When Damien returned to the breakfast table after his call, he noticed Harriet staring at him with a worried look. He knew that she was more worried now that Adrian’s true colors had come to light.
“We need to talk.” She said a few minutes later, and he replied with a nod and returned his attention to the twins.
After breakfast, they decided to watch a cartoon together. It was Harriet’s idea as she knew that the twins would fall asleep in no time. As expected, thirty minutes into the cartoon and the two were already fast asleep.
Harriet and Damien carried the twins into one of the rooms that had been set up for them by Damien a few weeks after he found out that he had children.
“You were on the phone with Kelvin, weren’t you?” Harriet asked as soon as they left the room, wrapping her arms around his waist.
“How did you know?” He asked, pulling her closer as he placed a light kiss on her lips.
“I just figured it out.” She shrugged and, suddenly, her shoulders slouched, and a sigh left her lips.
“Be careful, Damien. Adrian doesn’t care that you are his brother. He will do whatever he has to just so that he can own the company.” She said, and Damien nodded.
“I will.” He replied and just as Harriet was about to lean in for a hug, the ringtone went off. She took her phone out of the back pocket of her jeans thinking it was work related, but as she stared at the name on her screen, disgust and hatred filled her and all she wanted to do was smash her phone.
“Answer the call, my love. Let’s hear what he has to say.” Damien said, caressing her lower back. Groaning in annoyance, Harriet answered the call and immediately put it on the loudspeaker.
“Harriet! It’s been a while.” If she hadn’t heard it from Tony himself, she would never have believed that someone that sounded so innocent could be so evil. Her expression was harsh, and she didn’t even make an effort to smile. Damien gave her a nod, urging her to play along.
“You’re funny, Adrian. We met last week, didn’t we?” She forced a chuckle out. Damien, on the other hand, found her behavior hilarious and was holding himself from bursting into loud laughter.
“We didn’t. You’ve been so occupied with work that you no longer have the time for friends. You weren’t like that when you were married to my brother, Harriet. What changed?” His voice sounded fake. It made Harriet gag.
Maybe she was just overreacting. If she didn’t find out about him, she would’ve still seen him as a friend and wouldn’t find the tone of his voice disgusting.
“Work, Adrian. I started working. You of all people should know that.” She rolled her eyes, walking with Damien to his room.
“True but, you still make out time for your ex-husband, am I right?” He asked, his tone laced with jealousy.
“He’s the father of my children.” She replied in a calm tone and she heard Adrian hiss.
“You don’t need him. You know that, right?” He said and Harriet was unable to hold herself from flaring up.
“What?” She asked, her anger rising.
“You don’t need him. Your father is a goddamn billionaire and so are you. You have your mother to take care of the twins and if they need a father so badly, I’ll always be there for them. You don’t need Damien!” He raised his voice a bit.
Harriet could not believe how brave he had become in just a few days. It was like he was finally tired of pretending and had now decided to let his true colors show.
“We are not going to talk about this, Adrian. We are not!” She warned, and the line went silent for a few seconds before she finally heard him speak.
“I didn’t want to do this but, you seem to have forgotten that he cheated on you with Evelyn during your marriage and even went ahead to accuse you of having an affair with me. Damien doesn’t deserve you, Harriet. I do!” He screamed and Harriet’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
He had finally lost it.
“I’m sorry but, I can’t do this.” She ruffled her hair out of frustration and ended the call before screaming like a mad woman.
“He is a mad man, Damien. A mad man, I tell you.” She groaned, pacing around the room.
“At least now you believe that he has feelings for you.” Damien chuckled dryly, but it was short-lived as Harriet shot him a harsh glare.
“I don’t understand. How can he have feelings for me when he is with Evelyn? It makes no sense.” She shook her head. Two minutes later, Damien’s phone rang, breaking the silence.
It was a call from Kelvin.
“What is it, Kelvin? It’s a weekend and I told you I was going to spend it with my family. Every plan we have can commence next week.” He groaned into the phone and was about hanging up when Kelvin pleaded for a chance.
“One minute, Sir.” He begged and, after a little hesitation, Damien gave in.
“Alright! What is it?” He asked, and he heard Kelvin take a deep breath.
“I just got a call from one of the wards at the central prison. Evelyn James has escaped,” he announced, and Damien froze, his wide eyes telling Harriet that something was wrong.
When Damien finally snapped out of his daze, he turned to Harriet with pain in his eyes. He didn’t know how to tell her that everything they worked so hard to achieve had gone down the drain.
They had put in so much work to get Evelyn arrested and in less than a week, she was already out. Damien knew that there was no way she would be able to pull that off herself. That meant she was getting help from someone.
Adrian!
Clenching his fist and gritting his teeth, Damien stood up abruptly and went to fetch one of his car keys while Harriet stared at him with confusion written all over her face.
“What’s going on? What did Kelvin say?” She stood up and held his arm, forcing him to look at her.’
“Things are getting messed up because of that foolish brother of mine. I have had enough!” He growled and Harriet almost flinched from how angry he looked.
“W-what is it?” She asked, wondering if his anger was going to worsen.
“Evelyn has escaped from the hospital and we both know who helped her.” Damien revealed, and Harriet felt her own blood boil as anger cursed through her veins.
“I’m going to give him a warning. If I am lucky, I’ll see Evelyn there. God help me to keep my cool.
Because I might just kill them both.”