Chapter 110 - Eros et Psyche 13: Prank (1/2)

As if having the same thoughts, Charles and Dylan stared at each other with their eyes wide, their faces reflecting their idea of Ria's possible secondary mental breakdown.

”No way… this can't be happening,” Charles muttered.

There was no way life could be so cruel as to make people undergo the same traumatic months they did when Ria walked into the office with her memories wiped out. There was just no way— most especially not to his cousin who'd been a dedicated husband.

”But… it's possible, right?” Dylan suggested just as the door to the office burst open and a fresh looking Ria came walking in.

”Good afternoon!” she greeted both with a cheerful smile while Charles and Dylan turned to her with horrified faces. ”Ehrm…is there something wrong?” she asked as she transferred her gaze from one to another.

”What's your full name, age and what day is it today?” Charles fired his question rapidly, surprising the new comer who paused and blinked as she absorbed his questions.

After several seconds that seemed like a lifetime, Ria inhaled as she stood up straight. ”My name is Ria Davis, twenty-two years old and today's June 10, 2009,” she answered with a straight face which made the others' jaws drop in shock.

”Oh my God…it happened,” Dylan ġrȯȧnėd as he scratched his head. ”We'll be working without calendars again…” he murmured before standing up with teary eyes as he approached his friend. ”Hi, my name's Dylan— Dylan Ng,” he told Ria whose mouth hung open as they shook hands.

Charles, on the other hand, cleared his throat. ”Ms. Davis, please wait here while I call the CEO,” he said as he fished his phone from his pocket.

Before he's able to dial his cousin's number however, the door opened again and the man in question stepped in and the executive looked visibly relieved. ”Mr. CEO, Ria's here,” he announced making the other stop on his tracks and blink.

When he didn't move and continued to look at Charles, the executive wiggled his brows comically as he pointed at Ria with his lips.

”You know…Ria,” he gestured to his cousin who frowned as he stepped closer to his wife who was watching him with amused eyes.

”I know. We came here together,” Michael announced as he placed an arm securely around Ria's waist making the others stop and stare at him then to her then to him again.

”What's going on?” Michael then asked upon seeing their weird behavior.

”Y-you're touching her…” Charles commented as he and Dylan stared at Michael's hand on Ria's body.

”Ehrm…what about it?” the CEO retorted in confusion when his wife suddenly chuckled and everyone turned to her. ”Love, what's going on?”

”I'm sorry,” Ria apologized and yet her shoulders continued to shake in her mirth; the back of her hand covered her mouth as she laughed. ”It's just these two suddenly asked me weird questions that I played a joke on them,” she confessed making the other two bewildered.

”Oh my God— you tricked us!” Dylan pointed at her accusingly and the CEO's frown deepened as he looked at his wife, expecting her to explain things.

”Well,” Ria started, finally able to control her amusement. ”The moment I walked in here, Charles asked me for my full name, age and the complete date today, so I teased him a little.”

”You called that little teasing? We thought it was serious,” Charles shook his head disapprovingly as he turned to his cousin. ”You can't blame us for thinking she had a relapse. It's your fault. You called Dylan earlier using her phone saying you're at the hospital,” the executive said.

”Oh…that,” Michael muttered as he fished his phone out of his pocket and realized something. ”Love, I think we swapped phones,” he announced and Ria immediately took her phone out as well and noted that her husband was right.

”I was calling on speed dial and you were number 2 on my phone,” the CEO explained as he swapped phones with his wife. ”Ria was so sick earlier I panicked I didn't notice I had the wrong phone with me.”

”So you were really sick?” Dylan and Charles chorused as they turned to Ria whose cheeks turned rosy as she placed a bashful smile on her beautiful face.

Her sudden shyness confused the couple's audience more that the two turned to Michael for answers.

”Well, she was really sick earlier— but as it turned out, it's not something that can't be cured in a few months,” Michael announced as he pulled his wife closer to his side as he beamed at his cousin and wife's friend. ”We're having a baby!”

Their announcement was met with silence and Ria looked nervous until both Dylan's and Charles's faces broke into delighted grins.

”Good heavens that's great news!”

Seeing the others' approval, Ria's coy smile widened as she leaned back against her husband, resting her head against Michael's shoulder as her husband spoke.