A week. A whole week after she got discharged. And till now, she still had no idea where Luciano could be. it was as if he didn’t want her to know where he was. The only thing that stopped her from being scared that something bad might have happened to him was because he called Lydia once in a while and Lydia made sure to tell her. Dani hated the looks Lydia gave her each time she related the call to her. Luciano was crazy. He has to be. Why did he even think running away would solve their issue? They didn’t even have an issue to begin with. She wasn’t mad at him and didn't blame him for what happened. Dani has tried to text him and tell him she doesn’t blame him but he never responded to any of those texts. It was like he wanted to forget she existed and the only reason he even bothers to call Lydia is because of his children. “You are sulking again,”Keira said. Dani let out a sigh. She escaped from the mansion today because the house suddenly didn’t feel good for her to live in
“Hi, I am here to see Luciano Miko,”Dani said to the person she met at the desk. “Oh, please who are you?”“Ms. King?” Dani turned around when someone screamed her name and saw Ella running to her. She smiled. “Ella, how have you been?”She asked. At least Ella was someone she could talk to.“I have been fine. We missed you here. She used to work for the boss.”Ella told the other person who was looking at them in confusion. “Oh,”That was all she said. Dani turned her attention back to Ella. She saw she was looking at her belle but unlike Gloria, she didn’t ask any questions. “Ella, where is Luciano?”Dani asked. “He is not here. He hasn’t been at the office for more than two weeks now. Since he got back from the trip, he hasn’t shown up here.”Ella revealed. Dani let out a sigh. Now she was even more worried. For Luciano to not show up at the company just shows it was more than she thought. He wasn’t hiding away from her. He was hiding away from the world.“Did you have somet
“I don’t think this is a good idea anymore,”Dani told Keira who rolled her eyes. They were at the location that Amy had given and Amy just texted that she was already inside waiting for Dani. Now she was having second thoughts about meeting her. “Girl, we already know what that woman would say. That's not what we are going for. We are trying to find your man. Anything offensive that she says should be ignored. You are going. I can still come with you if that will put your mind at peace.”Keira suggested but Dani shook her head. She didn’t want Keira there as an audience. She had no idea what it was that Amy was going to reveal to her and would rather hear it first. “I will go alone. I promise I will give you the full details of our conversation but I have to meet her alone. I don’t want her to have any thoughts that we might be onto something,”Keira nodded in understanding. “Alright, darling, I will be here and in case you need me to come whomp her arse, don’t forget to call me,”
Dani stared at her in confusion. What did she expect her to do? Be scared? Yes, she was scared; not of Luciano but for him. for the things that he might be thinking right now and for how he might hide himself away from fear of losing another person he cared about. Thinking about it now, it all finally made sense to her. why he suddenly ran off. He blamed himself for what happened. Not just to her but to every person he cared about. She wanted to find him, hug him close, and tell him none of what happened was his fault. “Hey!”Amy yelled to get her attention. “What? Is that the big news and why do you think I should leave Luciano? why would the tragic incidents that happened to him be a reason for me to leave him?”Dani asked her. surely that wasn’t all. “You still don’t get it? if you don’t leave him then you might die too. you or the baby you carry in your womb or maybe the both of you,”Dani couldn’t believe what she was saying to her face right now. The woman was sick and there
“Amy, I feel bad for you but let me tell you this freely. I am never going to leave Luciano. I will stay with him. I will love him and he will love me and the kids we are going to have. I am not going to blame him for things that weren’t his fault,”She told her.“You fool! Do you think he loves you? He doesn’t do love,”Dani laughed at her stupid lies. “Amy, you said it with your mouth. I mean, according to you, the only reason I might end up dying is because Luciano loves me. I don’t need you to confirm whether he loves me or not because I know he does.”Dani said. Amy was flaming up at this point. Her whole face was red and she looked like she wanted to lash out at Dani. Dani knew it was time for her to leave. She already got what she wanted. All she needed to do now was go there. The orphanage. It was the same orphanage she had been in before she was adopted at six years old. She already left before Luciano was sent to the orphanage, if not, she would have met him when they were
“You can take it from here, right? I don’t want to show up there too,”Keira said when they arrived at the entrance of the orphanage. “Yes, I can. Thank you for driving me here and I will call you to let you know how it went down,”Dani told her and hugged her. She let out a sigh. She didn’t know how things would turn out and if she would be able to convince Luciano that he had nothing to do with what happened to her or the other people he cared about. She hoped she could but if he doesn’t listen. She wasn’t going to just leave. She would stay with him at the orphanage. They both had history here so they can always share the place if he decides that it would be their new home. “Hey, look at me. you got this,”Keira assured her. Dani let out another sigh before she nodded. “I will call you,”She told Keira before she got out of the car and waited for Keira to drive off before she walked into the orphanage. She didn’t really have many memories of when she lived in the orphanage befor
Luciano wanted to run to her and hug her. He missed her so much and seeing her here right now made him want to pull her into a tight hug and tell her just how much he loved her and how much he wanted her to stay with him but he knew that wasn’t going to happen. He knew that once she found out about him. the real him. she would run away. The past two weeks have been hell for him. He spent most of the time in the fields and also with the kids when they weren’t in school. The rest of the time, he was alone and thinking about her. what she could be doing and how she was feeling. He read the text messages she sent him more times than he could count. Stared at the pictures of her that he had on his phone. He tried to get as much information from Lydia as he possibly could and none of that was enough for him. He missed her so much. Missed her touch, her laughter. Her soft snores when she sleeps. The way she wakes him up in the middle of the night to make love to her. the way she throws her
“I am not going to let you push me away, Luciano. I am not going to leave you,”She said, Those weren’t what he was expecting her to say. He didn’t expect her to back-hug him after what he just told her. He expected her to run away from him. Yet, here she was, hugging and telling him that she wasn’t going to leave him. He wanted to be hopeful. He wanted to turn around and pull her into a tight hug but he reminded himself that just because she accepted him now doesn’t mean she would not turn away from him later and even if she didn’t turn away from him, her acceptance of him doesn’t mean the bad luck of loving him would be gone. Even though it killed him to do it, he removed her hands from around him and turned to her. He dropped her hands and put a distance between them. “I can’t do this, Danielle. I can’t be with you. I want you to be safe. I want our kids to be safe. That’s not going to happen if I let you love me. if I let myself love you any more than I already do. You experien
“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