What!? did I hear that right? fian...fiance?, "did I hear that right? you just called me your fiance?"I asked. "Your Ms. Winston's granddaughter right? Ashley Winston!" he stated. "who are you?", " I'm Jason Bradley, I'm the grandson of Ms. Racheal Bradley, and your fiance".
I was so lost that I couldn't process what he said after that. "I'm sorry but I don't wanna talk to you, and your not my fiance, I never agreed to it so you can go back to wherever you came from!" I shot back. He looked at me as if I was crazy, the confusion visible on his face " I think you misunderstood, you agreed to it, infact! our engagement date is decided already" he said which shook me even more. What the hell is this guy saying "when the hell have I agreed to this, who said I am ok with this decision and what do you mean by engagement!!!?" I yelled. "but your grandma said you were ok with it and even the date was decided by her". Hah! why am I not suprized, of course it is that old lady what a "witch" said raven and I in unison as if she read my mind. "I'm sorry but let me tell you this" I said sternly, "I never said yes and I am definitely not getting engaged or even married to someone, it's not only you, in general I don't wanna go into that right now" with saying that I and raven decided to leave, but he continued"ok I understand, but can you please just once come with me" raven was getting super annoyed now, "listen she doesn't wanna come with you, now if you wanna go back on two legs, it's best if you leave right now" she said super pissed. But he was so persistent that i had to agree as the stares we were getting were making me uncomfortable, raven was angry at my decision, but I calmed her down a bit and reassured her that I would be fine.
I sat into his car and we drove to a nearby restaurant. Before I could open the door he offered to open it In my place and escorted me to the nearest table. He then pulled out a chair for me and asked if their was anything I would like to order. Not gonna lie he was truly a gentleman from his mannerism to his etiquettes, he would definitely been a good option, but since he was someone chosen by my grandma I can't trust him. "The food here is delicious, I come here from time to time" Jason said. " I don't think we should be talking about that right now so please get to the point. what did you wanna talk to me about?". the waiter came suddenly, I just said I wasn't hungry but Jason insisted I eat something since it'll be weird to not eat something coming at a restaurant, I ordered a sandwich and some orange juice while he ordered some pasta. A few moments later our food was served, I just took a bite and continued "ok, so?" , he stopped eating his pasta and placed the fork down, crossing his arms he just sighed " I know Ms. Ashley that you don't wanna get married to me, but could I know the reason why? am I not eligible enough to fit into your standards" he sounded almost hurt. "it's not that, I just wanted to know why a handsome and perfect person like you wants to marry me? I mean, you might have a lot of proposals for you ready". "I'm glad that you think I'm handsome" he said with a mischievous grin. "not the point right now, don't you think " I said. "hah! so it's like this, I need someone to play the role of my wife. someone who doesn't meddle in my work does whatever she wants and dosent say much. we can stay as freinds, isn't that the life we both want miss Ashley". we went silent for a moment, "not to mention you are beautiful and well suited to play the role of the wife of the well known Jason Bradley, also I was thinking.... before he could say anything further I got up from my seat and splashed my orange juice on his face. typical breakup scene I know if only we were dating in the first place. " well Mr. Jason, I'm sorry but who says I wanna get married just like that huh!!, what if I wanna marry someone whom I love, and what do you mean by you fit the category, I am not an object or toy you can just buy and let her play the role of your wife, never show up Infront of me again or it won't be good" I was furious, and for a second I had thought he was a gentleman I was about to leave when he suddenly said "do you think people like us get to be with whom we like?". I stopped my tracks "what's wrong with choosing someone you like, as long as I am determined to be with whom I love I don't think anything else matters, please stop this stupid engagement, I hope you find someone too" with that said I left.
Jason was shocked as it was the first time he was getting rejected so harshly. Not that he was mad, on the contrary he was quite happy. He had said those words to Ashley to know if she would be like other girls and try to mold herself in being his perfect wife, but knowing she is a strong and independent girl, not fully independent though since she still is living under the supervision of her grandma. But the way she just told him off intrigued him. He was deep in thoughts when his phone suddenly rang interrupting him. "yes, grandma", "did you meet her?" asked her,"yes I did", "how is she? I mean, is she good? do you like her? is she.. his grandma asked non stop questions.
"yes grandma! I think she's the one I wanna marry".