Gold digger

Oliver rode into the Mansion at about three p.m. He entered the Mansion and sat in the living room looking very tired. He dropped his car keys on the sofa and removed his sandals. He relaxed his back on the sofa almost dossing off when the maid entered and said,"Young Sir, ma'am wants to have dinner with you at Seven p.m tonight. She asked me to let you know about it." Without moving his head, Oliver waived his hand at the maid and said reluctantly " It's alright."

Oliver went upstairs to have a shower and got into bed for a nap before dinner. At Seven, the maid went upstairs and knocked at Oliver's door, "Sir! Dinner is ready and Ma'am is waiting at the dinning." He dragged himself out of bed and entered the toilet to wash his face. He went downstairs for dinner. Rosalie drag out a seat from beneath the dinning table for Oliver to sit. " Come on, sit with me. How was your day?" She asked. " It was quite hectic and that's why I returned very early." He answered. " Eat on dear".

Oliver picked up the cutleries and continued eating. Rosalie continued" I and your Dad had a talk last night about you, your future and the Company. As you know we are getting Old day by day and you aren't also getting any younger. You more than anyone knows about the heritage of our family. You know you should now begin to take control of affairs at the company.

You are already doing well." Oliver nodded chewing the steak he slide into his mouth but was quite attentive with his ears eagerly waiting for what Rosalie was going to hit at.

" We want you to get married and have your kids before we die. We chose a girl for you." Oliver bursted into a hilarious laughter and said " Mom! You chose a girl for me? You are full of jokes." He said sacarsticaly as he continued eating. " You will marry the law attorney, Charlotte Williams!" She said. " Charl..... What? Are you kidding me? Who marries such a an arrogant woman who is full of herself?" He said staring at his mother with a sharp look.

"Besides I have a woman in my life. Lilly is the only woman in my life and as you already know she has a child for me. I can't marry any woman but her." He fumed and dropped the Cutleries on the table that it made a noise. He left the table and was about to walked upstairs, Rosalie said "Come here Oliver! You don't walk out on me while I am talking to you." She growled.

"Fine then! Forget about being an heir to this family! You are definitely not going to marry that low life gold digger." She threatened.

Oliver turned to his mother as dark cloud hoverred under his eyes and the waves of shock ran through his veins. " Are you threatening me Mom? Unbelievable!" She turned away from him and left the dining to the living room.

He ran upstairs into his room and closed his door. He sat behind the door with both hands on his head. He couldn't believe What his mother said to him. He began to recall Charlotte' s face and the encounter they had.

James left the Mansion for two days and stayed with his friend Eric. At some point his mother got worried but had made up her mind to stick to the decision. James on the other hand already had commenced plans to organize a banquet at which he intends to announce the engagement of his son to Charlotte. James sent a mail to Oliver and asked him to meet him at the hospital. James left immediately after receiving the text from his father. Eric followed him down to the hospital too. James at his own end knowing the weakness of Oliver intends to blackmail him into agreeing with the alliance.

Oliver loves his Dad so much and had grown so attached to him even as a young man. He hides in the shadows to make Rosalie do his dirty jobs. But Oliver also understands that too. Rosalie was from a low class family too when she met James and against all odds married her into his family even when no one was happy with him. Till date the family of James are yet to accept her completely and still sees her as the lower class gold digger. This is the more reason she never wants her son to go through this by marrying Lilly.

As Oliver got into the hospital room he met his father lying on the bed. He rushed to him and said " What happened Dad?" Oliver held his father's hand and was massaging it gently.

" You see son I have been going through alot of stress with the company lately. So many issues coming up and our investors backing out due to the pending inflation in the country. And my health is failing too. The investors are not willing to listen. And the new ones don't want to take risks yet." He said.

" Stop talking about the company now and be fine. We would talk about that later. You need to get well before any other thing. Your health matters more.