Miracle's POV
When I get in the dining room together with Charles, I am torn between running away or stepping forward, the two glorious men in my life, who drove my life exciting and miserable are sitting at the feasting table carrying an excellent conversation with my grandma while drinking brewed coffee.
" Good morning, sweetheart! You wake up so early?" My grandma Amelia asked.
"Yeah! I feed Calm and scrubbed her mane." I replied I am struggling to evade both, but I can feel them gawking at me intensely.
"Miracle, have you meet Jace? He will be the partner of Engr. John, your dad sent him and Charles to help here on the farm." Grandma continued.
"Why? I thought you had a lot of manpower here?" I can't believe my dad sent Jace to assist Jaxson, it is unreasonable if he doesn't know about Jaxson's actual identity, this is getting worse than I expected. It is hard for me to handle Jace alone, how am I going to deal with both of them. I daydreamed I will have a wonderful time spending my break at my grandma's manor, but it is hopeless for me to enjoy having these two handsome men around me.
" Grandma, I have something to tell you, but I think I will come back afterward." I said, and I dragged Charles to join with me outside the mansion.
"Aren't you going to eat breakfast?" My grandma asked me out loud because I was scrambling to run out of the dining hall.
"Later, granny!" I hollered back.
"Where are we going, Mira? I suggest to feed breakfast and drink coffee, you know?" Charles protested.
"What is important drinking caffeine or your duty?" I tested him seriously, but I am only joking.
"You are my priority boss, now you can tell me what you require me to do." He replied grinning at me, and I can't help but smirk.
"I just hope to savor the morning Charles, I need you to join with me, but if you choose to eat your breakfast, you can run back inside." I declared I saw he shook his head.
"No! I hope to be with you, boss." He retorted.
"Can you stop calling me boss? You know the drill Charles, I don't need other people to know that I am with my bodyguards, specifically in this place, for certain my grandma doesn't learn about you and Jace, that you are my escorts." I pleaded.
"I understand Ms. Mira." He answered.
"Please call me by my name, and tell Jace King too, that I want you to call me Miracle or Mira while we are in my grandma's estate, I want to spend my vacation feeling like a normal person, even just for once." I said, then I continue walking going to the garage where the ATVs are located. It amazed Charles when he saw the rides.
"Wow! This is the coolest ride, I plan to go with the horse too, but I don't have any experience regarding horseback riding, I better stick to this one. Can I sit now?" He asked.
I handed him the gloves and the helmet since he is wearing long pants and a long-sleeved shirt with rubber shoes he is ready. I don't intend to go around the plantation today, but when I saw both Jace and Jaxson in the dining room, I don't understand what I felt. I have already talked with Jaxson and I told him I wasn't planning to be friends with him. It is better to leave things the way it used to be.
I can't face Jace after what happened last night, I suddenly remember how strong I slapped him. How can I tell him the reason I hit him on his face.
"Thank you, Mira, for taking me to come with you this morning." Charles said, I can see the amusement in his face, looking at the grapes which are now almost ripe for harvest. I will never tire of watching the grapevines. For me, it is still a mystery why grapes, unlike other fruits do not continue to ripen once harvested from the vine. So, that is why I enjoy coming with my grandma to taste the fruit if it is already sweet and fixed to reap.
"I want to see all this Charles, besides, I like your company." I answered.
"This place is wonderful, I am glad you ran away here, not to another crowded city. We need this sometimes to unwind. This setting is very relaxing." He declared I am enjoying Charles' reaction.
"Yeah. This is paradise." I replied, after watching the vineyard, I brought him to the creek, I wish I carried my camera I want to capture the happiness of Charles, I am glad he adores the view.
We return to the manor and eat breakfast together. I am delighted that Jace and Jaxson are no longer in the house. Charles left after he finished his coffee and I called Stella.
"Hello Mira! How are you? I envy you guys, how I wish I am also designated to be sent over there? I think you will become an actual couple when you come back here." She said on the other line.
" What you mean?" I asked, confused.
" We knew that you and Jace were appointed to continue your practicum over there. How I wish we were together. Chad and I miss you both, I didn't know they sometimes motivate their trainees by sending to other branches of the firm. It is a rare opportunity, and we are proud of you." Stella said I realized Dad made something up, I felt relieved that they thought we were gone together because of work-related concern, not because I ran off. Well, my father owns the business he can make up any excuses.
" Yeah! I miss you too, it was so sudden I wasn't able to say goodbye. Please send my regards to Chad." I replied I don't want to add another lie, yet I don't have a choice.
" Sure! He said hug Jace for him, and he misses him over you."I can hear the voice of Chad in the background and I laughed. I missed my friends, it felt good to have them in my life, at least now I can say I have real friends.
" Okay! Tell him I will treat you to a fine restaurant when I get back." I said.
"Are you sure about that?" She asked.
" Yes! Tell him to choose the place, I don't care if it is the most expensive place in the city." I replied.
" Wow! It seems you will spend all your allowance when you go back." She commented.
"I don't care, I want us to have fun when I come back, I need to go now, please take care. Goodbye." I said and I hang up the phone.
"Miracle, why you didn't join us during breakfast, they are suitable men, I know they will not pass your father's standards, but I hope your dad will consider the excellent character and handsome face, not just money." My grandma said after I talked with Stella, I did not notice that she entered the dining room.
"Grandma, I don't think this is the right time to talk about these things. I am not sure what are the qualities of the man my father wants for me. I just hope he will let me decide whom to love." I replied.
"You are young Mira, this is the best age for you to experience love again, you were broken-hearted at an early stage in your life, it is a chance to forget him and move on." My grandma added, how can I tell her that Jaxson is John, while Jace is I don't know how to label him in my heart since we only shared kisses, no commitment, and he is committed to someone else.
"I wish to enjoy my stay here grandma and falling in love is not in my plan. By the way, I need to talk about ways how to attract new guests. I have to advertise the farm through the internet, we will use the social media, though I am not so fun of those things, I figure out this is my chance to try, and I guess I have three colleagues who can help me. I'm sorry grandma your granddaughter became so aloof after the incident." I said, if I have been friendly I am sure my circle of acquaintances will help me, but I stop talking to them, and now I only have friends that I can count with my fingers.
"I think that is a good idea, Mira, to be honest, this is your father's plan all along. He wishes to surprise you after two weeks of your training he wants you to come here and practice your skills by entertaining guests as your stepping stone in handling his business in the future. But you beat your father to it, he is afraid Mira since you are so distant and don't want to associate with anyone." Grandma explained, and I am so shocked that the recent development in my grandma's manor is my father's plan for me to follow in his footsteps.
" I guess he will not stop, I thought I had the freedom to choose the path I desire." I said, disappointed.
" Miracle, please understand your father, you are the only heir of his wealth and business, he is a wonderful father to you Mira, and an excellent husband to your mom, I asked him to get married since it has been so long that your mom passed, but he declared he only loves your mother and no woman can take that away from him. He has her memories and you." Grandma said, and I am very touched by my father's affection towards my mom.
I remember when I was in High School a lot of my classmates, experience pain, and undergone therapy because their parents got divorced because the other cheated. I hate my dad for not telling me about his plans, but I love him as my father. I want him to be proud of me, and if he does this just for me then I have to prove to him I am his daughter and I want to make him proud of me.