What is she talking about?

　　"Though I still dislike the idea of you two moving out yet I have come to this point that I will not force you two. Beforehand, when Zachary told me about you two leaving I was okay with it, but day by day when I thought about it I became greedy. I couldn't bear the feeling that my son is now grown up and it's finally the time where he wants to stand up for himself, for his family" she croaked out.


　　"Mom!" I got up and hugged her while she cried on my shoulder.

　　"But it's okay!" she said and I gave her some space stepping back a little.

　　"I can trust you. I trust him to you. I believe you will bring happiness to him and for that, I am honored to pass this necklace down to you. See this as my trust of handing my son to you Juliette!" she said and she tied it around my neck.


　　In the car, after we said our goodbyes to mom, dad and grandfather I looked at Zachary who was driving. I touched the necklace with sorrow. I am not at all happy owning it. It burdens me with responsibility. I don't really think that I could provide happiness to anyone. I have failed and tumbled so hard in my life that I can barely stand on my own. How can I support Zachary in all this? I don't even have any idea why we are even together. Why is he even with me?

　　I looked at him while he drove the car silently. I heard a thunder and soon it rained heavily. Only the sound of water hitting the glass and the sound of the rubber wiper blades moving on the windshield could be heard. He didn't even have the radio on. I looked at the glass window, but I couldn't see anything because of the rain.


　　"Slow down a little," I said slowly when I noticed the speedometer. Dangerous to go at such a speed when it's raining. I doubted he would ever oblige to me but surprisingly, he did. He reduced the speed but he didn't even glance my way, continued concentrating on the road.

　　Four hours later, the rain was milder in the area where we were. The car finally stopped before a gate. I watched as a guard came holding an umbrella and Zachary rolled down the window screen.

　　"Boss!" he saluted.

　　"Make sure nobody gets in! Nobody is allowed until they have my written permission!" Zachary said and the guard nodded before opening the gate and Zachary drove inside the area filled with trees at the roadside. Minutes later, a mansion came into view. If Zachary's previous was huge then this one was gigantic.

　　The car came to a halt and I watched as Zachary got out of the car. Following him, I stepped down the car and saw the white cream coated mansion shining because of the lights that reflected on it. The white colored mansion towered over me as if trying to intimidate me. I gaped at it for a few seconds before I looked at the sidewalks where varieties of plants were planted alongside the sidewalk. The place was two times huge than the previous one and only thinking about it made me sad. I would feel even more lonely in here.

　　I looked back towards the lawn to see a marble fountain sitting in the middle of the lawn. It had a lion in its center and water spurted out of its mouth, the water fell gently towards the crystal blue pool which had lights under it which made it shine and the water fell beneath it, causing ripples to form and wave out until they were no more. Beautiful piece of an architecture. I heard the door opening and saw two women dressed in classy maid outfits walking out to us.

　　"Doamnă!" both of them bowed their head to me.

　　Umm...

　　"Call the other workers and ask them to bring our bags to our room!" I heard Zachary and I looked at him when he spoke to them.

　　Without giving me a glance, he walked in and I followed after him, not knowing what to do. We walked inside and I found myself flabbergasted looking at the work done inside the house. Marbled floor, classy, expensive and elegant interior.

　　I was so busy in gaping at everything that I didn't even notice when he stopped in his tracks which cause me to bump into him on his back.

　　"Watch where you walk!" he said slowly in a scolding tone. I nodded and hurriedly, took the loose curls of my hair that fell on my face and moved it behind my ear.

　　"Straight from this way and the first left. Take the stairs and the second room is the one!" he said and without letting me speak he walked away.

　　"Zach-" I stopped in mid-sentence when I saw his retreating back.

　　Sighing, I walked reminding myself of the instructions that he gave and soon enough stood before a door. I opened the huge door only to come into a huge room.

　　"Wow!" I heard my own voice.

　　A big room with partitions which made it another room inside it. Both of the room in my view had a king sized bed. First, there was a small hall where table and lounges were placed and then the rooms with partition. Only one attached bathroom and I saw curtains flying in one part of the room and assumed the door to the balcony. The room didn't have walk-in-closet but a huge wardrobe and I saw a huge wooden panel folding screen at the corner for changing clothes, I guessed.

　　Expensive artistic classy paintings on the wall and the room had dark navy color paint on its wall with some parts splashed white like the roof, the beam. The room was indeed dark yet modern. I call the mansion modern because I saw a pool inside the mansion when I walked up the stairs previously. Classy yet modern. Mirror everywhere. Next to the bed, on the pillar, next to the wardrobe. I gasped when I saw something next to the door of the balcony. The same recliner chair, that I selected back in that furniture shop. It was there. So, Zachary was talking about this house.

　　I assumed the partition of the room for us to sleep away from each other. Nobody was here so, I assumed Zachary wouldn't like to put on the act of showing us as if we were a couple. I chose the bed and went directly to it. It was what I could see. I was tired. As I was about to sit on the bed, my eyes fell on my own reflection in the mirror. I was wearing a white v neck lace dress and what my eyes specifically saw was the necklace.

　　I still had that necklace on me. I walked to the mirror and looked at the necklace. It was beautiful but I knew I couldn't keep it.

　　"It would be better if I handed it over to Zachary" I spoke to myself and took it out of my neck.

　　I walked out of the room and to the place where I had last seen Zachary. I walked towards the direction where he went a few minutes ago. It leads me in front of a single door. I took in a deep breath before knocking on the door few times and I opened the door.

　　It was a study room. Shelves filled with books, trophies, and medals. Paintings hanging on the navy blue wall, pictures some family pictures, achievements, certificates in frames hanging on the wall. The room was bigger than Zachary's last study room in that house. A large table in the middle and there he sat working on his laptop. A large window screen behind him where I marked the rain again pouring heavily.

　　"What do you want?" he asked not even glancing my way.

　　He had his white shirt undone from the top and his black coat was thrown on the couch next to his table. For the first time ever, I saw him wearing glasses as he worked on his laptop.

　　"How did you know that it was me?" I asked as I walked up to him. Still, he didn't even look up at me.

　　He seemed to ignore me as he continued working on his laptop punching the keyboard furiously.

　　I sighed at his behavior and then placed the necklace before him on the table before him which instantly stopped him from typing further on his laptop. He looked at the necklace but didn't even look up at me.

　　"What is this?" he asked still not even looking up at me.

　　"This necklace is given to me by your mother!" I said and frowned when he still didn't look up at me.

　　What is his problem?

　　"So?" he questioned.

　　"It is from your ancestors. Your family has this tradition to pass down this necklace to their generations!" I said.

　　"I know that!" he stated and continued with his typing.

　　"I am giving this back to you. I do not belong to your family" when I said this he stopped his typing but didn't look up.

　　"So, I assumed it would be better if stayed with you and you hand it over to the right person. I am not th-" I was rudely cut off him by him.

　　"Yeah! Okay! Now leave me alone!" he said and continued with his typing. More furiously this time.

　　"Okay?" I said more like a question.

　　"I am going back to the room," I said and shook my head at him before turning around and leaving.

　　"Did I expect an act of chivalry from him? What is wrong with me?" I thought as I closed the door behind me.

　　"So rude!" I said out loud and walked towards the room.