Chapter 19 " Im gonna explain the situation to my dad and peacefully part ways " I said , determined . ] Miss it's not his girlfriend , it's his half sister " I blinked and then blinked again . Shit " Um .. How does he have a sibling ? " I was confused because I knew the Andersons didn't have any daughter . " It's his mom's daughter " ] And then I realized I had never seen or heard about his mother . Seeing my confusion she quickly added . ] " I don't know much but it's not my place to tell you " She looked down fidgeting with her fingers again . I need to apologize to Marcus , this was bad . I thought for several minutes contemplating whether to do or not before going upstairs . After giving it a long thought I decided to apologise to him . So I went back upstairs and stood in front of his door ready to knock But I was stopped when I heard someone breathing heavily from the other side . " Mom ..... Please don't please " I sighed realising what it was . Marcus was having a nightmare again . I decided to knock again but then I heard his breathing quickening . " MOM !! I stumbled a few steps back , shocked at his sudden outburst . He shouted as if his life depends on it and it made me feel worried Madeline came running towards his room with some pills and a wet towel in her hands . She entered the room without knocking and I saw Marcus sitting on the bed , his forehead wet with sweat . He was gasping for aur , almost choking . Madeline dabbed his forehead with the towel and gave him the pills , Marcus took it but then his eyes shifted to me . I suddenly felt guilty . I had invaded his privacy . I crossed a line . ] And I knew that he was thinking the same thing as his eyes turned a shade darker before he growled . ] " Get the fuck out of here ! " up the next day Awoke up next day only to find that Marcus had left early . Today the Rs had a meeting wi meeting him this afternoon . [ ] I was at the Empire headquarters with my dad , my brother and a few of our employees . [ ] Empire headquarters were massive buildings towering over the city like four glants . A huge fountain as big as the Mississippi itself was built in the middle , water flowing from a dragon's mouth as it's tail circled the fountain . ] ] We entered a long meeting room and half of the chairs were already filled with employees of Empire . I saw Mr. Anderson and Marcus at the end of the table . We made our way to them and I took a seat across from Marcus He didn't even take one glance at me so I decided to ignore him , not to make my day more worse . ] We discussed about the new island RIs bought in Indonesia . We were to built hotels , restaurants , clothing stores and everything tourist would like in that . But for that we needed Empire's help and that's when the director board found me very useful . Thated it whenever I had to represent RJ and the director board also equally hated me for always acting like a rebel . Whenever there was a problem in business other groups make plans to overcome the damage but our strategy had been to marry some of their own to another . That's why we lasts longer as a powerful conglomerate in the states . Because we have sacrificial goats unlike the others . Which gives me more and more reasons to hate them . And whenever the RJ gives out a marriage proposal the other groups can do nothing but accept it because they wouldn't let good business go away just like that . RJ might be the most asshole conglomerate ever but they still holds the power in the market . No wonder Marcus hates me . He had no choice but to accept me . But I didn't have one either . And I knew it all my life The meeting came to an end after god knows how many hours . Everyone left the table but Marcus remained in his seat , going through some file . I also stayed glued to my seat not knowing what I was doing . But all I knew was that I felt bad about yesterday and the guilt wouldn't go away until I do something . I wanted to apologize for misunderstanding him and for invading his privacy . Apologizing wasn't my thing so I felt weird . " Umm " I cleared my throat and he slowly raised his head and looked me in the eye . ] " Ummm I'm sorry for scolding you yesterday and for invading your personal space " He stared at me a few seconds and took a sharp intake of breath . " I'm sorry too I was taken aback . I quickly pinched myself to see if this was a dream or " What ? " I looked at him , trying to see whether he was joking . " For shouting at you " ] I nodded my head . " I don't know um ... do you want to grab some dinner ? I asked him already knowing that he would refuse . ] He again kept his eyes fixed on mine and then slowly nodded his head . I was surprised but I quickly hid my expression and went out before I could embarrass myself anymore .