Since Daerin found a way not to stay in Graceilla's bedroom. Graceilla pulled her to the gazebo in their garden instead. The visitors were slowly leaving the place and that part of their mansion was empty of people and quite hidden.
Daerin simply shook his head at how sneaky Graceilla could be. Besides, this wasn't the first time Graceilla tried to seduce Daerin. However, Daerin knew so well how he could end up if he dived in with that physical temptation.
He could fuck with anyone, however, not with Graceilla. She was a trap that could be hard to escape. Even though he had been so keen on doing that, he still ended up being at the mouth of the trap.
She was something doable, yes, but doing that could mean that he had to pay it by losing his lifelong freedom.
He leaned over the gazebo's post and made sure to keep his distance from Graciella.
Nevertheless, she wasn't a quitter. She had been liking Daerin long enough, been longing for him and she wasn't ready to quit.
As a spoiled bratty she was used to getting anything she liked and Daerin was one of those. Yes, he was simply one of the things Graciella asked from his dad. That was how much her father loved her, he could spend all his money on her happiness.
"Now, now, where's that ring you mentioned to my dad?" She moved closer bit by bit as she said.
Daerin wanted to keep the distance but looking behind and on both sides, he was left with no room to move.
"You're good at putting me in a trap aren't you?" He commented as if he was just jesting around but it meant something to repel her.
Nevertheless, instead of her getting turned off, it seemed like she got even more and more turned on.
"Kiss me Daerin, I don't need that ring for you to kiss me, right?" She pressed her body towards him and put her arms around his neck.
"Wait, Graceilla," Daerin couldn't take it anymore and he pushed Graciella a bit. "Can you tell me, what you want from me, please?"
"What the hell, Daerin, Do you really have to ask that? What do you think I want from you? You know what? You had been pushing me away and that was too insulting for me. Maybe you forgot that I am Graciella la Ruffa and I can easily get what I want. Everyman I who'll see me is ogling towards me and you? You simply pushed me away?" Graceilla's ego was triggered and she burst out.
"Maybe it was only you who was thinking that way. You don't know what's inside other people's minds. Maybe it's you who wants people's attention Graceilla because you never got it. People longed for what she couldn't have. You won't be too obsessed with getting a man if you can easily have one." Daerin muttered just enough for Graceilla to hear. He simply wanted to trigger her but he had to keep it discreet from others, especially from Mr la Ruffa.
Graceilla took a deep breath triggered by what Daerin had been saying. However, she never got used to being looked down upon, even with her future husband. She felt like she needed to prove to him her worth.
"Then watch and see," Graceilla walked back to where the party was and looked around. Daerin simply followed her and observed. He didn't have any idea what her plan was but he suddenly got excited about what was about to happen.
Even though most of the visitors had left, his teammates and friends were still there at one of the tables taking the drinks and waiting for some more juicy news. Graciella was on her way to them.
To everyone's surprise, she grabbed Rocco's collar and said, "kiss me."
Rocco was a bit confused about what Graceilla did while Daerin was looking at them. He glanced at Daerin with a questioning look. Daerin simply gave him a shrug.
Graceilla got more annoyed and triggered when Rocco wasn't doing anything, she pulled him on his collar to reach his lips and kiss him. Rocco though didn't pull away. Daerin knew so well how he liked Graciella and it could be a great opportunity for him.
However…
"Graceilla what the fuckin' thing you doing?" Her father yelled in surprise.
He abruptly ran towards her and slapped her on her face. Rocco tried to stop Guillermo but he put his finger on him.
"You young man, what was on your head kissing her? You know that she was about to be engaged." Then he looked back at Graciella. "You are a disgrace. No wonder why Daerin was hesitating to marry you. You are not worthy to be anyone's wife."
Daerin was relieved by what he heard. He felt like he had just gotten out of the mesh trap around him.
Darien's parents went silent all their way to the resort and it wasn't new to him. Just when he wanted and excited about the coming conversation, was when they went silent. He had to open the topic because if he wanted to give closure to the issue and at the same time he had never felt so victorious at that moment, he even wanted to host a party.
"Mom, dad, now that I am pretty confident that I don't need to marry Graciella, may I ask a question?" Daerin didn't hear anything from them but simply a silent side glance. He knew so well that they didn't have a plan on answering him, but he asked anyway.
"Could you just tell me why you really wanted me to marry her?" he asked another question yet still, hadn't heard any answer from them. So, he thought maybe he just had to answer his own question based on his intuition.
"Are you trying to sell me to them? Mr Guillermo was talking about spending money on his daughter. Could that be the case?"
"Daerin, why do you think like that? Why would we do that?" His mom started to react defensively.
"Then if not tell me the reason," he scoffed.
"It's not that we are selling you to them. It just happened that we had a big debt on Mr Guillermo and when we knew that Graciella was in love with you. We tried to arrange you with her. So, when you got married we don't need to worry about that debt anymore," Daerin's mom explained.
"What's the difference with that?" he scoffed again, terribly disappointed after knowing the truth. From that moment on his rebellious spirit had been more ignited, he felt like wanting to take a big show for his parents to see. Big enough that they could never forget what kind of son they had.