Chapter 155
**Acacia Point of View**
I must've gone crazy!
Otherwise there is no explanation for whatever happened in the karaoke room.
I freaking accepted the kiss and kissed him back? I was crazy, undoubtedly.
I planned to make it hard for him to even have a friendly relation with me but who would've thought that three or four dates would be enough for him to take a huge leap and actually kiss me without being reprimanded by me!
Actually; why did I even go on those dates with him?
I should've brought out some excuses to reject him but then again, all those places we had dates were the places that I couldn't rejected whatsoever.
That damned Jerk! He actually used my likes against me.
Acacia Dawn Winters! Next time, no matter how much you liked the place or the activity, you should find an excuse to reject him.
Hmph! I should make it difficult for him!
"I'm not free." I waved casually and said before he said anything.
"I know you will be quite busy this whole week until next Tuesday. So this outing was actually planned for next Wednesday." He shrugged as he rolled a lock of my hair around his fingers and played with it.
I pulled my hair from his hand and glared at him, "I cannot spare ten whole days on an outing when the resort project has just started. I'm not coming. You can go with your three darlings."
You can grovel but I will not go to this outing with you. Jerk, let's see what you can do.
I cannot be so easy to be achieved.
"Three darlings? I only have you, I swear. Heck, I don't like women much, you know that. How can I have not just one but three darlings?" He hurriedly tried to clarify while also wrapping his arms around me at the same time.
Hey, hey hey, stop right there, you Jerk!
"I was talking about Azar, Gyles and Eelk." I broke free from his arms and scowled at him.
Well, I wasn't wrong though. Those three subordinated of his are like favored concubines to their King. For a moment, in the past, I almost thought that these four truly had some kind of unspeakable relationship.
As a light went off in his mind, Jerk made an 'o' with his mouth as if he realized something. "Come on, Eblilis; you cannot be jealous of those three of all people." There was a deliberate hint of teasing in his tone that I absolutely did not like.
"You are thinking too much. Anyway, I cannot go to this outing." I showed him the door, silently telling him to walk out.
"Alright. In that case we all will go and you can stay here alone to take care of your work."
"Goo - All?"
"Yes; all." He replied innocently.
"Who all?"
"The Winters', Igses, Noemi and her parents, your dear best friends, my three darlings, Aubessee and a few of my other subordinated with their immediate families. Ah, right, of course, I cannot be left out. It is me who is taking them there." By the time he finished I was looking at him with my mouth agape.
Is this an outing or a war?
Why is the whole battalion going on a vacation together?
"Where is this vacation place exactly and why is my family and friends going with you?" Looking at the sudden pretense of innocence on his face, I want slap him so much.
Why is he being so different recently?
Where is the hypocritical cruel Jerk from before?
The worst thing is, I even felt that he is nicely romantic these days!
I hate it! I hate it! I hate it!
"Montana. After coming here, after meeting Igses in a long time, after being acknowledged by him as his dad, I didn't give him anything."
"So you want to take him on a trip to have fun?" Taking the little guy on a trip is not bad.
He travelled with me to a few places and before my family recognized me, I used to take him everywhere I went. He loves travelling so the idea of taking him to Montana is good.
Montana is famous for it's natural resources and variety of wildlife. Igses would naturally love it and so does everyone.
"Partly."
"What do you mean?"
"It is a vacation but vacation is not his gift." Come on, dude! Just tell me what is in your mind without keeping me in suspense.
"Then?"
"There is a ranch with a river coast and mountain ranges up for sale. Didn't you say Igses loves such places some time before? So When I saw the sale notification, I bought it for Igses." My heart dropped from the ribcage and went into liver.
Is he kidding me?
"You what?" I shot up from my chair and pointed a finger at him.
He got such a huge place for Igses? Did he lose his mind?
"You bought such a huge thing for Igses? Have you lost it?"
"Yes and no." He answered be briefly for both my questions respectively.
"Of course you lost your mind. Why would you give him such a property when he is still so young?" Did he not know that anything in excess is a disaster?
Jerk blinked his eyes at me in puzzlement for some time, "I told you that I and my people will slowly start to move to this world right? I started to buy some properties here and there recently and when I looked at this one, I could only think of you and Igses so I got it for my son."
"It's not wrong to buy something for your son. But if kids were provided with things easily, they start to take everything for granted. Some clothes or toys are still okay. I can make him work on few errands and pay him with his favorite toys. This way, he will think that he has worked for what he got. If kids, any kid, got a property like a ranch at such a young age without working hard for it, their mind will be filled with delusive overconfidence."
"Igses is smart. He is not like that."
"No he isn't; yet. Building a character and cultivating it will take time. Now he is not snobbish but who knows; if he gets too laidback, he will become conceited one day. Also, he needs a comfortable life, not a luxurious one." I tried to explain him my views properly.
The best example of snobbish character is right before my eyes. Although he has changed a lot now, Jerk did many unreasonable things in the past.
That is because he has it in his mind that he is someone mighty, that he is rich and powerful, that everyone is underneath him.
His life was beyond luxurious but his character was dirt poor.
I want Igses to have opposite experiences from his father.
"Then what about succeeding my throne?" Jerk narrowed his eyes at me. It looks like he understood my standpoint.
"Of course he will take it when the time comes. However, he will not inherit it. He has to work for it. He will not inherit your businesses just like that. He should work hard, prove himself, should make his own living, maybe have his own company if he is interested in business that is and only when he experience the up and downs of life and learn the effects of decisions he made, will he take over yours and mine heritage." After saying that, I wiggled my eyebrow at him, telling him silently that he should withdraw from his initial idea.
"Alright. I will listen to you then. The ranch will still be ours no matter what, so we are going on this vacation. Since you are busy, we will go and enjoy then." Jerk sighed.
"Pity, I have to ask your friends to help me remodel the whole property."
"Pity, it was such a big place and it was beyond the description of beauty and you are not coming."
"Pity, you will be working and cannot relax and enjoy with us."
"Pity you are -" Is he a monk? What is he chanting about like that?
"Are you done? Stop your nonsense." He is too much!
"Fine I will stop. Then I will tell others you will be coming with us." With a sad sigh, he turned around slowly, very deliberately slowly.
A ranch, vacation, with family, friends and others.
Free time, fun time, family time and together time!
Why did I reject him without listening to him completely? Fool!
"Don't." I stopped him with a loud shout.
He turned around and looked at me in confusion. It was obvious that it was a pretense. He is playing with me.
He knew I would reject him for a date this time no matter what so he actually a family vacation.
Such a scheming Jerk!
"Did you say something?"
"Don't do it."
"Don't do what, Eblilis? Don't take everyone on a vacation?"
"No."
"Oh, then don't buy expensive things for Igses? I will not, I promise."
"Stop playing. You know what I mean." I gritted.
"You want me to stay behind and keep you company then?" Although there was confusion on his face, that tricky smirk can still be seen clearly.
Why did this Jerk suddenly become so devious?
"I WILL COME WITH YOU ALL." I gritted as I enunciated each and every word.
"What? You mean you will come with us? To the vacation? To Montana? Is what I heard real?"
I so hate him!
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