"You shouldn't have done what you did." He said sheepishly. "She was your friend."

"Yes!" Victoria wrapped her arm around him. "She used to be my friend but you are like a son to me and God punish me if I should throw you out or do anything bad to you."

Praveen looked at her and he got a little better.

"Just like Mike and my children, I love you so much." She said sincerely. "That's why I can't tolerate anyone saying bad things about you."

Praveen smiled brightly at his aunt and hugged her tightly. He had no idea what he had done to deserve such good people in his life. They were simply the best.

"I don't want you to be sad anymore." She cupped his cheeks. "Besides, you should be smiling right now. Very soon, you will be meeting your future husband and smiling will make you even more handsome."

Praveen blushed and looked away.

"See!" She said, rubbing on his cheeks. "Even blushing makes you so handsome. I am sure he will fall deeply in love with you at first sight and I will make sure of that."

"What do you mean?" He looked at her. "I don't understand."

"No!" She smiled, dropping her hands. "I will tell you later. Now I have to go and continue what I was doing. We still have a lot to do before the visitors come. Let's go inside."

Praveen nodded and both of them went back inside the house.

***

Antonio was standing in his room, staring into the mirror at his reflection. He was dressed beautifully in a blue designer's shirt with his sexy chest exposed. He had a black designer's trouser on, white designer's shoes and his hair was perfectly combed. He was wearing the most expensive cologne because he had no choice anyway.

His clothes were expensive and so was everything on him but his mood was really foul. Antonio's heart was pounding so deeply in his chest, his face was red with anger, his body trembled in anger, his muscles had contracted, his blood was boiling and his fists were clenched. Antonio's jaws were shaking terribly and his anger kept on increasing every second that passed.

The door to his room opened and his anger just went to another level. He could hear footsteps but he definitely didn't care about who had come into the room.

"Are you ready?" It was Andrea. "Mom and the others are waiting outside."

He took a quick glance at her and sighed. She was looking beautiful in a short yellow dress, yellow high heeled shoes and curled hair. Her makeup was sparkly and she just owned what she was wearing.

"Ah..." That was the only word that came out of his mouth.

"Antonio!" She walked to him, placing her hand on his shoulder. "Please, try to improve your mood, okay? We shouldn't let anyone see you like that. Besides, remember what we talked about?"

"I know what we talked about, Andrea." He groaned. "But I really can't help myself. Do you know how I am feeling right now? I regret coming back here and maybe I should have married Bruce before coming back here."

"This won't be permanent." She smiled. "Just put a smile on that gorgeous face of yours and let's go before mom comes out here and makes some drama."

"But..."

"Come on!" She coiled his arm and started leading him out. Antonio had no choice.

They both went outside the house where they found some of the family members already inside the cars. The only one out was Emilia and she was looking at the door waiting for her son to come out so that they could leave already. She was looking amazing in a beautiful blue dress with high heeled shoes and her hair tied. She didn't put makeup on but she was beautiful.

"There you are." She smiled brightly when she saw her son and her daughter coming out. "You have no idea how long I have been waiting for you."

"What?" Andrea chuckled nervously. "It's only been five minutes. It's not like we are going to see a king or something." She rolled her eyes.

"You don't understand. They have probably been waiting for us for long." She rushed to her son. "Antonio, honey..." She smiled, coiling her arm with his. "...you are riding with me."

She went to a beautiful car with Antonio and she was smiling. Her son was gonna meet Praveen finally. The cars started moving. It wasn't gonna be long before they reached Praveen's house and she was gonna be happy her son was gonna see Praveen.

"Antonio!" She cupped his hand in hers. "My son, I am really happy right now. I know that you are still sad but I am sure you are gonna love him. Praveen is beautiful, intelligent, kind and really nice. You are gonna love him."

Antonio just looked at his mother without saying anything to her.

"Oh! You have no idea how it feels to know that your little boy will be starting another life with someone special." She said in her emotional voice but he didn't care. "Please, just take it easy, okay."

Antonio nodded without saying anything to his mother.

The rest of the way went quiet for the two of them. Antonio just stared outside, hoping for the cars to just breakdown so that he could be saved from a disaster. He was still hoping he was gonna control himself because honestly, there was just a lot that was on his mind and he had no idea if he was gonna control himself when he saw the boy.

What seemed like hours for Emilia seemed like seconds for Antonio. They finally arrived at the place and boy was Emilia joyful. She couldn't lose the smile on her face. Meanwhile, Antonio couldn't understand what he was doing at such a filthy place. Not only was the place not in his league but it was out of town, almost in the slums and he didn't appreciate it. Seeing that place made his blood boil even more and his anger to intensify. He couldn't believe it.