Daphne's POV My palm got sweaty as I beamed excitedly, yet another massive deal that I had never expected. When Mrs. Smith had placed a call through, I had thought it was all a joke until I stepped in here and found her seated right now, her face emitting just enough glow to draw in anyone to her. “Oh yes, Mrs. Smith” I gave her a gentle smile as I listened to her chat on about how exactly she wanted her party to look while scrabbling on the iPad I clenched onto. Running a swift glance once more with her making the necessary corrections, I gave her a gentle smile before accepting her outstretched hand. “I will have my secretary wire the money over immediately I am out of here, I can't wait to watch you do your magic” her words dipped into me as I watched her walk away. Throwing a punch in the air, I let out a yes, trying so hard to keep my balance as she drove away. She was everything I needed to get into the upper echelon. Once I handled her party, I would get more. It wasn'
Daphne's POV “What are you going to do?” Irene threw the question at me as though I had a choice. I was left with just one, which was to go back to them.“ Do you think he would have gotten to know where exactly they were without the kids saying a word… I know…” it was almost impossible that they had, they had no idea who exactly their father was. Guilt laced at me as the possibility that I was going to leave her behind filled every part of my being. My eyes swelled with tiny tendrils of tears as I interlocked my hands with Irene's.“ I don't want to leave you behind. I don't want to”.A life without her was going to be a dazed one, one that wouldn't have any meaning. She had been by my side for years, and that wasn't going to change. Not now. She tried to flicker off the tears in her eyes, but it seemed she wasn't doing enough. “ Gosh, I didn't want to tear up, but I just can't help it. Daphne…” her eyes lingered up at the white ceiling for quite some time. Every little fiber in
Daphne's POV His words, they weren't supposed to settle in me the way they had, they weren't supposed to ruffle the feathers I felt the way they had just done, but I just couldn't help it. With misty eyes, I decided to take a glance at him and when he mustered the words. “ I love you” all of my charade shattered into tiny pieces. “ Okay” Irene gulped in “ Also, you can come along and live with them. I wouldn't be living with them for some time so you should come alongside them” My eyes flickered with warmth, he knew exactly what he was supposed to do, and he was doing just that. He wasn't mincing his words and he was letting me know the length he was ready to go just because of me. Just because he wanted me with him. “ I can't really say” “ Please” I squeezed her hands. “ Come alongside and stay with us” Irene stood, contemplating for a while before she nodded“ Great. Our kids are waiting at home, you can go back and pack whatever belongings you want, although I can assure you
Daphne's POV They don't want somebody with questionable character? Where exactly did that come from? I was far from that. When the news drenched me, I dropped to the ground, my eyes flicking shut as I tried to make it make sense. Just in any tiny way that maybe I could think of. “Please hand it over, I need to talk to her” I stretched out my hands, pleading with everything in me. If she could pick it up, then I would be able to make her have a change of heart. “Daphne…” Irene whispered at me, her voice breaking as she did. “Take a chill pill” A volcano erupted inside me at her words. “Don't tell me to take a chill pill!” The words were out before I could take them back. Alexis and Avery stood stunned, in doubt, and were about to say something when someone placed a hand against their ears, taking them away.I was grateful for that, for that little moment, it meant a lot to me.“ You know how excited we were when she contacted us, you know how I felt, you know how…” I dragged in a
Lorenzo's POV With eyes that grew in rage, I tried to contain my anger when my eyes ran through the screen in front of me, every single one of them were insulting to Daphne. Picking up the landline, I placed a call to the PR department. “ Each one of you will stay behind, I don't know what exactly you are going to say to your teammates, but I want you all on desk tonight.”“ Boss…”“ And whoever would be able to get rid of the articles I am going to send within a minute would get a raise in his salary”He made an aggrieved note right there with earnest voices that kept tripping in. “Yes, we will do our best” It wasn't far-fetched who exactly must have done this, every name I could think of took me to just a person. Trisha. The door was yanked open with Jack's bulky frame stumbling in. “ Anything that I should know about?” He seemed deep in thought, as though he was contemplating if he should say what he intended to say or keep quiet. “I don't really know if I should spill, but i
Daphne's POV My hands snaked around my chest, tightening around the towel I had over my chest as I mumbled out. “You scared me” I had just stepped out of the shower, and was enveloped with steam all over just to see Lorenzo sitting comfortably on the bed. He didn't give me a reply, and neither did he act as though he had heard what I had just said, as his eyes bore holes into me. What exactly happened to I won't be coming for the meantime so you can stay with them? “ What exactly are you doing here?” Damn it, but this was getting so tough. I didn't know if it was because it had been since forever I had gotten laid, or the way he stared at me then went on to gulp down his spittle afterward, but all of those did something to me. Awaken that nasty girl in me that I thought, was gone. His eyes drifted to the door, which I noticed was clockwise, before he came closer to me. His feet moving on their accord. “ Being long I saw these” his tongue ran over his lips seductively, and I kne
Lorenzo's POV Everything screamed at me to walk away after I stormed out of her room, my inside a mess, at least it had worked perfectly well, I didn't have a hard on anymore. I couldn't afford to have that around the kids. I knew I was to leave after the scuffle we had, and after she had told me of how she couldn't trust me, still it wasn't clear to me why I was stalking around. It seemed my feet were stuck somehow. “Father…” a tiny voice whimpered, I had my back to her, with my hands around the cigar which I snapped in half, a smile gracing my face as I met her eyes in an instance. “ My little angel” I scouted closer to her with arms wide apart for her to get in. Contrary to what I was expecting, she didn't move an inch and she looked disturbed. “ Are you okay?”“Yes, why do you feel something is wrong?”She seemed perturbed.“What are you doing out here?” She was a kid, and it wasn't ideal that I mentioned that I smoke. “The views” my hands swept over the place. “I was taki
Lorenzo's POV A grunt escaped my lips when the rays of sunlight filtered into the room, my brows crooked inwardly with my gaze running around swiftly. A smile accompanied it when I recalled all that had happened last night. Daphne was letting me into her life, and there was nothing else that I wanted. Letting the moment soak in, I went through the daily routine of getting myself washed up, before realization dawned on me that I actually didn't have any outfit to wear. With a hand clicking on my phone, I placed a call to Jack, who didn't pick up nor did it get connected. This was rare of him, he was always easy to get across to, so I couldn't just help the bizarre thoughts in mind. What if something had gone wrong? I quickly threw over the suit trousers with a white diesel polo that cling to my upper body, revealing my toned muscles and arms before deciding to let Daphne know I was leaving, but the still of the living room welcomed me in.A stunned tone left my vocals. It was pro
Lorenzo's POV “ She wouldn't like this,” Don Dawson said to me as I offered him the drink I had managed to win at an auction. “ I know right? Daphne would hate it if she knows that I am here with you, but it doesn't seem like I have a choice here” He shook his head to the side, snapping them gently before he uncorked the wine, the pop going off as I glanced at it, he poured a bit into a glass which he handed to me, and another which he kept for himself. “ She actually told me to settle things with you, smooth things out, she had said,” he gave the only reason which I could say made sense. That she had an idea about what exactly was happening, because if she hadn't found me in bed with her, I knew she would have blown up my phone with calls right about now, and I was loving it. It showed that I was loved just as much as I loved her, with how she didn't hide at all to show that. I bobbed my head, gulping down the drink in a go when it hit the back of my throat, I swallowed, letti
Lorenzo's POVWhen she had asked, wanting to make sure that I was fine, I didn't know what else to say aside from the fact that I was fine.I didn't want her to worry, I didn't want the crest on her face to deepen, I hated to see her worry, so I just couldn't bring myself to give her an answer that would break her again. When we had walked into the decorator greenhouse, the makeshift one that I had ordered to be made before all the ruckus happened, I found myself saying the word that I hadn't even practiced for. I had thought about this moment for years, kept it in mind for hours, thought about her expression when she saw it, but none of them had prepared me for when I was there, kneeling before her. I found myself stuttering, the words I didn't plan came out of my mouth instead, was I perhaps tense? I probably was, but it helped me get away of the thoughts that my father was dead. The doctor had given a heart attack as the answer, and we hadn't pushed on, neither had the workers
Daphne's POV My hands held Alexis, as my hands went on his back, smoothening it gently, Lorenzo was still, not saying a word, but I knew he had a lot in mind. My hand held his hands, squeezing it gently, as I tried to get him back to me when he gave a small smile at me, his eyes deepened as he stared at me. “ I am fine” he assured me, that I wondered if he knew if he had any idea that his face was a sharp contrast to what he had just said. “ It is fine to let the tears down if you want to” His lips curved into a small smile, which did little to help, before he glanced outside. “ Chad will be waiting for us, we have to be sure that everything is fine, and whatever is it wouldn't harm him, you know with everything that has been happening” I nodded, bobbed my head in understanding at what he had just said. It was going to be fine. “ Wouldn't you go back? To take him to the morgue?” He bobbed. “ I will have to do that tomorrow, I would prefer that we bury him tomorrow, but first
Daphne's POV I racked my brain, trying to ascertain that it wasn't who I was thinking, he wouldn't have been so stupid, he wouldn't do something like that. “ Daphne…. Daphne..” Irene's voice pulled me out. I threw her a glance, when footsteps glided in, and my father rushed in, rage stomped over his face. “ You said something about Alexis missing, have you seen him? Where exactly would he be? Do you think it would be from my side or Lorenzo's?” He tried to make certain that we would curtail this problem. I knew there was just a person, one person in Brooklyn but this wasn't how I wanted it to end, I didn't want to give him an easy death, he didn't deserve that. I needed Drago to be in pain, I needed him to pray for death, but he wouldn't see, I wanted him to watch my face as he died, I wanted to see his car slide down the bridge as mine had done. What exactly had been my offense? His son loved me.“ Drago” I uttered, loud enough to his hearing. “ He is the one who has him” Hi
Lorenzo's POV I traipsed into the lift a happier man that I thought I was going to be, I watched gently as she sat on the chair, holding the kids firmly, before dropping the bags on the table. I couldn't have been happier, she was back in my life and back to me. I didn't know if I was thinking too fast, but I found myself inching to give her the ring I had gone to customize before the accident happened. I hadn't forgotten, nor forgiven Drago but I didn't want to think about him, not with this new joy that I felt. “ Do you think that I should apply it in, now?” “ Mother, I will help you with it,” Avery offered. “ I will do so also” Alexis offered also, and I was relegated to the background. It had barely grazed her arms, so Chad had said, but we had to be careful. It was so close to her arm socket, that if the bullet had gone in even further, it might have caused her an arm. I didn't know what to say, but I kept taking in air, and found myself saying prayers also. Of course,
Daphne's POV I tried to force my eyes open but it stuck adamantly, I let out a hiss before trying again before whistling out in pain. I hated how I felt, it seemed as though I had been rammed over by a lorry and thrown over here, I tried to push myself up but I just couldn't. Sighing in resignation, I tried once more, gentle at first and the sharp ray of lighting that flashed through caused me to clasp it shot again. I gnashed, took in air before I flickered them open once more,this time swerving a glance around. I was stunned when warmths sipped into me. Flipping my head to the side, my eyes watered when I noticed Avery by one side, and Alexis by another, and Lorenzo holding my hands. I bit hard into my cheek, taking in the pain while I tried to force myself not to shed a tear. This was everything that I wanted, everything that I had imagined, my family back with me. I laid back, letting the warmth cascade down to my side, let it drap itself around me when I ran my hands thro
Lorenzo's POV Broken, I had never been this broken as I clung onto her, tears racing down my face while I glanced around, an empty shell. Hands held me, voices echoed around me, pleading for me to let go, but I just couldn't, I held her, squeezed my hands around her, pleading for her to come back to me. “ Lorenzo” Jack's voice thundered above me, as he shook my shoulders. I flipped my head around, barely considering his face before I stared at my hands. Coated with blood, my beloved blood, and I forced myself up. “ Where are you taking her?” Dawson's voice drilled into me, he forced himself forward, as he stretched his hands at me. “ You will get out of my front, or else, I will shoot you the fuck now” I warned, my eyes glazed with rage. “ Drop her down, she is mine and…” “ Father” a hand held his shoulder. “ Let him go with her. She will be safe with him” I didn't so much as spare him a glance as I sauntered through, my eyes darkened with rage before settling her on the seat.
Lorenzo's POV I knew that something was up, I knew there was something Daphne wasn't telling me, and although I had tried countless times not to think about it, I was so sure that it made sense now. I had felt her salty tears, the one that ran down my back countless times, and even when I thought that it was from the fact that she was enjoying it, my two senses told me that she wasn't okay somehow, but she wouldn't just say. I couldn't push her either, I was never going to do that, not when she was hiding the fact that she was Daphne so good that I didn't know what to say nor do. I had tried numerous ways that I knew about just to have her to talk, but we were tight lipped,still insisting that she was Talia and not Daphne. Now, with the card in my hands, I didn't know what to say. My heart was in shreds as I glanced at it, the names fading the more I glanced at it. I swallowed, in a world of my own, when I noticed a hand shook my shoulders. “ Get back here man, I have been call
Daphne's POV His lips slid into my mouth, making me miss all the times that we hadn't had time together. His teeth bit into my tongue, possessively, fiercely, while I fought for him to let go. My cunt pooled before he could slip a finger in, while I ached my back properly, giving him a proper view of my face. I held myself, my hands by my side as I forced myself not to run my hands on his face. I inched to do so, wanted to do so, found myself inching and aiming to do so, but I just couldn't. He pulled away gauging my expression. “ What?” I asked, his eyes softened as I stared into them. His hands drew pretty lines over my face, his love filled eyes pierced through me as he exhaled. “ You look so beautiful, so beautiful that I wouldn't mind gazing at you for the rest of my life, and I also wouldn't mind giving you my heart. I want you to own it all” My heart slammed at his words, as I drowned in them. They sounded perfect to me. I sniffed in, keeping my emotions at bay, befor