28|Uninvited?Guests of honor.

The car came to an abrupt stop in front of a lavish mansion. Eris in his branded well tailored suit walked out. Taylor followed suit. He was mindful of his steps and maintained a clear distance from his boss who had not stop releasing chilling and oppressive aura. He took majestic steps towards the building before them.

It will not take a soothsayer to pronounce the obvious, a storm is brewing within the boss. But who is the unlucky victim of his temperament this time?.

Eris and Taylor walked into the house and waited for their host.

"Eris, could you please bring your temper down a bit, I am freezing to death here" Taylor whispered to his friend and boss.

Eris turned his head towards Taylor and casted a look at him. Taylor suddenly shivered, he felt as if he was hit by a snow storm from Mount Everest.

'But I am not even the one he is annoyed with' Taylor complained in his head. There was nothing more he could do than maintain a composed posture of a good assistant that he was. He saw their host approach and he stood straighter.

"What big guests do I have here?" The plump potbellied man said as he approached Eris and Taylor. He planted on his face a very fake business-like smile that almost split his face into two. Eris scrunched up his face in display of disgust. But the man was too occupied to notice.

"This is going to be the best Christmas I will ever have" The man continued.

"Indeed" Eris finally voiced out. His chilly voice froze the man's smile for a split second but he quickly recovered.

"My honourable guests, what would you like?" He asked and Eris just flicked his wrist as a sign of rejection. An annoyed emotion flashed across the man's eyes and he gave a forced smile.

'Only if those idiots did not fail. Who knows.....' His thoughts trailed.

"We came for serious business" Eris said bring him back to reality.

"What is it that you want?" The man answered in the same serious voice Eris spoke to him. There was no reason to give a forced smile to the undeserving fool, he thought.

"Simple" Eris gave a one word answer. He waved his hand signalling to Taylor who just stood by the side. Taylor was quick to understanding his gesture quickly dropped a flash drive on his opened palm.

Eris flung the flash drive rudely at the man who quickly caught it. Irritated flashed through his eyes. This Eris was just too rude and overbearing. 'Just watch me drag you down!' He thought with his fist clenching.

"Watch that first Mr. Rodriguez, then we can talk" Eris said and lazily leaned into the chair. The man, Mr. Rodriguez raised a brow before connecting the flash to his laptop.

'This going to be fun' Taylor thought with a smirk on his face. He moved closer to see the reactions on this Mr. Rodriguez face.

In a moment, Mr. Rodriguez sly smile disappeared and he felt a chilling wind knock right through him with the video that was playing on the laptop. A heavy feeling settled in his stomach. How did this....?

Taylor who felt his uneasiness smiled broadly. Good for him, he thought. The video was a compilation of evidences against Mr. Rodriguez who sent men to kill Eris. After the men who plotted to kill him were caught by Eris' men, they were brutally tortured till they confessed. Audrey also followed up Mr. Rodriguez accounts and previous movement.

Mr. Rodriguez raised his head to look at Eris in disbelief. He froze and a sudden coldness took over his sensory organs.

"How— what is the meaning this Eris!" Mr. Rodriguez snapped.

"What does it seems like to you Mr. Rodriguez?" Eris cocked an arrogant brow.

"You— you despicable thing! Have you forgotten my position in the company. I see you do not want your position. You better stop this stupid act already!" Mr. Rodriguez fumed.

"That will not be needed" Eris said coldly.

"What do you mean by that?" He asked.

"A little more patience will do you good" Eris answered.

This Mr. Rodriguez tried to calm himself but a larger part of him knew he was doomed. Just how? He wondered. He had been the brain behind the rejection of Eris as the CEO. After years of having for himself a very big share of the company, he had always wanted to be the CEO himself.

It was a very bad moment for him when Orman announced he would be handing over the company to his only son. He met with the other shareholders of the company and convinced them to reject the idea. He believed that if anyone should take over the company, it should be one of the shareholders who have been since the beginning of the company.

The larger faction of the shareholders agreed with him while some other remained neutral because they believed Mr. Rodriguez idea was as a result of his greed. This brought about the idea to try Eris' in managing the company.

Fortunately, Eris did incredibly well making him earn the support of most of the shareholders. Mr. Rodriguez saw that he was on the loosing end, he decided to put an end to Eris' life.

Through his informant, he leant that Eris left for a camp and he quickly sent his men after him. He had thought they would do a beautifully clean job but only one of them returned with the report that the forest was too dangerous that the men were all injured and sent straight for treatment abroad.

He easily bought the story because he trusted his men but with all these now? Eris had successfully sabotaged him and he had to pay a huge price for it.

"Eris, what do you want? If it is my support, I am ready I give it in—"

"You think too highly of yourself" Eris said shaking his head disappointedly. "You think I need your help or support? It is a pity"

"What do you mean? don't you think you are too arrogant!" He snapped loosing his temper.

"Me?" Eris let out a quick bark of laughter. He stopped and gave Mr. Rodriguez a really hard look and he stiffened.

"You think I can't be arrogant?" Eris arched his brow.

He nonchalantly waved his hand towards Taylor who moved forward and gave his boss a file. Eris dropped the file in front of Mr. Rodriguez.

"Sign those" he instructed.

"Why should I? And what is written in there?" Mr. Rodriguez asked, he looked from the file to Eris sceptically.

"You have the chance to go through it. But that doesn't mean you ain't going to sign whatever it is" Eris answered in a relaxed manner.

Mr. Rodriguez picked up the file and flipped through it. Reading its content, his skin tingled in anger. He furrowed his brows as he read on.

"What do you mean by this!" He yelled banging his hands on the surface of the table. "What do you mean by hand over my shares in the company to you! You horrible greedy thing!"

Eris pinched the space between his brows. 'This man is sure something' he thought.

"It is a good thing to be greedy isn't it? I leant from the best. You know I am not forcing you to sign that actually. But you have to because you will not like to go to jail. The choice is yours after all" Eris said.

Mr. Rodriguez fumed. He clenched and unclenched his fist angrily. Going to jail was too much embarrassment for him and with all the evidences Eris had against him, he doubt he would even get out of it. Signing off his shares to him was like his life. None of the choices favored him.

"You sneaky brat!" He gritted his teeth. He was in a very tight situation. He had no choice but to please Eris at the moment. He can always make a comeback, he thought.

He picked a pen and signed the papers. He roughly shoved it into the hands of Taylor who took it gladly.

"Thank you for being welcoming enough" Eris said as he stood up. He straightened his suit jacket and turned to his best friend. "It is time to leave". With that, he took long strides out of the mansion.

"ARRGGHHH!"

Mr. Rodriguez knocked the table before him down. He paced to and fro the room. He ran his fingers through his hair and closed his eyes. He was in deep thoughts. He cannot just sit still and let that small boy take always all that belong to him. He walked to the bar and poured himself a drink.

"Eris, you have only won this round!" He drowned down the alcoholic substance in one gulp.

"That was a great job you did there Eris, he signed off his shares just like that! With your shares in total, no one can stand against you being the new CEO" Taylor said.

"If you think it is that easy, then you are foolish" Eris commented.

Taylor: "..." Must you be arrogant?