At first, I thought it must be Cosmina but then the voice was different. What felt like anger mixed with jealousy rose up my body when I heard the same woman again talking "Zackie listen to me!"

　　"Give me a second!" Zachary said and he abandoned me for that woman.


　　"Ms. Ularu, I said I'm talking to my wife. Will you please excuse me?" I heard Zachary and as soon as I heard the name Ularu, my blood began to boil.

　　"By Zackie, the food is ready. I cooked it myself" the woman chided and I heard Zachary groaning.

　　Zackie?


　　"Juli-" before he could say anything I cut him off "Yes, Zackie! Your food is ready. Go and eat your food" I said sarcastically and hung up on him.

　　"Idiot!" I snapped at nobody in particular and stuffed my face with the pillow screaming loudly in it. Thankfully, the pillow successfully muffled my scream or else I would have been trouble.


　　"Zackie" I huffed and mocked the lady's tone as I shifted on the bed to sleep.

　　As he had told everyone from his family arrived including him as well. My mother met his mother and it looked like they bonded very well. Zachary's mother kept on talking and praising me 'how I was her good daughter-in-law' and my mother looked at me with proud because it was only because of her good guidance and parenting I was praised today and she felt proud of it. On the other hand, I got to meet Zachary's grandmother. She came with Zachary's cousin Kristian all the way just to meet me. I was shocked to see her polite and kindness. She talked so little but wisely and she said 'she was glad that I came into his grandson's life' and the only wish she has that to see Kristian find someone like me and settle.

　　Talking about Kristian, he didn't come and Zachary's father Gale told us that he had gone to another town for an urgent meeting. It looks like he was a businessman as well. My father and Gale also bonded with each other well and Jace and Kiara had the same expression as me when I came to know about Zachary's grandfather being the ex-mafia leader whom the whole world knew because of his crimes.

　　Although I sorted everything to them, they looked little relevant of being around him and I understood that but then it was Zachary. I was keen on avoiding him every time he asked me anything.

　　What was he even doing with that Ms. Ularu the previous night when he clearly told me that he was going to a meeting. So, meeting that lady is his so called meeting.

　　"What is your problem?" he asked when I was slicing the home baked chocolate cake for the whole family in the kitchen.

　　"What? What did I do?" I asked not even glancing his way.

　　"Liste-" he stopped when his mother walked into the kitchen and smiled at me. She took the plate where I had served the cake pieces and went away.

　　"You are ignoring me!′ he said through gritted teeth and this time I glared at him.

　　"So what?" I asked challenging him.

　　"But why?" he asked and snatched the knife from my hand.

　　"I can do whatever I want!" I said and pushing him I went past him and out of the kitchen but then turned around and said:"Slice the remaining pieces and serve them in the other plates!" I said and he looked at the knife he was holding and at the cake in the kitchen counter.

　　As I turned around to leave I heard someone giggling and found both his and my mom standing in the corner giggling.

　　"She is already controlling my son," his mom said and my mom shrugged her shoulder. I gave them a small smile and feeling little awkward that they overheard our conversation I left the place.

　　I avoided him continuously for three days, including in the night I would build up a barrier in between us in the bed using the bolster and not answering a single questioned that he asked. I didn't even iron his shirts nor acknowledge his presence until the evening when I looked at myself in the mirror. I was dressed in an olive green strapless thigh slit gown and beige colored high heels. Kiara did my makeup with smoky eyes and light pink lipstick and she had curled my hair only in the end. She wore a pink colored skater dress with golden beads on her neckline and hemline. She wore a golden color peep toe shoe and did the same hairstyle as mine.

　　Our whole family was going out for dinner in a restaurant and that is why we all got ready before the time.

　　"Let's go," I said and she nodded as we walked out of the room to the living room where everyone was waiting.

　　"Oh wow" Zachary's mom exclaimed looking at us.

　　"Thank you," we said and smiled at each other.

　　"I will drive yo-" before Zachary could say anything I cut him off and asked his father, Gale "Can we come with you in your car?" I asked referring myself and Kiara and he looked at Zachary and then at me "Um Yeah! Sure" he looked apprehensive while he talked because his so called on was glaring at him now.

　　"Fine! Let's go, Mr. and Mrs. Swanson. Jace, you can take the front seat," he said and Jace nodded smiling at him. Grandpa went with them and me, Kiara, Zachary's mom and grandma chose to go with Gale.

　　"Okay, Let's go," Gale said and we all went out and sat in his car.

　　As we were about to drive off, Zachary's car overtook us going out at a full speed. Jace had a smug face when he plastered his face in the car's window as he looked our way. That made us laugh. Jace loved speed cars and in the other hand, I prayed for my family who was in that car with Zachary.

　　"He is pissed," Kiara commented into my ear and I just shrugged in response.

　　"You saw his driving?" Gale complained to mom and she snorted.

　　"Better than yours," she said and we all laughed when he groaned at her response and muttered about something always taking her son's side.

　　In the restaurant, I sat next to Kiara and made sure Jace sit next to me this made Zachary even more pissed off as he went to the other side and sat before me glaring at me. I rolled my eyes at him and averted my eyes off him.

　　Our big family needed a big table and that is why we chose to take a table on the terrace in open sky enjoying the night with the pianist playing in the background and a beautiful scenery of the nightlife of Romania.

　　"Oh I am in love with this place," my mom said and my mother-in-law who was sitting next to her nodded in agreement. They laughed and talked so much it looked as if they were best friends from a long time. My dad even talked to my father-in-law as if they buddies. Everyone looked happy but the only person who wasn't was Zachary who stabbed his food with his fork and it looked as if he was thinking the vegetable ball as my face when he stabbed it.

　　"Oh, he is here," Grandma said out loud and we all looked the direction where she was looking. Kristian was supposed to join and he had called his grandma informing her that he would bring his date to join us.

　　But then the color drained my face and I heard both my mother-in -law and father-in-law groaning when we spotted the man whom I guessed as Kristian and the woman with whom he entered the place.

　　Loana Ularu.