Tempting My Rented Boyfriend - Chapter 124

Ch-123

After the heavy meeting, Cedric slumped on his seat tiredly. Mark was too cruel. He made Cedric work without a break. He got to attend meetings back to back in a row.

Stretching his arms, he leaned back as he tried to relax his sore neck. “CEO, You have a lunch appointment with the President,” Mark informed.

“What does that old man want now?” Cedric said.

“He said… if he disagrees it’s your loss. As he is going to meet his in-law,” Mark said.

Cedric: “…”

“Fine! Let’s go there!” Cedric said.

Picking his coat, he hung it on his shoulders, not bothering to put his hands in the coat hands. Wearing the glasses with his coat hanging on his shoulders, he looked so hot. The office turned into fangirls as he walked out.

—–

Meanwhile…

“Uncle, I didn’t go to the office yesterday, I have to make up for it,” Eleanor said.

“Child, I am just asking you to have lunch with the master and his friends. Master is so sad that he didn’t get to see you for the past two days,” Eric said from the other side of the call.

Eleanor just sighed before giving in to him.

“Fine, send me the location,” Eleanor said to him before bidding goodbye.

Hanging the call, she looked at her disk filled with papers that were screaming for her attention.

Sighing, she started doing the paperwork. Clearing half of the pile, she leaned back only to see that it’s lunchtime. Picking her purse, she walked out.

“Henrietta, I will return after lunch. Arrange the documents of the meeting for the afternoon,” Eleanor said.

Henrietta bowed her head in a gesture of saying yes.

Leaving the place, she went to her parking lot. Eleanor wondered what Cedric was doing. She dropped a message to him as she waited for a taxi.

[What are you doing? Lunchtime? Got lunch to eat?]  she messaged him.

Cedric was sitting in his back seat and looking through the laptop heard his phone ding. Opening it, he saw it was from Eleanor. Since, its lunchtime, he knew she would be eating. But she remembered him too. And was concerned about his meals too. It was so kidney-touching for him.

[Wait! Isn’t it heart-touching?] his heart came and complained readily when it noticed that someone took over its place.

[They are the only organs that are placed deeper. So! It’s kidney touching! I can think and say whatever! Just shut up!] his brain chided his heart. And it went away silently feeling sad.

Feeling kidney touched, Cedric started typing a reply.

[Going to have dinner with dad. How about you? Having lunch?] he replied.

[No… I am just waiting for a taxi. I left the car in the presentation building. It was sent to the house. And in the morning you dropped me. So… I am waiting for a taxi.] she replied.

[Why are you waiting for a taxi?]  he asked.

[Dad misses me. So uncle Eric asked me to have lunch with him.]  Eleanor replied.

[Don’t climb a taxi. I am coming. I will drop you off.] Cedric replied.

[No… it’s fine. I can go with a taxi.]  she said.

[I am coming. No more arguments.]  Cedric said not giving them a chance to speak anymore.

Eleanor saw his message and sighed. [Fine] she replied, giving up.

She waited for him for ten minutes. Cedric came and picked her up.

“Where is the location?” he asked her.

She gave him her phone.

Cedric was stunned silly when he saw the same location. If he remembers correctly, Aiden should be there too. Then… something was planned here.

“Such a coincidence… even my dad misses me,” Cedric said.

[Dad… I need an explanation!] Cedric thought.

Regan suddenly sneezed. He can guess that it was his son who was scolding him. So he didn’t care.

They both reached the place in ten minutes.

“You are dining here too?” Eleanor asked.

“Yeah… dad wants to have lunch with me here. I don’t know… after two back-to-back meetings, Mark came and said that I have a lunch arrangement with dad. I don’t know details,” Cedric said, shifting the blame onto Regan.

—

Regan sneezed again.

“Regan, you might have caught a cold. Check with the doctor,” Sir. Callan said.

“After all, you are not young anymore.” Simon Owen added.

“Yeah… that is why I am rushing my son to get married and give me grandkids to play with. If I can’t get my child to marry at this age… It would be a waste,” Regan said as he sighed sadly.

Owen was pissed by Regan’s show-off. He tried to taunt him but again he rubbed salt on his face. Feeling sad he stumped his leg on the floor.

“Don’t be angry Simon,” Griffin Callan said.

“Griffin! This bastard just called here to show-off, not because of property!” Simon Owen complained like a child.

“By the way… the Zora girl is kind, gentle, educated, responsible, and filial. You are lucky to have her,” Griffin said.

“My son only chooses the best. And do you know… she was so cool when she said ‘CEDRIC EMERSON IS MINE. DID YOU GET THAT BITCH!’ I liked her more from that moment. I fixed that only she can be my daughter-in-law,” he said.

“But she is not a business graduate. Why don’t you look at my daughter?” Griffin said.

“Sorry to say this, your daughter is scheming. It would harm the family in the future. Not her. And my daughter-in-law may not have a degree. But still, she is able to deal and make business deals no less than a business graduate.

“Sometimes… business enterprises are made but… some are born. And my daughter-in-law was born to rule. And I know she can make wonders in the future,”  Regan said mercilessly, not giving a face to his old friend.

Even though Griffin felt bad, he chose to keep quiet. Everyone knew of her deed back then.

“Well, let the youngsters make their own decisions,” Griffin said.

“Indeed,” Simon and Regan nodded. But they didn’t see that Aiden was staying out and listening to their chat in the private room.

He was satisfied with Regan. Despite being friends with Regan, he felt inferior after face setbacks now.. They were not in the top 5 anymore.