Chapter 60: Dinner with Disaster

Xhani POV

We got inside and at once; we were greeted by a woman who looked just a little older than 30 and a man who was in his 60s.

They both were holding hands, and I was surprised.

“Xhani, meet my mother and Father”, Armani said, and I put a smile on my face, and went up to them to greet them respectfully.

“Where did you find such a disrespectful girl from Armani, who doesn’t even know how to properly greet her elders”, the woman said, smiling and looking at me with disgust.

I turned my face towards Armani, and his fist formed into a curl, he was trying his best to control his anger at his mother. Seeing him like this, I decided to calm him down by holding his hand.

“I am sorry, but did I do something inappropriate?”, I asked his mother, keeping my face calm and cold.

She looked at me and sneered, “Well you see, in our family, the youngers usually come and kiss their mother's hand”, she spat out at me.

I let out a dry laugh and said, “Well excuse me, but as you can see, I have not yet been introduced to this custom, please forgive me”, I said as walked to his father and greeted him.

He didn’t look as mean as his mother, and instead, he even pulled me in for a hug.

“It is great to meet you Xhani, when Armani told me that you managed to capture his heart, I couldn't wait to meet you”, he said as we held my hand in his. It was unbelievably cute of him. He did his best to make me feel better and to be honest, it did work.

We walked inside and into the dining room.

Armani pulled out a chair for me to sit on, and I did. Just as Armani set down, two boys walked into the dining hall. They went to their mother first and kissed her hand before they turned to me and greeted me.

“Hello sister-in-law”, the one who was 6.5 feet tall, with dark dusty brown skin, big almond shape eyes, big plump lips, and deep brown eyes

“Hello?”, I said. And Armani jumped in.

“This is Nikko, my younger brother and that is Ares the youngest in the family. And I smiled at both.

“Well, it is very nice to meet both of you”, I said as held Armani's hand under the table, feeling a little nervous.

“Sit down”, Said Lilian, looking annoyed at the boys, and without another word, everyone was seated at the table.

The food arrived and just as we were about to dig in, another member of their family came in.

A girl that I have seen around the school.

“Is that your sister?”, I asked loud, and the moment those words came out of my mouth. Everyone choked on their food. I quickly realized I said something wrong.

While Armani, Nikko, and their father laughed, Ares, Lilian, and the girl gave me deadly looks.

“How ridiculous, she is not Armani sister, you see, she is the girl I chose for Armani to marry, but Unlucky, he bought you”, Lilian said as he motioned for the girl to sit down. And she did.

“Her name is Laura, and she is the daughter of this house, you should speak and address her with utter respect”, Lilian said again, as she dug in her food.

I looked at Armani, and he had embarrassment written all over his face.

I no longer had any appetite to eat, so I just played around with the food on my plate.

Seeing me like this, Armani, squeezed my thigh from under the table.

“So, have you bought all your stuff, I have organized a servants quatre for your stay?”, Lilian said, making me look away from Armani and towards her.

Before I could say anything, Luara jumped in.

“I have cleaned the servant's quatre well for you, I assume you won’t have much luggage?”, she said and smiled at Lilian.

I took a deep breath in, and before I could say anything, Armani's father spoke. His voice was cold and deep.

“How dare both of you speak to Xhani like this, she will not be staying anywhere near the servant quatre, she will be staying upstairs in the Presidental suit”. Both Lilian and Laura went silent.

But before anyone could say anything Armani spoke.

“My apologies, but I and Xhani will be staying at my mansion”, causing everyone attention to us.

“Noo, you cannot move out of her”, Laura yelled, making us all look in her direction in confusion.

“And you are exactly who to object to my decision?”, Armani said in his cold deep voice, once again, there was no emotion on his face.

Laura remained silent and did not say anything but looked towards Lilian for help.

“Armani, have you forgotten your respect, I have made it very clear that you will show Laura the respect that she deserves”, Lilian said.

Armani was about to reply when his father spoke, “And have I not mentioned that Laura will no longer be in this house?”, “My lady it seems like you have decided to disobey me”, he said calmly as he ate his food.

“Laura is like my daughter, you cannot ask me to throw her out”, Lilian said, her voice breaking.

“GUARDS”, the old men yelled. Making me flinch next to Armani. Within a couple of seconds, a few guards arrived.

“Take Laura, and throw her inside her room, when we finish eating, give her the leftover food”, he said to the guards. A gasp escaped Laura and Lilian's mouth, both in shock.

The guards walked up to Laura picked her up from both her hands and escorted her out of the room.

“My love?”, Lilian said but she was quickly cut off.

“Tomorrow, you will send her back to her mother, I am not responsible for taking care of her”, he said and continued eating his food.

Lilian started fuming, and she looked at me with a sour expression.

She was about to get up and leave when the old men said again.

“Sit back down, unless you want to leave with Laura tomorrow”, he said, again with no expression on his face.

Seeing Lilian had no other possibility, she set back down and continued to look at me with a murderous expression.

“I am sorry Father, but I have decided to take Xhani to my other house, and if you give us your blessing, we can move in together tomorrow?”, Armani said to his father, and a smile formed on his face.

“You have my blessing son”, is all he said.