Marry her

Dawn's POV

    Chris wasn't able to answer my question, but that doesn't mean that I wouldn't ask him later. It really is suspicious.

   So we went downstairs to meet my aunt. She was carrying a lots of shopping bags, looks like she really had lot of fun today.

"So aunt Laura, what is in here for me?"

A maid collected the bags from her, "Drop them in my room for me...., oh my knees", she said while holding her knees.

    My aunt might not really be old, but she has these issues with her joints, and I keep telling her to visit the doctor, at least twice a month, but she doesn't listen.

   "You must be tired after all your shopping", I helped her to stretch her legs after sitting down, "so did you have fun today?, but before that, why didn't you tell me you were going out. I could have gone with you"

"And that's the reason why I didn't, you don't have to follow me around like one old lady"

All this while, Chris was just standing watching us. And as if she just noticed him, Aunt Laura looked at him with a look I didn't understand, but didn't like as well.

"Uh, Maam, is there a problem? Chris asked her. He also noticed it

"Yeah, aunt Laura, what is it?, why are you staring at him like that?"

Instead of answering though, she just smiled. And that makes two of my questions unanswered today.

"Chris, I need to speak with you", she didn't even look at me, she just went straight to her study, and Chris followed, although I tried asking him if he did anything wrong, but he said no.

And now both of them are in the study room, leaving me here in the living room. I placed my head on the door, trying to hear what they were saying, but it was useless.

I sat on the sofa, hoping that nothing was wrong. I don't know, maybe because he's my friend, but I dont want aunt Laura to see any fault in him at all.

I looked around as the place suddenly starts feeling empty.

So what should I do now

Nathaniel's POV

  I closed the door, wondering why Dawn's aunt wanted to see me. She sat on her chair, and asked me to seat on the sofa adjacent to her table.

"You should know why I asked to speak with you" She said looking at her phone, like she was talking to someone facetime.

"No I don't maam". I said with all the confidence I thought I had

"No problem, i just want to ask. Why are you here in this house?" She asked, now looking at me

I still didn't understand, "to serve miss Dawn".

Then she smiled at me, "Maybe I should rephrase my question, right?, so why are you here, Nathaniel Park?"

OH! MY! GOSH! She knows

I didn't even bother answering, because it was no use denying.

"Oh don't worry, your secret is still safe with me. I'm not gonna tell you how I found out, but i really want to know why you had to hide who you are. If Dawn should find out, I don't want to imagine what she's going to pass through again"

I just sat there looking at her, I couldn't even find words to say.

"So now, I need you to tell me what this is all about".

.....few minutes later

"Okay, let's get this right, you want to be the next chairman of your family's company, so you decided that the only way is to use my niece"

Ouch, that sounded savage

I just told her the whole truth, although I don't know if it would be that easy to tell Dawn.

She continued, "but don't you think it's too cheap, and the last time I checked, you're the second highest shareholder in the company after your father, in fact you own 32%, while your father owns 41%, even you brothers can't match up to you"

Wow, I really give it up to her. She did her research well, which is making me more speechless.

I hung my head low in shame, "I don't know what to say, I'm really sorry"

Then she stood up, and came to me. "You didn't do me any wrong, it is Dawn you should apologize to. But I can't have you doing that now, I'm afraid she might have another breakdown."

Then she patted my shoulder, "instead you can do something else for her"

I looked up at her, "what is it i can do?" I've really become attached to Dawn, i don't think i can bear hurting her, although I know I already am.

She stood up and started pacing around the room, "you know, Dawn is 25 and she's not getting any younger, and i..." she couldn't continue, she just used her handkerchief to clean her eyes.

Was she crying, and where is this heading?

"I'm the only one she has, and I need to know that there's someone else looking out for her, and I know I can trust her with you, don't ask how.."

She looked at me, maybe to see if she got my full attention, "maybe I should go straight to the point, I want you to marry her"

SAY WHAT!!!