A WARM HEART
Disclaimer: I don't own any Maid-sama.
CHAPTER 4
Misaki sat stiffly, her hands neatly placed on her lap as she viewed Mr. Jaglick opposite her sitting beside Takumi who she glanced to only for him to glared at her coldly and cynically in silence throughout the whole time.
"The late Mr. Walker has included you in his Will, Miss Ayuzawa," Mr. Jaglick began with Takumi closely examining her facial expression to see if she was delighted.
"Mr. Walker and my father are not friends, Mr. Jaglick, nor relatives. Why would he include me in his Will?" she slowly began, her face not showing a glimmer of facial expression.
"Your father did the late Mr. Walker a favor once, in which the late Mr. Walker has included you in his Will as his repayment," Mr. Jaglick simply remarked.
Misaki almost laughed it off in ridiculous.
"What favor of a rival would bring a man to include a child of a rival in his Will?" she asked in disbelief.
Mr. Jaglick didn't seem to pay attention as he got out an enveloped from the briefcase he carried.
"You are twenty-two years old?"
"What?" the question caught her off guard.
"My lawyer asked if you are twenty-two years old," Takumi came in, annoying her.
She glared at him in hatred.
"What does that have to do with this?" she questioned angrily.
"My father have, fortunately, written in his Will that until you are twenty-four, may the part in his Will written for you be read," he coldly remarked.
Misaki held her hand tightly as if in thought.
"I see no reason for me to receive something from Mr. Yuu Walker," she stated firmly.
"I also see no reason," Takumi began and turned to his lawyer, "What reason is there?"
Mr. Jaglick only replied, "There is a good reason, but until you're twenty-four, I cannot reveal nor read the will for you. All I can say is that you will receive the wealth the late Mr. Walker has left you."
"A wealth that my father earned with his two bare hands," Takumi remarked insultingly toward her.
Misaki stood up angrily, angry that he was angering her with his disrespect the whole time he was here.
"I don't want any wealth from your father, Mr. Walker. I don't need any wealth from someone who tried to ruin my father's reputation!"
Takumi's eyes narrowed and he stood up angrily to face her.
"First of all, Miss Ayuzawa, your father was the one who tried to ruin my father's reputation. But now that he has managed to ruin himself, my father is helping him out?! For what reason?! If you don't want anything from my father, then I'll only be too glad to have my lawyer draw up a contract for you to sign. I personally don't want my father's wealth to fall into bad hands."
Misaki heaved in anger.
"Your father's wealth was always in bad hands, Mr. Walker. And if my father had not isolated himself from your kind, he may had all your father's wealth, which is nothing but hypocrisies and lies."
Takumi's eyes narrowed.
"You dare call my father's hard work hypocrisies and lies?"
She faced him bravely, her heart tightening in tension.
Before she could stop herself, she remarked, "Have your damn lawyer draw the contract and I will sign it. I personally don't want to touch your kind of money, Mr. Walker."
Takumi glared at her in disbelief, as if he didn't believe she would say this but then a cynical smile appeared on his face as his eyes roamed to find her angry lips.
"Unfortunately, I must interject and tell you both that no action can be taken until that part of the Will is read," Mr. Jaglick calmly spoke beside them.
They both turned to look at him with horror and disbelief on their face.
"At the moment, you have no place to go, is that correct, Miss Ayuzawa?" Mr. Jaglick asked, calming the tension around them.
Misaki twisted her fingers nervously. She didn't want to tell them that she did not have a place to go, nor did she planned to ask them for help.
Takumi looked over to his lawyer with threatening but then as his eyes found her again, he saw her look so vulnerable and troubled that his tension lessened. He couldn't take his eyes off her as she nervously fidgeted with her hand, with a clearly troubled expression on her face.
She then looked up and remarked bravely to them, "That is no concern of yours, Mr. Jaglick."
"Unfortunately," Takumi intercepted unwillingly, "My father has made himself your guardian should anything happen to your father, so it is every concern of ours."
Misaki looked at him in horror, even he seem displeased at what he'd said.
Mr. Jaglick then smiled at them.
"Your father has also left some papers of his for you with me. They will be given to you when you inherit what the late Mr. Walker has left for you."
Misaki glared in disbelief at him.
"This is the letter your father wants me to give to you before you leave for your new place to the Walker mansion, Miss Ayuzawa. Your place now belongs there," he remarked as he extended out the envelope in his hand to her.