Chapter 161 - The Importance Of Eric's Hair

Ch-160 

Next day… 

Eleanor was getting ready to have her breakfast in a hurry as she was running out of her time. Suddenly her phone rang. 

Seeing it as an unknown number she picked the call. 

"Hello," she greeted. 

"Hello, child," she heard an elderly voice greeting her. 

"Hello! Dad. Never thought you would call me!" she said like an excited bunny. 

"Chill down, Child. I am ready to take your offer," he said. 

"Oh! Really!? Shall we meet?" she asked. 

"Yeah…" he said. 

"Okay, Dad. I will get my assistant to get the documents ready. I will come to your place tomorrow. Be ready with a table of food!" she said excitedly. 

"Child, you know… you should say be ready to sign," Arnold said shaking his head. 

"But… I know you will sign. And I wanted to have the food in your home. So… I throwing arrows there," Eleanor said like a kid. 

"Now… I know why Cedric is dying to be with you," he said. 

"No one can resist being with me," she said cheekily. 

"Fine, Call me tomorrow before you come," he said. 

"Okay," she said. 

"Bye," he said. 

"Okay, Bye," she said and hung the call. 

This news made her day. Awww…. The first step towards her dream started just now. Humming a tune, she started descending the stairs. 

"Dad… you know what? I am so damn happy!" she announced. 

She held the hands of Aiden and twirled him. "What happened?" he asked as he laughed and twirled merrily. 

"Didn't I say… I am going to start a hotel with a restaurant? The owner agreed to sell his land. Aww…. I am happy. I am gonna use the money that brother stored for me during the bankruptcy." she said as she laughed merrily. Her giggles and laughter rang the halls of the Zora mansion, which lifted the mood of Aiden. His daughter… was happy. And his heartfelt good because of that. 

"And?" Aiden asked. Eric and other servants just smiled at the interaction of the father and daughter duo. It's been a while since they saw them like this. 

"The family comes from a chef family! I promised five percent from the restaurant and five percent from the hotel. On the condition that his family would be dedicated to working for us for the coming decades and help me in handling both. You know what… dad… there are certain dishes from their menu that took off my palette. I want to have them only for me. Such a pity they sold it off earlier. I will develop the dish in different styles. 

"Tomorrow, he promised me to cook a table of dishes before signing the papers. I am going to have delicious," she said as she sang like a baby. 

"Can dad share food with you tomorrow?" Aiden asked. 

"Yes," she agreed readily not knowing she was inviting trouble. 

"Then it's done," he said. 

"Yesh!" she twirled faster along with him as she yelled a yes to him. 

"Baby girl, can you stop? I feel dizzy," he said as he tried to calm her down. 

"Aish," she exclaimed as she sighed at her weak father. 

"You are turning old," she said as shook her head. 

Aiden: "..." 

He looked at Eric. But he got a look from Eric which said Eleanor was right. 

Aiden: "..." 

"Jenna!" Eleanor yelled. 

"Young Miss," she greeted. 

"From today… change dad's diet. He is too weak. He can't even swirl a few rounds with him. How I wish my father to be strong," she said as she sighed like a grandmother. 

"Ele…" before Aiden could say something, he was cut off. 

"And Aunty… I will be back for lunch. Prepare my favorites," she said as she rubbed her hands. Jenna smiled as she nodded before leaving. 

Aiden: "..." 

For god sake, he was present too. Don't they need his opinion on his diet? 

"Eleanor, dad doesn't want to change the diet," Aiden said in a low voice. 

"What? I didn't get you, dad," she said acting as if she didn't hear him. 

"I don't want to change my diet now," he said. 

"Dad, did I say this to you?" Eleanor asked looking at him seriously all of a sudden. Aiden furrowed his brows and looked at her curiously. 

"What, baby girl?" he asked in his dead-serious tone. 

"That I turned deaf two minutes ago. Remember this," she said. 

Aiden: "..." 

A servant who was cleaning the vase couldn't hold it anymore and laughed out loud. Aiden glared at the poor servant, he ran off seeing his master being angry at him. But again… he sighed at his poor fate. He turned to look at Eric. 

Eric who was waiting to watch Eleanor's next move felt someone's gaze on him. Aiden's eyes were filled with pleading looks which made him unable to handle it. Suddenly he realized that the ceiling of the dining hall and the hall or not clean. Maybe he should call a servant to clean them. And he should do that right away. He looked above his head as he keenly observed the ceiling and walked away to call the servant to clean it. 

Aiden: "..." 

What the hell? 

Did everyone forget he was the master of the house? Why does no one is respecting him? They should listen to him, not to her. What changed? 

"Eric!" Aiden yelled. 

Eric came swiftly, forgetting to call the servant to clean the ceiling. 

"Where did you go?" he asked sternly. 

"Hmmm…. Actually… the ceiling is not clean. I went to call a servant to clean it," he said as he lowered his head. 

"Then where is the servant?" Aiden asked. 

"When I am about to call the servant, you called me, Sir," he said with an awkward smile. He just hoped he won't ask him to sneak some food into his room. If he does that Eleanor would kill him. Her nose is stronger than the dog. If she smelled something fishy, she would make sure that… they would suffer. Once when he sneaked some food to Martin's room without her knowing, she smelled it the moment she entered the room. 

She almost shaved his hair and turned him bald. How could he forget that? His wife married him just for the sake of his hair. If he doesn't have hair, even at this age she wouldn't fret to divorce. If he get a divorce at this age, everyone would laugh at him with their asses. And that too if the reason was just that he was bald, then they would laugh while rolling on the grounds. What if his children abandon him because he didn't have hair? 

Eric knew this wasn't good. He shouldn't bend towards his master's commands and words. After all, hair was very important to him. And his future and family depended on his hair. 

When Eric was immersed in worrying about his future, family, wife, divorce, children, and his hair, he furrowed his brows deeply. In the end, there was a horrified expression on his face. 

Nope! He should protect his hair at any cost! Without his knowledge, he touched his hand. From tomorrow, he should buy a cap and use it to protect his face. 

"Eric," Aiden called him when he saw frozen Eric. But he didn't respond he was too busy thinking about his future. He could see that Eric was immersed in a self thoughts world, and he even held his head protectively. It confused Aiden. 

"Eric," he called again but he didn't respond. 

"ERIC!!" he yelled this time, shaking Eric from his self-thoughts. 

"Sir, where is my wife? Didn't she divorce me? Where are my children? Did they leave me for having a bald head? Did I become an orphan?" Eric asked senselessly. 

Aiden: "..." 

What the hell? 

Aiden was confused about Eric's behavior. Why was this man acting like a psycho? 

"What happened?" Aiden asked worriedly. 

Eric touched his head and saw he has his thick hair and heaved a sigh of relief. 

"Phew… I thought I was bald," he said with a relieved sigh. 

"Why would you turn bald?" Aiden asked feeling confused. 

"When I once sneaked some food into Martin's room, Eleanor caught me. And almost shaved my head into a shining bald. If not for Martin's interference my head would have been shaved bald. Also… I know you want me to sneak food into your room. I can't do that, master. My wife would divorce me If I turn bald. And my children would leave me feeling I am an embarrassment if I am bald! I can't handle it at this age. I will be a laughing stock If I am divorced at this age just because I turned bald. I can't risk my future just for your food. I am on Eleanor's side. I am sorry!" Eric said in a go and ran away. 

Aiden: "..." 

Eleanor burst out laughing when she heard Eric's words. She didn't expect him to remember that thing. Even she forgot about that. Now she knew the importance of his hair, she can use it to her advantage. She found a weakness in Eric. heehee

Poor Eric doesn't know that the devil laid her eyes on his hair.