His eyebrows were drawn together while looking at his grandmother. So, what did the woman wanted to know about him and Harmony?
"What about us?" He said and tried to hide the nervousness that he was feeling. His heart was pounding so fast as if there were horses racing inside of him.
This was the first time that he felt like this in front of his grandmother.
"Drake, I have raised you since you were a baby so you cannot hide anything from me. Do you really like me to tell you what I am thinking right now?" She said in a calm tone.She was not angry or what. His grandmother was just asking her.
He let out a deep sigh.
"I am sorry, grandma but I cannot understand what you are talking about," he said though it was as if there were already drums rolling inside his chest.
"I cannot see you being in a romantic relationship with Harmony," his grandmother said without beating around the bush.
She was even looking straight in his eyes as if she wanted to see what his reaction would be.
He laughed."How could you even say that grandma?" He said and then shook his head. Did his grandmother already know about the contract that he had with Harmony But how?
There"s no way that Harmony would tell his grandmother about the plan they had. He knew that the woman wouldn"t betray him. That"s one thing for sure.
Her mother cleared his throat.
"I know you will be asking me this but for the two times that I have been with the both of you. I could see that there was no intimacy going on with you and Harmony. Your actions were so different from people being in a relationship," she said and still her gaze was still in him.
"Is that your basis, grandma? I am sorry but are you serious?" He asked. He couldn"t just believe that because he never thought that his mother would be this when it comes to love. Was that really her basis?
"No but you cannot even touch each other. I could see uneasiness with Harmony whenever your skin touched her skin," the old woman said.
It was unbelievable. Even that small detail his grandmother really noticed that?
Drake felt like his temple was getting hurt because of all the things that he heard inside the study room from his father up to his grandmother.
He couldn"t understand what"s happening with the people inside their house.
"I am sorry, grandma but that is just not reasonable. I mean, it"s not making any sense for me," he said. "You cannot just judge our relationship because of what you notice. I am sure that if Harmony will hear what you are saying surely, she will get offended," he added.
He saw when guilt registered on his grandmother"s face.
"I am sorry, it"s not that but if you are really in a relationship with her then why don"t you both get married?" She said which made him almost fell on the floor.
"What do you mean, grandma? Seriously? Why everyone wants me to get married? I am so young, and I wanted to do a lot of things in my life. Why all of you wanted me to get married?" He said in frustration.
He couldn"t understand why everyone pushed him to get married when obviously it was not for him. Not now. He was not seeing himself tying the knot with anyone. He felt like marriage was a commitment. It was sacred for him.
"I am serious. And that"s my condition, Drake. You want the company? You want to have your inheritance? Then marry Harmony. You don"t have to marry anyone else but only Harmony. As soon as you get married you can take over but only after five years the company would be under your name," she said to him which made him dumbfounded.
"What are you talking about, grandma? You cannot be serious," he said with his forehead knitted. "This is just ridiculous."
"Yes, ridiculous it may sound for you but that"s it, Drake. It is also in my last will and testament," the woman continued.
He shook his head."I don"t know what happened to all the people but why all of a sudden do you want me to get married?"
"You are not getting any younger and for you to be responsible chairman, you should be a family man. When you know how to rule your household by then you can manage the company properly," she said again which made him looked at her with disbelief in his eyes.
Since when a marital status had been the basis of a company to choose their chairman?
This is just unbelievable.
"Grandma, do we really have to come to this extent? So, you are also like my father and Aunty Carmela?You don"t believe that I can run the company, is that right?" He said full of disappointment.
He felt like his heart was being squeezed because of the pain that was brought by all the conversation that he had with his father and his grandmother. Both wanted him to get married and both have different conditions.
So, do they think that he was a robot, and his life was actually their life? They wanted to take over his life simply because they didn"t believe with his capabilities to run the company.
"No, I am not like them. I believe in you but Drake, I am telling you. It"s different if you will run the company and you already have a family. I don"t want you to take over and get yourself burn with the workload I the company. I don"t want you to lose the time that you have for yourself because I am telling you, once you take over, you and the company will be one. So, it would be very difficult for you to find a time to date. That"s why I want you to get married first."