The Amos Family

'Where are you?' Riley asked in our group chat.

'Running an errand, I'll be home in a bit.' I replied.

'My cousin is anxious and blowing up my phone with all his calls, get back here, he's freaking out.' She replied.

'He can freak out all he wants, just ignore him. He has eyes on me, he knows where I am.' I messaged before finally shoving my phone in my pocket and stepping out of my car.

My convoy of vehicles and bodyguards couldn't follow me into Anna's family's property. I knew it was driving them insane, but I wanted to speak to her and give her things back.

"Hello Miss, this way," a butler said as he greeted me. 

I gave him a nod and looked around. To the butler, it must have seemed like I was in awe of the grandeur of the Amos family's mansion. 

While the mansion was large compared to a normal home, it was nothing compared to the Durfort Manor and the Harris Mansion. 

As a matter of fact, what caught my attention was the tacky mishmash of gaudy gold fixtures and furs from all over the world. Couldn't they afford an interior designer?

Or maybe the designer simply agreed to their tacky tastes, many would do that just to get a bonus and a repeat client.

"Quite an impressive display, isn't it, Miss Harris?" an older man asked as he entered the living room. He had salt and pepper hair and tanned skin that looked quite attractive on his strong features.

"It is, sir," I said with a gentle smile.

If my suspicions were correct, he was Anna's father.

"Victor Amos," the man said, confirming my suspicions. "I herd you wanted to speak with my daughter, Anna."

"Yes, sir, I work with her at Durfort Inc. I just wanted to give her her things and check up on her," I told the man while keeping a close eye on his movements.

The man looked at me from head to toe, clearly trying to assess if I was related to that Harris family.

I wasn't, yet, but I would be once Alexander and I got married. 

"Sir, allow me to answer the question you clearly want to ask," I said with a playful smile on my lips. "I'm not part of that Harris family. I really am just your daughter's officemate and I really just wanted to check in on her."

Victor Amos frowned at my proclamation. It was clear that he wanted to form a bond with Alexander, why else would he have sent his daughter to work for Lexington?

"Very well, a maid fetched my daughter. Please don't linger," he said coldly, clearly changing the way he viewed me when he learned I wasn't related to that Harris Family.

He would probably change his tone if he knew who I really was.

"L— L— Lily?" I heard Anna ask as she stood by the doorway.

"I'll let you ladies to it then, you have ten minutes then you will have to leave, and through the side gate this time," Victor said, waving us off as he left us alone.

The maid left too and it was just me and Anna.

"Here, your stuff," I said as I placed the bag in Anna's hands and turned to leave.

This place disgusted me, it was a reminder of how cruel most families in our circles were.

"Wait, Lily!" Anna called out. "About earlier…"

I took a deep breath and sighed before turning back to face her.

"Did you know him? Were you intimate in the past?" I asked Anna.

"No, but—" Anna began to reason out but I didn't want to hear it.

She might not know it, but she made a move on my fiancée. I might not want to marry him, I might not love him, but he was still mine.

"So why do that to him?" I asked her. "Do you want the Durfort family to look bad in front of Alexander Harris?"

I quickly added the last part to make sure she didn't suspect anything.

"You're new, nothing can make the Harris family look bad in front of him," she said, rolling her eyes. "I'm working at Durfort Inc. for one reason and one reason alone, to secure a beneficial marriage between mine and those that are close to the Harris family. It's none of your business, Lily."

I bit my tongue as I resisted the urge to slap her and shout at her. 

Of course, it was my business, I was a Durfort.

"I won't bother you any further then, Anna, goodbye, see you on Monday," I said, leaving her alone in the living room.

I moved as fast as possible, wanting to get out of the Amos Family's property and back to my own family's.

I thought Anna would chase after me and make me swear to tell no one about our encounter, but she simply let me go.

Within minutes I was driving out of the side gate of the Amos Family's property, my bodyguards reappearing a few blocks later. 

When I was far enough from the Amos family home, I pulled my car over to the side and took out my phone giving Lexington a call.

"Lilith, are you safe?" Lex asked.

"I am, but I need you to do something for me," I said as I let out a breath. 

This was the first time I was actually going to use my identity as a Durfort to do something that will change someone's life.

"What is it, cousin?" Lexington asked as he realized I had gone silent.

"I need you to fire Anna Amos," I told him.

"Consider it done." Lex seemed too happy for his own good. I couldn't help but shake my head.

"I'll see you at home," I told him as I ended the call and drove back home.

When I arrived home, I finally let out a breath of relief, something about the Amos family left me uneasy. 

"Lilith, are you alright?" My grandfather was standing at the door when I arrived.

I quickly ran up and hugged him tight. 

"What happened?" he asked me.

Without any hesitation, I recounted to him what I had heard and seen in the Amos family home.

"Grandpa, I couldn't believe how willingly Victor Amos is using his daughter as a pawn and how willing she is to play that role!" I told him.

"Some people only see money, my dear, you know this," he said as he held me tight. 

"Grandpa, if I said I didn't want to marry Alexander, would you force me to?" I asked him as I looked up at the man who had raised me and who seemed to know me best.

"You know I would never force you," he told me, planting a kiss on my forehead. "You always have a choice Lilith, you already made one, do you want to make another one?"

My marriage to Jason, my first choice and my biggest mistake.

"No, Alexander isn't the worst option," I confessed, my cheeks turning red.

"I know that you've always loved him, little Lili," Grandpa told me. "I'm sure he's always loved you too."