Since my first update in a very...very...very long time was so short, here is a bit more! Thank you so much for your patience and continued support of my story! I appreciate it more than you know! I am working on a few more updates so should hopefully have a new one at least once a week! fingers crossed!
I was flipping through some mail my assistant had handed to me as I made my way through the office door. I was so busy looking down at the stack of envelopes in my hand that I didn't even notice my father sitting in the chair behind my desk.
"Well how nice of you to join the land of the gainfully employed today. I trust you are feeling better today." My father said with a smirk as he played with rose he must have pulled from the bouquet Oliver had brought this morning.
"Good Morning to you as well Dad. How are you feeling? I'm fine after being kidnapped and held at gunpoint thanks for asking." I said with a sigh as I placed the mail on my desk.
"Honey you know I was so worried about you when the police called and informed me that you had been taken, but I am a bit surprised that you would play hooky from your responsibilities. It is a big deal to reschedule board meetings." He said as he came to sit next to me on the couch I had dropped myself down on.
"Dad I work harder than any other executive in the company or any other member of the board for that matter. And Oliver came home, after we all thought he had been dead for five years." I said with a sigh. "Sorry if I am not quite myself, but the Queens are family to us, this was sort of a big deal."
"I understand love, I just don't want to see you ruin all the hard work you have put into becoming future CEO by galavanting around with your brother and Oliver again. You three were practically attached at the hip as kids, especially after your mother was murdered." He said with a soft smile. He brushed a stray hair from my face and placed a kiss on my forehead. "I will let you get back to work."
"Dad?" I said trying to stop him from leaving. "Why does it feel like you have just counted Tommy out?"
"Whatever do you mean Adalyn?" He asked confused.
"It just feels like you have these monumental expectations for me in my life, but with Tommy you just don't expect him to amount to anything." I said sadly.
"Honey you are my prized jewel, and you have worked so hard for the success you have achieved. Your brother seems more interested in women and partying than becoming a respectable businessman." He said not moving from his place at the door. "You have your mother's brain's and beauty, pair that with my business savvy and you've got the killer CEO package."
"Dad Tommy is not hopeless, you know that right?" I asked, but did not wait for an answer. "I think you should have dinner with him and Laurel. She is going to be your future daughter-in-law after all."
"Perhaps you are right. For you sweetheart I would do anything." He said before coming back over to pull me into a hug. "Now go kill them in that meeting, I have some other matters to attend to so I will be absent, but I trust you have it all handled."
"Of course, I wouldn't be a true Merlyn if I didn't." I said offering a soft smile as he left. I checked the clock realizing I had a bit more time to prep before my board meeting.
