Chapter 1
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Jacob sat on the bed watching as his family left the ward to go to the doctor's office
He immediately made a signal to Enzo to follow them and stop them in whatever way he could as he can not stand and walk properly yet
Amber was left alone with him Incase he would need someone's urgent attention, however they were both panicking
"What are you going to do now? You said Lilian would use the opportunity to send you out of the family if they find out you are in any way sick" Amber was pacing up and down the room
"I believe Enzo would make everything work out" Jacob said and tilted his head to look at Amber who was not staying at one place
"By the way, What is between you and Ian?" He asked
Amber stood still and arched her brow innocently "What is between I and Ian? What do you mean by that? He is my brother in law, what could possibly be between us other than that?"
"When Ian entered, you greeted him" Jacob was direct
"That is because he is the most humane person in your family, I could not greet Mason, you know?" Amber shrugged but Jacob seems not to be satisfied
"I know Ian is not an asshole like Mason but I still want you to stay away from him, don't try to build any relationship with him"
"Is there a reason why I should not? I just told you, Ian is....."
"Amber" he called sternly but made his face lenient when he saw how scared Amber seems to be
"Amber" he called again softly "A lot of people say I am expressionless but Ian is worse, you never know what Ian is thinking and what he might do to you anytime"
"Alright" Amber blinked and came to sit beside him "By the way, If you father finds out about this? He won't listen to your step mother, will he?"
"That's one thing so hard to know about my father, he and Ian possess the same trait, you never know what they would do"
"So you are saying your Father might as well just listen to your step mother?"
"We should just wait and see"
As the family kept moving closer to the doctor's office, Enzo kept thinking of what to say but could not come up with one
He suddenly grabbed Ian's hand and grabbed him to a corner
"Hey! What is wrong with you?" Ian jerked his hand off
He never liked Enzo for once so why would he suddenly grab his hand and pull him to a corner
"We need to talk" Enzo was low-key panicking "Please, I need....no, we need your help"
"We? What are you talking about?" Ian arched his brow
"Actually, we do not want your Family to find out about Jacob's sickness, can you please stop them from going inside the doctor's office?" Enzo said in a pleading tone
"You want me to stop my family from visiting the doctor? What in the world are you trying to hide?" Ian had a puzzled look on
"I will explain to you later but for now, please stop your family" Enzo pleaded
He was only doing that because Jacob is eager to make sure his family does not find out
If not that,
Why would he pleading to Ian?
He works for Jacob, not Ian so Ian and him do not really have a business together
"Forget it" Ian frowned "I am not interested in helping you guys. Infact, I am very curious to know Jacob's sickness" he said and turned to go but Enzo dragged him back again and bowed his head
"Please help us out, young master Ian"
"I am not helping you"
"You are the only who can convince your mom and Dad, they would listen to you because they feel like to you are the good boy"
"Of course I am the good one" Ian raised his voice "Are you trying to get on my nerves or what?"
"Not at all" Enzo cleared his throat "I just know you have nothing against young master. You are a good person and would not allow young master to go down just like that"
"What in the world are you saying?" Ian scoffed "I am Jacob's STEP brother, I am in a competition with him, of course, I would use any opportunity I see to make sure he goes down"
"You know you won't. You are different from Mason, your older brother"
"Are you really trying to get on my nerves?" Ian frowned "Do you want me to get Dad to fire you?"
"You can do whatever you want but for now please, stop your family. I promise to tell you young master's condition if you do so".
Ian was hesitant at first but after a while, he decided to just help them.
He walked hurriedly to Grey Hennessy and stood on their way
"Father"
"Ian?" Grey threw his head back "What is wrong?"
"Father, let's just go home"
"Ian, what are you doing?" Lilian arched her brow
"Yeah, what are you doing, Ian?" Mason seems curious too
"Why is everyone so curious about what sickness Jacob is having? Let's just leave him for now, I am sure he will tell us himself when he is ready"
"We are his family so we are worried about him, we should at least know what is wrong with him" Mason scoffed "Move out of the way, everyone here is busy"
"Mason, since when did you start worrying about Jacob?" Ian glared at him and turned to Grey "Father, can we just go for today?"
Grey let out a deep breath "Alright, let's go back home"
"What? Grey?!" Lilian yelled out with her tiny voice "you should be curious about Jacob's condition, how can you tell us to go home right now?"
"That's right Father, we should know the condition of our dear brother" Mason added
"To be honest...." Grey sighed "I am not really curious, whatever it is, he should fight it alone" he said and walked past Ian and headed out of the hospital.