main reason he came down was to see what all the cheering was about as he could hear it from his room"what are you doing?" he asked "playing video game"Jason replied

"please come and join us and big sister is great at playing ,she was even able to beat Jason"Lucy tried convincing Ryan "please tell him to come join us I want to see who is the best between you two"Jason said to Mia as Ryan wasn't responding to their pleas as she is his girlfriend ,Jason assumed he would listen to her.

"please"mia whispered loud enough for Ryan to hear"cute"he thought after seeing the baby face she gave him. He cleared his head before walking to join them in the came.

They decided to make it multiplayer as all four of them chose their character. As the game began they noticed how Lucy had improved in her game but even with that she was the first person to be out of the game then Jason leaving both mia and Ryan the last one standing.

The game was tough and Ryan was impressed on how good mia is at the video game but she still lost at the end leaving Ryan to be the winner. Mia was disappointed that she list but not upset about it and she now wants to find away to win Ryan in a video game . she could imagine how good he is in video game. "well that was impressive"Jason commented. it was the first time to see such game between two players and Lucy couldn't have agreed more.

."big sister,I'm starving"Jason cried and he could see Ryan's slight glare. If he wouldn't have Ryan's delicious food he can still have Mia's as he had tasted it before"me too" Lucy added

"okay but you would also help in the kitchen" mia said and the other two nodded"are you busy?"mia asked to Ryan. The latter thought for a while before deciding to join them as he had already done everything he needed to do.

As mia began to prepare to cook,she put on the apron before taking another one to give it to Ryan. Seeing that he didn't collect it immediately a thought crossed her mind and she raised her legs slightly to put the apron on him while tying it behind him. She wanted him to cook with her and was sure Ryan would not have a problem with it.

This little action was noticed by Jason and Ryan now both have one thought and that was for the other two to get married. When the food was ready they all set up the table before sitting together to eat.

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Sasha laid on the bed as she stared at the text on her phone when she heard a knock and her mom came in"you should come downstairs"her mum said. Sasha didn't want to stay where her brother is as she didn't want to see his face.

"you don't want your dad to get angry"her mum reasoned. Sasha thought of avoiding getting scolded and she later agreed. They both went down to the dining room where Sasha's dad was already sitted."is he not here yet?"Sasha took her seat. Deep down she didn't want to see her brother.

They heard someone approaching and they all turned to the direction of the sound to see a young man coming closer to the table. The sight of him made Sasha roll her eyes,she could see how successful her stepbrother has become and why her dad personally invited him.

"afternoon" Carl greeted, his father was angry at his tone of voice but controlled himself"have your seat" he said to see his son comply. Everyone had started eating except him and he looked up to his dad"why did you invite me here?"

"why aren't you eating? you should be grateful that we are allowing you to eat here" Mrs ivy said "it's not like I begged for it"Carl replied

"I want you to take over the family business"their argument was cut short as they were interupted. Carl stared at his father before replying"I don't want to" he refused is dad's proposal much to the man's dismay.

"so you invited me here because of that?"he confirmed"as it is I'm doing great so I won't take over the business you got by deceit" he stood up without waiting for his father to reply as he left .

He could see the glare that came from his step mum. He didn't plan on coming in the first place and before leaving he said"I'm sure your daughter can take over"

Going to his car he left as he drove through the busy road. He stopped in front of a store as he went in. Carl looked around the place as he was looking for someone. Not finding the person in sight he turned to bump into someone"sorry" he apologized before realizing who it was"you!when did you get back"?! mia said surprised to see Carl.

She hadn't seen him for a long time and the next she did was to pinch his ear making him wince in pain"ouch,well would you like coffee?" he rubbed his ear to soothe the pain. Mia didn't want to refuse as she hadn't seen him for a long time and they had a lot of catching up to do.