Carl Arthur

"Alright so here is the explanation you want to hear." She said.

"Grandma used to tell me that when you finally fall in love, you will try to collect lots of information about them. Well I think that's totally true" She added while looking into my eyes.

"I-" I said.

"Can I leave now?" She said as she unlocked the door of my room and left without waiting for my answer.

"Did she confess right now? No, that's impossible. What am I talking about?" That's what was going through my mind.

"WAIT" I said when I recognized that she left.

I was running when I saw the servant as I asked her "DID SHE LEAVE?".

"Who?" The servant replied.

"How many times should I tell you to keep an eye on the house?" I said sharply.

"Oh uhm, sorry sir" She replied.

I sighed and knew that Kate had a way to leave without anyone catching her.

"How would she?" I said.

The servant was so confused.

"Why are you still standing right there?" I said.

So she left and went to continue her work.

After some hours the hospital called me and told me that we lost mom. My heart couldn't take this damage. I cried as if I was a baby. I wasn't ready to hear that, I really wanted mom. She can't just leave whenever she wants.

The next day we had to bury mom. Everyone left and here I am holding a bouquet of flowers and standing in front of her grave.

"Rest in peace mom, I'm sure you are in a better place" I said and put the bouquet at her grave.

Kate came to check if I was ok. She patted me and said that I'm not alone and she will always be by my side.

That day she didn't accept to leave me alone as she went back home with me.

"You can use this room Kate, I'll just go rest" I said while pointing at the room.

She nodded and I headed to my room.

After hours Kate called me and she had cooked my favourite dinner. It was steak with mushroom sauce and smashed potatoes. We enjoyed that meal as she tried to get me out of that mood and as expected yes she did.

Her smile was enough to comfort me but she insisted on trying her best to make me happy.Between all the people I knew in my life nobody felt like her and I'm sure no one will.

My mom's will was very simple, but it's a bit hard for me. She wanted me to take care of her company. Well I used to depend on my mom for these kinds of important things. I don't know if I can lead the company the way my mom did, but I have to try since she asked for that.

I was also thinking of Carl the whole day which made my routine mess up so I guess I'll just go and meet him. I won't do it if Kate doesn't agree with the idea because she just gets me and she takes her decision depending on the consequences that would happen.

So after a week I decided to share my idea with Kate.

"Princess" I said while smiling.

"Yeah?" Kate replied and blushed.

"I was thinking of meeting Carl, so what do you think?" I asked.

"THAT'S GREAT!" She said with excitement.

"Do you really think it is?" I replied.

"Of course it is!" Kate answered.

I smiled and said "thanks for staying with me Kate."

She smiled as we kept talking about lot's of things.

The next day I headed to mom's company. When I entered everyone there greeted and welcomed me. I was about to go to my mom's office when I realised I don't even know where the office is located, so I had to find a way to reach there without embarrassment.

"You, come here!" I said to an employee who was standing right in front of me all alone.

"Me?" He said as I nodded.

He rushed to see what I wanted .

"You're my personal assistant from now on" I said.

Everyone was surprised, but it was the only way to reach there.

I left them all in surprise and that employee was walking behind me.

"So what is your name?" I asked, trying to let him walk faster and reach me.

"Finn, I'm Finn." He said while walking faster.

And as expected everything went the way I wanted but as soon as he recognized he wanted to walk behind me.

"I'm still talking to you, you can walk behind me when I'm done." I said coldly.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Finn replied.

So he walked next to me until we reached mom's office.

"Welcome sir!" He said while opening the door.

The office smelled like mom, I had to calm myself down and keep going on.

"You can leave Finn." I said.

He nodded and left the office.

Lots of files, papers and documents on the table. I was too lazy to read it all, so I wanted to look around hoping I'd find something about Carl.

Minutes passed and I found nothing. I called Finn to come and when he came I asked him to get me information about Carl.

"But sir, he isn't a part of the work" He said.

"That's what you're my personal assistant." I said while acting busy.

He smiled and replied "Alright sir, give me 2 hours and I'll get you what you asked for!"

So he left and I was just waiting for him.

I was about to take notes since I have to have a background about the company but I ended up drawing Kate on a piece of paper.

I sighed and mumbled "I really miss her…" as I stood up and looked through the window.

Someone knocked on the door of the office and I thought it would be Finn but it was Kate.

"Excuse me sir, but next time I'll enter without knocking on the door" She said while closing the door.

I rushed to hide that paper.

"Oh uh, haha! Welcome Kate! I said while hiding the drawing in the drawer.

She looked and said "You seem busy."

"No, not at all." I replied.

"Have a seat lady!" I said while smiling.

"What would you like to drink?" I added.

"I'm fine, I just came to see you." She said.

"So how is work going on?" Kate asked.

"Kate, come on! You already know I hate this." I complained.

"At least your working now!" She commented.

I stayed silent for a couple of seconds since I spent the day playing with every stuff I found in the office and drawing her.

"Y- y- yeah, You know I had to know lots of things and uhm-" I said.

"Yeah yeah sure~" She said ridiculously.

"Anyways-" I said when the door was knocked again.

"Come in!" I said while adjusting my seat.

"Hello!" Finn said.

"So here is some information about Carl." He added.

"Ok, thanks." I replied.

"You can leave now." I commented.

"Alright, have a good day." He said and left.

I looked at the document and smirked.

"Carl Arthur…" I said while smiling.

"Are you going to read it?" Kate said.

"Mhm." I replied.

After reading the document I had a background about him.

That dangerous old man that has no mercy, it seems he has lots of enemies. We also knew that he has a company but he rarely goes to check it. He lives alone and since he has lots of enemies then probably he got guards to protect him. Other information wasn't really important for me.

"Kate, I have to go." I stood up and hurried to his house.

"Wai-" she said but couldn't hear if she said anything else.

I drove to his house and as expected guards were everywhere.

At that moment I saw him leaving his house and he was about to get in the car.

I hurried to get into his house but his guards stopped me.

He didn't give me attention until I said "CARL ARTHUR!" in an angry voice.

He turned back and it was my first time to see dad.

A tattooed man with a black hair and hazel eyes.

I really resembled him, we got the same hair and eye color.

.He asked the guard to let me in.

"Who are you kiddo?" He asked.

"I'm going to ruin your life the way you ruined mine." I threatened him.

His guards were about to start a fight when he gave them a sign not to as he laughed.

"So don't you think you should introduce yourself first before threatening me?" He said while smiling.

Oh my god that smile was really annoying, we also had the same dimple.

"I'm Noah Arthur." I said while looking at him disgustedly.

"I have no time to hear silly things, kick him off" He said to his guards.

"I'M AMANTHA'S SON!" I shouted.

"And unfortunately your son." I added

He was totally confused and asked his guards to leave me alone.

"Amantha Brown?" He asked.

"Yes, Amantha Brown" I said while dusting off my clothes.

He asked me to get into his house, but I wasn't really sure if I should.

I took a deep breath and I agreed.

When we entered his house and sat in the living room he said "Listen kiddo, you can't be my son!"

"I don't want to be your son either, it's insulting!" I said.

"And I'm not here waiting for you to hug me or whatever, I have the right to know the reason you guys are enemies?" I added.

"Go ask your mom." He said coldly.

I clenched and said "We lost her."

His eyes turned red and said "W- w- what do you mean?"

"Who are you to ask me these kinds of questions?" I replied offensively.

"We will analyze the DNA and then we will talk." He said.

"I'm not going to waste my time waiting for a result, I already know what it is!" I replied.

"Didn't you say I'm your dad?" He asked.

"Then you're doing what I asked you to do." He added.

I stayed silent because I had nothing else to do.

So we've done it and we're waiting for the results. I left the lab and went back home. Kate welcomed me since she stays with me.

"Hey Noah!" She welcomed me.

"Hey princess!" I replied.

"How did everything go?" Kate asked.

"Everything went perfect!" I said.

"Glad to hear that!" She commented.

We had dinner together as I explained to her what exactly happened.

"That was rough!" Kate commented with cute expressions on her face.

We giggled and changed the topic.

After two days I was in the company when the lab called me to tell me that the result was out.

"Finn, come on!" I said in a hurry.

Since Finn is my personal assistant he was the person who used to take me wherever I asked him to.

We reached there and I went to take the result.

When I saw the result it said that he was my real father.

"Heh, what a surprise!" I said ridiculously.

I asked Finn to drive to "my dad's house".

Finn was confused and kept asking me questions.

"Oh my god sir!" "I can't believe CARL ARTHUR is your father" "What is going to happen now?" "Aren't you interested to meet him?" "How do you feel about it?" "What would Mr. Carl's reaction be? "We are not going to be smacked, right?"

"Finn stop, You're giving me a headache!" I complained.

"Sorry sir!" Finn apologized.

We reached our destination, Carl's Arthur house.

"Wait for me." I said.

"Alright, good luck Noah!" He said happily.

I death stared at him and then I asked confusingly "Noah?"

"I- I- I mean Mr. Noah, heh." Finn replied.

I entered this time and the guards didn't stop me which was weird.

"CARL ARTHUR~" I shouted while giggling.

He came and I threw the result on him.

"Here is the result you were waiting for, enjoy!" I said and I was about to leave.

"Wait!" He said.

I looked at him and then continued walking towards the door.

"I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT, I WAS FORCED TO!" He shouted while tearing up.

I really had a strange feeling which made me stop and stare at him.

"Let me explain!" He said.

He took me to his office and asked the servant to get us a cup of coffee.

I glanced at my mom's picture when she was a teen in a gorgeous gold frame.

He looked at my mom's picture as he smiled and said "Our families were enemies, like they really hated each other, but it seems we were odd."

He ended his sentence and looked at me as he continued when his eyes were shining "I met Amantha at university, she was the prettiest for real! Well we already knew each other since we are enemies. After a while we had to interact since we had to do projects … and eventually I fell for her. One day I gathered all my strength and confessed she was really happy that day. This happiness didn't last for too long, when my parents knew that Amantha and I were together they threatened me, I mean they told me if I didn't break up with her they would kill her" He said and wiped his tears.

"So I went the day after to Amantha and treated her badly just to convince her that I really hate her. I wanted her to hate me so she would just skip me and go, well I succeeded in that and buried my feelings in my heart." He added.

I teared up and went to hug him.

"I'm sorry dad!" I said.

"No, I'm the one who should say sorry." he replied as he hugged me tight.

We talked for a bit about what we like and what we dislike. We actually had lot's of things in common.

"Like father, like son" He said while laughing.

He also offered me to stay and live with him.

"Sorry dad, I got something to do!" I replied so I said goodbye and left.

Finn was sleeping in the car but he woke up as I entered the car.

"AAHH" Finn screamed.

I couldn't stop laughing and he was confused that I never acted like this.

"Finn, Can we go to the Mall? I have to buy something." I asked

"Sure!" He replied.

We went and I bought a dress for Kate.

I asked them to box it with a letter I gave it to them and went back home.

I arrived home and Kate was in the kitchen. I could hear a mess that was going on in the kitchen.

I headed to the kitchen and there she was. Wearing that apron and trying to cook , she really looked cute so I leaned against the door and crossed my hands since she didn't notice me.

Minutes later she caught me.

"Oh my-" She said with a surprise on her face.

"YOU SCARED ME NOAH" she added and we both giggled.

She rushed to hug me and I hugged her back.

"I got something to give you!" I said.

"Really?" She asked with excitement as I nodded.

I gave her the present which had the dress and the letter in it.

The letter contained all my feelings towards her and asking her to go on a date with me in the valley wearing this dress…