The Grand Mistress

Early in the morning, the day after Hawk and Feather's shopping date, the Han's family gathered for breakfast. On the table, Feather, her mother Fara and the head of the family Mauro Han, all sat together at the table. Feather, who was just fresh from her shopping spree yesterday, was still feeling upset and had gone suspicious over Hawk's actions for the last few days.

"Mother, are you even aware that President Hawk disappeared in my concierto?" Feather raised the fact with the intention of making them do something about it.

"It's all over the news my dear," Fara Han replied, giving the issue not much of a concern. She didn't find anything wrong with it as Hawk was a very busy man. Besides, it was said that he had come back after to fetch Feather.

"Did you know that he went to chase a woman that is why he disappeared?" Feather asked again, upset that her mother didn't give her question much of a thought. Even her father wasn't alarmed with her concern and just continued reading the newspaper he had been doting on since their breakfast was served.

"Feather, where did you even get these foolish ideas?" Fara wiped off her mouth with a napkin and turned to give her daughter some attention, "You know full well how Hawk treasures you so I don't know where all these suspicions were coming from? Besides, you two seemed  well yesterday,"

"All is well not until Hawk brought a hundred million jewelry," Feather revealed and the annoyance she had over the thing only surged up. 

"A hundred million jewelry?" Fara's eyes went big. "Did...did he bought it—"

"Obviously mother it wasn't for me," Feather cut her question short to Fara's dismay. "He even went as far as demanding the Verde Jewelries Incorporated for it since it wasn't for sale,"

"Did you know to whom he will give that jewelry?" Fara continued asking. 

"Obviously mother I don't. I hope it's not for the woman he danced with during our engagement," Feather answered, pressing hard on the fried egg in her plate as if trying to kill someone, "God! I swear I'll kill that woman!"

"Feather that woman is just nothing," Fara blew off her suspicions, "Hawk still had some relatives left. He might have bought it for his aunt, the lady Monsanto or for his niece. I heard from a friend the Monsanto family had a well beloved niece,"

"I don't think it's for them," Feather refused to believe it. She knew something was wrong and she decided to give it some action before it would ruin anything. "Father, don't you think it's time to give a date for our wedding already? Hawk and I had already been engaged for quiet a weeks and until now you guys haven't decided on the date of the wedding yet,"

Without putting his newspaper away, Maurho Han replied calmly, "Feather leave this kind of thing to us. You certainly don't have a say to it,"

"How can you say that? I am the one who's going to get married," Feather insisted. She couldn't stand the annoyance over Hawk's mysterious woman anymore and so she planned to convince her father to have her marry Hawk sooner than he intended to plan. 

"Feather!" This time, Mauro banged the newspaper on the table. He certainly didn't like how his prima dona daughter sounded and wanted to put an end to her tantrums, "Just so you know, I let you marry that Monsanto because we needed his money for Han's Scintillait. So until the new venture is secured and has been started, there will be no wedding to speak of!"

For Mauro Han, everything is a business. Even his daughter's marriage to Hawk Monsanto is a business, so until he gets what he wants, Hawk will not go further on his plans for his daughter. He certainly knew how madly in love Hawk was with the Han's Scintillait heiress and he planned to take advantage of that love as long as he could.

"Father, let me just remind you that as long as you delay the marriage—"

"There is no wedding until the new venture is secured!" Mauro Han shouted, not giving a f*ck if it was early morning and that they are in the middle of having breakfast. Things in their company, the Han's Scintillait were not running good and so he needed Hawk's promised venture to save his ass. If not, her father, Don Benedicto might come back to this country and evict him from the presidency.

"You might be making a big mistake, father," Feather pointed. "There are many leeches in the water these days that are willing to take Hawk from me and leech off on his wealth. If that happens, you'll surely regret for delaying the marriage,"

Mauro Han's ear's itched at Feather's words. It was so obvious that her daughter had fallen hard on being Hawk Monsanto's fiancee. Of course he couldn't blame her Feather for that, the privilege of being Hawk Monsanto's woman was far too great to speak off. However, he wished Feather would just be more patient, especially that it was their company he was saving but Feather seemed to be too uncaring about their company predicament.

"Feather, your mom is right. That Hawk Monsanto is clearly smitten off by you," Mauro chose to calm Feather as although her tantrums was giving him headaches, he too knew she was the key to getting Hawk Monsanto. "You need to worry about anything then. He'll do anything as long as it is for your own good,"

"Yes my dear, listen to your Father," Fara encouraged her daughter to agree with Mauro. As much as she was worried about all the things that Feather revealed, she didn't want Feather to go against her own Father. Although Feather was already named as heiress, Fara was still worried, afraid that such title would be taken from her if she became a headache to the Han's. "We all saw how Hawk was obsessed with you,"

"If only I'm the person you are all talking about!" Feather threw the napkin she was holding off the table.