They arrived at her grandfather's mansion where they always held family dinner. Cars are lined up on the driveway. She unlocked the car and he stepped out quickly and opened the car door for her. She smiled as she took the keys and then her purse. He held out his hand for her. She took it and she stepped out from her car gracefully.

"Zendaya!" Her father called. "Late!" He pointed his wrist watched. "Everybody's hungry!"

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"Sorry."

"Good evening, sir." Tim bow a little to Zachary.

"Tim, you too! Chop-chop!" Zachary treated him casually like he's one of his children. They entered the big old house.

Wynter came running and hugged Zendaya. Zendaya hugged her little sister and kissed her top head. Then, Wynter looked up at her.

"You promised that we'll go to the bookstore this afternoon."

"Oh," Zendaya nearly smacked her head.

"I told you, she's busy," Luke told Wynter. Wynter glared at Tim and Tim smiled at her. She punched his hard abdominal and it hurts a little as she walked out.

"Sorry about that," Zendaya smirked at him. "You take all of my time that is supposed to be hers."

Tim laughed and then Andy greeted him. He gave her kisses and Zendaya is about to introduced Timothy to everyone, but her cousins waved at him and greet him at the same time.

"Hi, Timmy!"

"Geez, I am so hungry." Zachary put his arm around Zendaya leaving Timothy as they went to the dining hall. He pulled a chair for Andromeda and Timothy pulled a chair for her.

****

It's Timothy's first time to be in a dinner meeting with the whole Clan. The legendary five empires. Well, Pattinson is already under the Dragon Empire and they are leading in business. The Knight Empire is led by Alanis and his wife Moira is a Mondragon. There's Viktor who just arrived with his wife and their daughter Sasha. He's the King of the Rose Empire.

Two businesses had changed. From the Knight Empire who is an assassin Empire, they are now leading an army and the same with the Rose Empire. They focused more on lending their men for secret missions. The Phoenix Empire is more about helping other countries and the same with the Dragon Empire.

The four of them unites to keep the peace around the world and it just amazed him even more. With the family bonding. The one that he wanted to see. They are laughing and not talking about expensive stuff. They are more talking about the training of the heirs and heiresses. More physical training to protect their selves or to protect those who are younger to them.

From his life, it's his first time to see a happy family like this. For him, a happy family is perfect. Fighting and quarrels are normal but like this? It's not liked those rich kids that need to film their everyday lives and show off to everyone that they had billions.

Money can disappear at any moment. But the happiness and memories are richer than any money.

"So, Tim, what do you plan?" Andy, Zendaya's mother asked. She's wearing a demure wine-color dress, red lipstick, red-nails, and that amulet with the Dragon Empire emblem. "What do you plan to do here in the Philippines?" She asked again.

"I—I wanted to manage the café that Christian and I will be building as the second branch of the Empire Café."

"Don't you think that those paparazzi from France will come here to took photos of my daughter and tell all over the news that she's your mistress?" Zachary asked frankly.

They all looked at him. Tim pressed his lips.

"I won't let that happen and even that happens. I will step in and tell the truth." He answered.

"It's chaotic in your Empire at this moment," Asher said and Aria kicked him under.

"I know. But my brother wanted that position and I just want to be someone that I want and not a puppet of my father."

"That's good," Agatha said. "You shouldn't let anyone control you and plan for your future." She winked at him and the beautiful woman looked like Demi and he could see the resemblance.

"Thank you. But don't worry, sir." He faced Zachary. "I don't have that millions or billions of money to buy a mansion, but I wanted to earn to give your daughter a luxury living."

"You don't need to work hard," Zachary said. "Zendaya will have a luxury living until she's 130 years old. Enough money to even give her granddaughters a luxury life."

"I know sir, but still, men should produce. And like you dote your wife, I would like to dote Zendaya more than you do."

Zachary frowned and shook his head. Yeah, he doted Zendaya too much. Spoil her and all, and a man just appeared claiming that he could dote her more than he spoils her.

"Yeah, do as what you wish. But do not hurt my daughter. She once cried because of you." He mumbled. It was a little awkward silence that soon became a happy conversation again. Just like that, he's in the family.

After dinner, they went to the patio to drink wine while the kids went to the arcade room. Zendaya leaned on him and he wrapped his arms around her. He watched as Zachary sit down on the sofa and his wife cuddled to him and sat on his lap.

The adults are laughing from whatever happened and there's Dmitri who is talking with Christian about businesses and plans that they are going to make.

"I love your family," Tim whispered to her ear. He looked at Alanis, as his wife wrapped her arms around his waist, and she looked up at him. "Everyone is in love with each of their partners."

"Hmm."

"I never saw such passion from my mother's eyes towards my father. She only wanted money. Both of them are cheating at each other. My brother would have multiple lovers and my sister who is already married had an affair with her bodyguard." Timothy sighed. "Maybe this is the peace that I wanted." He kissed her top head.

"Yeah?" She turned to him. "Let's go to my room."

She reached his hand and take him to the east wing of the mansion where her room is located. They entered the room with a decoration of her name on it. They entered the room and she locked it quickly. She turned on the lights and he looked around. There's a four-poster bed, a window-seat, a mini dresser, and a closet and a very own bathroom.

"Shall we sleep here?" He asked as he removed his shoes and socks placing it on the corner. Then he removed his coat and his tie.

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Bea passed by Zendaya's room and she heard moaning and hushing. She shook her head and then next Zendaya's room is Demi's room with Christian and she heard a wild sound. Growling and Demi screaming at Christian to do it harder.

"Damn it. I am the oldest, yet they get laid before me." She went to her room and locked it.