Chapter 16

Allysa Chloe Hernandez

After three months.

Time passed quickly. Three months have already passed. It seems like I've been really stubborn with my parents for the upcoming engagement party, but I didn't know that Dave Arkiel and I would actually make it. I tried many ways to prevent the engagement party from happening but in the end I still couldn't do anything. It even got to the point that I ran away from our own home so that the discussed marriage wouldn't go through, but in the end nothing happened. My Mom and Dad are right, I can't take care of myself yet. I can't do anything without them by my side.

The engagement party will take place tomorrow. Many guests were invited, especially the people who were business partners of the two families. I know from the start that the upcoming engagement party is for the convenience of the two families. Dave Arkiel and I have talked about this. We just have to be good at pretending otherwise we're both doomed. We never agreed to this idea. So w