'We're here.'
Luelle only realized they were in the Hayes mansion when Liam told her. She felt a bit anxious.
'What if they don't agree? What will I do then?'.
'Their opinion doesn't matter. We're here to inform them, not ask for their permission'.
'Liam'.
'It's the truth'.
'Let's just go in now'.
'Alright'.
Luelle was also worried about something else.
*What if he comes for me? No, no, no. That won't happen. I'm just getting worried for nothing*
***
In a dark room, a woman was tied with a rope. She was being flogged by a man and her loud screams resonated around the room. A man with a big scar on his face sat and looked satisfied while watching the woman being flogged. Then, he held up his hand and signaled the man flogging her to stop.
'What have I done? Please tell me. Why are you torturing me so much?'.
The woman trembled while asking the man with the scar.
'Hahahaha! You want to know what you did?'.
The man asked as he looked at the woman, it was the same woman whom he had paid to tap Luelle and tell her there had been no one with her.
'Sir, I did everything you asked me to. I told her there was nobody there just like you asked me to. What did I do then?'.
'Do you know that just your existence alone is a mistake?'.
'Huh?'
'Yeah. Do you know that I asked you to do that job for me on purpose? I gave you the task on purpose'.
'But why? Why me? I only needed the money for my mom's treatment. That's why I did what I did'.
'Ha! You sold your conscience for money? Even though you and Luelle share the same birthdate, she'll never do such a thing'.
'Wha...what do you mean?'.
'The only reason why I asked you to distract Luelle was because you and her have the same birthdate. Only you are qualified to stand beside luelle.'
'That's why you're punishing me right now? Because I have the same birthdate as her?.'
'Yeah. Why else would I? And beside, you're not as good as Luelle, so you'll be punished for it .'
'You're a psychopath! A psycho!.'
'Sure. Come on, beat her up!.'
He ordered and once again, the woman's screams continued.'
***
Luelle looked at all the unfamiliar faces in front of her.
*This is not a good sign. Even the maids have unfriendly expression on their faces*
Liam placed his hands on Luelle's and she sighed.
'Where's grandfather?'.
'He's coming now'. James responded while Cecilia and Scarlett looked at Luelle with disdain. The old man finally came, he sat down and scruntinized the lady in front of him.
'Grandfather, I might have exceeded the time limit you gave me but I still did as you said'.
'You didn't do as I said Liam and you know that'.
'Meaning?'.
'I told you not to bring this lady right? I told you not to bring this singer!'.
'She's retired grandfather'.
'So? It doesn't change anything. People like her will only bring nothing but trouble to the family. Unnecessary attention and a lot of scandals!'.
Liam sighed and gave Luelle a 'I told you' look. Luelle was confused.
*Why is he so against our relationship? Does he know something?*
Luelle took her phone discreetly and texted someone, then she looked up at the old man.
'May I ask why you are against this relationship sir?'.
'I don't like to repeat myself. I clearly just told you the reason'.
'That wasn't a good enough reason. I'm sorry if I'm being rude but your reason is not good enough'.
Scarlett was fuming now. 'How dare you speak like that to father in-law?'.
'She wasn't talking to you so please sit down and be calm'. Liam told her but this only made her more furious.
'How dare you Liam! You haven't even gotten married to her and yet you're supporting her?'.
'Should I be supporting you then? There was nothing wrong with what she said and you didn't have to butt in'.
'Cecelia, do you see this? Can you see how your son is talking to me? He doesn't feel any remorse after making my son his secretary all these years and suddenly dumping him like trash! And do you know the worst part? This girl over here has started controlling my son even though she hasn't become a member of this family, She's making my son take care of her bast friend! She has wrapped Liam son around her fingers!'.
Luelle finally knew why the woman was so harsh towards her.
*So she's Xavier's mother. What a hassle, Liam's family is something*
Scarlett husband finally pulled her to sit down.
'Be quiet Scarlett!'.
'Is there more to this drama or should I say what I want?'
'No Liam, let me tal to this young lady first'.
'It's Luelle grandfather, Luelle'.
'Trust me Liam, I don't care'.
'That's fine, I also don't care about your opinion anyway, I'm only here to inform you about our relationship'.
'Listen Liam, this girl you're fighting everyone for, you'll eventually fight her in the future, mark my words'.
'We'll see grandfather, until then, you can't stop us from getting married'.
'You and your mother will leave this house then. Her position will be stripped off and this lady may go with you guys to wherever you plan on going, I don't care'.
Cecilia finally reacted.
'Father in-law, you can't chase us out of this family because of this girl! And you, whatever you're called, get up and leave right now!'.
'Don't you dare mom! Luelle is not going anywhere!'.
'Are you crazy Liam! We'll be kicked out!'.
'I don't care!'.
Luelle got distracted for a second with the way Liam defended her.
*He's so cool!*
'STOP PLEASE!' Luelle shouted and the arguing stopped, then she faced the old man.
'Listen sir, think about what will happen if people were to find out you kicked your grandson out because he wants to get married to the person he liked'.
The old man hesitated a bit after hearing what Luelle said.
*** COUNTRY S
Xavier was pacing about as he talked to someone.
'Please listen to me, is this really necessary? I'm busy and I don't have a partner'.
He was talking to his secretary.
'Sir please listen. You need to attend this banquet, it will be beneficial to the company'.
Xavier sighed, he knew his secretary was right but the problem was, he needed a female partner but he didn't have one. Just as he was thinking about what to do, Kaelani came in munching on some chips while dropping the crumbs everywhere.
'Can you imagine Xavier, a banquet has been organized and we're supposed to just get a partner from somewhere. They didn't leave a choice for us singles'.
A ridiculous idea suddenly came into Xavier's mind and he stared at Kaelani. Kaelani felt anxious, 'what did I do? If you're angry about the chips, I'll clean it up'.
'No, I'm not. I just had an idea'.
'What idea'
'It's a ridiculous idea'.
'Say it, I like ridiculous. He was my crush in high school'.
'Be serious Kaelani'.
'Alright, spill it'.
'Will you go with me to the banquet?'.
Kaelani's chips dropped. 'What?!'.