"Wow, just wow!" These were the words that were running inside her mind when she saw the car that was in front of her.
It was as if she was inside a dream because she never thought that she would be able to get inside this kind of car in her entire life.
She didn"t notice that she stared at the car for a long time.
"Are you going to get inside or wait forever?" A masculine voice coming from Drake brought her back to her senses.
The man was able to lower down the window of the driver"s seat and she knew that it didn"t escape in his eyes that reaction she had when she saw his sports car stopped in front of her.
Harmony wished that the ground would open and eat her because of the embarrassment that she had felt because of what happened.
She wanted to vanish in front of the man.
"Hey, come on, get inside. We are going to be late," he said again when she was not moving from where she was standing. She felt like she was frozen back there because she never felt that kind of shame in her entire life before.
She quickly turned around and opened the other door next to the driver"s seat.
Harmony felt her cheeks were getting hotter as she couldn"t look at Drake directly in his eyes.
She felt like she wanted to get out of the car again and just go back home.
"Please put your seatbelt on," Drake"s voice dragged her out from her deep thoughts and she realised that there was a continuous beeping sound which she didn"t know where it was coming from.
She quickly took the seat belt and buckled it to herself. As soon as she locked it, the beeping sound was gone.
Harmony couldn"t help but feel impressed because of that and she couldn"t be blamed as this was her first time to be inside of a luxury car which was obviously using modern technology.
As soon as the car drove away from the shop, suddenly, Harmony felt her heart pounding so fast.
She couldn"t help it because she just realised how wealthy this man she was with inside the car. She knew that there was no way for her to back out. All she could do was to utter a prayer in silence from where she was sitting.
"Are you okay?" Drake said without removing his eyes on the road.
She nodded without looking at him. She tried to look at the view on their way. She didn"t know what to say to the man after the incident earlier.
"Just relax and so just to make you feel at ease, you look beautiful tonight and I must admit that I am impressed with the choice of clothes that you have," Drake said and then he threw a glance at her when the light stopped in red. "Simple, yet classy and elegant."
"Thank you," she uttered. She was happy that the man liked her clothes. It"s an achievement for her because her words didn"t fail when she said to him that she knew what she was doing.
Except now that she was having some butterflies inside her stomach. She knew that she should get herself ready to see much expensive things inside the mansion of the Villarama"s. She should stop herself from getting shocked or else, their plans wouldn"t go well.
She took a deep breath and she didn"t know that it didn't escape Drake"s eyes.
"Are you nervous?" He asked while looking at her since the car was stopped.
"Y— yes, a bit," she said honestly.
Drake smiled.
"It"s going to be okay. Just act casually and remember that I got your back, okay?" He said and then he started to drive again when the light already changed from green.
She smiled. She didn"t know why but she felt her heart calmed down. His words somewhat brought calmness to her and she was silently grateful.
She realised that Drake was not rude after all. It seemed that the man full of authority also had a soft spot.
"Thank you. I will do my best," she uttered. "Are we still far from your place?"
"In ten minutes, we should be there," he said and then he continued driving.
Silence was deafening inside the car.
No one opened their mouths for the next couple of minutes.
Harmony was thinking what kind of family she was going to meet tonight and also she was wondering how big their mansion was and how many luxury cars would she be seeing in that place.
She had a quick check over the internet earlier before she prepared herself and she saw that the Villarama family were owners of luxury hotels in and out of the country.
So the inheritance that Drake was trying to get was not a joke. They were not just talking about billions or trillions here but she knew that it was an amount that could make even their ten next generations to leave without working.
How on earth did she bump into this kind of person? Why of all people Drake Villarama offered her this kind of job?
She didn"t know if she could consider herself lucky or not for being chosen as his pretend girlfriend.
Finally after a couple of minutes, the car was entering a tall gate and on their way inside the place, she saw a garden which she was just seeing in movies.
The way into the mansion of the Villarama mansion was like those ways in a garden of goddesses.
She felt like she was actually passing by a place of a fairy. There were lots of beautiful flowers and in the middle of a wide space was a fountain.
She couldn"t imagine how the people were able to take care of all the flowers and they all bloomed beautifully.
She couldn't help but smile because of how beautiful the place was.
"You have a beautiful place," she couldn"t help but utter.
"Thank you. My grandmother loves flowers and before when she was still able to, she personally took care of the flowers but now that she is old, we hired a botanist and a gardener to look after her plants," Drake said and smiled at her.
Harmony felt like her heart skipped a beat when she saw Drake"s smile. Those perfect sets of white teeth and the two dimples in each cheeks made her heart somersault. She never thought that the man was this handsome.
She shook her head to turn away the thoughts that were inside her mind. How could she actually think about these things inside her mind?
"Is there something wrong?" Drake said while his eyebrows were drawn together. He already stopped the car and he was unbuckling his seatbelt.
"Nothing," she said as she unbuckled her seatbelt.
"Just take a deep breath before we go inside. Remember that you don"t need to lie about yourself except of course that you are my girlfriend," Drake reminded her before he went out of the car.
Harmony uttered a prayer again and then she was about to open the door when suddenly it opened.
It was Drake. He opened it for her and then he showed his arms to her.
Her eyebrows were drawn together as if she couldn"t get what the man was saying.
So, she got out of the car but she was surprised, when the man clung her hand in his arms.
"Oh," she uttered in surprise.
"Just feel please be comfortable. We need to act like the sweetest couple in the world," he said in a low voice just enough for the two of them to hear.
She nodded her head as she understood what the man said.
"Okay. I am sorry if I look uneasy.
This is my first time," she said.
"It"s okay. Tell me when you are ready to go inside and we will," Drake said and then she felt him pressing her palm.
Harmony felt like her heartbeat accelerated because for some reason there was like a spark happened when Drake pressed her palm.
There was a strange feeling that rose inside her body which she couldn"t explain because it was new to her. She never felt this way before even towards Paul.
She tried to close her eyes and then breathe in and out.
"Okay, I am ready," she said and then smiled at Drake.
"Alright, let"s get in," he said and then he guided her along the path.
Harmony roamed her eyes around the place and she couldn"t help but admire how the place had been designed.
Probably, the Villarama family had hired the most talented and expensive engineers and architects to design their house.
Maybe, for some it would be too much to hear but the place was beyond perfect. She felt like she was a goddess that came down from earth as they passed by the garden full of beautiful flowers.
The flowers came from different kinds and colours. It didn"t escape her nose the different scent coming from these.
"So, we are here," Drake said as they stopped at the entrance of their house.
Harmony couldn"t help but feel like she was actually in the castle of a royal family.
The grand staircase going inside the mansion was so beautiful. She felt like she was even ashamed to step her shoes on it as it may get dirty.
"It"s okay. We are just rich but my family are still people like you," Drake said as if he could feel what was running inside her head.
She took a deep breath as she took her first step going inside the mansion.
Everything that she could see around the mansion or should she better call it palace? She couldn"t help but think inside her head if these people were still having the chance to meet each other because of how big the place was.
It seemed like it was already their whole neighbourhood.
But she kept that thought to herself. She needed to relax and just like what Drake said, she had to stay calm because they were just still people like her who eat the same rice and the only difference was they were rich.
"Good evening, young master," the household staff greeted Drake as they went inside the house.
"Good evening, madam," they greeted her as well and she gave them a smile as an answer.
God. She thought that these were all just in movies but Drake Villarama"s family was rich beyond comparison because of how their mansion looked like.
Mansion was an understatement to call it because it looked like a palace for her.
They continued walking until they finally reached the living room where she saw a different kind of chandelier. She had a feeling that something would cost more than her life.
It looked like the stones in the chandelier were different kinds of diamonds and it was as if they were put in the hands of experts.
The couch in the living room perfectly complemented the colour of the light and the paint of the place.
She couldn"t help but gasp because of the things that her eyes were seeing.
If she was not mistaken, if she hadn"t seen these kinds of things in a magazine, it would be in a movie but she was not looking in a magazine or she was not watching a movie. For God"s sake, she was with Drake Villarama. A man who approached her and offered her to be his girlfriend.
She couldn"t believe what her eyes were seeing but her eyes were focused on the big portrait that was actually hanging in the wall of another grand staircase.
The woman was already old but she was still a beauty. It seemed that the woman had a resemblance with Drake.
She was thinking that it could be the grandmother that he was talking about earlier."They are already here," a voice of a man brought her back to her senses.