"Thank you, Harmony. You don"t know how much you made grandma so happy," Drake said when they were already inside his car.
The man would be dropping her back home after she paid a visit to his grandmother.
She smiled at him.
"No worries. I also like to visit her anyway. She is just amazing," she said. "I wonder if my grandparents will be as sweet as she is," she added.
She had spent her whole day with the Villarama"s. She was thankful that Drake"s Aunty Carmela and his dad were not around.
Drake smiled at her as he started the car and drove away from the Villa.
She couldn"t help but stare at the handsome face of the man.
Harmony knew that her heart was beating differently for the man already. She bit her lower lip because she knew that couldn"t be possible.
"Is there something wrong?" Drake said and then he gave her a quick look before he focused his eyes on the road.
She shook her head.
"No, I am just thinking that you are like your grandmother," she said and then she looked outside the window when she saw he just shrugged his shoulders.
Drake was like his grandmother. They had a very soft side but they could also be strict to the people around them when they had to.
She saw that to his grandmother today when they were playing the piano.
The woman was so strict when she was teaching her a piece but when she was able to perfect it, she saw how happy she was.
She even closed her eyes while she was playing the piano. She felt her heart was being squeezed. Her children were so busy making money and they had a mother waiting for them to spend their time with.
Now, she could understand little by little why Drake didn"t like his father and even her Aunty Carmela.
She noticed that her dad was busy with the business. He was the serious type of man while Drake"s approach in life was so practical. And, that was one of the reasons that she could see why the two had gaps.
She was hoping that they would understand each other in the future.
"We are here," Drake said when the car suddenly stopped in front of their house. She didn"t notice that they were finally at home.
"Thank you, Drake. Do you want to come inside and have a cup of tea?" She asked. When she pretended that she was sick, she learned that Drake liked to drink chamomile tea.
But to her surprise, the man shook his head.
"Maybe next time. I need to review something for my business proposal tomorrow so I probably won't be able to see you. Please don"t miss me," he said and then he smirked at her. It was obvious that the man was teasing her.
She shook her head and then she rolled her eyes."Aren"t you being so confident, Mr. Villarama? Probably it would be you that would be missing me," she said and then she just realized what their conversation was.
She saw that Drake was also paused for a bit because of where their conversation was going.
"Alright, go inside and then I will leave," he said and then smiled at her.
She didn"t know if Drake was aware of the effect of what he was doing. His smile always makes her heart beat stop.
She wished that she could spend her entire night with him.
Harmony couldn"t understand herself but she knew that everything that she felt towards Drake was against the contract. But how could she stop her heart from feeling this way?
She continued to walk, headin
g inside their heart.
This contractual relationship which she didn"t know how long would last. Drake said that they would need to pretend until his grandmother transferred his inheritance under his name. For that one, she had no idea yet what was the progress.
Probably, she had to talk about it with him once they saw each other again.
"Good evening, sweetie. How"s visiting Drake"s grandmother?" Catalina greeted her and then she walked in the kitchen. "I had some goodies here for you. You may want to try it," she said and then she handed her a sealed container.
Her mother was the sweetest. She knew how to touch her heart with her simple gestures.
"Thank you, mom. Where is dad?" She said when she noticed that her father was not in the house. Usually, when she got home, her dad would greet her but now, he was not there.
"He said that he would be working overtime. Their company has a short staff so he volunteered. He is thinking that the overtime pay would be a great help with our expenses," her mother said, which sliced her heart.
"Mom, please tell dad not to abuse his body. I know that he wanted you both to save up but if that would have a bad effect on your health, I don"t really want you doing it," she said and the worry couldn"t be hidden from her face.
Her mother smiled at her and then she held her shoulders.
"Thank you, sweetie. I am so grateful to your dad that he is able to raise a daughter like you. Even if I was away when you were little, he is able to raise you very well. A loving daughter who always thinks about us," she said and then smiled at her.
"Mom, you two are the ones that I have and you know how much I love you both. Probably, we are not like those mother and daughter but you know that you are always inside my heart even if you have been away from us for a couple of years," she said and then she smiled at the woman.
"I love you, sweetie. And, I am so happy that you have Drake in your life. I know that he would be taking care of you."