THE TWO LEGACIES II

C E L Y N N E

"It would be a pity to pay off your debt if you do not accept it." He laugh softly but I know that laugh is just a prickle of something what he means big, because we can already smell the stench of our desperation for help.

"We will accept it." Expectedly, my Father deals, he even smiles oddly a lot at them who are giving us help.

"That's what I like to hear Mr. Mantahon. " Mrs. Lacbayan approaches to him.

"Deal?" She offers her hand to him.

"Deal." He also reaches out her hand.

The two shakes hands, I know for my father, this is har to accept. my fiancé's family smiles, somehow I imagine demons do like that, while I cannot understand my parents' faces.

And that's all, they are reconciling our relationship with their child, just in exchange for wealth. They are already planning to be my wife. Good. Just good hell about this thing.

And to those who think this one is romantic, screw you.

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Moments later, the three of us give up our signatures on their great value offered to us to pay off our debts. Even if only 10% is needed, it is alright, maybe because we are the ones who will pay for the shortcomings.

We're not ready, or I'm not ready; but I really should do this.

Not to ourselves, but to our reputation and business.

Mrs. Lacbayan reaches the folder we signed, a smile of success formed in her mouth. A sign of something she pathetically waited for years in contact with us.

"Oh by the way… thanks for the well written signatures." She says while looking at our penmanship. But even thanked I still have no passing smile or nod in picking up my parents, and I just try to smile at them.

"We are leaving." Without saying a word to my Mother, she arranges her fancy dress and turns her back on us, carrying the containing case. She's disappointed, the whining game's ahead of us soon with her mood.

Dad follows him, and I stand in my chair.

"Oops! Our agreement, The Mantahons, this is not over yet. "

We just stop in our tracks as we heard the full voice of Mrs. Lacbayan, her obnoxious dive and a low terrible voice. The way I look at their faces, I can read those with bad intentions on their faces.

My future fiancé is smiling, well I hate to say it that… his smirk is too disturbing.

"What is that?" My Dad asks him.

Mrs. Lacbayan lets out a silver ring, glittering its heart-shaped dark red in the middle.

A 'Silverian Crimson' ring.

Dad just sighs at Mrs. Lacbayan with her demonic smile; it looks like her son's smile is inherited from that bitch.

"'Do not forget one of the important rituals…" she keeps it from our sight in a flash.

"Let my son, put this ring on her." She gives it to his son who still smiles at me, a smile I am not happy to see from a person. Creep.

Upon reaching the ring to him, he then approaches me, at once playing the ring; he stopped playing with thing, with a smile—I really don't want to see him.

Her Mother quietly laughs towards the door with her husband.

"It's good that you both accepted our deal." The bitch confronts my parents.

"Because, even if you both didn't… the Media is ready below to still take our children in their cameras with a relationship, scripted it is so after all…" She laughs.

"You all don't have a choice, but to have your daughter to be the beautiful fiancée of our handsome son." , Mr. Lacbayan says, a smile of success appeared on his lips to them.

And there I was, stunned, sinking deeper into my mind.

This man just easily held my hand, while slowly putting the ring on my finger.

He even gives me that grin—a devil's grin.

Mrs. Lacbayan applauses with a happy laugh for what he did to me which something I wish them dead.

"What a lovely performance! Alright, so let's go?" She asks us. And Mr. Lacbayan is right. We all don't have a choice.

Our parents came out first, then I went with their son to the elevator. I can't believe myself for being such an underdog.