Mr. Boss

Mother?

Liam's POV

"It was a freaking man, Edward. I tell you she is driving me crazy day by day."

I entered Marcus's room with his black coffee and set them down. My eyebrows quirked secretly asking for an explanation from Edward. Edward laughed holding his hands up.

"His mother set him up with a guy. Damn, she knew Marcus would be the top. This is hilarious.", he was out of breath with his laughs.

My eyes bulged out. For crying out loud, how many stunts will his mother pull in order to persuade him to marry? I covered my mouth to hold on my laughs. Maria Joaquin never fails to amuse anyone. Well, we can't blame her for being fond of her son's life.

"Shut up both of you before you get your salaries cut. And help me figure out to stop this madness my mother throwing at me.", Marcus blackmailed us.

"You can't do that", both Edward and I protested at the same time.

"Oh, the last time I checked. I very much could and would do it.", he smirked.

Gosh, I hate it when he is right. He never jokes with threats he throws at us. Last time, he left Edward on the middle of the road for annoying him. But allying with him means we are going against Maria. You would never want to displease her. If you do, you are asking for a free pass ticket to hell.

"What are we supposed to do?", I exclaimed.

"Edward, explain."

I started pacing back and forth inside the office. This is utter madness. If she ever finds out, just imagining it sends me shivers to my bone. I sighed and shook my head again. They are out of their minds.

"Man, you are giving me a headache. Just sit down. We aren't going to murder anyone", Edward mused.

"Yeah, sure. Because Maria is going to do all the murder if she ever finds out."

"That's where you play your part in making sure she never finds out.", Marcus said.

"Hell no! I am not going to risk my life lying to Maria. She knows me very well and I would die under her interrogation. "

"He has a point there Marcus. I think you should be doing all the safety measures. We will play the part from behind."

I slumped down beside Edward. They are really serious about this plan. How am I going to escape this without getting killed? I took a deep breath as I was zoning out from their conversation.

"Liam and I will take care of it.", Edward patted on my shoulder snapping me out of my daydream.

"What?"

"Stop daydreaming. Edward will explain later to you. Now go get to your works."

"Come on, chill man.", Edward dragged me out of the office.

My work went on as usual but a bit blurry. Marcus was surprisingly very happy with his plans. I have a feeling that this all is not going to end well. He even greeted the staff with an overly cheerful manner. I think I have to accept that there are no ways for me to back off from this. I knocked on Marcus's door.

"The lunch meeting has been postponed. So is there any other plans?", I asked Marcus.

"No, let's just grab lunch together with Edward."

"Alright."

Lunch hour came by and we were ready to head out when I got a call from the receptionist.

"Mr Liam, your mother is waiting for you at the lounge."

"Mother?"