Chapter 6: Lunch

Once I made sure that I was very much still alive and not choking to death, I sent a glare to the mother and son.

“Have you lost your fucking mind?! I could have died!” I yelled. Reminding them of what might have happened to me if Sophie hadn't stopped him from choking me.

Oh Goodness! I've always wanted to drown in wealth but I never said choke. I haven't even started my role fully yet and someone was trying to kill me.

Sophie took a deep breath. She detached herself from her psychopathic son and approached me again. This time, I was fully alert.

“Listen Ivy..you have to follow our instructions. There are certain things you don't know and that's why I'm trying to make you understand it”

I was marveled at the sudden turn her words took. She sounded so calm and polite, anyone who didn't know her vicious side would have fallen for her sweet words.

“What do you mean?” I inquired not fully believing her words. She was just like a green snake on a green glass.

“What I mean is that..we should work together to achieve our goals. You're following the wrong person Ivy.. Vivian is a very dangerous lady and you should be wary of her..”

Vivian? As in Scott's mum? She didn't treat me badly. In Fact she was the sweetest person I've met here today. Unless they were hiding something away from me..

“Okay” I responded.

“And here's our deal….”

***

I returned back to Scott's room a few minutes after Sophie had laid out her terms and conditions concerning my interactions with most people in the house. It was really crazy how others were the bad ones to interact with whereas, she painted herself as the nice one.

I paced around the large room reading the script given to me by Jake. Diana's family were coming over for lunch today. The arrangements were fixed as soon as they heard the news. They had to fly back into the country from Paris after they heard about me.

They'd be here any moment from now and still, I wasn't able to grasp a single thing that I've read.

I turned around to face the man asleep on the bed, he was handsome no doubt but was equally infuriating me to the core.

How could he be so relaxed whereas I was troubled? This had everything to do with him and he wasn't even trying to help matters!

I marched straight to him and smacked his hair with the scripts I was holding.

“You fool! Don't you have any other thing to do aside from being incredibly handsome? I've been trying to understand this script and your quietness is so overbearing!”

Realizing how dumb I might have just sounded. I chuckled out so hard. A knock disrupted my moment, it was opened afterwards to reveal a middle aged maid.

I hid the script behind my back and offered her a really large smile.

“Ma'am..your family arrived a minute ago. They are awaiting your presence at the dining table”

My heart thumped hard. I tried to keep the large smile on my face but I failed hard, it turned into a creepy toothy grin which must have scared the maid.

As soon as she left, I itched my head trying to think of how to make this twenty pages long script all magically go into my head. And then an idea popped up in my head.

“Oh shit! I'm a genius”

***

Hmm…

The tantalizing aroma filling the air struck my noise as I got to the last stair. My eyes scanned the large surrounding till it fell on the long dining covered with different varieties of dishes. My mouth watered at the sight, two chefs walked past me with two piping-hot plates which contained braised pork.

My thoughts were completely occupied and filled with various ways I was gonna chunk down all those goodies.

“Diana!”

I looked up sharply to see all eyes on me. Embarrassment washed all over me. How long have they been calling out to me? I met Sophie and Jake's gaze and it wasn't a good look. I was so lost staring at the table that I didn't realize what must have been happening around me.

An unfamiliar man and woman rose up from their seats and began running towards me at full speed. I was alarmed at their behavior which made me swerve to the left side as soon as they drew close. They both skidded to the other side.

Was this one of the ways Jake and his mother had devised to…to do what? What could they possibly achieve by doing this? I was still trying to wrap my head on what was going on until the woman spoke.

“Diana? Is this how you treat your parents?”

Damn..my parents?

And now, for my biggest pretense mode ever!!

I turned around to face them again..

“My parents?..”

There was a look of hesitation in the woman's eyes..was she doubting me already?

“You don't recall your own parents?” My supposed dad asked this time.

At the other end of the dining table, Sophie chuckled dryly, rising slowly to her feet. She glared at me for a second before she replaced it with a large beam.

“I'm very sure that she does…right Diana? You do recall everything don't you?”

I faced the couple before me with a fallen gaze. “No I don't..I don't recall anyone other than Scott..I know well that Scott and I are a thing but I don't recall all our memories together..just a few of them”

My new mum pulled me into her arms stroking my back slowly. For once in my life, I felt like I truly belonged there. I felt the warmth my own mother couldn't give me. I allowed myself to be consumed by her warm embrace..

“The most important thing is that you're alive honey..your father and I thought we had lost you forever but here you are..we can't be any happier than this”

My supposed dad who had been standing aside all these while approached us and enveloped the both of us into his arms.

My eyes wandered to Jake and his mother's direction. Things weren't looking good on their side. But that is what they both get for trying to make me comprehend a twenty page long script. It was much easier to fake a memory loss.

I pulled my gaze off Sophie's face and settled it on the table. Heaven alone knows when I'll be free from their hold. My tummy was rumbling so much..how come they never heard it?

“Alright..that's enough I'm starving!”

Oh oh..that slipped out of my mouth..but it was already too late to take it back since all eyes fell on me again.