"Fine! You win!" Edward said. He then picked his phone up as he decided to call someone else to have dinner with them together. He really didn't want to face Brian alone. He needed people to be around them just to make sure that he wouldn't be able to do anything bad to him later. He needed some referee.
Seeing Edward make phone calls, Brian shrugged and didn't stop him. The more the merrier after all. Moreover, it wasn't him who would pay for the meal.
"Hi, Edward! Why are you calling?" Rain's voice came from the other end of the line. He had been really busy recently. He was worried about Edward's calls as the latter would always assign tasks to him.
"Do you want to have dinner with me? I refuse to accept no as an answer." Edward was always bossy before Rain, and Rain was already used to it.
"Why did you even ask for my opinion if you're not accepting 'no'?" Rain rolled his eyes and dropped his pen on the table. He still had to eat anyway regardless of how busy he was.
"Hurry up! I'll see you in Westin." After saying that, Edward hung the phone up. He had been planning to talk to Rain for the past few days. Having him eat dinner with him was like killing two birds with one stone.
On the other hand, Rain sighed defeatedly upon hearing the call ended. 'He's my boss. What else can I do?' he thought helplessly before grabbing his coat and car keys.
"Why are you still sitting here? Come with me." Edward grabbed his car keys and walked out of his office.
"I'm so glad to see your long face. Haha!" provoked Brian. He was intentionally making Edward angry as he knew that Edward wouldn't dare to take revenge. He had Daisy in his side, thus, he was not afraid of Edward at all.
"It sounds like you are simply not in your right mind." Edward tried his best to suppress his anger. He kept telling himself, 'Calm down, Edward. You must not lose your temper. Otherwise, Daisy will get angrier.' He could still remember how Daisy looked while telling him of what she would do in case someone bullied her brother.
"How can you say those hurtful words to me? I'll tell Daisy about it." Brian pretended to be hurt by Edward's words.
"Don't try to anger me, man. I won't buy it." As a reaction, Edward cast a burning glance at Brian before he opened his car door.
"Oh, no. That's not funny." A cunning smile spread across Brian's face as he opened the door for the passenger seat.
"Just shut your mouth," said Edward as he got into the driver's seat and ignored his brother-in-law.
That made Brian chuckle as he joined him inside the car.
"Where's your car?" It was too late for Edward to realize what just happened. He turned to Brian in surprise as he thought that Brian would drive there by himself.
"I don't feel like driving," lied Brian smoothly. He would never admit the fact that he was not that familiar with the streets of S City at all. He didn't want to lose his way so he chose to ride Edward's car.
Edward opened his mouth to say something, but then closed it back just before he regretted things. 'I really hope he can shut his mouth on the way, ' he thought to himself.
After a few minutes, they finally reached the restaurant. Rain was already there when they stepped in. Surprised, Rain ended up looking back and forth between Edward and Brian when they approached. 'Ah, no wonder Edward asked me to have dinner with him, ' he thought.
"Hi, Brian! When did you come back?" Rain greeted Brian. Although he was not familiar with Brian, he had seen him a couple of times.
"I came last night. I went to Edward as soon as I got back here. He was so ungrateful about it though. It seems like he doesn't want to see me at all." While speaking, Brian cast a challenging glance at Edward. He was eager to know his response.
"Really? Edward, I don't think you're right. Brian has been abroad for a long time. How could you be so cold to him? You should be a welcoming host." Rain would not miss this chance to fight shoulder-to-shoulder with Brian against their common enemy, Edward the Tyrant!
"Are you here for dinner or stirring up trouble for me?" Edward cast a freezing glance at Rain. How could this guy betray him? He didn't ask Rain to join him here to be his enemy! Shouldn't Rain be taking his side?
"Uh. I'm here for dinner." Shrugging his shoulders, Rain decided not to provoke Edward again. He wasn't considering Brian as a strong back-up after all. Who knew how he would end up with if he pushed Edward's button more?
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