Chapter 43: Reuniting with the family (2)
Kieran said to Richard, "You smile just as brightly as I do."
Soon afterwards, he let go of him. Doing that didn’t take away the fact t that just meeting his biological brother too was abrupt... so, he actually didn’t feel the pull he had for long thought he would.
Not the tightness in the chest as the day when he knew everyone in his life were like actors making a perfect movie, not the urge when having sex either... Everything was bland, but still, Richard seemed like his brother.
If nothing was similar between them, their blue eyes were.
Soon, the man on the podium continued his speech and before they knew it, the party had reached the end. But, was this really a party? – Kieran thought, reminiscing on the fact of how neutral and stagnant everyone was, even smiling with a gentle gasp, which they called laughing.
The Chairman did invite Kieran to a dinner, whereas he didn’t feel quite well about it... Because already being in the same room with this man for that long made his nerves stiff and stomach churn from uncomfortableness, despite how hard he tried to be himself.
But it seemed even his body knew who his greatest enemy was.
Kieran had said, "I won’t be able to join you guys..."
But before he could complete the statement, Richard came in and told him he had some things to ask about. Kieran stared at him for a few moments but ended up nodding with a smile.
One thing was yet a wonder, that Kieran had in his mind from the ground floor to a higher one where the elevator took them to. The room next wasn’t too wide, just enough to have a small dinner together. Well, Kieran was expecting a space even wider than his lounge.
What was a wonder to him was how nice this man – Chairman Holland – was trying to be. These mixed reactions...? No, Kieran wasn’t seeing any of them coming.