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chapter 2

We are at the conference room of grandpa's library.

We sat around the round table.

Granda seats in the main chair beside Atty. Vallega.

Grandma is also here as well as mommy and daddy. I looked at the woman sitting in front of me.

Eyes drooping and bulging.

"Atty. Vallega, I give you the right to take care of Felipe's last will!"

My attention shifted to Grandpa.

"My Honor Don Sebastian!"

"Hija, I brought you to this meeting, for you to know your Grandfather's dying wish!"

Mom holds the girl's hand.

"Atty. Vallega, this young woman here is Felipe's only grandchild. Moreen Aquinas!"

The lawyer nodded and then took out the paper from inside the envelope.

"Moreen Hija, your grandfather left a letter for you. You can read it after this meeting."

Landed by Atty. Vallega the Pink envelope.

"Can we start?"

Everyone nodded except for Moreen and me.

"I will not read the entirety of the last will and testament. I will only explain what the letter wants to convey!"

My attention was focused on what the old lawyer had to say.

"According to the last will, the Don wanted the best for his only grandson. Even before the will was approved, it was discussed and discussed by the friends Don Felipe and Don Sebastian!"

Grandpa nodded softly then folded his hands on the table.

"His only granddaughter Moreen Aquinas will be married to the heir of Monreal!"

Little by little, the lawyer's words became clearer in my hearing.

I stared at the reaction of Mommy and Daddy as if they already knew about this.

Grandma smiling and Grandpa just calm.

He looked up and I could read different emotions in his eyes.

"W-What?!...wait...Mom, Dad? What is it?!"

I can't sit where I'm sitting.

Even though my name was not mentioned, I knew it was me.

"Lo, Is this what you say is important for us to talk about?"

He nodded in response.

So...now I understand why there was something wrong with Grandpa and Daddy earlier.

"Are you all crazy?!"

I never lost sight of Moreen's speechless and expressionless face.

Like me, he was more surprised to hear.

"Watch your words Wayne!"

I looked at Daddy in disbelief.

"Really?...you don't know what you're talking about! Mom? Look at me and look at her! I'm fucking 25 for fu*k's sake! I'm not going to cut it at seventeen!"

"Wayne..."

I look at mom, she is more worried about Moreen than me.

"Please Lo, we can adopt her, maybe I'll agree to have her as a sister instead of like this—"

I couldn't finish what I was going to say when I noticed him standing up.

He wiped the tears from his eyes and then looked at me.

"Hija..." Mommy held him by the hand.

I swallowed when he took his eyes off me.

"I-I'm just going to get some air..."

He picked up the envelope and then he went straight out.

"Look what you have done Wayne!"

I looked at grandma who couldn't hide her worry and annoyance.

"Me too?..." I looked at them one by one.

I don't care anymore even if I lose respect.

"I don't want to. I'm not gonna marry her! I'm not gonna marry a girl! She's too young!"

"We don't talk about commitment! We talk about her safety and her life from now on!"

I was stunned by Lolo's sudden promise.

"When I first heard what Felipe said about this, I didn't agree! Not because of your possible reaction but about his grandchild's sake!"

He took a deep breath.

"I told him, I can adopt him...legal adoption but he did not agree. He wants to set the future of his grandson. When we adopt him, he will be at the right age to get married. Felipe does not want to end up His granddaughter is the wrong person, that's why he wants you to marry her because he trusts me and trusts you so much! He is so complacent that his only grandson will go into good hands."

I cleared my throat.

"And I'm the right person for her?" I laugh sarcastically. "Marriage is for two people who love each other! We don't love each other! I don't love her and she doesn't love me, now tell me that I'm the right person for her?"

"But you can take care of her, that's the point here! You don't need to love each other, just stay beside her and never leave her no matter what!"

I looked away.

"No...my answer is no! I can stay beside her, I can take care of her. I don't need to marry her!"

"Then its your choice!"

I was stunned.

We all suddenly turned to Grandpa.

Does he agree?

It seems that just now he almost slapped me in the face that it was my responsibility to marry—

"But one thing is for sure..."

He looked at me while adjusting his coat.

"You'll not marry her then you're not going to be the Monreal's Heir!"

My jaw dropped when I heard it.