Hollywood Zenith

" I hope nothing bad."

" Why not? We basically escaped from being eaten alive! Can\'t we at least complain about it?" Adele added. She still seemed to hold some grudge or was just trying to play victim in front of everyone.

" I told you they were friendly. Even Elise hung out with them without any issue." Samuel shrugged not letting it get to him.

" Brother! Why didn\'t you wake me up? Since the time I heard about it, I really wanted to meet them." Hannah was clearly disappointed about it.

" And whose fault it that? Drinking wine like water, what else did you expect?"

" I was only a little bit tipsy alright!"

" Yeah, yeah. I was the one that had to carry \'sober\' you upstairs. Do you even know how heavy you are?" He said with a serious face.

" Aunt! See! I told you, he is always trying to bully me! I am not fat!"

" Sami! Don\'t dare call my daughter fat! All my daughters are pretty." Laura came to Hannah\'s defence but he just laughed it off and said," I don\'t know that you have been doing a adoption campaign."

" Why not? we don\'t even mind if you fill up your whole house with cute little babies." Margaret said hiding her mouth with her hand.

" I-i better leave you guys alone." Samuel knew where the conversation was going. It was his mistake to tackle the combined force of Rothschild house ladies alone! He could never win an argument against them!

" Look at him blushing away."

" Young master is so cute."

" Young master." Other maids began to chime in seeing Samuel blush a little. He hardly lost composure but every time he did, they would make fun of him because it was a rare occurrence.

" Wait Sami!" Seeing he was trying to escape his mother called out to him again.

" Mother?"

" Isn\'t it about time for you to think about your future?"

" Mother!" He thought, she was about to continue the previous topic.

" I am talking about your living situation. I heard that Princess Kiko had to share a room and with Kayla visiting, wouldn\'t she have to do the same? If it\'s troublesome why don\'t you move in for a while there is plenty of room here."

" It\'s really not that-"

" Lady, it\'s really not a issue. They usually share the same bed. It also makes out job easier to clean everything." Amanda popped out of nowhere to spill the beans. Read the latest novel on M-VL-em|p,yr

"Ahhh..." Samuel was horrified as most of the people gasped hearing this information. He somewhat understood their reaction but what else they thought he meant when he openly advertise about nature of their relationship? Even Adele, Iblis and Mayra were surprised by her candidness.

" Good work. I knew I could hand everything to you." Laura was unfazed by it.

" If you have nothing else to say.." Samuel was able to run away safely thing time. He could hear laughing and giggling of the ladies. He glanced back to see sorry expression of the girls faces but there was nothing he could do for them. They had to fend for themselves on this one!

He moved toward the kids because they wouldn\'t put him in any ridiculous situation like the adults. Elise and Grayson came running to him saying that they were going for an adventure. He didn\'t know what they were talking about when one of the maids informed him that they were going for Christmas tree hunting.

He could see Arthur mingling with some of the staffs and even Ze made a rare appearance for the party. He picked up Elise and followed Grayson who guided him to them.

" Are we doing it again this year?"

" Young master, you arrived at perfect time."

" Boss." They both nodded and others also greeted him. There were a total of twenty men prepping up equipments for the short trekk.

" You need me to help carry it right?"

" Yes, most of the people are getting drunk so we are gather able bodies personal except the few that are left for cooking and serving." Arthur reported.

" What about you? Weren\'t you suppose to be on vacation?" He asked Ze. Ze was from a small village in Mali. It was by chance that he got to meet Steve and his team who took them under his tutelage but regardless he would always fly back to his family whenever he could.

" I arranged for them to come here this time."

" How do you manage that? I heard they refused to leave their land." Samuel knew bits and pieces how he was from a remote tribe and there were certain rituals prohibiting them from leaving their home.

He had asked him couple of times whether he wanted his family to settle here but they loved their home. There was also the issue that the whole village was considered as a family. He could create similar environment and even transport them here but there was something about their birthplace that he could never buy with money.

Which was why he would give them ample leave so that he could go back to his family after all it was a demanding job. With literally no channel to talk to one another, it was hard for him to be away from his family without sending any word back.

" It\'s just my wife and son. My parents flat out refused so.."

" Hey, at least it\'s something. Tell me when they arrive, I would love to meet them." He said with a smile.

" But they don\'t speak-" Ze saw the cheeky smile on his face and was reminded of the fact that his boss was a well known genius when it came to languages. He had seen him interact with all sorts of people throughout their missions together and he would always spoke fluently in their native tongue.

" Alright."