The Accidental Son in Law

The Accusations

Jaxon was taken aback for a moment, but he quickly bowed his head and apologized.

“I apologize, sir. Please forgive me, sir. I should have told him about the rules of this family,” Felix chipped in, walking towards them.

Georgia had her gaze lowered. Her husband was always strict, and that was an issue. What if he did something to send the young man away?

Diego said nothing and began to eat, ignoring them. Jaxon joined but couldn’t eat much because he wasn’t comfortable with them yet.

He went back to his room after breakfast and got dressed to go shopping for new clothes. Felix was waiting with the driver, getting the car — a Buga di Veron — ready. Jaxon whistled at the sight of it. The back door was opened for him, and he went in.

The drive to the boutique was quiet as no one said anything to anyone. Jaxon was too busy looking around the city while Felix had his eyes closed. The driver pulled over in front of the boutique.

“I will be leaving you behind after shopping. I need to get something done, so you will wait, because I’ll be leaving with this car,” Felix informed him, still with his eyes closed.

“All right.”

They both came out of the car and went into the boutique. The door was opened for them, and the staff — three ladies and two men — bowed their heads to them.

“Welcome, sir,” they greeted in unison.

“You have the boutique to yourself, so you can pick whatever you like. They have limited customized suits and clothes you’ll love,” Felix said, then faced the staff. “You know what to do.”

He sat down and watched as Jaxon went with them to select the clothes he wanted. Jaxon selected everything he would need, summing up to a lot. He would need to throw his old clothes away as they were of no use anymore.

He walked back to where Felix was when he was done, and they both went out of the building. Jaxon dropped the bags in the car and moved to the side.

“I’ll be going over to that restaurant to wait for you,” he said, pointing at the building just across the road.

Felix nodded and went into the car. “Call me if there’s a problem.”

The driver drove away.

Jaxon crossed over to the other side of the road and went into the restaurant. Luckily for him, there were only a few people around. He picked a table and went to his seat.

“Can I get your order, sir?” a waiter asked, holding a book.

Jaxon looked at their menu and selected what he wanted to eat. The waiter left after taking his order and came back with his meal.

Jaxon didn’t eat to his satisfaction at the villa because he wasn’t familiar with the family yet, so he lost his appetite. But seeing the meal in front of him brought back his appetite.

He picked up his cutlery and began to eat. He made sure to eat to his satisfaction, and while still eating, the bill was brought to him. He looked at the amount and brought out his phone to pay.

He entered all the necessary information, and the QR code was scanned. Having finished paying, he went back to eating, but the staff frowned and looked at him.

“You have no money in this account,” she said, showing him the screen with ‘Insufficient Funds’ displayed.

“There must be a problem. Let me try again,” he said.

He picked up his phone and repeated the same process, making sure everything was correct before it was scanned again. The staff rolled her eyes and sighed deeply.

“Still the same result — you have no money in your account.”

The other staff came together, seeing what was going on.

“He has no money, and now he’s trying to blame it on the network,” one said.

“I’m sure he’s just a hungry man who wants to use this tactic not to pay at all. He thinks he can fool us.”

She faced him. “You can’t use this trick on us and go free.”

Jaxon couldn’t believe what was going on. He suddenly got stuck trying to pay for what he bought. Why at that moment of all times? He had used his phone to make other transactions.

“Young man, you can’t play us for fools. You have to pay, or we’ll get you arrested.”

Jaxon tried to pay again, but it wasn’t successful. Such an unlucky day for him — pure bad luck.

“There must be a network glitch,” he tried to explain, but they were done listening to him. They were ready to get him arrested for trying to deceive them so he could eat for free.

“There’s no way you have enough money to pay for what you bought. You just tried to deceive us, and for this, we’ll surely punish you,” the female staff said and walked away, heading to get her phone.

Jaxon quickly dialed Felix’s number, but he wasn’t picking up — it kept going to voicemail.

“Why today?” he groaned and faced them again.

“You don’t have to waste our time, mister. You’ll be taken to jail,” one said.

In his contract, it was stated he couldn’t do anything to stain his reputation. Thank goodness no one was recording him yet, but it was just a matter of time before they would turn on their video recorders and post everything online.

“Please, believe me. I don’t know what’s happening. I want to pay,” he pleaded.

The other lady came down with her phone. “We don’t believe you one bit.”

He wasn’t dressed like someone who had money — he looked poor. Jaxon had left the boutique without changing his old wear. He had planned to go back to the villa first and throw them away with the others.

A man walked into the scene and glanced at Jaxon before turning to the staff.

“What’s going on here?”

Jaxon sighed in relief, seeing Felix.