Chapter 3 Scared of Eric

Upon arriving at the villa, the three were welcomed at the door by a cheerful maid. She helped the two girls bring in their luggage inside.

Mia had been in and out of the Hill mansion and was familiar with beautiful homes. Eric's villa had a massive kitchen, three bedrooms and three bathrooms. It also had a study, a massive living room and dining room.

Mia had also observed the massive garden and the well-kept swimming pool when they were driving in from the airport.

After Mia had washed up and came out, Eric was already eating breakfast at the dining room table, and she sat down across from him.

"Where is Naomi?" Mia asked as she had assumed that Naomi would be at the dining room table as well. She had checked in her room, and she couldn't find her.

"She went out with my driver to collect some party dresses, I think. She will be back soon." Eric told Mia who seemed not really settled.

"Miss Mia here is your breakfast. You should eat before you rest after your long flight." Florence the maid said as she placed a sandwich and fried eggs in front of Mia.

"Thank you, Florence the food looks really good and smells delicious." Mia smiled at the maid and could see Eric staring at her.

"Thank you once again for helping me out. I hope Luke will be back soon." Mia could not think of what to say to Eric.

"I will be flying back home after my party hopefully your boyfriend will be back by then. You are free to stay here after me and Naomi are gone." Eric stunned Mia with his offer.

Eric normally spent less than two weeks when on vacation. The party was on Friday evening which was three days away. He was planning to take the Saturday evening flight as he would arrive on Sunday morning. Normally he would rest on the Sunday so that he would be ready for work on Monday.

"I wouldn't want to impose. You have already done a lot for me." Mia said avoiding Eric's eyes.

"Here use this when you want to call your parents back home. You can also give your boyfriend this number." Eric handed Mia a new phone as he had noticed that she did not have one.

Mia hesitated but later took the phone. She noticed that Eric had saved his number and Naomi's numbers as well.

"Thank you." Mia said and Eric looked at her as she saved some numbers in the phone.

"Already saving your boyfriend's number you really love this guy." Eric stunned Mia with his comments.

"No just my mum, dad and my baby brother's number. I will wait for him to call me. If only I could get a job quickly so that my dad can leave his job." Mia said and Eric lifted his head to look at her.

He wanted to say something but was interrupted by a call on his phone.

"Darling I'm landing tomorrow morning at 6 am. Make sure you are early as you know that I do not want to wait in airports." Elyse Eric's girlfriend said.

"Elyse, you know I don't like waking up early so I will send my driver to take you to your hotel." Eric said to Mia's astonishment.

Mia and Nomi's flight landed at 5:30 am and Eric was already waiting for his sister. Mia was wondering who that person was that Eric was not willing to take from the airport.

She decided to give Eric some privacy, so she stood up and was about to leave the table when Eric spoke.

"Mia, sit down and finish your breakfast." Eric said not seemed to be taking his call seriously. Mia sat down and continued eating.

"Who is Mia and how old is she?" Elyse asked and Eric seemed not to be worried about the situation.

"She is Naomi's friend and why do you want to know her age?" Eric responded sharply and Mia kept her head down.

Mia was now feeling uncomfortable, but she just continued having her breakfast. She was Naomi's friend, so she had to respect her friend's brother the way her friend did.

Eric finished his call and took his tablet and started browsing the internet. There was dead silence as Mia tried to finish her breakfast. She was relieved when the front door opened, and Naomi came in.

"Naomi glad you are back. Why did you leave me behind?" Mia could not hide her joy of seeing Naomi. She feared Eric as she saw him as someone who was very strict.

She had not seen him laugh even if it was just a few hours since they had met.

"Did my brother scare you? That's the way he is just get used to it." Naomi joined the two on the dining table.

Mia looked embarrassed as she did not expect her friend to say that about her brother in front of him. Eric gazed at his sister, and she started laughing.

"What Eric? I'm used to your scaring side but other are not." She left her seat and went and put her arm around her brother's shoulder. She went back and sat down and looked at her friend.

"I had gone to collect my outfit for the party and sorry I took long. I thought you might need an outfit so I took time selecting a few that you might like." Naomi explained and Mia remained silent.

Mia was not sure if Luke would let her join the party when he came back. She did not want to worry her new friend, so she looked at her and smiled.

"Her boyfriend might not want her to come to the party that is if her ever shows up." Eric said and he could see the ugly stare from his sister.

Florence brought in food for Naomi, and she ate talking to her friend. Eric left the two girls and went and sat in the living room. Naomi finished her food and the two went into the bedroom Mia was using.

"You are scared of Eric, aren't you?" Naomi asked her friend when they sat on the bed. "Being a boss makes him not smile most of the time."

"Naomi, do you have a boyfriend? Mia realised that they only spoke about her supposedly boyfriend and never spoke about Naomi's boyfriend.

"Why Mia? Do you think Eric chases away any guy who wants to be close to me?" Naomi chuckled and was keen to hear Mia's response.

"He seems to be that type of brother." The two girls looked at each other and started laughing.

The two girls decided to rest for a while as they were still tired from their flight. Naomi left for her bedroom and Mia sent her parents and brother messages.

She wanted to let them know that she got there safely. She was going to call them later and tell them about her situation.