“He fell asleep,”Dani voiced. She couldn’t just walk away and leave him sleeping there and she didn’t think waking him up would be a good idea either. She let out a sigh and sat back on the seat that she had vacated before. She glared at him. Her expression softened when she looked at him well. He looked so peaceful and calm in his sleep. She has worked with him for five years and directly under him for three years now but this was the first time she was seeing him sleep. Even when she went over to his house when they had to work through the night. She was always the one to fall asleep. Never once has he fallen asleep while they work and now, here he was sleeping in the secretaries’ office. She so wanted to take a picture for a keepsake. She took out her phone and took a few pictures even though she knew he might kill her if he woke up and found her taking pictures of him. “How can he be so beautiful even while sleeping? This should be illegal,”Dani whispered, looking at the photos
The next three weeks went by in a blur. All Dani did in those three weeks was work, eat, and sleep. She tried her best to take breaks between work and made sure to eat healthy and rest as much as she could. Over the last three weeks, she made sure to repeat the pregnancy test at least twice a week and so far, everything was still okay based on the test reports. Today however was the day she decided to go to the hospital. She needed to get a scan done and also register for antenatal. It was the first time she was taking a break during the week since she returned back to work for Luciano. It was the first time she was getting any kind of break. The office has been busy since she got back and most of the work fell on her because Luciano made it so. “Luciano,”She mouthed and rolled her eyes. She thought he would change the way he bossed her around after she came back and after the way he had treated her that night when he had been drunk and got her food. false. it was as if that night d
“It is my business, I pay you to work for me, Danielle, I need you here because this is important to me. So please, come through for me, please,”Now he was begging. Not only was he self-centered, but he was also very manipulative. “I am begging you. you can take tomorrow off. This came on and I have to be there. You have to come with me, Danielle. You know I need you,”He went on. Dani hated him so much for manipulating her. She hung up and turned on do not disturb mode. She picked up her bag and walked out of her apartment. She got in her car and started it with every intention of driving to the hospital but his pleading voice kept echoing in her head. “Fucking miserable man,”Dani cursed out and drove out of her driveway. She arrived at the company about twenty minutes later, she cursed at herself all the way there. She angrily got out of the car. She didn’t know if she was more angry at Luciano or herself for not being able to stand her ground and tell him no. She grudgingly got
“I didn’t do anything that your other secretaries couldn’t have done for you. You just want to always have your way and I am the fool for showing up.” Dani let out. “Dani, come on. I already told you that you can do whatever business you have to do tomorrow, don’t ruin this happy moment by nagging. What was so important anyway?”His whole sentence was bad but the last part was just off. It made her so angry. “I told you that’s none of your business. Today was important to me but you still found a way to make me come to work even after I told you a week before today that I would be off,”Dani let out. She felt emotional and was so close to tears but she didn’t want to cry here in the lobby of a hotel with her egoistic boss as an audience. “I know you are going to say something like you pay me well to do my job, well don’t because I already know that. It still doesn’t excuse how you always want to have your way and not let other people get what they want. I had something really impo
“What did you say?”Luciano asked. Wanting to believe that he missed what she had said. Everything was happening so fast. One minute he was very happy to have gotten one of the hardest possessions to acquire and the next minute he was having a conversation that he would rather not have with his secretary in the lobby of the venue of the meeting. This was not how he envisioned the rest of today to go. All he had wanted to do immediately after he had signed the deal and paid the money for the property was to have a nice evening after dropping Danielle off. He had also thought of compensating her for dragging her out of the house on her day off after he had promised her that it would not happen again. he couldn’t bring anyone else with him as he didn’t want to fumble his chances of getting the property when one of his biggest rivals had also been interested in getting the property. The worst part is that he hadn’t even been aware of any of it until he got the call from the Goshin castle
“You will work for me until I say otherwise, Danielle,”He told her as he drove into his mansion. Funny how Danielle has been the only woman he has ever let into his mansion. Well, aside from Lydia, an older woman who has been working for him as his cleaner for years now. She only comes in twice a week to clean. She doesn’t live in the mansion so he barely sees her unless he works from home. Every other person who worked for him in his house was male and he kept it that way. So yeah, only Danielle and Lydia. He didn’t have any family members. he lost his parents at a very young age. He was raised by his uncle and his wife until they both also died in a car accident when he had been only thirteen years old. He learned the art of living and surviving on his own at a very young age and never tried to let anyone close to him. The women he dated only knew his hotels or Penthouses. Even before Danielle started working for him, his secretaries before her never once came to his house. He real
“Let me go, Luciano or I am going to sue you,”She threatened. He let out a laugh. “Can you really sue me? Danielle? Think about it.”He said. she looked away. At least she knew the truth. Any legal battle she tries with him would only end with her losing everything she owns. Not like he would ever think of dealing with her through the law. There were a lot of other ways to get through. “Now you can’t even look at me? You were so sure talking a minute ago. Did I shock you back to reality?”He asked and she looked up at him for a moment. He let out a gasp that he damn well knew was a little audible. He couldn’t blame himself for it. The beauty before him threw him off balance and once again, his eyes settled on her lips. Reminding him of what has been part of his thought for the last one month. The thought that he did his best to keep away but now that he was so close to her, it was hard to keep those thoughts away and also hard to not stare at her full lips. She chose that moment to
“You are the one to talk? You kissed me back and were moaning so sensually.”He responded. She didn’t say anything but continued glaring at him. “And why would you even think I would try to stop you from leaving with a kiss? What do you take me for?”He questioned. He hadn’t even been thinking about work or the fact that she was leaving him when he had kissed her. All he had thought of was tasting her lips. “That’s something you can do. Try to seduce me into staying with you, that’s never going to happen,”She let out. “You rate yourself a little too much, Danielle. I wouldn’t need to seduce you to make you stay with me. The kiss happened and I am not going to deny that it did but bear in mind that it hadn’t nothing to do with wanting you to continue working with me and it will most certainly not happen again,”He told her firmly. He thought he saw the look of disappointment on her face when he said the words but it disappeared so fast that he concluded that he might have imagined
“Knock, knock,” She said into the mic and heard everyone laugh, even Luciano.“Luci, you are everything I ever dreamed of. Even though you were a pain in the ass at the beginning. You turned out to be the best thing that has ever happened to me. I won’t trade our time together for anything in the world.” She paused for breath and continued.“You are my reason Luciano and I am glad that I am yours too. I promise to love you and stand by you for the rest of our lives and if I am allowed to, I will still choose you again in the next life,”Dani’s voice broke at the end. Luciano’s reassuring smile was all she needed to gain her posture again.“A pain in the ass? Really?” Luciano whispered. Dani smiled and so did he before he took the mic from her. He reached for her face and touched her cheeks softly. Just a small touch from him was enough for her to feel all kinds of emotions. She truly loved this man beyond love and it made her heart full knowing that he loved her just as much as she
“Did they? I didn’t expect them to show up,” Dani said. she smiled. No way would she let her adoptive parents ruin her day.“Yes, they did and your mom wants to see you. I told them I would let you know first. I didn’t want to bring them here without first informing you,” Keira said. Dani didn’t really have anything against them. if she did, she would not have invited them to her wedding. She nodded in approval.“You can let them in, K, I don’t really have anything against them.” She responded. Keira nodded and left to get her parents. Dani looked at herself once again. She looked really pregnant at six months pregnant. She was extra big and the doctor said it was because she was going to have two big healthy babies. They still haven’t checked the sex of the little ones because they both wanted the surprise at birth.The stylists excused themselves and left her alone in the waiting room where she was meant to receive some guests before she would be transported to the chapel which w
“Why are you calling me so early in the morning didn’t you sle---- oh my god!!! Is that a ring?” Keira yelled out excitedly when she saw the reason Dani was calling her so early in the morning. Dani laughed when she yelled and jumped out of sight in excitement. Dani already knew this would be her reaction and she didn’t disappoint.“Yes, it’s a ring! You were right! A wedding in my future. We have a wedding to plan bestie,” Dani said in equal excitement. She still couldn’t believe everything was real and that she would soon be called Mrs. Miko. She woke up last night, sat up and just watched him sleep. She marveled at how lucky she was. Luciano keeps saying he’s the lucky one but Dani knew she was the lucky one. “See!!! I fucking told you! Now I wish I had bet on it, oh my god! Congratulations baby, you deserve all the love. I am so happy for you,” Keira let out when she came back in sight. Dani smiled happily. Luciano was currently fixing breakfast for her. He told her to stay i
“Danielle,” He called out her name. She smiled through the tears. She knew it was serious business when he called her Danielle instead of Baby or Cherry. “Yes, baby,” She answered. “I am sorry I made you cry,”Dani shook her head. She could have cried either way, it was something that she never imagined would happen to her until she got together with Luciano. She gave up on ever getting married about two years ago only for Luciano to renew her dream that she had given up and now he was on his knees in front of her. about to ask her to marry him.“I love you, Danielle. So much. I can’t imagine a life where you aren’t there. You came into my life and became my reason. I want to spend the rest of my life loving you and knowing the feeling of being loved by you. I want us to have the big family that we never had growing up. I want you to be my family, my love, my reason forever,” He paused. Danielle smiled encouragingly.“I promise to be your reason too. to be your love and your hom
“I think I will turn in early today, I am so tired,” Dani told Luciano as they sat in each other’s arms in the living room. she felt tired and sad after what she found out today. Even though she told herself more times than she could count that there was no reason for her to be sad, she just couldn’t help.“Fuck, I wanted us to hang out in the flower field tonight and watch the stars together. But if you want to sleep early, I am fine with it.” Luciano responded. Dani could feel the disappointment in his voice. Luciano has been a thoughtful and considerate man. For him to be disappointed means he really wanted them to see the stars tonight. They have sat together before in the flower field and watched the stars. It was a fun time and she didn’t want him.“Cancelled. If you want us to watch the stars tonight then that’s what we will do.” Dani said, doing everything to bring out the cheery fun side of hers as she said the words. She couldn’t let her not-so-parents ruin what she had w
Luciano was so fucking nervous that he had almost missed Danielle being noticeably quiet after he picked her up from her best friend’s beauty house. He was glad he noticed because he didn’t want her in a bad mood when they got back home. He spent the last five hours preparing a surprise and the last thing he wanted was for it to be ruined.“Hey, baby, are you okay?” He asked. He knew what happened with her adoptive parents so finding out they were back in town after leaving her behind years ago must have been shocking for her. “I guess. They don’t mean anything to me anymore. I am an adult now and don’t need to keep calling them my parents. They stopped being my parents a long time ago,” He slowed down the car, came to a stop at a corner of the road, and turned his attention to her. He reached for her hands and she let him. “Hey,” She shook her head and sniffed.“I mean, I shouldn’t care that they are in town and still they don’t call or try to reach out for me,” She cried. He r
“Don’t worry K, you will be the first to know if he ever asks me to marry him. right now, I am just happy with the way things are. I didn’t know that I could be this happy with someone but I am really happy. I wake up each new day with a smile on my face.” Dani beamed.“I can see that. I am really happy that you are happy.” Keira responded warmly.“I think I used up all my good luck with Luci. I mean, why else would he love me so much? It had to be all the luck I saved up.” Keira laughed.“I am sure you still have some good luck in you. Seeing you so beautiful, healthy, in love, and pregnant feels like a lucid dream but I know it isn’t a dream,” Keira said.“Yeah,” “You do know your parents are back in town, right? I didn’t want to ask you over the phone,” Keira revealed. Danielle stared at her with her mouth open.“What?” She asked. “Sorry, you wouldn’t know since you haven’t left your husband’s house for over a week now. Yes, my mom called and said she saw your mom at the t
“I thought you guys decided not to show your face ever again. I haven’t seen or heard from you in a week,”Keira complained as she walked up to her and pulled her into a tight hug. Dani laughed. Keira was being dramatic because Dani called her twice since the week she and Luciano had spent locked up in the mansion and their room. Yes, since they returned from the orphanage, they spent the week that followed locked up in their room. They played, made love, and told each other things that they didn’t know about each other. talked about their future and a whole lot of other things. It was a time that Dani would remember for the rest of her life. Loving Luciano and being loved by him was the best thing that happened to her. spending time with him and getting to know the loving man who was once her strict boss turned out to be the best moments of her life. He showed her just what being in love and being loved by the person you loved looked like. wiped away her former experiences and mad
Dani watched the man of her dreams sleep. She smiled when she remembered just how she had kept him awake for most of the night. It wasn’t her fault, she missed him so much and couldn’t get enough of him. Even right now, she wanted him again.“Damn hormones,”She whispered as her fingers caressed his face. She didn’t want to wake him up but the urge to touch him was so strong and she couldn’t resist. She traced her finger around his face, his nose, his lips, his eyelids. She leaned down and planted a soft kiss on his lips. “I love you,”She whispered. Finally, she could say those words to him. words that she has been dying to say to him for weeks. Falling in love with Luci was the best decision she had ever made. Okay, getting pregnant was the best too but falling for Luciano definitely topped the list. She felt her tummy rumble. Aside from being extra horny, she was always hungry too. She tried to get out of bed to find something to eat but Luciano grabbed her before she could leave