Chapter 86 - Gifts

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"What kind of a logic is this?" Harry looked at his father in confusion as his explanation didn't make any sense to him.

Anthony winked at Harry trying to signal him to act along. Then Harry understood his father's intentions but he didn't like it as he knew Rachel must be hurt with his words and he didn't want to hurt her so he decided not to play along with his dad's plan.

"No dad I don't agree with this and I am sure Daniel too won't agree to your absurd suggestion."

"What absurd suggestion?" Jimmy asked.

He and Daniel just entered the home and heard Harry's statement.

"Umm it is nothing" Harry said and then Jimmy saw so many people in his living room and was surprised. 

"Oh my my, everyone is here, what's the occasion?" Jimmy asked, pleasantly surprised by all these people.

"Oh fuck, did I again forget anyone's anniversary or birthday?" Jim asked Daniel in a whisper but everyone in the room heard his words.

"You didn't forget anything, it is a surprise party for you." Anthony informed Jim.

"Woah, why? Is it my birthday" Jimmy wondered, he was just trying to be funny.

"Oh god Jimmy, why are you so dumb? It is because you cracked that project with the Japanese people." Anthony shouted at Jimmy in annoyance.

Jimmy was really surprised as he didn't think it was that big a deal for his family, "Oh, thank you so much, grandpa" Jimmy hugged Anthony and rubbed his face against his chest like a child.

"Behave yourself" Anthony got annoyed.

"No matter how much grandpa scolds me, he loves me the most." Jimmy continued rubbing his head.

Catherine and Rachel laughed seeing Jimmy's antics. 

Daniel looked at Rachel and smiled at her, Rachel who was laughing till now, became serious when Daniel smiled at her and turned away facing the other side.

Daniel was confused as he had no idea why she just did that, she also looked as if she was fuming from anger and that too with him, he wondered what he did to offend her.

Rachel was in a foul mood after hearing Anthony's words and she didn't know why but she was pissed with Daniel so she ignored him.

James beamed in happiness, "Jim, I heard you really impressed those Japanese people, congratulations my boy, you made us really proud."

Michael too joined him and said, "I am so happy with your dedication Jim, so I decided once you complete this project you can go to my beach house in Maldives and have fun with your friends, I'll sponsor your entire trip, you can use my private plane too. This is my gift to you for cracking this deal"

Everyone in the room was shocked with what Michael said. They all knew how possessive he was of his private plane and yet he offered it to Jimmy of all the people.

Anthony looked at Michael in surprise.

"He is like a grandson to me, can I not give him a present?" Michael answered Anthony's unasked question.

Jimmy got very excited and happily hugged Michael tightly, "Grandpa Michael is the best."

James then looked at Rachel and she passed him a small gift bag, James handed it to Jimmy and said, "This is my gift for you to celebrate this small success."

Jimmy excitedly opened the gift.

"No matter what it is, it is definitely small in front of my gift." Michael taunted James.

"Yeah let's see" James countered back.

Jimmy opened the gift bag and there was an envelope in it, Jimmy got more excited looking at it and opened the gift. What he saw really surprised him, there were two VIP tickets in it.

"You gave him tickets" Michael looked at James in surprise.

Jimmy shouted in excitement and tightly hugged James, those were VIP tickets to the upcoming football league.

"You can go to any match with these two tickets and they are the best seats." James informed him.

"Grandpa you remember how much I love football?" Jimmy was very happy as these tickets were very expensive so he always preferred watching matches at home.

"Of course dear, it is a gift from me and Rachel." James patted him on the shoulder.

Jimmy tightly hugged James and thanked him again and again.

"My gift beats yours" James teased Michael.

"How did you manage to get it in a day?" Michael asked and he looked pissed.

"It was something Rachel planned when he got this deal, so we booked it three days ago and luckily the tickets were delivered today, we have our connections you see." James didn't back away in showing-off.

Anthony was really pissed with his friends, they gave his grandson such amazing expensive gifts and made him buy a watch for him which was not that expensive.

"Thank you so much you two, I am really very happy, you two are the best." Jimmy again thanked the other two grandpas.

"So Tony, you are not giving him anything?" Michael asked as he wanted to see some drama unfold.

Jimmy saw Tony's face and he assumed his grandpa didn't prepare anything for him, "It's okay grandpa no worries, this amazing surprise party is your gift to me."

"No, I indeed bought something for you." Then Anthony went inside the house and everyone followed him.

Anthony gave the gift box to Jimmy, he knew his gift was nothing in front of his friends so he was not that excited. But Jimmy opened this gift with the same enthusiasm as before and when he saw the watch he was just as happy as he saw the other two gifts, "Thank you so much grandpa" he tightly hugged Anthony.

"I know my gift is not as amazing as theirs, I'll get you something else later." Anthony was sulking.

"Grandpa, I am looking at the emotion, this is the first time that you bought me something not out of obligation but out of love, all your gifts are equal to me, so stop sulking and smile."

Anthony was touched by Jim's words and thought, 'my grandson finally grew up' and hugged him back.

Harry and Catherine too were surprised seeing this new side of Jim which they were unaware of, Daniel smiled knowingly as he already knew his brother very well and was not that surprised by his behavior.

Then they all went back to the living room, Daniel went and sat next to Rachel. The servants brought some starters for them and they were all having fun while indulging in some tasty food. They were all discussing current affairs.

Rachel was very quiet, so Daniel asked her, "Rachel how is your work going on?" he asked in a low voice, only audible to the two.

"Fine" Rachel gave a one-word reply as she was upset with Daniel, she didn't know why but she was.

"That's good, and what's up with you?" Daniel was not sure what to talk about and was trying hard to initiate a conversation.

"Nothing" she again indifferently answered him, it was enough confirmation for Daniel that something is wrong with her and she was upset.

Michael who was sitting next to Daniel and was observing these two, leaned towards Daniel and whispered "Danny your grandpa created a rift between you and Rachel"

"What rift?" he asked him back.

Michael ignored Daniel and continued discussing stuff with his friends.

Daniel was even more confused now, he couldn't ask her in front of everyone so he was wondering what to do.

Suddenly he got an idea, so he took out his phone and started messaging her.

"You are looking upset, anything happened?"

Rachel's phone vibrated, so she checked it and seeing Daniel's message, she ignored it.

He again messaged her and she again ignored and this went on for a minute. He sent 20 messages to her in a minute, she got annoyed and finally replied to him back.

"Stop messaging me"

"What happened? Why are you ignoring me?" He didn't give up.

'Nothing"

She never acted like this since he met her but today she was acting all weird.

"Is everything fine?" 

"Yes"

"Can you come outside, I want to talk to you" Daniel understood messages are not gonna work.

She ignored him, he then sent her the same message multiple times, he was spamming her chat inbox and yet she ignored him.

Michael who was observing them understood that the issue is not being resolved so he decided to take the matter into his own hands.

He suddenly said, "You know what Danny, your grandpa was talking about forming a marriage alliance for you with a school friend of yours." 

Now Danny got an idea of what must have happened and thought 'grandpa is playing games with me, he used to target Jimmy and now he is targeting me, this old man is enjoying our misery."

Daniel seriously asked his grandpa "Really grandpa? Who did you have in your mind?"

"Your dad's friend's daughter and she is your school friend too, Jessica Carlson" Michael answered and Anthony looked a bit scared seeing Daniel serious.

As Daniel never gets upset or angry, he is very patient and deals with everyone in a polite manner.

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