CHAPTER 3

"What is your reaction darling?" Grandma Cameron uttered while smiling making them all look at me including Ashton.

"I'm happy and grateful for the union of our companies" I replied and faked smile while Ashton smirked at me in disbelief.

"I thought you will exaggerate; I thought you like my son so much?" Aunt Carmen sounded disappointed and tease me to him.

I fake my laughed and looked at him seeing again him with his poker face. Continued our meal like nothing special happened.

"My darlings when do you like to have an offspring? I suggest 4 kids" I almost throw up the wine I'm drinking same to Ashton.

I immediately fix myself and breath to answer their question because Ashton doesn't give a damn about it.

"Grandma, I think we are still too young for that. I suggest we finish first our studies and have a thought about that after the marriage" I answered and eat again.

"Still, you will get married, so it is normal to talk about that and prepare for it" she replied and made them agree to her conclusion.

"Don't get mad at us, we are just so excited for this union. We can see that you two are perfect for each other" my mother said and smiled at me.

"We'll marry each other don't worry" Ashton answered that stunned me and confused me.

I felt a lingering feeling within me, but it quickly changed into pain because deep inside I know he is only doing this for his family.

After dinner they had a drink at our pool while Ashton already went home.

I decided to stay a while in our balcony to think and process everything.

The next day is Saturday, I immediately went to school to find Cleia and tell her what happened last time.

As soon as I arrived, I opened the car door and Cleia was already in front of me.

She immediately grabbed my wrist and we walked to the school field.

"What happened last night?" she asked and looked at me intently.

"Cleia don't be surprised but me and Ashton are now engaged" I said and waited for her reaction. She paused for a moment and slap me.

"Are you insane?! Are you using drugs or drunk too much coffee?" she exaggerated and shaken me up.

"I'm telling you the truth, it is so sudden, and I was so surprised and still in disbelief" I said to her and stopped her from shaking me.

"You're telling the truth?" she assured and was stunned for a moment.

I nodded in response and fixed myself because of what she has done.

"I was surprised he agreed on this set up, our marriage is after graduation" I said again while she is still in awe.

We decided to eat after telling her everything and went to class.

"Trinity, you don't look happy, did you finally moved on to him?" she asked while we are fixing our things to go to our next class.

"I'm happy but you know he doesn't like me and not happy about this" I said and sighed thinking what will happen to us after we get married.

We walked out of the class and decided to study in the library because we have a quiz that we forgot to study on.

"Are you done finding a book, it's my turn now" she said and left me in our table with our foods on it.

I stopped reading when someone slammed the table.

"You! Is it true that you are now engaged to Ashton?" Briana said and stared at me intently.

She is one of the girls that likes Ashton.

She has the looks, but the attitude definitely trash.

"If I said yes, will you slap me?" I said and gave her attitude too.

"Wannabe, he will never love you. I swear to the heavens" she replied and flipped her hair.

"It's okay as long as he is tied to me" I replied and raised my eyebrows to her.

She was grinning her teeth and was about to slap me, but she calmed down and left me.

"You nailed it, Trinity" Cleia said proudly and tapped my shoulder.

"She is so annoying, I wasted my time for her, look at the time it's ten minutes until our exam" I said irritated and frustrated because nothing comes to my mind.

"Let's just do our best" Cleia cheered up and pick our things to get to class.

After the class we decided to eat outside that I promised to her. We celebrated the exams that we finished without failure.

I don't want to have dinner at home because my mother said that Ashton's family will be having a talk to them about the families' companies.

"Let's order food so that we can go home soon" I said while Cleia was talking to the waiter.

We enjoyed our dinner while talking about our lives and our studies.

After eating we decided to walk for minutes in the plaza nearby to burn out the food we ate.

Minutes later we already decided to go home. We say goodbyes to each other and rode bus to our destination.

I quietly sat beside the bus window seat and listen to my playlist.

I didn't notice I took a nap at the bus and had a dream of me and Ashton first meeting...