Chapter 41

Liliana's pov :
"I'm Lia's boyfriend! Is that enough for you to know or do you want to know my name?" I wanted to meet her parents after proposing to her, of course, I wasn't dating her just for a pastime.
After talking to her mom, she kept eating a burger but I didn't want any kinda tension between her and her mom so I decided to take her home with me and deal with that bastard and her mother.
Lia didn't tell me more about Justin but I knew from her expressions that she didn't even like him a little bit, probably she hated him.
"I'm not interested in knowing a hooligan though you have introduced yourself as my daughter's boyfriend, I have to know who you are!" Her mother didn't even welcome me, I was supposed to be treated better than that.
Before I could speak something, she stood up from the chair, and slewed her hand in Justin's direction, "he is the only son of my best friend and my daughter knows him since childhood, they are best friends and my best friend has taught her good manners."
I searched for Lia, she rolled her eyes and was about to say something but I signaled her to stay silent.
"I'm sure that your best friend is a good person and maybe I'm not but can you help me in criticizing a person whom I met today as you seem a great analyzer to me?" From her mother's branded attire and attitude, I got the trick of how to handle her.
The high-class society people loved their admiration so I did.
"Since you are my daughter's boyfriend, I can't deny you," she announced like she was doing me a favor.
"I won't take your much time, I'll describe it in short," I tried my best to made her feel that she was the exclusive person, "a girl and a boy decided to date each other, and suddenly a friend of the girl showed up and told that she was his, moreover he twisted her hand and went closer to her without her permission. Her boyfriend was watching them, so when he saw that someone was trying to misbehave with his girlfriend, he protected his girl and punched the guy in the face. Now, what would you do if any girl tries to approach your husband like that?"
Without thinking much, she gave her answer, "I'll slap her or maybe kill her, I can't tolerate this," wrinkles took place on her face.
"That's what I did today, I won't tolerate any jerk touching my girl. I'm a well-raised and mannered guy, I'm Jason Casano. And I'm so glad to inform you that Lia likes me, we are dating and I'm taking her on a date with me right now," I went to Lia who was watching me with widened eyes and took her hand in mine, "shall we?"
She nodded slowly with an open mouth. I wanted to chuckle at her cuteness but I controlled my laugh.
"I didn't permit you to leave yet," her mother folded her arms, "do you think you are a popular actor or singer that people will know you just by your name? And I don't believe you, whatever you just spat up could be a lie, too."
I thought Lia's mom would be like her but I couldn't find a single similarity between them, they seem so different from each other. Lia must have been like her father.
"I have told you the truth, now, the choice is yours. If you want to believe it or not, it's not my concern, and I'm not a popular person but still, I have decided on hiding from the paparazzi because I'm the son of the owner of 'Casano Empire'."
As soon as 'Casano Empire' leaked out from my mouth, her mother's brows raised and her lips parted.
Her expressions explained that she got me right due to my confidence. I didn't like showing off but to assure her that I belonged to a decent family, I had to reveal who I was.
We started stepping towards the door, Lia was trying to look into my eyes but I didn't glance at her because I didn't want to smile when I was serious, and her cute expressions would make me smile.
"Wait! Who are you?" Lia released her hand from mine and uttered with perplexed expressions.
That wasn't my expected response from her, "I'm your boyfriend, did you forget that?" I tried to take it easy.
"Don't tell me that you belong to any mafia family or something! Is the Casano Empire doing illegal work?"
I laughed out loud after hearing her questions, "fuck! Are you kidding me?" I asserted between my chuckles.
"Jason, stop fucking laughing! And tell me about your family and business, I won't date a guy who does gambling and kills people," she laid her hands on her hips.
"I'm the son of the richest person in the town, and our business is legal. Do you want to know further?"
"Huh?"
"Should I repeat or give you more details about our business?"
She fluttered her eyes and then mumbled, "no! It doesn't matter to me, I just wanted to know that...um, can you just ignore it?" She pleaded with squinted eyes.
"Sure!" I shrugged, "shall we go on a date?"
"Are we going on a date?" She just repeated my question.
What was wrong with her? Why was she shocked again?
"Is it bothering you that my dad is richer than yours? Or you don't want to date me anymore, huh?"
Her tight lips broke into a lovely giggle, "money will be the last thing I would care about. I'm sorry for the way I reacted but it was just shocking for me. I didn't expect you to be that smart and blunt in front of the queen."
"Queen…?"
She again laughed like a cute baby, "sorry! I forgot to tell you that I call my mom 'queen' because she behaves like Victoria, haha...!"
"Perfect name for her," I also joined her in giggling.
I saw Fiona and George coming towards us, they were also laughing and holding each other's hands, "they look so perfect together, they are made for each other."
"I forgot about Fee totally," she looked conscious of her best friend.
"You forget everything when you are with me," I smiled like a Cheshire cat and she blushed.
George patted my shoulder, "dude! I didn't expect you to go this fast, I thought you would take it slow but it looks like you guys are made for each other."
"That's what I just told Lia about you and Fiona," I didn't miss the chance to tease them.
Fiona and George locked their gaze, who would believe that she slapped him just one or two hours ago and they were back on being lovey-dovey again?
"What happened that made you look so happy, Fee?" Lia also grabbed what I was thinking.
"George taught me how to fight, and we started the assignment, that's it," Fee answered while tucking a lock of her curly hair behind her ear.
Lia looked at me with flushed cheeks, "now, you should leave!"
"We were going on the date, didn't we? And we need to complete the assignment," I found a quick excuse to spend more time with her.
"No! Thanks for your help but I still need to talk to my mom, I can't always depend on you to take my stand, I have to speak for myself," she took my hands in hers and gave me 'everything will be alright' look.
I didn't want to leave her alone with Justin and her mother, Justin was a motherfucker, how could he lie to her mom when he was wrong? I was sure that he didn't tell the truth to her mom.
I hugged her to make her feel that she wasn't a lonely girl anymore, "I'm always with you. If that bastard tries to touch you, I swear to God that I won't let him live in a better condition," I whispered into her ears.
George and Fiona gave us some privacy, Fiona was going into the mansion and George was watching her leaving with a grin on his face.
"Have faith in me, I'll handle everything better and won't give you any chance of complaining and if he'll try to touch me, I'll break his arm."
She pulled away herself from the hug and I was feeling the pain in my heart to leave her like that but I knew if I would insist on staying, she won't let me stay at any cost.
"Fine! See you soon…" I gave a small peck on her forehead and left the place.
George waited for me, "so, how's everything going? Do you need some expert's advice?" He uttered in a puffed tone.
"No!" I scowled and started my bike, "all good, let's go home, now! See you tomorrow at school." He nodded and seized the driver's seat of his car.
I reached home, I felt so exhausted that I collapsed on the sofa and laid my legs on the table.
"Hello, boy! Look at these pictures of my last fashion show!" She handed over her phone to me.
Barbie looked so gorgeous in those pictures, "as always, you are killing it! I'm proud of you," I hugged her, she hugged me back and took a fistful hold of my shirt which reminded me of Lia.
"What happened, Barbie?" I felt like she wanted to say something but she was frightened.
"Nothing! I'm so happy and excited about the photoshoot with Nick, he is going to start the project next week. I need some people by my side who can encourage me that day. Will you come with your friends and girlfriend?" She requested in a brittle voice.
It seemed strange to me that she needed someone to motivate her because she never needed that kinda help but as a brother, I would gladly help her, "of course, we'll be there for you!"