"That's just how she is. When the urge comes, she'll just drag my dad off for a holiday on a whim. The moment they make a run for it, I have to take over everything at home and at work. It's so tiring. It's seriously not easy being the head of the family."
Sonny laughed. "Of course it isn't. You're in a good position, though, with so many younger cousins to help share the burden. You mainly handle matters at the HQ, so it's pretty easy for you. Besides, you've got Xavier."
"I don't have anyone else to rely on. Jiggy has her own responsibilities, so I can't rely on her."
He only had one sister and they both had their own responsibilities and burdens to bear.
If they really had to compare, Jeanne had a heavier weight on her shoulders.
She bore the burden of a whole family.
At Sonny's remarks, Heath gave it a moment of thought, then agreed with a smile, "When you put it like that, I am very lucky. It's true that every single one of my cousins is very impressive and they help me share a significant load.
"But if I asked Jace or Jax to take my place, they'd rather die, as if this position was some great curse,” Heath grumbled.
Sometimes, he did not want to be the successor.
Sonny laughed. "If it were me, I wouldn't want to either. Sharing the burden is still easier than bearing the bulk. They'd be able to make more time for themselves.
"Just accept your fate. If you don't take the helm, Callie will have to step up. Could you really bring yourself to let her shoulder that burden? She might look delicate and fragile, but she has ambition in spades, just like Clo."
If Callia could hear this, she would ask Sonny in what way she was delicate and fragile.
She knew how to defend herself and had real fighting spirit, alright? She was not delicate or fragile at all.
However, in her older brother's and cousins' eyes, she was still the same little girl who needed their protection and could not bear to have even a little drop of rain touch her, which naturally made them feel she was delicate and fragile.
Heath said, "Our family hasn't had a girl in generations and Callie's the only girl in my generation. How could we let her take on such a tiring role? We support whatever she wants to do, but we won't make her be the successor. It's too taxing.
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They were not denying Callia's capability. They just could not bear for her to live such a stressful life.
Callia and Chloe were different in that sense. Chloe had had the air of a leader ever since she was little. A her brothers listened to her. Plus, she had a cool, reserved е
temperament and was level beaded even from a young even a
ne sober
parents did not object to her taking
over the family business, though with a heavy heart.
She was doing such an outstanding job of it that FC & Co. was currently at the height of its success. Her siblings had even said that if they had been the ones to take the helm, they might not have been able to do as well.
Callia did not have the imposing manner Chloe did and she had an older brother and six older cousins Each of them was outstanding in their own right, and there was o way it would fall on her to take over The lads would rather bear the burden than let their only sister suffer.
Callia's younger cousins all doted on her too. At home, the York lads would fight to help Callia do whatever she wanted to do, so if she interned at her family's own company, she would not learn anything at all.
The York lads would have helped her do it all. That was why she chose to go to FC
& Co., because Chloe was impartial at work.
"That's right, just accept it. This is our fate."
"I've accepted it long ago. Anyway, I'm at your door."
"Alright, I'll come open the door for you. At this hour, the employees have all gotten off work." Sonny got up. "Hanging up."
He then walked out of the main building to open the door for Heath.
Only some of his employees boarded there. Either way, they all got off work at ten at night. After work, he usually would not ask them to work. That was their free time.
They would start work at six in the morning. He had not hired many employees. Their main responsibility was to take care of the villa, since he usually lived there alone. His parents and sister only came back to Wiltspoon for the Christmas holidays.