The Best Mistake (GL)

You Brighten my Day

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EVEN though she got lost in the race, they were still happy last night, to the point that they got home almost in the morning. Nonetheless, she still managed to get up early. She might be a crank sometimes, but she had always proven her words. She carried a renowned surname and should not get involved in any nasty activities. Their parents were too busy to look after her and her twin sister. However, they did not take advantage of their absence. They acted accordingly because being part of a prominent family took a lot of effort to keep a good image. If they ever get themselves involved in amiss situations, they need to find their own way of resolving them.

"Hey, Arqui. What's up?" She greeted her twin sister, who was busy having breakfast in the dining area.

Arqui turned her head toward her. "Hey, you were in a race last night?"

She nodded before taking the toasted bread from Arqui's plate. "Not even new, though. Why?"

Her improper manners would always have gotten a scolding from their mother. But she was lucky today. Without their mother's presence, she could actually chew her food while talking to her sister. A bad habit of hers.

"Daddy was looking for you. He said he had already fixed the papers for the farm in East Georgetown."

Her brows knitted. Obviously, she wasn't informed about that. She started to feel nervous, thinking that was not good. "Why would dad be suddenly interested in that property? He told me I could do whatever I wanted with the land."

Arqui shrugged. "I don't know. He's there now with associates, who I think were the ones interested in your farm."

She absentmindedly pounded hard on the table. But Arqui remained calm, as ever. A sudden need for a rush crept into her system.

"That couldn't be! Oh my God! They must stay out of it. I gotta go." She whined hysterically, but she just couldn't get rid of her playful side even in this kind of situation when she took another toasted bread from Arqui's plate.

When she got out, her twin sister's car was parked in front of their house. She thought of borrowing it instead of jogging to their underground garage, which was not that far, to be honest. But it would be inconvenient to get her own car as she was in a hurry.

She went back in to get Arqui's car key. "Let me borrow Cobalt, please." She demanded her sister with her hand open.

"I'm about to take it to the carwash but yeah," Arqui said, rummaging in her pocket before handing her the keys. "I don't know why you're so worried about that property. Where, in fact, you mentioned that you would not be interested in handling a farm. Maybe that was the reason why dad did the honor of selling it because it was what you had told him."

"But they should've informed me first. He gave me the right to have it, but he eventually decided what had to be done." She pouted.

Arqui gave her a shrug before she headed outside.

Her twin sister was not restricting her from borrowing cars even though she knew how she drove, recklessly. The perks of having a sweet sister who had less interest in vehicles. Arqui received two cars from her parents but she only used one of those, which she named Cobalt— the one that she borrowed today. Besides, Arqui did not have to worry because she acquired skills at fixing cars.

She habitually mimicked the national road from the racetrack whenever she was driving. By doing so, she had put herself into a lot of trouble with the policemen most of the time due to overspeeding that she could easily circumvent. Thanks to her license, which never failed to hit the police with the truth about her identity. Her dad didn't have any idea about it. Or was she right to think that he might have known it all along but constantly ignored her bad habit? Sometimes, police authorities tend to ignore her as well. They must have been tired of chasing after her, like today. She rolled past a police mobile where she saw two policemen comfortably leaning against the hood. They saw her but chose to shrug it off even if she honked the horn to them.

Their reflection in the rearview mirror made her grin. She was fond of fooling around with them.

It was a twenty-minute drive to get to the farm. There she caught sight of the three ostentatious vehicles parked along the way where she parked Arqui's Hummer. She easily noticed the black Ford which was her father's company car.

She alighted immediately, wearing the shades she got from the glove compartment. The sun was raging hot but that didn't matter as long as her eyes were covered. If she only had a choice, she would have rather stayed inside her room and be cooled by the aircon at full blast. But she had to get important things done today.

She walked-jogged past the farmers who were staring intently at her. Instead of getting intimidated, she preferred to have the gut to smirk.

There she saw under the nipa hut, her father, who seemed to be discussing something with the other farmers. She even saw two men, whom she assumed were her father's clients. The ones that Arqui mentioned earlier. As soon as she got nearer, she overheard that their discussion seemed to be on the verge of a heated argument. Each one of them was wearing a serious face, but her father still kept his composure.

"Dad.." She called to get his attention.

The farmers stopped talking, abruptly. They all looked at her, and her dad smiled a little.

"I'll just have a word with my daughter. If you'll excuse me,", her father told the farmers.

She could feel the tension radiating off of her father. Not that he was about to get angry with her. She knew him very well, she just had to explain her side tenderly, and he would understand.

"Honestly, I was surprised. I didn't know that you'd made such a decision. Maybe I was too selfish not to think about the farmers who dedicated their lives just to taking care of this land. That's why I totally understand their anger when I told them about the property being sold." Mayor La Rivas stated, which confused her at first.

"And dad—"

"I know, Heathe. They mentioned that you lost a race, having this land at stake. I'm not really happy about the race, but I'm glad that you were considerate way better than I do. So, I've decided to retract our amicable settlement, and let you do what should be done to clear things up." He continued.

As expected, her dad understood. When was the time her parents got really mad at her? She recalled none. Not even when they had learned about her sexuality. They never showed disappointment. Which might have been the reason why she kept being stubborn.

She beamed at him. "Thanks, dad. But... how about..." She pursed her lips toward her dad's associates.

He tapped her shoulder. "I can handle them. Besides, they haven't signed any contracts yet. Thankfully, they were still studying the area when we found out about the issue."

She sighed in relief while making a face. Her dad cracked up, shaking his head.

"I'll just talk to the farmers, and let them know that you're taking over." He did not wait for her answer as he went back to the assemblage.

While she had to wait for another command from her daddy. By doing so, she thought of calling Alesana. Her friend wasn't there yet, and she needed the contract already. She made that contract for the farmers who did not want to leave her property. She had been in a race and unfortunately got lost, therefore it was only appropriate that she made a contract with certain conditions associated with it.

"Where are you?" She asked.

"I'm on my way. Just finished the contract. We were drunk up until the morning, so don't chastise me about why it's late." Alesana explained right away.

She chuckled. Her friends knew her well. "Alright. Dad's here with some associates who are interested in buying this land. But we've talked, and he knew about the race."

"Oh my, what did he say?"

"Of course, he understood. They will leave here at any moment. I have to make amends with the farmers for being mad about dad's news."

Suddenly, she got distracted and forgot that Alesana was still speaking on the other side when her attention was caught by the drop-dead gorgeous contender she had ever met. Even from afar, her beauty stood out. She could not classify her as a farm girl, although the girl was wearing a farmer's attire. She oddly found her very charming.

She interrupted Alesana from blabbering just to end the call. She put the phone back in her pants pocket before treading toward the girl. She cleared her throat, causing the girl to jolt in surprise, which made her chuckle as well.

"H-hi!" She felt a kind of tizzy as soon as she met her eyes.

Ayen's brows rose for a moment, then all of a sudden she rolled her eyes at her before turning back to what she had been doing.

She was stunned. Nobody had ever rolled their eyes at her without getting punished in return.

However, the fact that she went near her without a purpose, and that they were not friends made her curse herself. What did she want with her anyway? Perhaps she deserved Ayen's impoliteness.

"You should at least respect me even if you won the race last night," she hissed.

She didn't want to sound superior, but she couldn't change her way of speaking.

She heard the girl breathe out slothfully, and turned to face her again.

She could get mad, but that did not mean she would let this chance slip by to study the sight that was too beautiful to stare at. She stared at the girl, obviously teasing. Her brow arched as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"What else do you need, Your Highness?" Ayen stated before giving her a curtsy. Clearly teasing her, as well.

She sneered. "Too respectful. I like your sense of humor. Anyway, like I said, I'm here to prove my words."

"Oh, you don't really need to say it directly to me. You should save your slobber and talk to our leader instead." She added.

She bit her lower lip as she tried not to get pissed at the way this girl answered her. She did not intend to have a heated argument with anybody today, but if Ayen was trying her patience, she was willing to cater to it.

She was too stubborn to stop, nonetheless. "Since my father's already discussing it with the other farmers, I figured you also needed to know it because you're not participating with them." She pointed toward the horde.

They both looked at them, and Ayen nodded in realization. But she did not miss the taunting look on the girl's face.

"Well, if you failed to notice, I'm not the only one who's not participating. Does it mean that you have to go around and tell each and every one of us to pay regard to the meeting? That's tedious."

"Oh, my God! I can't believe I'm talking to you." She blurted out, losing her self-restraint.

"I'd say the same. Tell you what, why don't you just do whatever important thing that you need to do, or might as well go back to your palace and stay there forever? In fact, someone so sensitive like you may get allergies just by coming here."

When she failed to oppose, Ayen carried on with her task. The girl was adept at ignoring people like her. Therefore, she yielded. Because admit it or not, she would lose if she continued pissing her off. A girl with an attitude was lurking on that innocent face. Just unbelievable.

She watched her as she carefully stacked the crops into each basket. Even though she was not an expert on how it was done, she was amazed by how fast Ayen was working on it.

Through her quiet observation, she realized that Ayen worked hard as a farm girl. It made her think that, somehow, she was not wrong in giving consideration. It also hit her that some things were hard to let go, especially the ones that were worthy of other people, but merely nothing for her. Those farmers valued their land. They deserved to have it. They must also be thankful to this girl named Ayen, for being brave enough to take a risk fighting for their right to stay on this property.

When Alesana arrived, she turned away. Leaving the beautiful girl behind with a smile on her lips. We're not done yet.

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