Danielle's POVI sat behind the counter at the far end of the room and listened as Mother explained how she met me and what Bryan told her to her husband. I felt like I was in a cage, the man’s voice was too intimidating, and my heart raced. Everything around me gave me reasons to go home and escape whatever was to come. I could sense it. Questions and questions, rejection but I had self-control. “Don’t show any sign of weakness,” o told myself. That sentence has helped me a lot and I hoped it would not disappoint this time.Mila and Lila came out and bumped into the scene. “And who are these?” The old man asked. I stood up to answer him but my kids’ mouth beat me to it.“Hi, I’m Mila and this is Lila.” She glanced over her and pointed to Ella who sat by my side. “That is Ella and my Mom sitting over there and this is my Grandma. What’s your name, sir?” That’s the cutest Mila has ever been. Her voice has never been so soft and understandable. She was detailed with her words and made
Danielle's POVI stood in front of him, not letting him go anywhere. If I hadn’t stood in front of him, Lord only knows what he’d have done to his father. “ That's okay Bryan. You shouldn’t do all of this in the presence of the kids. What do you want them to think of you? I–I just want you to calm down okay?”He looked like he was going to push me away with the way he stared at me with range. He closed his eyes and eased his fists. “Get your bags. We are leaving.”“But—”“You would listen to me, Danielle!” He yelled at me. His voice was so high, I shuddered. I took my gaze away from him, I couldn’t stand it. No one has ever shouted at me that way before. I turned around and left, taking huge steps at a time. I stocked my clothes in my bag roughly and took my kids’ bags to the bed.“They are crazy! They are all crazy. No one talks to me that way. He’s not my father, not my mother, not even my family! He had no reason to scream at me that way, why did I say that? Huh? What did I do? I d
Bryan's POVI stood dumbfounded and stiff like a shocked statue. I turned slowly to Mom, I needed to confirm what he just told me. When I looked at her, she had the same expression as I did. She didn’t know what he was talking about. He must have gone mad, everything he has been doing since he stepped in has been out of order, perhaps I should get him a hospital.“Can you say that again?” I said and he repeated his words. “What are you saying, honey? I was the one who gave birth to these kids and I know what I gave birth to. I know who I fucked and you know these kids were born on the same day. Why would you say one belongs to you and the other isn’t yours?” Mom asked. I was about to ask her to say something so he would get his brains back in his head.“I found out on the day they were born. Did you forget we went through artificial insemination when we thought we couldn’t bear kids? Then I also had sex with you which got you pregnant. After a DNA test, the doc told me you, being the
Danielle's POVIt’s been the most peaceful week of my life. The kids have been going to school and Jack brings them to the company after school. Unlike before, I do not have my office in Bryan’s office, mine was in the place where it used to be. There was no news from Susan or Isabelle, there was no lurking around of Marks and Clara has been busy with the Bebe guy she met in Porto Rico. She had been blabbing about him to me over the phone for days. She told me they have been going out and doing things. I guess my best friend is getting nuts though, she did a videotape of how the guy was fucking her and sent it to me as proof. She just shared with me free porn which made me think twice about having her Brain checked out when she comes back. On the contrary, everyone in the company missed me. Perhaps it was the way I related with people, they seemed to find me simpler and easier to talk to instead of going to Bryan.Linda got promoted and now she is working on the branch where Bryan w
Danielle's POVI stood up and watched in awe as he stood by the door with a golden ring. Everyone had their flashes on and we were lying surrounded. I had least expected him to propose to me, I thought I was going to do that.Should I smile? Or laugh? Or freak out? I don’t know, I want to do it all at the same time. I covered my mouth with my left palm and looked around trying to avoid his face.“Look at me.”His voice was heavenly and I dared not ignore it. I looked up, very slowly and our eyes locked. He licked his lips with a sinister smile. “I’ll tell you again,” he said, “ you have to marry me!” Wasn’t requesting that I marry him, he was telling me I had to marry him. Of course I would, there is no doubt about that but I had a perfect plan on how I was going to propose to him. I searched my purse in haste, yeah, I should have it. Some weeks ago, I went to this ring shop, hoping I’d be the one to go down on my knees. Not too late.While looking for it, something fell off my bag t
Danielle's POVWe stood in front of each other and I tried to understand what he meant by I looked like his bride. The feeling I had was intense but I knew he was probably joking. He is my cousin after all and I have known him for many pranks.He broke the silence with a smile and walked forward to hug me. I would have missed me too if I were him. I haven’t seen him since that day at the airport and I know he must have been so worried and happy that I was still around. I hugged him back and stretched up to spank his head. He smiled and took my hand. “I have missed you like hell. Let’s go.” “Where are we going?” I asked but he didn’t bother to answer me. I got into the car and he drove off. “Where are we going?” I asked again. He smiled and looked at me. His look wasn’t seductive like they used to be when we were at home but it was plain to see that he missed me and our friendship.“To a park. We need to make this happen before you disappear and get married. You are a very weird kind
Danielle's POVI didn’t know Gabriel was a person of fashion until I entered the sitting room. His sitting room was big but not as big as Bryan’s. He had flowers everywhere and the telecom was a big screen that filled the whole wall. The wall adjacent to the TV was not exactly a wall because you could see your reflection just by looking at it. It’s more like one of those mirrors you’ll see in a dancing school.“I didn’t know you had such a great taste.” He smiled and led me through a hallway and he opened a big, tall golden door. It was a bedroom and it was decorated like it knew I was coming. He must have figured I love roses. Of course, he should still remember when we used to pick flowers for his mother back in their house when I was pregnant. “Here we are.”I dropped my bag and sat on the bed.” this is amazing, you should have told me you had something like this at your disposal. Anyway, what are we doing tonight?”“What do you want us to do? I suggest we play games. It helps a l
Bryan's POVI arrived back in New York around 6 AM. It’s been stressful and lying to Danielle made it a little bit interesting. She must have thought I went for a business proposal. I need to find a way to change her mindset before things start getting intense.I sat in my office and waited for her to arrive and throw herself at me. I didn’t give her a call or text since I was gone and she didn’t either, perhaps she thought I was too busy and she didn’t want to disturb my world with the businessmen. I have changed, I can feel it. How do I see a business proposal and leave it for later? I know how I used to be and business was always the first thing but now, I can barely breathe when Danielle is not around. She has become my business and she is the most important part of me.I am not exactly losing on my business because I have become lazy, Danielle still takes things important and she deals with anything that has to do with the company. She