Chapter 33 - Daniel Morris

Anthony said in a pissed tone "Danny is supposed to come next week but he came one week early, saying that he is missing us, as he could not visit us for three months. He was the surprise for which Catherine called me home earlier."

James said "I didn't know he was already here, why did you not tell me or else I would have invited him too."​​

Rachel's curiosity got the best of her and she asked "Does grandpa Anthony have another grandson, I thought Jimmy is your only grandson?"

"I would have died earlier if Jimmy was my only grandson, Danny is my elder grandson, the one we wanted you to marry."

Then Daniel realized that Rachel was the girl his grandpa wanted him to marry, he was shocked with this revelation. Seeing his shocked expression, Rachel thought he is misunderstanding and quickly said, "Grandpa please, I am really sorry but I don't want to marry your grandson Danny."

Rachel was very uncomfortable with this conversation and thought, 'why have I asked about him? What Daniel might be thinking about me?' she wanted to bang her head somewhere.

Jimmy said "Rachel, how can you reject my brother without even meeting him, if you would have met my elder brother you would have immediately fallen for him, he is handsome, intelligent and very obedient to elders. He is an ideal partner for you, if you meet him once you will never think about any other person".

Grandpa Anthony turned towards Rachel "Dear, me and and your grandpa wanted you to get married to my Danny. Jimmy is right you have to meet him once. How about I call him now. He took phone from his pocket to dial his number"

James wondered why is Anthony behaving like this in spite of them deciding to never discuss this alliance ever again, why is he provoking her.

Daniel understood what his grandpa and brother were doing and he felt bad for Rachel and decided to put a stop on these two but just then

Rachel stood up from her seat all of a sudden and shouted that "I don't want to marry your grandson"

She was really annoyed and was embarrassed with all of this as Daniel was sitting right there and she couldn't control her anger.

Jimmy was shocked seeing her reaction and also enjoyed it, he loves drama. "Why Rachel why? What is wrong with my brother? Why are you so heartlessly rejecting him, Danny is already head over heels in love with you, Danny's heart will break if he will know you rejected him." He then swiped the invisible tears from his eyes.

'What a drama queen' Daniel thought. Rachel felt guilty seeing Jimmy crying.

"I am sorry grandpa, I didn't mean to be rude, can we please not talk about this." She apologized to Anthony for her behavior.

Anthony smiled, "Dear we won't get you married against your wish but are you sure you will never marry my Danny."

"Yes grandpa" she didn't hesitate.

"Think twice sweetheart, are you really sure?" Anthony asked again.

James and Michael thought what had suddenly gotten into Anthony.

"Yes grandpa, I'll never marry your grandson."

"Never say never dear."

"I am serious grandpa"

"Ok, so don't you ever come to me begging to marry my Danny in the future, I will not accept it."

"Don't worry grandpa, I won't"

"Well I don't believe you until you give it to me in writing."

Rachel was surprised but she agreed to him and asked the servant to bring her a paper, Daniel got worried to see how things were turning out. He decided to put a stop to all of this. He also doesn't want Rachel to make a commitment like this and jeopardize their future.

"Enough grandpa, stop teasing her" Daniel seriously looked at Anthony.

Everyone except for the Morris' were shocked to see Daniel behaving seriously. Jimmy and grandpa knew they pushed his buttons.

"What happened Daniel?" Michael and James asked together.

"I am Daniel Morris, Anthony Morris' grandson." He turned to Rachel and said, "I apologize for my grandpa's and brother's behavior, they were just trying to tease you and don't worry no one is going to force you to marry me and you don't have to sign anything, my grandpa was just kidding."

Rachel was shocked to hear Daniel's words and wished for a hole where she could go and hide herself. Now she understood Danny was Daniel's pet name. She wanted to smack her head for running away from home.

"Oh wait so Danny's actual name is Daniel." Michael said.

"Obviously, you think I would name my grandson 'Danny'?" Anthony scoffed.

"Why not? If you can name this idiot Jimmy then why can't you name another grandson as 'Danny'." James retorted.

"Woah how can you call me an idiot, I am so amazing." Jimmy was offended.

"Yeah you are indeed amazing, that's why my friend is always worried about you." Michael taunted Jimmy.

"Anyway, now I understood why I felt I saw Daniel somewhere when I saw him." James said recollecting the first time he saw Daniel when he dropped Rachel.

"I agree." Michael said.

"I have shown you my grandson's picture, how couldn't you two recognize him?" Anthony got angry.

"He was 18 years old at that time, how can you expect us to recognize him now." James fought back.

"What could I do, this idiot grandson of mine doesn't get any pictures clicked and that was the only one I had." Anthony glared at Daniel.

"Sorry grandpa" Daniel apologized.

"For what? Not getting pictures clicked or lying to us for your early arrival?"

"Why did you lie?" Rachel asked.

"I didn't want grandpa to be worried about Andrew so I didn't tell him."

"Who is this Andrew?" Jimmy asked.

As James and Michael already know of everything, Rachel decided to tell grandpa Morris and Jimmy the entire truth.