Annoyingly Authoritative

"Do you have plans tomorrow?" Mark inquired over the phone while pacing around in his living room. 

"What do you need help with?" Eric retorted. 

There was no need to go back and forth by giving excuses when he knew that Mark would gain the upper hand in the end. It would save them both the time if he went straight to the point.

"I need you to show Elena some apartments. Let her make her choice and then help her with the paperwork," Mark instructed.

He was not in the business of stressing anyone he genuinely wanted to help, especially the woman he has claimed to be his.

Everything he was assisting her with must be stress-free. 

At the other end, Eric swirled the glass of whiskey in his right hand with a smirk touching down at the corner of his lips. "Can you tell me about your progress with her? You must either be in the pursuing series or the acquiring series."