BLAKE'S POV
As soon as the lecture of the will is over, Mya takes off running. I want to go after her, but my mother stops me.
"Blake, she needs time. Her grandmother pretty much decided her whole life for her, from the grave! The most important thing is that you decide what you want to do, Christmas Eve is in two weeks. I'm not saying you have to say yes, but if you do, we need to start preparing, People are going to start talking, and we don't want them to have the wrong impression."
"Mom, really? We are basically forced to get married, and you want to stop rumors?" I tell her upset.
"No honey, people might start rumors about the will and Mya. Like I said, her dad's parents weren't great, Eloise kept them at bay and they stopped bothering once Mya moved to college, but whose to say,
