Chapter 258: Spotlight
“I’m sure they’ll enjoy it. I don’t know why you’re so worried and stressed out about this,” Zak spoke to me through the phone. He sounded so amused about all this, but I felt anxious and uncertain.
“I don’t know. It’ll be their first time so...” I replied hesitantly.
“It’ll be fine. I’ll be there to help you if anything happens but honestly, nothing will happen, Natalia. You’re just over thinking things...” Zak assured me calmly.
I could picture his overly confident face as he said those words. After the matter with his mother had settled down, Zak did what was the most responsible thing to do which was to support Lucien fix the family business together. It was amazing to look back and see how much those two have achieved together. The company was set on the right course and was able to maintain its leadership position in the industry.
As expected, Lucien was elected to be the next Elder after the scandal involving Francesca’s crimes were exposed to the public. Since Lucien did not have any children apart from me, he did not have an heir to take over. Naturally, that was where Zak came in as sort of a hero who exposed his mother’s crimes. Now all the attention and pressure are on Zak to take over after Lucien.
I was sure that this wasn’t what Zak completely wanted but he was satisfied enough with it to play along...at least for now. The best thing was that Zak could focus on his career in film and fashion more than before and he had many accomplishments over the years to show for it.
“Ok. I trust you so...we’ll be seeing you later then,” I said with defeat.
Zak was right. I can’t keep putting this off forever. I took a deep breath to strengthen my resolve.
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