Chapter 180: Brothers
"I thought you were staying there a few more days..." Demetri looked up from his scattered papers as his identical twin, Erasmi, barged into the small office unceremoniously.
Erasmi shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly and answered with a casual grin, "Well, I had something to do. Now it’s done, so I’m back. Don’t worry. I won’t be staying here for long. I think I am going to go on a world tour by bicycling around the world. The truth is, I’m already tired of Ian and Seb whining. How did you even raise them? They whine more than abandoned dogs and gossip more than old ladies! Also, how do they have eyes all over the city? I can’t meet a single person- man or woman without them discussing it in that phone group! Can’t you give them some work so that they would stop chattering away like magpies?"
Demetri chuckled at Erasmi’s remarks but said," We are all the same and you know it. Given a chance, you would not let them have it easy also, E. So, no use complaining. Just remind them they will someday be on the other end of the stick."
Erasmi rolled his eyes before turning silent as he looked around Demetri’s office. Demon had already offered to divide the upper floor into two parts so that Erasmi could have him own office but after living inside a room for a decade of his life, he had no desire to be stuck between these four walls.
Where there should be anger and envy that Demetri stood in the place that rightfully belonged to him, he was actually thankful to him. If Demetri had not handled everything back then, it would have been impossible for him to survive in this new world.
"So, now you trust my judgement?" Demetri asked casually, letting his brother know that he was well aware of Erasmi’s motives.
Erasmi raised his brows and leaned back in his chair as he pretended to be innocent," What are you talking about?"
Demetri stopped and put down his bed, " I am talking about the fact that you’d decided to stay behind to get to know more about Nora, make sure what her intentions were towards me..."
Erasmi grinned. "I did stay behind to do that! I should have known that you’d see right through me... Hmm. I think she is quite an honest person. So, I did not have to beat around the bush much. I asked her directly about how she felt towards you."
Demetri nodded and looked back into his file pretending to not be interested in what Erasmi had to say. But instead of continuing to tell him about this talk he had with Nora, Erasmi continued to tell him about his plans, "I think I am going to explore country A first. I’d quite like to explore the desert there and look at some kangaroo’s while I am there, have a few affairs with pretty women."