Gabe looked over at me. "She's the mother of the kids." Busted.
Danielle POVMr Bryan gave me an uncertain look. I couldn't foresee what he was thinking. I glared at Gabe, why would he say that to just anyone? I had no idea how they met or when. From what I can recall, the last and first time Gabe saw Mr. Bryan was when we looked at him in school from a distance."You are married," Mr Bryan said to me. I opened my mouth to protest but Gabe was faster."Not exactly. I see you both know each other then, you said her name." Gabe looked at me, "What were you doing here? Saints!""I…I was just~""She came with me on an assignment. I had no idea this would happen. Since you both are with each other now and she's safe, I'll be on my way."Mr Bryan turned his back and left with his car. I was just as confused as Gabe. I didn't know where they knew each other from, they spoke like they were pals. Perhaps, I was the one not noticing.Gabe took my hands and led me to the car. I kept thinking, what brought Mr. Bryan back? He appeared before Gabe and he was de
Gabriel POV We ate on the sheets like she had planned. I was surprised to see Danielle okay with her kids so openly, she was always conscious of being seen with the kids in public. She got over it and accepted it. That was how it should have been in the beginning. I watched her in her pink dress and how the wind blew her dress and hair, making her look like a Goddess. Her gray eyes made it hard for her to look human. But something just couldn't get off my head and it was Bryan. I saw the way he looked at her at the seminar hall. I remembered the way he grabbed her and pulled her into his embrace. We were men, it's easy to see…but I hope I am wrong. "So you are going to be seeing your boss often?" I asked her as she came back to sit with me. She tucked her hair behind her ears severally due to the wind. "I wasn't expecting that question but I'll give you free details. My boss has a bit of a brain tumor. He hates everyone around him. He doesn't hate them but he sticks to whatever he
Gabriel POV After searching around the school, I decided to take a look at the poolside. It was the only place left that I hadn't checked. Entering the indoor pool, I found her in it. I let out a big sigh. I never knew she was a good swimmer. I sat on the bench and watched as she dived in and around the pool. She made swimming look easy but I knew better. The first time I tried to swim was the last time I attempted. It felt as if the water was going to swallow me up. Even though I was on the shallow side, I still felt inside and eventually lost my balance. I drank a lot of chlorine water. I wonder what she is thinking, swimming here alone, what if something happens? How would she call for help? I waited till she came up and grabbed her robe. She didn't notice me until she turned around and flinched. "Saints! You are so creepy. You almost had me slipping," she said and tied her robe. She took off her swim cap and glasses. The light in the room reflected on her body, making her loo
Gabriel POV I was caught by surprise. "Well, say something," Danielle said. "Wow." "Something original." "You taste like Certs." She kissed me again. "Spearmint flavored. I think I'm hooked on the darn things." I rolled to my side. I could see she was highly amused by my nervousness. I had never seen this part of her before and how she switched so fast after coming back from school… "I'm lousy at this part," I said. "In other words, you'd rather skip the chitchat and get to the fucking." I felt my cheeks get hot. "That's not what—" "I'm teasing." I sat up quickly. She was too much. "Gabe, you are sweet for being there for me today. Not that I needed you, but sweet. I figured you deserve a smooch." "It was…very nice." "But I'm going to get into more trouble which will get you too hooked. Here's what you'd do now: get into your car and take the first flight back home. Back to your family, back to your life. You've done more than enough for me." "No way." "Look, I'll be
Danielle's POV After kissing Gabriel as a sign of gratitude, the only sign I knew I could use to please him enough, we spent the rest of the night in each other's arms, telling ourselves our past lives and stories. I explained how I was told all the stories of my Father leaving and my mom also abandoning me with my Gramps. To be candid, I have more reasons not to look for her anymore. Gabe told me about his college and high school and how they were trained like soldiers. He said that was the reason why he was that tall and we'll build. A school for men alone, what would that look like? We finished off my reading a book to my babies even while they were asleep. Gabe slept first, leaving me with my thoughts once more. For a minute, I could almost feel Clara drifting back to who she was. Something was wrong with her and I wanted to know what it was. No matter how much I lie to myself that I do not care about her, deep down, I know the truth. The truth is that I wanted her back. I wa
BRYAN POV Danielle Arnold wasn't the typical girl you'll see around playing with their lives and times. She was someone who took her job seriously, I knew that from the very first day she arrived. The way she dressed, talked…everything was intact. I glanced at the characters she sent to my computer once more. I told her to make one, yet she made five for me to choose from. The idea is that, naturally, it takes my employees more than a month to finish up a character. I wonder how she made five in one month. Her smile was equivalent to the smile of the characters she submitted. As expected, they all had gray eyes. I sent the characters to the operating team. All they had to do was fix the character in the game. The robotics company would know what to do with the rest. After one week, Jack came to my office with the daily report. "Sir. It's a jackpot." I slammed the pen with me on the table and stood up. "Finally. I'm preparing for lunch. It has to be a very big occasion. This is
Danielle POV The launch of the new game took place in the company's biggest hall on the ground floor. I didn't know it existed until that day. Mr. Bryan made me dress like a chairwoman, making me do things I didn't intend to do. He told me the lunch was mostly in my favor. The partnering company was present in a very large number, perhaps they brought all their employees to the party. Gabriel was present too, he insisted that he would come to watch me speak on the stage. I was to give a stage presentation and talk about what the new game was all about. I ignored all the murmurs from other employees, most of them weren't so cool about me being the one to talk about the game. I heard some of them saying that I was a new person in the company and that I hadn't even started working there when they started with the game. They all had a point, I wasn't a worthy person to talk about the game, all I did was provide the last missing piece. I plan to talk to Mr. Bryan about it after lunc
Danielle's POV Four years later. The weather this morning wasn't cool. I wondered if the sun would still rise. Everywhere was dark, the clouds shed tears all night till the morning. Gabriel made coffee and sandwiches. I put on my thickest cardigan and wrapped the babies as if it were freezing outside. I finished up with school, and Clara and Isabelle were absent from it. I could only think of one thing, they must have gone with Mr. Bryan to wherever he went. I think he said he was going to Singapore. Over the last few months, I have been doing a very good job in the company. All the employees loved me, I treated them well. Every weekend, I send a weekly report to Mr Bryan through his mail. Linda had been of great help too. I thought she was one of those ladies who get jealous of other girls. Technically speaking, she looked like one of those girls, but the blonde had been acting so nice and clingy. She said she was happy to have been my friend from the first time I arrived. Who