Taming The Wild CEO novel Chapter 74

C H A P T E R 3 : T H E N I C E B A C K R U B A N D C H I L D H O O D M E M O R Y

J A V I E R S U M M E R S

It would not be Summers’ dinner if there was no drama especially with the return of their long lost son, Draven. Ten years ago, at seventeen years of age, Javier had willpower bigger than anyone else’s. Draven had been framed and regardless of how many times he had tried to explain, no one believed him. No one except Javier and his mother. To make things even worse, their grandfather had written Draven’s name off of his will which could only mean that he was no longer a part of the Summers family. Being one of the older siblings, Javier had tried to talk to both Thornton and Piers, but Thornton had sided with Piers and their grandfather and deemed their little brother as ‘an ungrateful, entitled asshole’. Javier had been the only person who had secretly helped Draven to secure a place and a job in London. They had kept in touch albeit not as often due to both of them being busy with life and work.

A few days ago he had invited his little brother to join their family dinner. Everyone would attend including their mother. However, no one would know that Draven would attend. They all thought that it was a family dinner to celebrate Javier and Ella’s becoming parents.

Javier would let it be a surprise but somehow he felt that he should give Piers a heads up, after all, Piers had been the reason Draven ran away from home, the one that had pushed him over the edge. Sighing loudly, he took his phone and decided to dial Thornton’s number. Thornton was their oldest brother and he had been aware of Draven’s return. He could give his opinion on this.

“Yes? What is it, Brother?” answered Thornton on the second ring. It seemed that his eldest brother was not occupied. Most of the time, he would not answer his phone and let it go straight to voicemail.

“Tony, I need your second opinion.”

There was barely any pause. “On?”

“I am inviting Draven to tonight’s dinner.” When Thornton did not say anything, Javier put his phone away to check if the connection had been lost only to find that it was still connected. “Tony, are you there?”

“Yeah. I am thinking,” his brother replied with an exasperated sigh. “Did he agree to come?”

“Yeah.”

“How did you get him to agree?” asked Thornton curiously without any accusatory tone.

However, since Javier was still hiding the fact that he had been the one helping Draven the entire time, he felt like he was being accused. “He is our brother. He will come around eventually.” In the end, he replied without giving an actual answer.

“You have heard him yourself. He said he is not a Summers, he chose Cromwell.” Thornton sighed again. Although he would not admit it, he was brokenhearted by his little brother’s rejection. “Anyway, you have invited him. So why would you need my opinion?”

“I have not told anyone else about this. Do you think we should tell Piers?”

“To be frank, I have not told our siblings either. I know I should tell them that we have found Draven but he is being unfriendly and not welcoming so I do not know if we should tell our brothers and our little sister. I feel like it would put Mom in an odd position. What if Dad finds out that Mom has been helping Draven this whole time? Dad hates the Cromwell for making Mom sad by cutting the ties.”

Javier understood his brother’s view on this. “But sooner or later, they will learn the truth, Tone.”

“Oh, I know. Still does not make it any easier.”