Chapter 187 - Threats (1/2)

Ch-186

”Fine,” Cyrus agreed.

After the most annoying lunch in his life, Cyrus left the restaurant. While Cedric left later than Cyrus. He took his sweet time and felt happy to tell Eleanor about her unknown secrets. Maybe if he reveals her secrets then she may forgive him.

Cedric doesn't know that Eleanor wasn't angry at him but disappointed at him and herself. But as days passed her memory about that unfortunate thing is fading. Only if he was known maybe things would have been different. But what he can do in the play of fate. He could nothing other than get played with it.

Next day…

Cedric agreed that Cyrus was as efficient as Esther. They both were too efficient with their work. If they say they would do it, they would do it. He learned to be efficient from them. He admired them for being able to understand each other. Cyrus never forced Esther to merge both companies such that he could handle them both and let Esther rest. He respected her decision to work. And even Esther despite being a mother to a child made sure that she has enough time for her child. Reggie… loved his parents equally. He was just in his first grade, but he was too smart of his age.

Cedric started daydreaming about his married life and his life as a father. Well, before he could slip into his daydreaming deeper, he came out.

From Cyrus' investigation, he got to know that Eleanor was never a Zora. She was born after their marriage. And her biological mother doubted Eleanor's birth from the start but she brushed it off thinking that she might be overthinking. But as Eleanor grew, it became obvious of the fact that Eleanor wasn't Aiden's daughter.

Feeling guilty, she committed that she was involved in a one-night stand with a stranger when she was drunk. But as she was drunk she forgot who he was. She never knew she was pregnant with the stranger's identity until she gave birth to Eleanor. In the start, she used to think she was thinking unnecessarily but she realized that Eleanor wasn't Aiden's. She proposed to Aiden that she would take away Eleanor with her and rise her.

But Aiden disagreed with the divorce and on giving up Eleanor. Left with no choice, Eleanor's mother committed suicide and filed a divorce. In the court, Aiden asked for Eleanor's custody proving that Eleanor's mother was not in the right state of mind to take care of a child. Even the court agreed that Eleanor's mother wasn't suitable to take care of the child as she committed suicide.

Eleanor's mother was sent to a rehabilitation center to get treated but after a week of her joining the rehabilitation center, she was kidnapped by someone. Few of the hospital staff say that she committed suicide but the hospital is trying to cover it. And few say she escaped and committed suicide. Despite whatever the story was Eleanor's mother was dead which was hidden from Eleanor. When Cedric first visited Zora's house he got to know that Eleanor thinks that her mother was alive but she doesn't come to visit her.

But for some reason, he felt that Aiden was hiding something from everyone. He doesn't want to reveal anything to Eleanor. Cedric could guess that Aiden loves Eleanor as his own. Or more than his own. He wasn't willing to lose her.

But there was something more. Or maybe Aiden knew the real father of Eleanor? They might have a beef against each other. Cedric shook his head feeling that he was overthinking. But again… he shouldn't come to any conclusion without knowing completely.

He has a lunch meeting with a client. So he went to the scheduled spot and discussed a few things with them. After he was done, he bid goodbye to the client and went to the parking lot to get his car. Entering the car, he was about to reverse the car but his eyes widened the moment he noticed the presence of someone in his passenger seat.

”Fuck!” he cursed out loud.

The person beside him just smirked.