Chapter 4

What was wrong with me? I looked at his face. But why had my cheeks turned red as I looked at him?

What had he done to me? Was I having a fever? No. Then what was wrong? Wait.

Oh. No.. no.. no. How could it be true? No it can't be true.

Wait. Am I really having feelings for him? But we had just met a day ago. How could this be? 

Right now my face had turned so red that I didn't want him to see my face.

I was feeling shy. Thank god, he was not looking at me. 

But someone sure was. My so-called mother-in-law!!

She had been glaring at me for the whole time and had been giggling lightly. Now how do I escape her.

She was so going to tease me. I knew it. And it was finally about to come true.

I was tired and thus headed to the washroom. But I didn't notice Mrs Smith following me.

As soon as I got in, she came in too and started patting me and laughing at me.

"So you have a secret little crush on my son, ha?," she said.

"What? No.. no. How is it possible? You've got it wrong," I said. "Oh really?," she said.

I came out of the washroom, all embarrassed. I saw William waiting for me to come out.

I went to him and said that if he was tired, we could take a break. He agreed.

Mrs Smith said she wanted to drink coffee made by me. I had no chance of denying since I knew what she was going to do.

I simply agreed and headed out to the kitchen.

I put on a white apron and started making tea. Mrs Smith and William were watching gameplay videos on the TV.

I took out the kettle and started searching for tea powder and some sugar. And there they were, at the top compartment of the kitchen.

I was just around 5.7 feet tall. How was I going to reach it?

I stood on my heels and tried to reach the compartment. But bad luck, I was still not tall enough.

I was about to fall when someone caught me from behind. It was William. 

"Are you alright," he asked.

"Yes, I am," I replied, "Now can you let go of me?"

"Oh sure," he replied.

"Why so urgency dear? I can wait for my tea for some time," a voice said.

It was Mrs Smith. "Oh, looks like you were having quite a romance, ha?," she said.

"No.. no. you've got it wrong, Mrs Smith," I said. "Oh, have I?," she asked.

I was now really feeling embarrassed. How could this happen to me?

I just met this man yesterday and today his mom wants me to marry him. What do I do?

Never mind. For now let me finish making the tea. After adding the ingredients, stirring and boiling, the tea was finally ready.

I poured it into three cups and placed the cups on a tray. Holding the tray, I made my way out of the kitchen.

I went to the resting place where William and Mrs Smith were now watching TV.

I gave them their cups of tea, took one for myself and started finding a place to sit down.

But there's no place left other than the sofa, William was sitting on. I had no other option but to go and sit beside him.

William's face while drinking tea, was quite handsome. I couldn't stop myself but stare at him.

"So, how's the tea?," I asked. "It's good," he said.

"Hmm pretty good. This is what my daughter-in-law should be able to do," Mrs Smith said.

It was as if she was giving her complete approval for our marriage. 

After drinking tea and having some rest, we began practicing again. And just like that, that day's work came to an end.

After work, William asked me if he could drop me home. I agreed.

He led me towards his Mercedes and then we were on our way.

"So what do think about your mom's case? Will it be worse?," I asked him.

"I don't know," he said.

"Well, I think we are safe because even if your mom says so, your father probably won't agree," I said.

"If you think so, then you are absolutely wrong. My father always agrees to my mother. Every decision of my mother's is final," he replied.

"What? How can it be? Now what are we going to do? We aren't going to be married in reality, right?," I asked panickingly.

"Well, don't worry. I'll think of a way to sort out the situation. Now go home and have a peaceful sleep," he said.

I replied in affirmative. And finally we were at the gate of my home.

I bade him goodbye and made my way into my home. My mom opened the door as soon as I knocked.

I went in and refreshed myself. My mom had prepared dinner.

While having dinner my mom asked, "Who is that man? He's quite handsome. Looks like a rich guy," my mom asked.

I told her everything that happened the last two days.

My mom was quite happy when she heard about it, which I had not expected.

"So, that means I'm going to have a son-in-law soon?," she asked.

"Oh come on mom. Try to understand," I said.

"Of course I understand, Dear," she said. I knew I couldn't stop her.

So, I headed off to my room and slept on my bed. But I didn't know why, everytime I fell asleep, William started to appear in my dream.

Ahh. What has happened to me? Why am I dreaming of him? I tightly hugged my pillow and fell asleep.

The next day I woke up and ran off to the bathroom to have a bath.

After a long bath, I came out of my bathroom wearing a brand new pink silk top and a black skirt.

I went to the cupboard to search my heels. And suddenly a box feel on my head. It was covered with dust.

I opened it and looked inside. There were two books named, the legend of the rabbit clan and the legend of the wolf clan.