Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 121

Chapter 121: A face-off at breakfast.

In the morning, David was still in a state of confusion about why Phoebe was at the Mayfairs. The previous night as they left the Black Ghost Cafe, his grandmother had told him that she would tell him about what was going on with Phoebe but she said nothing the entire ride home. All she did was sigh and shift uncomfortably in her sit.

No matter how many times he asked her why Phoebe was at the Mayfair house, his grandmother only sighed in response.

“Wonders will truly never end.” Were the only words she said.

His grandmother then shut her eyes and claimed that she had a headache. She pretended because if David had asked her one more time she was going to blab out the secret yet she had promised Rebecca Mayfair to keep the news to herself for now.

When they got home, Robert, Miranda and Katherine were waiting in the foyer. They were all frosty and tense, waiting to explode.

Grandma Saxon knew that David was in trouble so she stumbled and acted ill just to divert their attention from David to herself and it worked, saving David from the explosion.

Robert had given his son a deadly stare before rushing to his mother’s side. “We will talk tomorrow boy and you better come up with a good explanation for the mess that you have created.” He carried his mother on the back and walked to the elevator.

David had not been in the mood to fight so he was relieved and grateful to his grandmother. He went to visit his grandfather and then he was off to bed. Phoebe was alright and everything else could wait until tomorrow.

Tomorrow had come quickly and as David readied himself for the confrontation which he knew was coming, he put all thought of the Phoebe-Mayfair relationship on a pause. His family was ready to eat him alive, he had screwed up but that was the least of his worries because he had still not yet heard from Phoebe.

He accepted a coat from the butler that took care of his personal affairs and needs in the house. He shrugged it on in one smoothly practiced move and stepped out of the bedroom.

He headed first to his father’s study because he had some explaining to do. It was better for them to talk alone than in the presence of people like Katherine or his mother who would catalyze the situation from bad to worse.

After knocking thrice and receiving no answer, he gave up and walked to the elevator, finding his way to the large dinning room which was on it’s own floor. He met Ramon the family butler at the door and the older man stopped him. Ramon had always had a soft spot for David since he was a little boy, often giving him a heads up whenever he was in trouble and he was about to do the same thing at that moment.

“Mr David your parents are so mad that they have barely touched their breakfast. Some of the heads of the other branches have come and they are on fire. The only person in there with a smile is your sister Katherine.”

Ramon pulled his brows together, he was worried for him. “Will you be alright? I can tell the family that you are not feeling well or you have a prior appointment. It’s colder than Frost mountain in there.”

David rubbed his hollowed cheeks, in such situations only one person helped get him out quickly. “And grandma?”

“She is not there yet Mr. David, i am afraid you might have to face them on your own.” Ramon scurried away when he head footsteps coming their way from inside the dining room.

David was not too far behind him, getting into the elevator quickly. One thing he was certain of was that he wasn’t going to a gun fight with a knife so he went to his grandmother’s bedroom and knocked on the door.

“Nana, it’s Davey.”

Nana was what he called her whenever he was in trouble or in search of consolation and affection. Davey was his way of reminding her that she was his most beloved and adorable grandson that she personally raised. The door was opened after his first call and his grandmother stood there smiling at him.

“Nana…, Davey.” She smiled knowingly, “It must be frostier than Frost mountain in there. Don’t worry, nana will be your hero, now let’s go eat something.” She locked the door behind her. “So, good morning Davey, how did you sleep?”

Arm in arm they found their way to the dinning area and the moment Robert saw them he sneered and jumped up vibrating with anger already.

“Do not think for one second that your grandmother is going to get you out of this.” He spoke through pursed lips.

“Oh good morning to you too son, I feel so much better today thank you for asking.” Came Grandma Saxon’s sarcastic words that compelled Robert to remember his manners.

There were other people present after all, not just their first branch so they all had to be on their best behavior.

“Good morning mother.” His tone softened a bit.

The others followed, greeting her respectfully one after the other.

As she sat down, a chuckle came from Miranda lips, she used the tea cup to cover her mocking smile. “Mother, you look well rested, looking at your flushed healthy face one would never know that you were very sick last night or was that all for show.”

Her words caused grandma Saxon to snigger. This was another reason why she disliked her son’s wife, she loved poking the bear unnecessarily. She ignored her daughter-in-law because she had a tendency of trying to bring out the worst in her.

Miranda was a snake that pulled a lot of tricks to marry her son. Prudence couldn’t count the number of times she had regretted choosing her as Robert’s wife as she only found out about these tricks after they were already married.

For a few seconds, everyone remained silent and they looked at each other. All of them, except for Rose-Bell and her husband were antsy to get started. They thought it would be Robert to start but another person took charge.

“Why the hell did you blow up that lucrative deal brother? You know how hard i worked to secure that meeting.” Katherine spoke for she wanted the chaos to begin.

There was nothing more interesting than watching her siblings in hot soup.

Ian put down his cup of coffee and added to Katherine’s words.. “I am very confused as well, all you had to do was listen to them and sign the damn papers.”

His wife Jasmine looked at him curtly. “This task was too big for him honey. You, as the person next in line for the position of president of the Saxon group should have gone personally. No offense David but you still have some growing up to do.”

She stepped in because she wanted to remind all her siblings about how things ought to be. As the first son of the current Chairman, it was only logical that Ian follow in his father’s footsteps. She disdained Katherine’s greed and never understood why her husband was so reluctant to act like the heir that he was.

Jasmine’s words were not appreciated all around the table, not even by Ian her husband because he knew how they would make him look. The position was not given to the first son, it was given to the most competent son. With the way Katherine was angling for it, who knew if it would go to a daughter someday?

“Next in line?” Katherine scoffed. “Father was Ian crowned and the rest of us just happened to miss the coronation. Rewarding incompetency….” Katherine was interrupted by her father who hissed.

“Speak David.”