Chapter 2

Natalia's POV

My mom throw a hard gaze "What do you mean to hang on to the invisible?, that hot boy that you are dating is more than enough to make you have two minds about leaving here" My Mom said with all seriousness "Seriously Mom, hot boy? that sounds somehow" I said and she chuckled "I swear Natty, if I'm that kind of women that love boys younger than them...the new-adults age fuckers, I would have taken in that boy, he is so 'damn" my Mom said whilst turning back to do her things.

"Mom please stop, you are making it more weird than its already is" he laughed, I knew my mom was only trying to find a way to make me happy, even though my boyfriend was hot, it wasn't enough to make my mom compliment him this way, "Go and pack up what you could not afford to leave behind and leave the rest here, you will be getting a change of everything to new ones once we reach there," My Mom said with a smile on her beautiful face but a hint of sadness was present "I knew you have been keeping up with me even in all this poverty, wondering why a beautiful girl like me in my youth would end up marrying a poor man like your dad, but what you should know is it isn't so. Your dad was the most handsome and hot man I have ever seen in my life, even till no one can compare to him, your so-called boyfriend wasn't even half of him" See I said it, she was only complimenting him earlier for me just to smile.

But I have heard my Mom story many times, how hot and handsome and rich my dad was before an incident happened and he lost everything, he was on his way to try and meet some of his friends to know if they could help him recover some of his properties but had a fatal accident on his way and died on the spot, till now the person that hit him was still nowhere to be found. Afterward, many of his rich friends came to get one after the other and asked her to be their friends-with-benefits girl they would give her anything she asked for instead of helping their friend's family, and my mom was very beautiful that few could resist her but she rejected all of them and shooed them away. She has been telling me that she had a feeling that they are the ones who duped my dad and shared all his properties amongst them, she didn't know why but she knew it might be out of something that happened between them.

I was still a kid at that time, so even though I look like a Jade puppy with star eyes and an empty brain so they wouldn't have any thoughts towards me at that time non of them were pedophiles so they ignored me even though I might be more beautiful than my mom according to her because I still don't believe it, my mom said that one of them almost raped her when she rejected him inside this house if not for the unlocked door and her shouting people would not have known and she would have become a victim since then she would meet them outside the house and no matter what they say she would never let them in, after a while when they found out that she would never accept any of them they stopped coming.

"So baby, I had my fair share of happiness for a long time before the death of your dad, and I know what you are going through as a young girl even though you refused to say it out it only shows that you love me and pity me that's why but as a mom, I knew them all if I could reject all those men, I could also reject Mr. Rumez but I married him also because of you, you have suffered enough and you need a cut out of it Natty, I would have also rejected Mr. Rumez if he was one of your dad's friends because marrying one of his friends would be one of the things I would never do to your dad," She said firmly as if she was going through pressure but she still stands on her belief firmly.

Looking at my mom I almost teared up "Mom just like I said, you don't have to worry, I never cared for those and I never bothered you about any of it, if you decide not to marry Mr. Rumez tomorrow it's okay for me" I said and she gave me an appreciative smile. Although I lied about not caring about those things I didn't lie about not bothering her, I would never bother my mom with those things no matter what.

"Okay, enough of all this, go back, we are leaving in a few hours," She said, I nodded and left for my room. Picking up a small bag, I started going around the room to take nothing else but the things that served as a good memory whilst growing up, as I walk around I also looked at the room once over, no matter how much I didn't care about the house it's still were I grew up in. I chuckled whilst taking in every memory I have of the house.

A few hours later we are in an all-black, bulletproof car heading over toward the Rumez. An hour after I finished packing up the car arrived and the next hour after waiting for my mom to be done with her things we were on the way. My mom looked at me and smiled, I could tell that she was really happy, happy to be with this Mr. Rumez, I only chuckled and smiled back at her whilst she blushed and looked away because she understood my chuckling, she was acting like a high school girl in love that moment.

After an hour's drive, we arrived at what seemed like a palace, the gate was almost a kilometer away from the main mansion, although it was a little exaggerated but damn.