The next minute, all her doubts were cleared the moment the light was turned on.
A young man who appeared to be in his early twenties was standing by the door entrance.
"What the hell are you doing here? I've you come here to seduce me like the way you seduced Grandfather?", the young man yelled making Angela flustered.
At first, she wasn't able to register what the young man said but after few minutes, her brain processed it all and she opened her mouth in shock.
She thought of what would have made him make such assumptions and that was when she realized she had pulled off her jacket and the only thing she was wearing was a knee-length gown with a v-shaped neck cut and a tiny strap on her shoulders that held the cloth to her body. She hurriedly looked around the room trying to find her jacket but by then, the young man had called a few members of the family who were around to the room.
All this while, Angela didn't realize her silence was her admitting about her deed.
"You witch! Did you also come here to seduce my son?", a middle-aged woman who turned out to be Josh's Aunt barged into the room and glared at Angela with eyes full with disgust. Before Angela could register the faces of everyone, she felt a sting on her cheek and she realized she had just been slapped. Tears filled her eyes and she bit her lip. Her head was turned down, refusing to look at anyone.
Insults were thrown at her and the only thing Angela prayer for at this moment was for someone to save her from this disgrace. She thought her prayer was answered when she heard the sound of the door opening and there was a pindrop silence. She inwardly heaved a sigh of relief and she was about raising her hear up when she heard the most heart breaking words from the least person she expected it from.
"I never knew you were so uncultured. If I had known, I wouldn't have brought you in. I'm starting to think that bringing you into this house was a big mistake and the annoying thing is that I allowed you to marry my grandson. Now, get back to your room!", Old Brown yelled as he glared at the shivering Angela. This time, Angela was not shivering because of the cold but due to pain and embarrassment. In unsteady steps, Angela walked out of the room with the accusing eyes of everyone on her.
In no time, Angela got to the room she first stayed in even if she had no idea about how she arrived there. The tears that she had been painfully controlling rushed out like downpours of the rain. They appeared to have been caged before but upon entering her room, they were released and spilled freely.
She sat on the bed and cried her eyes out. Gradually, she began laying on the bed while still crying and unknowingly slept off.
Meanwhile, Old Brown was receiving complaints from josh's Aunt and her family. They were 'scolding' (old man's words, not mine) him about how he brought a strange girl to live with them and even asked her to marry Josh.
"Enough! You know the rules, I mustn't hear of what just happened in this house outside or in any other places". As soon as he said this, Old Brown walked straight into the elevator. The only one who was unaware of what had just transpired between Angela and the family members was Josh alone. The rest of the family including Josh's cousin, Chloe, were aware. While this was happening, the most happiest person among all was Chloe herself. She appeared to have enjoyed every bit of disgrace and embarrassment that Angela felt.
Angela slept in till it was dinner time. She had thought of not going to have dinner together with everyone but after weighing the pros and cons of her absence at dinner, she thought against it and went for dinner.
Angela walked down the stairs and expected everyone to be there apart from Josh but was surprised seeing Josh quietly eating his food while Chloe kept blabbing to him about God knows what!
'Is he not supposed to be at work?', Angela asked herself and then her eyes caught sight of the clock hanging on the wall. She was surprised when she found out what the time read.
Angela bowed her head quietly and went to sit on the farthest chair away from everyone. She wished to avoid everyone if possible and she was at an advantage because the dining room and table itself was wide enough.
While eating, Angela had no choice but to also listen to the ramblings of Chloe. After paying proper attention to her talks, she realized that Chloe was narrating the incident that happened in the afternoon to Josh.
Wanting to know what type of man he was, Angela listened carefully with her head dug into her food.
After Chloe narrated the whole story, Angela eagerly waited for his response but was flabbergasted when he calmly got up from his seat.
"I'm done grandfather, I'll take my leave now", Josh bowed curtly before turning towards the hallway.
Just as he took a step, he was suddenly stopped by Old Brown;
"Wait, before you go, I'll like to tell you that there's a change in the arrangement of your room", Old Brown said mysteriously.
"Grandfather, what do you mean?", Josh asked with furrowed eyebrows.
"What I mean is that as from now onwards, you and your wife would be sleeping in the same room and on the same bed. I need great grandkids so you have to be fast with whatever you would do", Old Brown said while smiling sheepishly.
Meanwhile, Josh gritted his teeth the moment Old Brown stopped talking. He wasn't surprised by this change cause he had expected it sooner or later.
Compared to Josh's unfazed expression, the family members were shell shocked. After what happened in the afternoon, they had expected Old Brown to have doubts about Angela but what was this?
Among everyone, the one who found it very displeasing was none other than josh's Aunt and her daughter, Chloe.
'How could mother's plan fail?', Chloe clenched her fist in anger.
She expected Josh to disagree but when she saw him silently acknowledging the old man's words, she lost all rationality.
"Why are you going to sleep with this bitch?", Chloe yelled and banged her hands on the table.