Chapter 11

Ravi's POV

Uhhh... What the hell is that sound?

Wait that's my phone and why the fuck is it ringing I thought as I picked it up.

"Hello. " I said rubbing the sleep out of my eyes

"Good morning sir. "

"Shelly, is that you? "

"Yes sir. "

"Why the hell are you calling me at this hour, is something wrong? " I sat up quickly at the thought of something happening to my restaurant.

"No No nothing is wrong sir. " she said "I was just wondering when you will be reporting to work. "

"Why are you wondering, Shelly, is something wrong? "

"No sir, just wondering since I heard that you had returned. " she answered timidly

I didn't tell anyone about my coming back so how did she know, "how did you know that I had returned home Shelly. "

"Oh umm.... Well I spoke to your mum. "

To say I am shocked right now feels like it would be an understatement, "Shelly, since when did you start calling my mother on a regular basis? "

"Oh no, nothing like that sir; she was the one who called me to prepare for your arrival, nothing more. "

I guess I can believe that because my mother can do that, "ok... Well to answer your question I wouldn't be coming back to work for a few weeks and I am sure you can handle things without me, right? "

"Yes I can sir. "

"Good now goodbye. " I said, hang up. I dropped the phone and stood up heading to the bathroom to clean up.

I decided to go and make a quick breakfast for Adrian before he wakes up since he is my guest but what I saw in the kitchen almost gave me a heart attack.

"Adrian! Oh my what are you doing. " I said rushing to collecting the spatula from him

"Cooking. "

"Adrian cooking is not burning the pancakes and egg. " I said hands akimbo, "and why the hell are you cooking. "

"Well ummm. " he uttered, rubbing his hand on his neck, "I wanted to make something nice for you. "

"Awww that's so sweet but I don't think burned pancakes are nice. " I giggled.

"That's not a nice thing to say Ravi. " he pouted

"Well you should have thought about that before you burned my pancakes and ruined my frying pan. " I smiled when his face turned red..... Cute.

We were silent before Adrian asked, "hey ummm.....who were you talking to this morning. "

"That's an odd question, why would you ask that. " I was confused.

" Not to intrude or anything but I had you talking to someone when I passed your door and you were sounding a little bit disturbed..... That's why I am asking. "

"Oh yeah... I was talking to my assistant and manager for now that is. "

"Ok so why were you sounding disturbed. " he eyes down casted "I only because it sounded serious. "

I don't know but it's moments like this that make Adrian look creepy especially with the way he is being so inquisitive.

"Uhmm yeah nothing to be worried about, she wondered when I would be coming in to work. " I said.

"Uhmm is that all I mean uhmm..... Sorry I mean what type of work do you do? `` he stuttered.

"Uhmm I own my restaurant and garden, it's called Greenland. " I said proudly

"Wow, that's great but how do you handle two businesses at once? "

"Well it's not that stressful as it seems actually. " I pointed out "due to the fact that they are run in the same building. "

"How? I don't get. " he said in a casual yet curious tone

"Well my dad bought the building for me when I was 16. " I said, rolling my eyes as I recalled the reason my dad bought the building for me.

"Why would your father buy you a building when you were 16, did he run out of things to get you. " he said as we laughed.

"Well he thought it would make me more responsible. I mean come on how do you make a nerd who does nothing but read and cook more responsible. " i said giggling "anyways when he bought the building, I was so obsessed with flowers and cooking and couldn't decide on what to do when I was of age to run a business of course so my mum suggested that I use the downstairs for a classic restaurant while I use the top floor for a flower shop. "

"How the hell did that work out!"

"Crazy right I know babe I know and that's exactly what I thought when she suggested that but in the end it did work out more than I expected. " I said proudly.

"So when will you be going back to work? "

"Uhmmm I don't know yet. " I said "I don't even think it's the right time to go back to work. "

"What? Why. " he said staring back at me in shock

"Well we have to deal with your father first before I decide to go back to work but it's nothing to worry about ok. "

"B-But who will take care of ev- "

"Don't worry about that. " I said as I cut him off "I have a manager for that".

"Mmm ok but how about we go sometimes, I really want to see Greenland. "

This made me tilt my head to the side. I don't think I have ever seen anyone this excited for me to work but I guess he just feels guilty...... I guess, "sure why not babe".

5 minutes later I'm done cooking breakfast. I served Adrian and myself and we ate in silence which was a little bit awkward so I decided to break and ask.

"So how did you know that your father was behind what happened to you. " I asked

"Mmm..... So you see I found out how my mother died and I found out that I had a brother. I was 10 years old and I just knew that he would do the same to me. " he said, his head downward. I thought he was ashamed but it wasn't until I saw the tears that landed on the table that I realized that he was crying and this broke my heart for him.

"Oh Adrian, don't cry, how did she die? "

"Well to put it simple I was the product of a relationship Marcus had with my mother's sister, I was the bastard child and no one knew of me because I lived here in Washington while his other family in Seattle. " he said "Victoria Ivanov, Marcus wife found out about the relationship her husband had with her sister and about me and she was furious but who wouldn't be when you realized that your husband and sister we're having a relationship behind your back. "

"But how did she find out? " I asked

"I don't know even after how many years of trying to find out. " he muttered

I could see that this conversation was making him sad but I need to know more, this could help us find his father, "I know this makes you sad but you need to go on Adrian please. " I said, "the more information you give the closer we are to knowing more about Marcus and finding him. "

"Ok. " he said as he took a deep breath, "so after Victoria found out about me and where I was, she started visiting me here and we became close but when Marcus found out he was furious, I had never seen him that mad before and I thought he was going to hit me for not telling him but to my surprise he didn't. " he said confusedly.

"Wait, you mean Marcus used to hit you? " I said with him responding with a nod "oh my God but you were just a child. " I said shocked

"He didn't think that hitting me was such a bad thing according to him, he said that he was installing discipline. " he said with a far away look in his eyes "but that's by the way, so he-he took Victoria back to Seattle and made sure she could never come back to see me ever again........ That was the last I ever heard nor saw her again. "

"Uhmmm i-i'm sorry Adrian. " I feel very bad making him talk about things that bring him pain "i'm sorry, you can stop if you're feeling overwhelmed. "

"No it ok, I have to talk about it at one point. " he said, "so a few months after the incident, Marcus fired all my old nannies and maids and hiring new ones, I became more alone than I have ever felt before but then one day I was feeling more lonely than ever decided to just you know find something to keep me entertained and then I wandered off to my father's old office...... I don't really recall what happened but I know t-that I found Victoria's death certificate. " he said crying and I just couldn't help myself, I started to cry with him.

"Oh Adrian I'm so sorry, I can't imagine how you felt at that age. " I said, hugging him.

"She *hiccup* was my only friend Ravi. " he said as he grieved "i-i even found pictures of her dead body. "

I can't even imagine how he went through all that at the age of 10, "I'm sorry Adrian I'm really sorry. "

"It's ok, it is all in the past........ In that same file I saw the picture of a young boy, he looked like a 14 year old, I saw his birth certificate and all his documents, at first I didn't know who he was or anything, I just didn't understand I mean I was 10 years old and I just found out that my mother and best friend was dead and I didn't even know about it, the boy was the last thing on my mind at that moment"

"So how did you find out that he was your brother? "

"Marcus used to write in a journal almost all the time but all of a sudden he stopped but that day I found it in the folder, I read and read...... That was how I found out that Nicholas Ivanov is my brother and that Marcus was the one that killed Victoria. "