Chapter 256 - One legal murder

Snuggling closer, Ellie smiled, "As long as he is understanding. Though your dad may seem like an unapproachable person, he is quite friendly." 

"Hmm maybe his ways were hard and not so pleasant but I have nothing to complain. Everyone learns things the hard way, right?" When she nodded her head, he wrapped his arms around her and closed his eyes. "Let's rest for a few minutes, I feel so tired." 

Lifting her head, she shook her head. "We always fall asleep and end up over sleeping when we just close our eyes. I don't think we should take any risk today." 

"It's alright, I'll set an alarm. We won't be late today." Picking up his phone from the bedside table, he quickly set an alarm before pulling up the sheets. 

Snuggling closer, she closed her eyes. "You know how bad I am with alarms so it's your duty to wake us up." 

"Don't worry about it." 

…..

Two hours later. 

Groaning in frustration, Ellie pushed Sebastian away. "Stop that noise." 

Slowly opening his eyes, he sat up straight and ran his fingers through his messy hair. Taking a minute or two to take himself out of the 'Sleep: Where am I?' phase, he realized that someone was knocking at the door. 

"Babe, someone is at the door." Glancing at the watch, he sighed. It was already half past six and the dinner party was scheduled at 7:00 pm. Kissing the top of her head, he stated, "El wake up, we need to get ready." 

"Five minutes," she groaned before burying her face on the pillow. 

Helplessly shaking his head, he made his way towards the door. 

Looking at her son who was still wearing the same clothes, Rebecca frowned, "Why aren't you dressed yet?" 

"We were taking a nap. What happened?" he asked. 

"Vincent is here, he wants to see you." 

Scrunching his brows, Sebastian snapped, "What is he doing here?"

"What do you mean by that? He is your cousin, he just moved to L.A recently so I asked him to come over for dinner." 

"We will come down soon." After Rebecca left, he closed the door and entered the room again. 

Sitting on the edge of the bed, he thought for a while before picking up his and calling Noah. 

"Hey, we will be there soon and—" 

"I did not call you to ask where you are Noah." Without waiting for his reply, he asked, "Did you know that Vincent is in town?" 

"Your cousin Vincent Lyson?" 

"Yes." 

"Hmm I didn't know that, the last thing I heard was him being kicked out of the company he worked for because he misbehaved with a female colleague who was working under him." Widening his eyes in shock, Noah snapped, "Dude, we cannot give him a job in our company." 

"I know, I am never letting someone like him enter the company. Anyway, I just wanted to know whether it's just me or even you and Ava didn't know about his arrival." 

"I am sure Ava has no idea about this as well." 

"Hmm okay, I'll see you later." After hanging up the call, he thought for a while before looking at Ellie who was still soundly sleeping. Moving close to her, he gently caressed her hair. "Babe, wake up." 

"What time is it?" she inquired without opening her eyes. 

"You just have twenty minutes to get ready," he answered. 

Widening her eyes in shock, she quickly jumped out of the bed. "Why didn't you wake me up earlier?" 

"I woke when mom knocked the door, the alarm also went off so—"

"This is why I told you taking a nap was a bad idea." Taking out their clothes from the bag, she instructed, "Now go take a shower while I iron your clothes." 

Without saying anything, he followed her instructions and entered the washroom. 

…..

Outside the mansion. 

"Calvin, will you stop freaking out? This isn't the first you are meeting mom and dad anyway," Ava snapped. 

"Yes I know that but this is the first time I am meeting them as their daughters boyfriend, it's scary." he had been freaking out since the day Ava told him about the dinner party. 

Cupping his face, she tried to calm him down. "Listen to me, Ellie had never met them but she did okay. I am sure you are going to be fine as well." 

"You think?" When she nodded her head, he took a deep breath, "Alright, let's do this." 

"Just be yourself, you don't have to pretend to be someone you are not, okay?" 

"Okay, I can do this." 

"Ava, is that you? Wow, I almost did not recognize you." 

Looking at the person who just called her name out, Ava couldn't help but roll her eyes. "What the hell are you doing here?" 

"Aunt Rebecca called me over for dinner, I heard about Noah's engagement." Looking at Calvin, Vincent smiled, "It's good to see you again." 

"Can't say the same about you but well—" Calvin snapped before smiling back. 

"I saw your pictures and aunt told me about you both as well. She was hoping you would hook up with Nathane but she is more upset with Sebastian than you. I heard he is dating his assistant who is average?" Vincent mocked. 

Narrowing her eyes, Ava scoffed, "You are so lucky that Sebastian is not here and also because I am wearing heels today but if you don't stop talking shit, I'll kick your ass what-so-ever." Without waiting for his reply, she grabbed Calvin's hand and walked away.

"He is still an ass," Calvin scoffed. 

"If one murder was legal, he would be my first and last choice," she stated. 

….

Inside. 

"Ava, you are here." Giving her a hug, Rosy inquired, "How have you been and why didn't you come to see us?" 

"I have been super busy these days, I have to join office from Monday so—" 

"Yes, Sam was telling me about it yesterday." Gently caressing her head, Rosy encouraged her. "You are going to do great." 

"Of course she will, she is my daughter," Rebecca remarked. 

…..