CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

TAMARA

He must be fucking delusional to think I would move in with him. "Father are you sure you heard him right, did he actually say I was moving in with him" I asked hoping, no praying my father had heard wrong, if Mr Kingston managed to get his way and I move him with him, they would be no way for me to see the guys or the kids again at the foundation again and I can let anyone know my mother is the owner or that I work there. Why was he so bent on controlling my life?, Our marriage is just business, why was he so fucking invested in my life? And who I hung out with?. He on the other hand can sleep around with his secretary but I can't have male friends. What a hypocrite, even thinking about it makes my blood boil.
"If you didn’t say anything to him, why was he insisting that you move in? And by the end of the week at that"
"He is your business partner, why don't you ask him because I'm also clueless as to why he wants me to move in with him"
"Tamara I swear if you told him anything, I will kill you myself" Father raged, if we were in a cartoon you could actually see the smoke coming out of his ears.
"I didn't tell him anything father, you could chose to believe me or not"
"Better, because you know what would happen if you did"
"Oh I know, because you just threatened me not to long ago"
"Don't sass me young lady, what was he talking about when he said you didn't want him buying you a wedding gown" Father questioned.
"Yes father, you heard him right, I don't want him to get me a wedding gown that cost millions of dollars, I rather wear something I designed"
"Are you stupid or just plain dumb, Mr Kingston is one if the richest bachelors in Newyork and you don't want to milk him for what his got. Fuck! you are just as stupid and navie as your mother, I still wonder if you're my daughter because you are nothing like me" my father said an I felt a wave of disgust flow through me as I stared at the man I once adored as a kid, he his now blinded by money than he would do anything to get it, even sell is own daughter, no wonder the company is in trouble.
Thank God for that" I whispered under my breath at the fact that I was nothing like him, I took after my mother and I'm proud.
'What did you say" I father asked, his eyebrow raised.
"Nothing sir"
"You will accept the gown or so help me Tamara" Father threatened me again.
"Yes sir" I answered, saying what he wanted to hear. There was no way I was going to accept the gown from him, even if he beat me to a pulp like he has always done to make me fall in line.
"Get out of my face, you are being an eyesore" my father said, i left him and went up to my room to get cleaned up, I changed into a fresh set of clothes before I went searching for Delia.
I heard voice coming from the kitchen do I assumed it was Delia and the other maids but boy was I wrong, seated on the kitchen counter was Alex and some other men I didn't know, hoping they hadn't noticed my presence, I tried to sneak away.
"Well isn't it my lovely sister Tamara" Alex called out stopping me from escaping successfully, in order not to be seen as rude, I turned to greet his guest hoping he didn't need anything from me since Delia wasn't here to tend to them.
"Hello, it is a pleasure to meet you all" I said while his friends just stared at me which made me uncomfortable, I didn't like being the centre of attention.
"Why didn't you tell us you have a sister as pretty as this, you look nothing alike" the one with the blonde hair said
"Houston that's because she is my half sister, same father different mothers"
"That explains it, she is prettier and hotter than Katherine" The raven haired one said
"She would kill you if she heard you say that Joe" Alex said
"It was nice to meet you all, if you would excuse me"
"Come on Tamara, don't be rude, the guys want to get to know you" Alex said his voice slurring a bit, he was drunk, and drunk Alex is more bitchy than sober Alex, there goes my chance at getting away.
"She doesn't have to stay if she doesn't want too, it seems like she has somewhere to be" the last one said, he seemed more mature than the rest maybe he was the oldest out of the four
"Shane it wasn't a request, if i say she stays, she stays" Alex said as he glared at his friend who raised his hand up In surrender.
"Tamara, be a good sister and make me and my friends something to eat please, I can't find the old lady anywhere" Alex asked with a wide grin, he knew I couldn't say no, if I did he would go running to father dearest and tell him that I was being disobedient.
Letting out a small sign I walked up to the cupboard to see what we had before I turned face the guys, "what would you like"
"Just make us something edible, we don't care what it is" Alex said as he took a sip out of his glass of wine, because I was home only most of the time before we had all this money I learnt to fend for myself because father couldn't cook for shit.
I decided to make spaghetti and meatballs, it was the quickest since Delia made a batch of meatball sauce a few days ago, so I didn't need to make a new batch. I took out the ingredients while they watched me saying nothing, which was creepy as hell.
"So Tamara do you have a boyfriend" Houston asked
"No"
"Why" Houston pressed on, why was he so persistent
"Stop being annoying Houston, even if she doesn't have a boyfriend, she won't give you a chance" Shane said smacking Houston St the back of the head, "I apologise for his behaviour, he doesn't know how to act in the presence of a beautiful woman" Shane smiled making his blue eyes shine, he had the boy next door look going for him but he wasn't my type, it's not like I had a type but he his friends with Alex so that's a big no.
"I don't know what you guys see in her, she isn't that pretty" Alex scoffed
"That's because she is your sister, dumbass" Joe said in a matter of fact tone causing Alex to frown a bit
"Well none of you can have her because she is engaged" Alex said, shocking me.