Reincarnated As A Capture Target, I'm Gay But I'm Rich

CHAPTER 16

Christian Terazi POV
Friday: the branch opening

"Oh my fucking god, oh my fucking god, oh my fucking god, oh my fucking-" I get cut off

"Language Chris!" Abigail covered my mouth

"What's wrong you look nervous?" She pat my back in an attempt to console me

Deep breaths... I take deep breaths

"Hey!" She cupped my face with her hands "after this shareholder's speech... It's gonna be your speech, and I'm sure you'll do amazing out there"

I want to say thank you but the words don't come out... Because that's not what I'm worried about

I'm worried about what's gonna happen the day after this

"And I want to thank our CEO CHRISTIAN TERAZI, COME UPSTAGE SIR" the share holder gestures, he's done talking

I can't get up of my seat, It feels like my legs are frozen, he's right there... Oliver the man who will soon murder my mother, is sitting in a table just right there

Can't... I hold Abigail's hand

"Do you want me to come with you?" She asked

"Yes please... I figured we both thank mom and dad, the past few months I have been terrible to all of you, maybe this is also a good time to apologize" I smile

"Then let's get up there!" She gets up and ran to the stage

"LAST ONE TO GET TO THE STAGE IS A ROTTEN EGG!" She laughs

"Oh no you don't!" I ran after her, catching up to her, running upstairs to get ahold of the microphone first

The guests just giggle at our childish gesture

"This speech isn't going to be like my last ones..."

I mean this is going to be my speech, Christian Helio's speech not Christian Terazi's...

"Can I go first?" I ask Abigail

"Sure yeah!"

The crowd of people looking so intensely

"I- okay before I say thank you I wanted to apologize first and say thank you directly after, to my parents who keep waiting for me to join breakfast but as soon as I get down I immediately leave to go to work..."

"I'm sorry about that, but I am also thankful that even for each and every day that it happens you still put a spare plate at the dining table so he can join"

"To my sister, I didn't know this and just found out a few months ago, that she felt like she wasn't enough, because... I always put everything else before her, she had this mindset where if she studied more, if she practiced more, if she behaved more... That I would be a proud brother"

"And when I asked her why she thought that I wasn't proud of her the be my sister... Is that I have missed every achievement she had, when she won the bicycling marathon, I missed her award ceremony"