Mind Set

Chapter 12

Mindfulness

"You need to marry Lea, Apo."

"Are you actually kidding lola? Why do I need to marry Lea?" Aga asked raising his tone as his chair vigorously slid backwards with the force of him standing up. Lea staggered upon the loud sound.

"No I'm not, diba kakasabi ko lang? Kapag may nabuntis ka papakasalan mo, and Lea IS pregnant with your child, and so you're going to marry her."

"What? how did you know about that Lola? I promised Lea that I'll be doing my job as a father to that kid but I won't marry her!" Aga frustatingly answered and brushed his hair backwards.

"You'll marry her or I'll give the company to Liandro?" Lola Amelia's options were both off his liking. He wasn't fond of both and none was a good choice.

Lea, whose senses were all over the place, looked at them in trauma. Her tears were in the verge of falling, she couldn't see properly as her vision blurs, she can't point out if her head was starting to fall off or it's her loosing the feeling of life.

"You can't do that 'la. You promised me that the company will be mine."

"I did say that you can have the company, it's even written on a paper with my signature. But breaking promises isn't hard, especially if it's worth the risk of breaking it. I keep my words good, Aga. But you - as my grandchild who did a very impetus act shall be taught of taking more than a responsibility can cover. Lea has just lost her mother, now she's pregnant and you're not even going to do anything to legally be responsible of her? What I'm trying to imply iho is that you're not tied to anyone anymore, no one's going to look over Lea and I doubt you'd even want to enter another relationship. I'd rather have you married to someone I know than die knowing for a fact that you'd be alone, forever. Tsaka, having Lea as your wife has advantages too, both of you will profit from it. Your image won't be ruined, Lea will always have someone to be with her and she won't need to worry about life anymore." She tried her best to open Aga's mind.

"And last, think about your child, would you let them grow up knowing their mother and father wasn't married at all? Think how they'll perceive it as. It's better to have marriage of convenience and hide it from your child than let them grow without a legalized family." Aga looked straightly into Lola Amelia's eyes, trying to read what's her point. He understands her, yes. But... he was forcing naivety to consume him.

"I can see that Lea will be a good wife, my guts will never let me down." Lola Amelia almost whispered to Aga and left with a smirk on her lips; she's won, again.

She triggered a part inside Aga's heart that hasn't been alarmed ever since her brain can remember. Soon enough he'll say yes to her proposal and she'll talk with Lea over it, both of them will settle, and she'll be able to take all the rest she needs.

Aga brushed his face in frustration as soon his grandmother left. He loves that kid on Lea's womb, sure enough that even it's still not born, he'll be doing anything for it.

After calming himself a little, Aga turned his gaze to Lea only to see her staring at a blank space while continuously shaking. Her hands were trembling and tears were like a waterfall after a gruesome storm. She was at the side of the room, on the floor.

His feet ran towards her direction and he carefully and gently touched her, but it wasn't a good act of him because it just flinched Lea more.

"T-tita, w-w-wag niyo na-na po ak-ako si-sigawan at saktan, tama na po." Lea uttered while hugging herself. Aga's jaw clenched.Tita.

He surely knows who Lea is referring to, it was just paining him to see someone this scared for her life because of some happenings in her life that she will carry for who thinks how long?