Daisy's POVAs I pass the paper to Hunter, I feel him become very stiff behind me."How did you get this paper?" He asks as his fingers crumble the piece of paper in his hands."When you left to follow your parents, I turned back to go find my friends when I bumped into a huge man. I couldn't see his face clearly as his face was bent but he dropped this on the floor and as I picked it up to go return it to him, I read the message. It couldn't have been a coincidence, I'm sure of it" I respond my voice trembling at the end, I don't want to go through this again.Hunter's arms tighten around my waist and it surprises me just how his presence calms me."Don't worry angel, I'll never let anything happen to you. I don't think I would be able to bear it" He says softly and tingles race across my skin.I turn around in his arms and slowly he means forward making my breathing become uneven. He touches his nose to mine and he meets my eyes with his as if he was trying to communicate something
Hunter's POVI watch for a few seconds as Taylor walks away with tears in her eyes and I groan internally before excusing myself to go after her. I call on her to stop and she doesn't answer me but eventually, I catch up with her. I grab her wrist and turn her around and she tries to fight me before she calms down and hug me. I wrap my arm around her after a period of time and wait for her to completely calm down."Why can't you love me?" She sobs into my chest."I've done everything I can to make you be with me" She adds."Taylor, I told you that this can't happen between us on that last day of camp and we both agreed to give our friendship a second chance" I say and she moves out of my arm to look up at me."I know you said so but I just couldn't help but hope. I can't control what I feel for you Hunter. Do you think I like the kind of girl I've become? I did all this for you!" She yells her voice cracking between her words."Taylor, I never asked you to change. Like I've said befor
Daisy's POVThe series of questions that followed was no surprise to me."Who's Levi?" - Chloe and Bloom."You know this dude?" - Tyler"Am I missing something here?" - Dean"That guy's name is Levi?" - Mark"What's a Levi?" - DanielAll eyes turn momentarily to Daniel to give him a 'seriously' look before turning back to me for answers.I sigh knowing this cannot be avoided."Let's get out of here, we can't have this discussion in this place" I say and they all share apprehensive looks but follow nonetheless out of curiosity. I feel bad that I've never told this to my friends but honestly, I've never had the courage to approach the subject before Hunter.We all excuse ourselves from the party and I tell my father and Miss. Violet that I'd be sleeping over at Bloom's house. They nod and continue mingling. This ball wasn't really for us anyway, it's more like an occasion to strengthen old connections and make new ones.Hunter's friends and I ride in the car we came in while Bloom and
Daisy's POVI'm literally floating right now as I walk down the hallways toward my first class. My friends have different first periods which sucks but nothing can possibly bring me down from my high. I'm high on happiness, I'm high on affection, I'm high on love and the best thing is I'm high on Hunter.'I love you so damn much Daisy''I love you so damn much Daisy''I love you so damn much Daisy'I resist the urge to squeal as those words play in my head. The scene from yesterday night keep repeating itself in my head and my head spins with elation. I'm aware that I'm grinning foolishly but I couldn't care less.****Yesterday's night***"I love you so damn much Daisy" Hunter growls out lowly.My heart skips wildly in shock and my I discretely shake my head to see if this is really happening. Maybe I'm dreaming and fate the bitch has decided to......."Fuck Daisy, I don't know what you've done to me. You've got me wrapped around your cute little fingers and then wrapped a tape aroun
Daisy's POVI stay rooted to the spot I'm standing no longer caring about being late to class. A stray tear fall from one eye on the picture I'm currently staring at.It's a picture of my mother sitting on a hospital bed holding hands with my dad and smiling wildly at the monitor beside the bed showing a tiny image of the baby growing in her.I look at another in which my mother's lifeless body was lying on the floor, blood pouring out of her stomach. Where the hell did she get this?Then another newspaper cut out that had the headline 'LEVI MILLER: FORMER CEO OF MILLER GROUP OF HOTELS ESCAPED FROM PRISON'What is this?What is she trying to do?Now she just confirmed what I was praying was only my imagination.Is she trying to remind me of the people I've lost. People they've taken away from me? My mother and a baby sister/brother I never even got to meet?Now Levi's out, what does he want? My mother was the only person that linked us together and now she's gone. Unless his sick twi
Daisy's POVConfusion takes over me for a second before my fear takes back the control."Goodbye messages?" I ask while my back hits the wall and I become trapped."Yes, goodbye messages. As you know, nothing can ever really get to your father not even his business failing except the one thing he cherishes the most, you. As much as I would enjoy destroying you because you were the reason Elena died, I would prefer destroying the person who took her away from me in the first place" he pauses in front of me and I try my best to not hyperventilate."Since you're your father's Achilles heel, I will take you away from him so he can know the pain of having something he loves so much gone. I won't kill you....yet. I'll make him watch you slowly suffer and the fact that you're still alive but he can't find you will eat at him till he realizes he has nothing more to live for just like he made me feel when he took Elena from me" He says his voice taking on a dangerous edge towards the end of hi
Hunter's POV"They've g-g-got Dai....sy" The words Lily just said hangs in the air and it takes a while for my brain to process the information. When the implication of the words finally sink in, I slump down on the bed and cover my face with both my hands. "Who's got Daisy?" Daisy's father asks in a panicked voice."A tall huge scary man with one eye and the nice lady who served us our meal when we came over for dinner in your house" Lily rushes out."Daisy helped me escape but they caught her before she could join me" Lily says starting to cry and my mother pulls her into a hug. Daisy's father slumps down in sadness too and my father pats him on the shoulder before they both hurry out of the room making urgent calls. Different emotions run through my whole body drowning out the sounds of my mother comforting my sister and telling her that Daisy will be found.I should have waited for her.I shouldn't have left her alone.I failed her.I couldn't protect her.Impulsively, I storm
N/B: Part 2 of this book. This part is set about a decade (10 years) away from when the last chapter ended. I hope you enjoy it :)Chapter 39Esmeralda's POV"Miss Griffin, Mr Stone will see you now" the receptionist says smiling at me after putting the phone back in it's position.I exhale nervously and smoothen the imaginary crease in my shirt before standing up and moving towards the direction of the door to the CEO's office.Esme, calm down, He's just a man. An ordinary man with the reputation of a dragon. You can do this.I give myself more internal pep talk before going inside.I become confused when I enter the office and see no one. The chair at the desk was empty. Where is the infamous 'Mr. Stone'? The legendary man who has built the group of companies he inherited into the biggest empire. The man whose name rule every single headline about success and magazines about the hottest men ever.God Esme you're so stupid. You should have done some research about him or at least se
Chapter 70 Daisy's POV *3 months later* "Aww come on Daisy, I was joking, you can't seriously be mad at me for this" Hunter says and I grunt in response. "Daisy, talk to me" He says taking his eyes off the road for a few seconds to look at me. "Whatever, I don't care" I answer facing away from him and staring at my phone like there was something interesting on it. "Wait, are you jealous?" He asks grinning widely making me feel like kissing the stupid thing of his face. "Why would I be jealous of your 'new pretty personal assistant'" I respond making air quotes around 'new pretty assistant' to show I'm quoting him exactly how he said it. I had quit working for him a month ago to move to my dad's own group of hotels which he will be handing over to me when he retires. It also helps that I studied business management in college. My post back at Stone's empire has been vacant up until today when another P.A was employed by Mrs. White. We are currently on our way to a little get t
Chapter 69Hunter's POV"Don't even think of moving boy" A sadistic voice says from beside me.The person walks forward with his gun still pointing at me and I see the face responsible for ten years of misery in all of our lives: Levi."What pretty boy? Why are you glaring at me like that?" He asks with a grin and one eyebrow raised or maybe his two eyebrows but I wouldn't know since the other eye was covered with an eye patch."If it's money you want, I'll give it to you" I state my heart beating wildly at the fact that Eve still had her gun pointed at Daisy.On a closer look, I notice Daisy's chest moving up and down rapidly. The expression on her face was that of pure panic and she looked like she would pass out at any moment now.Angel, please stay with me.Levi laughs maniacally at my question before responding "Money? You think I want money? Come to think of it, maybe the reason I haven't killed my self all these years was because I knew there was a probability this bastard was
Chapter 68Hunter's POVI left Daisy at her Dad's place after talking to him for a while so that they could talk more. He was surprised we used his hair for the DNA testing instead of just asking him for his blood but I told him I didn't want to get his hopes up.Daisy said she would head to Keesha's place after leaving there so I told her I would send the driver down to her but Mr. Heart said his driver would do it.It made me happy to see how proud he was of who Daisy had grown into. Immediately after leaving there, I had called my friends and Daisy's friends to tell them about the good news. To say they were ecstatic was an understatement. They all promised to fly back as soon as they had chances to.Right now though, I'm heading to the office where Mike is waiting for me. I had thought that I would not be needing his services anymore since I found Daisy but something about seeing Eve again does not sit well with me.When Daisy passed out, I had rushed to her side and before I kne
Chapter 67Hunter's POVI stretch forth my hand to grab Daisy and pull her back to me but my heart starts beating in panic when I grab nothing but air.My eyes fly open and my suspicions are confirmed when I see no one beside me on the bed.Was it all a dream?"Oh, you're awake. I had to use the bathroom but I didn't want to wake you up" I hear her voice say and I turn to see her coming out of the bathroom making me sag in relief."What's wrong? Why do you look so shocked to see me?" She asks laughing as she puts her hair into a loose ponytail."Nothing, come here" I reply making her walk towards me.When she reaches the bedside, I pull on her hand making her fall on top of me."Where's my morning kiss?" I ask grinning up at her."No, I haven't brushed" she answers trying to wriggle out of my grip but that only makes me tighten it around her."How can you say no to such a cute face?" I say trying my best to pout."Stop, that looks so wrong on you" she says laughing and I pout harder
This is a quick recap of all the characters:Daisy/Esmeralda: -Main female character.Heiress to Heart hotels-Lost her memory due to an accident and temporarily took the identity of Esmeralda Griffin.-Was engaged to Hunter in the first book.Hunter: -Main male character.-CEO of the biggest group of company on the continent-Never gave up on finding Daisy years after she went missing.-Was engaged to Daisy in the first book.Mr. Heart: -Daisy's father.-Lost his wife four years prior to losing his daughter to an old crazy high school nemesis.-Developed heart conditions after Daisy went missing.King: -The puppy Daisy rescued from the camp where her and Hunter's love story started from.-Bundle of cutenessLily: -Hunter's younger sister-Tried matchmaking Hunter and Daisy in the first book when they were too stubborn to admit their feelings.-Pretty as hellOlder Mr. Stone: -Lily and Hunter's fatherArianna Cade (Mrs. Stone): -Super famous singer retired to become a supermode
Chapter 65Daisy's POV"It's okay Angel, open your eyes, no one here is going to hurt you. Never again" I hear a soothing voice say and I suddenly open my eyes to see Hunter."Hunter, I'm bleeding" I say sitting up on the comfortable bed in a strange room. When I look down at my stomach though, I see no blood."What's going on?" I say holding my head to calm the pounding."Did Lily make it home safe? Wait, what happened to you? Why do you look old?" I say after looking at him more closely.He looked like someone in his late twenties.Hunter's worried gaze is the only thing I see before everything goes dark once more.*****************"She doesn't seem to remember the latter part of her life after the incident, Dr. Keller" I hear Hunter utter in a muffled voice."Let her rest some more, it'll all come back" I hear a female voice respond before I fall back into a dreamless sleep.***************For the umpteenth time, I open my eyes again and notice that it was already dark outside. T
Chapter 64Esmeralda's (or should I say Daisy's) POV"Daisy, Daisy, wake up" I hear a tiny voice say and I open my eyes to see Lily looking at me with worry. After a few seconds, I notice that her hands and legs are tied up. I hurriedly try to help her and then realize that mine are tied too.I struggle to sit up and only then do I notice that we are in a car and Levi is the driver while Miss. Violet sat in the passenger seat."Daisy, I'm scared, Why is your nanny doing this to us? And who is that crazy man?" Lily asks crying."Shut your mouth before I shut it for you" Levi yells while increasing the speed of the car."Listen Levi, you want me not her. She has nothing to do with this, she's not even family, let her go, please" I plead while I scoot closer to Lily who was shaking in terror."Miss. Violet, having her with us will only increase your risk of being caught. Please tell him to let her go, you don't need her. I'll do anything you want, please" I direct my words towards Miss.
Chapter 63Esmeralda's POVThe camp served as a vacation I didn't even know I needed. We spent two more days there after the day Hunter asked me out and I felt really sad when I had to say goodbye to Hunter's friends who I can now boldly call my friends.Although Blake and I got off on the wrong foot on my first day at work, this camp made me realize he was actually a very nice person. Fun to be with too.I also learnt that he was going through a messy divorce and a custody war with his ex-wife who he referred to as the reincarnation of the devil.Blake and Bloom remained polite to each other throughout but nothing more. I got closer to Lily, Chloe and Bloom on the third day when men and ladies spent their days apart.It was so easy to feel like I had known them for a long time and they treated me as such.When we met for lunch with the guys, Hunter kept throwing me silly winks and kisses across the table and I couldn't stop giggling.I as a person don't giggle so I don't know what t
Chapter 62Esmeralda's POVBloom and Blake are kissing!Before my brain can even register what's going on, I see Bloom push Blake away forcefully."How dare you? Don't you have any dignity? Do you think I'm like you? For God's sake, my boyfriend is nearby, you pig!" She yells and Hunter starts to move towards them dragging me along with him."Hey, hey, Bloom calm down. He won't try that again" Hunter pleads and Bloom eyes Blake in hatred before answering."He better not if he knows what's good for him" "Will you just let us talk for once?" Blake asks Bloom; anger audible in his voice."We have nothing to talk about. Hunter, do you mind if we switch partners?" She directs the last part towards Hunter and I."Sure" Hunter says letting go of my hand and pecking my forehead."See you later" he murmurs just before Bloom storms off making me follow her.We walk in silence for a while with her lost in thoughts but when I hear her sniffling, I decide to try to talk to her."Are you okay?" I