"Here's a snack for you, young ones." Nanny Tess said as she put the snacks on the table. She is quite happy that the twins brought someone over. It's been a while since the twins brought a friend over and they rarely do this.
"Thank you, mamita." Anna sweetly smiled at her nanny. Nanny Tess smiles back and then went back to her work.
After nanny Tess left the living room, Anna faces Lannie and said, "What brought you over here?" Not that Anna wouldn't mind a friend coming over to her house but it was so sudden that it made her question Lannie.
"Nothing. I have never been here before so I decided to look around the Coleman Residence. You don't mind it, right?" Lannie's words were so smooth that Anna couldn't find any flaws to it. Lannie even sounded like a tourist wanting to explore to Coleman Residence.
"We don't mind it but you're making it sound like the Coleman residence is a tourist spot." Aaron cooly said to Lannie. As Lannie did earlier, he too did not make it obvious of the real reason why Lannie is here.
"Well, what can I say I like seeing new things."
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The three of them were having fun talking to each other that they did not realize that someone was watching them from behind with a grim expression plastered on its face.
It was not long after Anna notices that someone is eyeing them that by reflexes she immediately turns to look at that person. When she saw him her mood suddenly drops. 'Ugh! Seriously, why do I have to put with this bastard? If it weren't for my grandfather I would have thrown you out already.' Anna said in her mind.
When Anna looked at him, Juan was quick to hide his real face and turn it into his fake face. "Oh please don't mind me, Anna. I'm just enjoying watching you guys having fun."
Lannie heard that unfamiliar voice that she quickly looked at him. When she saw his face, her face suddenly wrinkled in displeasure. 'This is the guy my brother suppose to go against with?' Lannie really wants to slap herself for worrying for nothing. This guy named Juan can't even compare to her beloved brother.
In Lannie's point of view, Lannie truly finds it very hard to believe that Marcus Coleman likes this man very much for his own granddaughter. 'Let's see what's so good about you.'
"No, no, please come and join us. The more the better, right?" Lannie said as she smiled sweetly at the twins. The way that she smiles at them indicating that she already set her mind and there is no talking her way out of it.
Aaron really don't like that guy being around his sister but Lannie is stubborn; she won't stop until she gets what she wants when she sets her mind to it. "Right. After all, grandpa did tell us that we should get along."
Anna neither agreed or refute, she was only silent as she listens to them and Juan took her silence as a yes.
Honestly speaking, Juan truly thinks that Anna is charming and it's not hard to be deeply affected towards her but the feeling that he has deep inside of him cannot be erased. The anger he has for this family for so many years have not changed just because a young girl that is very charming.
All his hard work to impressed Marcus Coleman would be all for nothing if he would give everything up just because of Anna.
Years ago, when he was eight everything went downfall. His family was assassinated, he did not know why would someone wants his parents to die. It was a nightmare for him, he was in hiding as he watches his parents die in front of him. He was scared, too scared, all he could hear is the screams of his parents.
When the screams stop ringing in his head, he looked up the masked people who killed his parents; he was shaking in fear. He couldn't vividly hear what they are talking about but as just they were about to leave he suddenly heard one name that stuck on his mind and rooted on his heart, the Coleman.
That name embedded on him that he started to think that the Coleman is the reason why his parents died. Ever since then he plotted to revenge his parents and take everything that they have; one day he met Marcus Coleman who needed help with that he came up with an idea that his only way to get near the Colemans is to get close to the head of the Coleman family.
That's what he did, he helped Marcus Coleman and Marcus felt indebted to him. Juan got the trust of Marcus and he took advantage of it and as he grows up he got inside the Colemans then his plan of revenge took place.
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It was already night time when Lannie decided to go home; her ride was already outside and Aaron was accompanying her towards her ride.
"That guy can't even compare an inch towards my brother." Lannie angrily said to Aaron. Earlier when she was observing Juan she could clearly see that Juan is being fake.
Even though her brother is cold towards women but that does not mean he is fake in front of other people. She truly believes now that Marcus had become blind; he couldn't even see the fakery that Juan is showing.
"I know," Aaron said. "Even though I don't like your brother right now that doesn't mean that I prefer Juan over your brother. In my thoughts, I think your brother is more suited for my sister." If Aaron has to choose between Kyle and Juan for his sister then he would choose Kyle without any second thoughts.
"Does that mean that my brother got your blessing?" Lannie mischievously asked.
"No. He does not have my blessing. My sister even barely knows your brother, what makes you think that Anna likes him?" Lannie knows the fact that Anna barely knows her brother and they did not have the time to get to know each other. That is why Lannie is having a hard to time bring them together. She also is having a hard time getting a chance to talk to her brother since Erik is always in the way; dragging her brother someplace.
"Don't worry, I'm already planning on something." As Lannie said this, Aaron and Lannie arrived at where Lannie's ride is.
"I think I prefer you not to do anything." Aaron is still against the idea of someone is pairing his sister to someone but he got no other choice if he wants to erase Juan out of the picture.
Without giving Lannie the chance to reply back to him, Aaron opened the back seat of the car and pushed her inside. After that, Aaron went back inside the Coleman residence.