Chapter 9

"He's with them, come pay your respect dear." She told her daughter.

Holding her mother's hand they both walked into the sitting room, thoroughly they look all rich and mighty but the gaze in their eyes made her at ease.

She bows and greeted them respectfully. "I'm Triffany Joey." She also introduced herself.

Ethan Zack looked at the young lady with smiles in his eyes, he asked gently. "How are you doing?"

Seeing his smile made Tiffany's bad imagination disappear, if they were here to send her to jail for throwing money on their son, they won't be smiling at her now. "I'm okay." She told them.

Then she got her boldness back but said gently. "Until I saw the news, can you please explain it to me?" She asked and sat close to her mother.

She but it was her right to know what that news means, what marriage? What lover? She hands out.

Ethan looked at her with a gentle face. "I was just apologizing to your parents about it, but just as it was said by my grandson on the news, we are in support of the marriage." He told her.

Triffany frowned slightly, support of which marriage, she would never marry that rude jerk, maybe they were also blinded by his lie, when he said they were past lovers, she has to clarify this.

She looked at them. "I don't know about your grandson, I don't even know his name and we've not met or known each other until that footage you all saw. Everything he said in that interview was all lies." She told them.

At this moment she was not scared to tell them that their grandson was a liar, she has her mother and father here and she was no longer scared.

Bailey Zack looked at Triffany with tender eyes, she know that the news must have also shocked her, she had to tell her the truth. "He has to do that to save the company and he will come to love you., Bailey told her.

They came here to apologise to her parents and her and by doing so they told them the exact truth, they won't leave their in-law to be in the dark.

Hearing these words from this elderly lady made Triffany a little pissed, she looked at her and said with a cold voice. "To make this clear...I don't love him and I will not have anything to do with that jerk!"

They all looked at her surprised and shocked, Trevor looked at his daughter. "Triffany." He scolded her with his voice raised.

Triffany was already stubborn and she was not ready to be forced by anyone, not even from these rich people.

She looked at her father with an expressionless face. "I'm sorry dad, but I won't be doing this cause everything is a lie." She stands up and looked at the two elderly guests. "Please, excuse me, have a safe trip back." She told them before leaving for her room.

Trevor looked at the elderly guest. "I'm so sorry for my child's misconduct." He apologized.

Bailey smiled and shakes her head. "She's a good girl." She told him.

Ethan Zack looked at Trevor. "I understand how she feels, I'm sorry all these things are only for our good." He apologized sincerely.

"You have explained everything to me already, I'll talk to her," Trevor assured him.

Trevor already knows the thing about business and he had seen this coming already, he understands the point they are making.

"Thank you," Ethan told him.

After they both Left, Laura looked at her husband and told him with a soft and gentle voice. "Trevor, Triffany is not happy."

Trevor exhaled, this news had also made him tired. "Laura, I know all this will happen, we can't deal with it. I don't want to ruin my daughter so she has to get married to him." He told her.

"Think of her happiness Trevor," Laura told him searching his eyes, all she cared about was her daughter's happiness and nothing more.

Trevor told his wife's hand and pat it gently, he knows his wife thought. "I'm thinking of that Laura and the news was the only way to keep our daughter safe from the public. Please understand me." His eyes were so tender.

Laura felt a little sad in her heart, what he was saying was true, if they had not used the interview to cover those rumours it would have been worst. "I understand you, but will Triffany do the same?" She asked him.

"I have to speak with her first."

Trevor knocked at Tiffany's room door. "Triffany it's me, your dad, let me have a word with you." He told her.

"Come in."

Trevor opened the door to see his daughter sobbing, he went close to her. "Triffany." He sat close to her.

Triffany looked at him with tears in her eyes. "Dad, they are not making any sense, I can see it...this is really for their gain, just to keep their company, they are using me, dad." She told him with a choked voice.

Trevor looked at his crying daughter, his heartfelt sadness. "Triffany, I know everything will go this way, I want to ensure you that this is the only way to save you from the public eyes. If you turn down this public proposal, the public will find you cruel for doing that and your future will be destroyed. Glammaly estate will be laid waste too. Maybe this is your fate." He told her gently.

Tiffany's tears fell uncontrollable. "Dad I never wanted or saw this as a big deal until today. Can't we reverse all this?" She asked.

She looked at her father's eyes searching for a reply, when she got none she continues. "I don't love this person and I can't just jump into a marriage this way." She told him.

"Triffany I know. This will work out somehow for you. You have to go through this okay?" Trevor told her.

"Daddy." Triffany sobbed. How can this be her fate, why don't her life go as she planned it?

"Trevor hugged her and pat her back. "I know it will be hard, but you still have to do this." He told her.

Triffany just cried on his shoulder sadly.

...

Carlos Zack went to visit Kelsey at her apartment, he rang the doorbell but she did not answer the door, luckily he already knows the password.

He went in to see her holding a cup of coffee with tears in her eyes.

Looking at her, he knew she must have been crying for a long now. "Kelsey, why did you not return my calls? And you didn't answer when I rang the doorbell."

Kelsey looked up at him. "Why should I?" She asked him in tears. "You don't even love me. Why are you here when you have Triffany?" She asked him bitterly. "You already announce your wedding publicly!" She raised her choked voice.

"Kelsey I'm so sorry." Carlos looked at her, he was sincerely sorry, he knew he had hurt her so much.

"You betrayed my love! You have been lying to me all this while!" She yells at him in anger.

"No Kelsey." Carlos's eyes were so red with tears. "I did that to save my company. Kelsey, I'm so sorry. Kelsey, I u." He went close to her and held her hands looking at her eyes.

Kelsey averted her gaze. "Those are lies. Carlos, you said you were always going to be there for me, now you are gone. You proved to me when you did that." She pointed at the news, in tears.

"It was only to save my family's company." He told her.

"By saying that!" Kelsey looked at him and shook her head. "You could have found another way to save the company, Carlos. You always do, so why did you do it?" Her voice was filled with anger and sadness.

Carlos was also downcast by things. "I couldn't. I had to do that only." His voice was hoarse.

Kelsey scoffed and pulled her hands from his. "Just go, Carlos." Tears fell from the side of her eyes. "You have broken my heart. It's not your place to tell me how long I will get over you."

"Kelsey... don't.." Carlos held her hands again and tears fell from his eyes.

"What then should I do!" She yelled. "I'm not in to compete with anyone, I've been with you for half my life. I understand why you have to do that, but what I don't understand is why you have to marry her."

She was crying at this moment. She looked at him with her eyes fixed in his. "I can't hold it anymore Carlos, the pain and tears hit different when it comes to someone who you truly love and believe will stay by your side no matter what." She told him in tears.

Carlos looked at her and said with his deep voice. "I'm never going to let you go!"

Kelsey looked at him and her eyes soften. "You have already done that. So just go." She told him, she stands up from the sofa she was sitting and went into her room, with her back on the door she cried bitterly, while Carlos stands and watched her room door in tears.