"Get that gun off your head!" Adolfo took a few steps forward to approach his son, while Anya chose to close her eyes and not move an inch. She had no idea how she got involved in this big and complicated matter in the first place.

"Don't come any closer!" Xav shouted in a threatening tone. Suddenly, his father immediately stopped moving. Adolfo's face was a mixture of panic and anger.

"If you kick Anya out of this house, then I'll pull the trigger right now!"

"STOP THIS!" A shrill voice came from the front, and both Xav and Adolfo immediately looked towards the door - where the voice came from. There stood a woman around seventy years old, wearing a maroon blazer, her hair completely discolored. There were two men behind the woman, they were Beary and his son, Hans. The two personal guards of the Great Mistress Roseanne.

"Grandma?" Xav acted as if he hadn't noticed her arrival.

"Mom?" Adolfo was terrified when he realized that his mother was there at the wrong time. She would surely be furious when she saw the chaos between father and son.

"What game are you two playing?" Roseanne frowned in surprise.

"Are you playing cowboys?" she asked again with a smirk.

"Oho, who is this girl?" Roseanne looked at Anya who was still being held by Gustav.

"Let her go, you can't be rude to women, Gustavo!" Roseanne's scream scared Gustav, the tall man. He immediately let go of Anya as the big lady had instructed.

"My grandson, Xavier. What's going on? Why are you holding and pointing that gun at your head?" The grandmother walked up to Xav who was desperately acting, in order to convince everyone there that he was madly in love with the maid named Anya.

"Don't come any closer, Grandma!"

"Just tell me what you want, we can talk this through, right?" Roseanne looked relaxed, not at all intimidated by Xav's behavior.

"His mother is in love with that girl," Adolfo pointed at Anya.

"That servant girl has made my son, your grandson, insubordinate-"

"Shut your mouth Adolfo!" interrupted Roseanne quickly.

"This is love, if they want to get married then let them get married."
Hearing Roseanne's words, Anya stammered.

"W-wait a minute, who's getting married?" she asked everyone in the room. Anya looked at each one of them, but no one opened their mouths.

"Will grandma approve of our relationship?" asked Xav still with the acting he learned in theater class.

"Of course my dear, why not?" replied Roseanne with a bright smile.

Xav immediately put the gun back and hugged his grandmother affectionately.

"Beary! Prepare a party to announce my grandson's engagement!"

Anya got up from her seat and ran over to Xav, as no one had answered her question. So she asked the troublemaker directly.

"What's all this about, young sir? Have you lost your mind, Xavier Dmitry?" Anya grabbed Xav's arm, pulling the man to the corner of the room.

"I'll explain to you later. If you want to survive, just play my game!" he said, hugging and kissing the top of Anya's hair passionately and forcefully. So that anyone who saw the scene would have thought that the two were indeed two humans who were in love.

***

After the incident, Roseanne invited Anya to join the luncheon with the two prospective heirs.
She was now sitting in a state of shock in the second floor room reserved for guests.

Soon Rimar and Xavier arrived and opened the door without knocking.

"Oh my God!" Rimar shouted, making Anya jump. Since an hour ago the girl's mind had been wandering, she didn't know what to do, and how.

Anya looked back and saw the two men staring at her.

"You! This is all because of you!" Anya stood up and quickly walked towards Xav, raising her index finger in front of his face.

Xav showed no anger at all. He cupped Anya's index finger with his hand, then smiled triumphantly.

"You have to marry me-"

"I don't want to!"

"Hey, hey, hey, Miss Anya Smith, this is not an offer but an order!" Xavier said with an intimidating look.

"I don't care, you can order your other servants to be your wives!" Anya took a few steps forward, trying to return the intense gaze of the young man in front of her who somehow found it amusing to see Anya angry like that.

Xav covered his mouth, stifling a laugh.

"Why are you laughing?! You think this is funny!"

"I don't know, but I think the angrier you get the more adorable you look." Xav pinched Anya's cheek.
Anya snorted in annoyance, then she walked past the man without caring about Rimar who was also there. She was about to open the door, but Rimar quickly stopped her.

"Don't go, Anya. You can't back down from this task," Rimar said which made Anya quite surprised because the old woman called this a task.

"Duty, what do you mean by duty?"

"You have been chosen to carry out this duty, Anya. You will be a companion to the future heir of Mrs. Roseanne's great company."

"Sorry Rimar, I'm not interested in that assignment."

"You can't back out, you can't back out. Madame Roseanne will not let you out of this place alive if you dump her grandson." Rimar appealed.

Anya stopped her footsteps.

"Is she going to kill me?" Anya asked innocently.

Rimar was just about to open her mouth when Xav quickly replied.

"My grandmother will give you to her pet crocodiles. You'll be their meal."

"Xav stop saying that nonsense," Rimar said and then said what she meant.

"The great mistress is a powerful person, with everything she has, do you think she would let the person who hurt her favorite grandson live happily?" Rimar's tone sounded serious.

Anya shook her head.

"It's good that you understand. If you listen to me, then you should just follow what the young master says. He wouldn't ask for this favor for free anyway," the old woman said which slowly made Anya rethink her answer.

"I'll pay you, just tell me what you want. If necessary you can make a list. Besides, what can't I give you? A house? An apartment? A luxury car? Or a private island?" Xavier threw his hands up in the air.

Anya was silent for a moment, as she thought about what decision she should make.

"What do I have to do besides marry you? And... how long do we have to play husband and wife?" Anya asked to the point.

"Does that mean you, obey my orders?" asked Xav back, the girl in front of him nodding in agreement, "yes."