Daniel took the coat with one hand and handed a set of keys to her. “This is the key to the new car.”There was a cute little bear with a blue bow as a keychain.Arabella smiled and put the keys back into her bag. After he put on his coat, she held his arm. Daniel turned to look at her in surprise with raised eyebrows.“Everyone else has left.”No wonder she was so direct today. Daniel didn’t comment and walked out of the office with her after taking the private elevator in the president’s office to the lobby.As soon as they came out of the elevator, she let go of his arm and deliberately slowed down her pace, falling a few steps behind him.Caleb took the staff elevator to the basement parking lot while Daniel and Arabella waited in the lobby for two minutes before Caleb drove the car over.Caleb got out of the car and Daniel got in the driver’s seat. Then, Caleb walked to the other side and opened the front passenger seat door for Arabella who got in. Before Caleb closed the door,
Arabella turned sideways and looked at the man who was driving quietly. She carefully asked, “Are you angry?”Daniel looked at her in confusion. Seeing the fear on her face, he understood what she meant.He reached out and patted her head. “No, I was on a call.”Arabella was a smart person, so she did not ask who was the one who made him unhappy. Just as she was letting her imagination run wild, Daniel suddenly said, “The people who can make me angry are people with a certain amount of weight. Julian Hall is just an insignificant person.”She smiled and casually asked, “Then the person who called you and made you feel bad must be someone with some weight, right?”Daniel looked at her from the corner of his eyes with his dark pupils. His well-defined fingers gently tapped on the steering wheel rhythmically.“Ara, you’re my wife,” said he calmly. “If you have anything to say, you can ask me. I don’t like this kind of distrust.”Arabella’s expression froze slightly, but she quickly conce
Arabella noticed his unusual behavior and glanced at Daniel before looking at Serenity in confusion.Serenity held onto the pale-faced John and looked at him worriedly. “Do you want to rest for a while?”However, ever since Arabella confirmed she was pregnant, John’s world seemed to have entered darkness. He could no longer hear what others were saying. A black fog enveloped him from all directions. He was trapped inside and could no longer walk out.His ears buzzed. He saw Serenity’s lips opening and closing, but he couldn’t hear what she was saying.Arabella glanced at his pale face and asked Serenity, “What happened to him?”Serenity knew why John was so dejected, but because Daniel was around, she could not say it out loud. “He’s probably too sad and tired.”John and Zach did not have a good father-son relationship, and Arabella knew that. Serenity’s words could fool others but not her. However, the last sentence might be true.“Brother-in-law, you should rest more if you’re tired
Before she reached the door, Daniel quickly followed her out.’Tll go down with you.”The two went downstairs. Arabella went to the kitchen to help Mrs. Winstead while Daniel watched television in the living room.The doorbell rang and Daniel went to open the door. When he saw the person standing outside, he gently said, “Why are you here?”The woman standing outside the door was in her forties. Her skin was well maintained, her black hair was tied up, and her dark green coat made her look elegant. “I came to see you.”Daniel let go of the doorknob and walked towards the sofa. The middle-aged woman followed behind him.Arabella came out of the kitchen with the dishes and was slightly stunned when she saw the middle-aged woman standing in the living room.Upon seeing her appearance, the middle-aged woman was also stunned for a moment. She looked at Daniel and said, “Daniel, she is…”“Arabella, my wife,” said Daniel calmly.Julia Silver looked at him in shock, then at Arabella. Her eyes
When Daniel did not speak for a long time, Julia could not hold it in anymore. “Linda and I happened to pass by the company, so we came up to see you.“This is Mrs. Ruth’s daughter, Linda.” She pulled Linda forward to introduce her to Daniel.Linda lowered her head slightly and stole a glance at the man behind the desk. The heater in the office was turned on, so he was only wearing a white shirt. His nose was high and sharp and his face was cold yet bright. Daniel was truly an unbelievably handsome man.Julia placed a hand on her waist to give her a sign. Linda stopped imagining things and greeted Daniel openly. “Hello, President Garcia. I’m Linda. Do you still remember me?”Daniel looked at her calmly and the corners of his lips suddenly curled up.Linda felt extremely happy at the sight of his smile. “Madam Garcia and I must have disturbed your work today. Please don’t be angry.”The consideration in her tone made it seem like she was very sensible and Julia’s impression of her incr
After work, Daniel had a dinner party to attend. Since Arabella was pregnant, it was not appropriate for her to go to places where alcohol and tobacco were mixed, so she went home.Mrs. Winstead saw that Arabella had returned early and guessed that she had not eaten yet. “Young Madam, please rest for a while. Dinner will be ready soon.”Arabella unbuttoned her coat as she walked upstairs. “There’s no rush. Take your time. I’ll take a shower first.”Ten minutes later, she came downstairs, fresh after her shower. Mrs. Winstead had placed the dishes on the table by then. No matter how sumptuous the food was, Arabella still did not have much appetite when she ate alone. Moreover, she had been vomiting recently.After dinner, Mrs. Winstead was washing the dishes in the kitchen while Arabella sat cross-legged on the sofa and watched TV. The doorbell rang and Arabella looked at the clock on the wall. It was not even eight o’clock. Was Daniel done so quickly?She walked over to open the door
Arabella and Mrs. Winstead were watching television in the living room when they heard a sound coming from the entrance. They turned around and saw Daniel. They went up to him with a smile and Arabella said, “You’re back so early.”Usually, there would be other activities after the meal, so she had expected him back around ten o’clock at the latest. Now, it was not even 930 p.m. yet.Daniel took off his suit jacket and Arabella took it to hang it up for him. She leaned closer to him and sniffed his shirt. The smell of alcohol was not strong. It seemed like he did not drink much.Daniel could not help but laugh when he saw her behavior. “I’m afraid of sleeping in the guest room, so I didn’t dare to drink too much.”Arabella scoffed. “The weather has been cold recently and the blankets are thin so, it’s right for you to have this awareness.”Arabella was very beautiful when she smiled. Her pupils were black and clear, like the clear autumn sky.He touched her cheek. He had just returned
Since he was about to lose, Benjamin heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Arabella’s words. No matter what, he was still an elder. How could he lose face in front of a junior? Hence, he said, “Since that’s the case, let’s go eat.”Daniel knew what he was thinking but he kept it to himself and simply smiled in agreement. The three walked out of the chess room. Coincidentally, John came back from outside with a pomegranate in his hand.She had just said that she had gone to pick pomegranates. Now that John had also returned with a pomegranate, what would others think?Serenity was playing with Eva Grant so she didn’t notice this.Helena’s expression turned ugly for a moment and Benjamin Rivera glared coldly at Arabella, the warning in his eyes obvious.Arabella looked at Daniel next to her. There was nothing unusual about his warm and indifferent face but he could sense her uneasiness so he wrapped an arm around her shoulder and led her to the dining table.John didn’t seem to feel the
“Yeah, it was quite entertaining,” said Jack, stretching out his hand, with two 500 bank notes that Daniel had earned with ten minutes of work.He had to walk up to Jack to pull them out of his hand, which was the pinnacle of this experience. “Did you pull up here just for this?” he groaned and pushed the money into his pocket.“No, I still want my car washed,” said Jack, putting his hands into his pockets, on both sides of the bulge in his pants. He smelled of arousal, and all of a sudden, handsome Daniel could tell.“Sure, why not. Why not watch how badly I did, huh?” Daniel walked back to the buckets, trying to ignore the burning shame. “‘Look at me, I used to be the school loser and now I’ve got a Jag’,” he muttered and dipped the large sponge in the soapy water.Jack sighed. “You must really hate it, don’t you?”Daniel’s pulse sped up, and he could feel the vein bulging out on his neck. Even the orgasm he’d just had couldn’t soothe his nerves when Jack rubbed his success into Dan
Jack Ramirez POV “Daniel Garcia, am I right? The basketball star?”Daniel gave him a crooked smile. Daniel Garcia, the basketball star. That did sound nice. Too bad it wasn’t school anymore, and you couldn’t live off being a mediocre basketball player. He’d been good in school, just not good enough for a scholarship.But Daniel had to focus on the problem at hand. He couldn’t link those tantalizing eyes to a name at all. “Yeah, long time ago,” he said and held out his hand to the guy, hoping the driver would save him from his misery and introduce himself. He didn’t even take the hand Daniel Garcia offered.“Do you know who I am?” he asked with a small smile.Daniel crooked his head to the side and rubbed his hand against his sweaty stomach as if he’d never held it out. This was getting truly annoying. “Not really, no.” He shrugged, trying to keep his cool even though goosebumps of shame were crawling up his back. A motherfucker he was supposed to know from school pulled up in a sport
Daniel Garcia POVThe heat made Daniel Garcia boil in his uniform, so even though his boss had told him not to, he pushed the top of his coveralls down to his hips. Daniel was pretty sure the old pig was just jealous that his employee looked so much hotter than him. Not to mention both Manny’s wife and their daughter, Kiara Ramos, were making eyes at Daniel Garcia, which couldn’t be going down all that well with the guy. Manny Ramos probably only kept Daniel on because he couldn’t find anyone else who’d do the job for the slave wages he was willing to offer and live in the ancient motel by the gas station as well.Daniel carried a crate of beer into the small convenience store where Manny Ramos sat behind the counter, sweating, farting, watching TV, and fanning himself with a newspaper. Without a word, Daniel made his way toward the fridge to stack it full of beer. When he left home three years ago, he never thought he’d end up working at a shabby gas station in a deserted place, in a
Xander Reyes POVXander looked at this Daniel, so gorgeous, pretty, hard, and needy. It was one of the easiest assignments he’d ever had. His bright hazel eyes were heavy with lust, and then sooty black lashes swept Daniel's face as he shut his eyes tight. Xander didn’t kiss on jobs like this, ever, nor did any of his clients ever get to know his real name. But right now, seeing Daniel’s lips parted in a moan, his name repeated over and over, it was all he could do not to bite down on Daniel’s plump lower lip and then lick his way into that appealing open mouth. Groaning, he pulled himself back, he needed to get his head back in the game, and he wasn’t going to expose his vulnerability like that. He focused back on what he was doing, turning Daniel into a pile of sobbing need in his arms. "Want to suck me?" Xander asked, low and insistent. "Want me to force you to your knees, and make you suck me until I come all over your skin, rub it in… make you beg for me?"Xander felt Daniel push
Daniel Garcia Past LifeDaniel Garcia lived his own life far from his brother after they separated from their parents. He tried so damn hard to be a good straight husband. The life he chose meant so much to him. He experienced the ultimate sin which made him aware of the remnants of his past. Together with his brother, he approached the only sparkling desire that he thought to be the answer to his dream. Daniel wanted a family of his own, but, fate was unkind to him.It may have been the alcohol or the high of knowing tomorrow he’d be closer to changing his life, but tonight, worse the wear for the beers he had downed in quick succession on an empty stomach, meant that for once, he wanted to be himself. So he stood here, in a gay bar on what the cab driver said was the wrong side of town. The bar had shadowed corners and the smell of sex in the air—he watched.He watched the man at the bar; saw him leaning back, veiled eyes scanning the heaving late-night crowd. He stood in sinfully
Arabella put her cutlery down too and indifferently said, “He just doesn’t want to see me. So no matter how much you cook, you won’t persuade him otherwise.”‘Didn’t you say that you didn’t want to see me? Why did you come back then?’She remembered every single word he said yesterday which lingered like thorns in her heart.Daniel’s expression turned colder when he heard her words. He walked away to pick up the car keys on the coffee table and grabbed his coat at the entrance.He must have used too much force because the hanger shook twice and almost fell to the ground.Daniel walked out and not long after, the sound of a car engine came from outside.Mrs. Winstead walked to the living room and saw Daniel driving away. She returned to the dining room with a gloomy expression. “Young Madam…”After Daniel left, Arabella lost her appetite so she stood up and walked towards the stairs.Mrs. Winstead looked on and sighed heavily. When Young Master had not been coming back over the past fe
He got up and walked towards the stairs. She followed closely behind him and the two headed up to the second floor one after another. When they reached the bedroom door, Daniel did not stop, continuing to walk towards the study room.Arabella grabbed his sleeve again and Daniel stopped in his tracks. He turned around to look at her expressionlessly.“What are you angry about?” She looked up and met his dark eyes.He looked back at her innocent eyes and the words that he wanted to ask became stuck in his throat. “Nothing,” said he calmly.“How can it be ‘nothing’? You haven’t been home for half a month.” Afraid he would shake her off, she tightened her grip on his sleeve which started to wrinkle.“It was a business trip,” said he curtly.“What about before the business trip? Furthermore, Caleb told me that it has been a few days since you returned from your business trip.”Well, the part about Caleb telling her so was a lie. But she felt no guilt implicating Daniel’s assistant since Ca
Arabella had been waiting in the parking lot of Zephyr Group since 4 p.m.Afraid that she would be seen by her colleagues, she chose to hide in an inconspicuous corner while keeping her eyes on Daniel’s car.One hour, two hours, three hours passed, but Daniel still did not appear.The sky gradually darkened and the lights in the parking lot were a little dim, making the place gloomy and cold.She wrapped her coat tightly around her body and crouched as if to curl herself into a ball. Since she stayed in that position for quite some time, her legs started to feel a little numb. She decided to stand and walk a few steps to return blood flow to her legs. After stretching for a while, she resumed her crouched position.With the night approaching, the cold in the dim parking lot grew heavier – Arabella started to shiver. She wanted to go home in a huff, but she was also unwilling to do so without having confronted Daniel.What right did he have to treat her like this?Even if he was angry,
When it was the day of the pregnancy checkup, Daniel had not returned from the business trip. She was already expecting to go to the hospital alone only to find someone else in the living room when she came downstairs.“Why are you here?” She looked at Francesca in surprise.“Young Madam, President Garcia asked me to accompany you to the hospital,” said Francesca gently.It seemed that he still remembered the date. Arabella nodded. “Let’s go.”Mrs. Winstead noticed how thin the clothes Arabella was wearing so the former handed the latter a red coat on the hanger at the entrance.How could Arabella refuse Mrs. Winstead’s kind intentions? The former took off her jacket and put on the coat. Then, Arabella grabbed her bag and left the living room with Francesca following behind her.Because Francesca had made an appointment in advance, they went straight to the hospital for the checkup. After a series of examinations, the doctor said, “The child is very healthy. It’s just that you must ha