231 Why Were They Shock?

She smiled as she looked at her grandfather, "I can finally show that woman just who it was she's trying to go against."

"Darling, you have to keep your anger in you. The thing that happened to you should have left you traumatized. You should use that to you advantage," Leon commented as he looked at her with doting eyes.

"I know grandfather, thank you so much," Carla answered giving him a hug.

"Of course anything for my dear granddaughter."

*****

"Vicious woman!!"

The moment they stepped out of the car, Amber heard Ashley calling for her.

"I see that you're happy to see me brat," she replied with a smile as she meet her hug.

"Well, I'd rather be happy to see you than to see that white lotus," Ashley answered rolling her eyes.

"Have she visited often?" Amber asked in amusement.

��Oh please don't get me started, how many times week do you think she would come and visit. She would even act scared whenever brother's name are mentioned."

Amber's eyes lit up at the mention of her acts.

"I really want to see that, her pitiful act," she commented.

Ashley smiled knowing full well that this was the end of Carla.

Her eyes then went to Alissa.

"Oh!! It's Alissa Coleman, it has been a while. Though I did follow your endeavors and I say you are one hell of a model. But if that is not where your heart lies, your decision was indeed right," she said non stop.

Alissa smiled at her, "I'm happy to hear such compliments from you. Last time we met was 8 years ago right? You have become a real beautiful teenager."

Ashley smiled happily before her eyes landed on Samantha and the brothers. She blinked a few times after seeing them, she knew they were her brother's friends but they were discreet in the past.

"Hi?" she looked at Samantha and greeted.

"I'm Samantha Garret, Xander's girlfriend," she smiled at the teenager who looks exactly like Ashton.

His girl version that is.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Ashley Wright," Ashley extended her hand and Samantha shook it with a smile.

"Why don't you all come inside before you continue your chat? You still came from a flight," Liana came out and told them.

The servants brought their things inside as they went to the dining room for an afternoon snack.

"Grand daughter-in-law!! Your grandpa is here!!" just then they heard Gideon's voice from the living room.

He was all smiles and the moment he entered his movements stopped before looking at all the people in front of him.

"What are you still standing there like an idiot for?" another voice came from behind him and just like him the moment he saw all the people he too stopped from his tracks.

While Samantha and Alissa didn't know how to react to this.

They never met a master of an Empire before but the way Gideon carries himself was in complete contrast to their expectation.

"Well hello there everyone," Gideon snapped from his shock and walked in.

He expected Amber and Ashton to come, he just didn't expect for Xander and Timothy with two other ladies to join them.

"Oh by the way this is James Scott, a friend and one of our major shareholders," he then said pointing at James who snapped out of his own shock.

He knew of Xander and Timothy Price, he was after all following news of the other Empires in order to help the Wright somehow.

"Your grandson's friends?" he asked not noticing three pairs of eyes who are looking at him in shock before glancing at one another.

Gideon noticed all these and he too was shock.

'Sarah have told them of him? But why were they shock?'

Amber gave her brothers the look of not saying anything, though without her doing anything the other two wouldn't want to speak of it right now.

"Yes, you know of them Xander and Timothy Price. Then there's my darling grand daughter-in-law, quite charming isn't she? That other woman couldn't even compare," Gideon answered proudly before his eyes landed to the other ladies.

"And I assume you are their special ones?" he asked them.

"Yup, you got it right, this is Samantha Garret, Xander's girlfriend and Alissa Coleman, Timothy's girlfriend," Amber was the one who spoke before standing up.

"Nice to meet you sir, I am Amber Wood, Ashton's fiance," she bowed as she said this.

Among them who are here, for the man named James Scott, she would be the only one connected to the company he was a major shareholder of.

James was a bit taken aback at how she greeted him, quite the opposite of how he had expected.

Gideon told him after all that she has a strong personality so he expected her to be a bit more… impolite?

���Nice to meet you too," he answered.

He couldn't help but stare longer at her especially her eyes that felt somehow familiar to him.

"Okay enough standing now, shall we have some snack as you explain what brought all of you here?" Gideon said clapping his hands.

*****

"I see," he said.

They haven't said anything about marriage but just they didn't want to go back there yet so they joined Amber and Ashton to Ceres Country.

Alissa applied for a leave so she was good as well in staying longer, plus her boss was her boyfriend, can anyone stop her from doing what ever she wants?

"And your work, what is it?" he asked seriously.

"Well, I came for a business deal," she said with a sweet smile.

Gideon have seen this multiple times and he couldn't help but to swallow nervously.

"Well don't be too nervous, it was more like a partnership," she said seeing his look before looking at Ashton.

"Very well, shall we go to the study?" seeing that it was a serious talk, he decided to bring it into a much proper place.

James excused himself, he still couldn't sit still staying with people from other Empires.

"Now, now, why don't you speak with them about some business ideas? It is a good way to enhance their capabilities," Gideon stopped him from leaving.

"Why me? You could do it." he instantly retorted.

"As you can see, we have some business matters to talk about. Since you are free just go and lecture them."

Before he could say anything, Gideon, Kyle, Ashton and Amber left the table.

Liana left with Ashley, Alissa and Samantha.

They were the only ones left.

Xander and Timothy looked at one another, with the way Gideon do things, it seems that he knew something and that James didn't know of it.

James cleared his throat, "I heard that you have a business and you are a doctor."

Timothy and Xander nodded at the same time.

"Do you by chance need something for me to teach? I'm sorry to say but, it is known among the old ones that you are the children of Nathan Price," he said.

He heard of their family but being a business man he focus on people that are of interest and that leaves out Sarah Price, this caused him not to know where his daughter had been all along.

But whenever he did chance upon a picture of the two of them or of her, her appearance have changed so much from what he remembers.

And since it was just of passing, he didn't try to see her clearly cause if he do, he would notice her similarities to him and his late wife.

"Well, it was also known that our father and mother together with our sister disappeared when we were young so, despite inheriting a few of his abilities, I guess we can still learn a lot more," Timothy replied politely.

James once again cleared his throat, he was not used in speaking with such polite young ones from another Empire. Most of them were impolite to those from another Empire.

This made him even more uncomfortable because these two came from the most hideous Empire.

Well, hideous for the outside people.

"You must be thinking that this is awkward because we came from that hideous Empire right?" Xander asked with a smile.

James blinked a few times, didn't know how to respond to this.

"Well, don't worry, it was not only those outside who think of our Empire as the most hideous, even we brothers thinks the same way," Xander continued with a shake of his head.

"Were you aware of the reason why we decided to have some vacation here sir?" Timothy asked this time.

"No, I haven't heard of it," he answered.

"Well, they wanted to get rid of Nathan's family so they have finally decided that it is time for his children to be out of the picture," Timothy answered with a shrug.

This matter is no longer too heavy for them.

Instead they were thanking them because they finally met their sister due to this move of theirs.