After Daniel left, she returned to her seat. The smile on her face slowly faded and she no longer had the feminine posture from before. All her pretense was removed at this moment.As she looked at the table full of dishes, she picked up her utensils again. She wouldn’t lose her taste just because someone had left so she continued eating, slowly, by herself.Once she was done, she called the waiter to pay the bill. The waiter politely said, “Miss, President Garcia told me to put it on his tab before he left.”She nodded, wiped the corner of her mouth with a napkin, picked up her bag, and left the private room.As she passed by the room Julian Hall was in, she happened to see Faye helping Calvin out.Calvin’s face was covered in bruises. The buttons on his dark purple vest over his purple shirt had been ripped off.Arabella looked past them and noticed Julian Hall was nowhere to be seen. Instead, the tables and chairs were strewn all over the floor. It looked like it had been quite an
In a private room in Golden Sands, Arabella sat quietly in a corner. The empty beverage bottle in her hand had been squeezed out of shape out of boredom.Today was the birthday of a colleague in her department. After work, the birthday boy treated them to a meal before the group came to Golden Sands to sing.The noise around her was deafening and the room was dazzling a little too much. The colorful lights were psychedelic.A waiter pushed the door open and brought them another basket of drinks.Sam was a microphone hog. At this moment, he was fighting for the microphone with a female colleague but she was a tough woman. And since Sam was a man of honor, he could not take advantage of her.In the end, Sam didn’t manage to grab the microphone. When he turned around, he saw Arabella holding a drink in her hand. He took the drink bottle from her and handed a glass of wine back to her. “How boring. Drinking is more interesting.”He picked up a cup and clinked it against hers. “Come, let’s
Just as she was at a loss, President Kolonski suddenly stepped forward and grabbed her wrist. Ignoring the fact that there were other people in the room, he threw her heavily onto the sofa and leaned on her, tearing away her clothes.She was so frightened that her face turned pale. She struggled desperately and kicked off her high heels in a panic.Despair welled up in her heart at that moment, the door to the private room opened and someone said, “President Garcia.”President Kolonski was buried in Arabella’s neck and gnawing on it when he heard the two words. He immediately stopped. Arabella heard it too and turned toward the door.The man standing at the door of the private room was dressed in a suit and leather shoes. He had one hand in his trouser pocket and his cold face was expressionless while his gaze was calm and deep.He stood tall and straight at the door of the private room, radiating with a faint sense of oppression, causing the people who were playing and watching to su
Arabella also knew that she had been in a hazardous situation tonight. Fortunately, Daniel appeared in time. “Thank you.”Daniel swiped over the screen of his phone to unlock it and indifferently said, “A verbal ‘thank you’ is too insincere. It’s best to walk the talk.”She didn’t know if she was reading too much into it, but she felt that his words had a deeper meaning. Then, her face heated up.Caleb acted as if he did not hear anything, trying to keep his focus on driving.She hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said to Caleb, “Caleb, go to the hotel.”After arriving, Arabella was about to go into the bathroom to take a shower when Daniel said with a faint smile, “Why are you so impatient?”She was speechless and her cheeks flushed red. Did she misunderstand what he meant?Daniel looked at how embarrassed she looked and his mood improved as his lips curved into a faint smile.lie turned to look at the night sky outside the window and his smile faded while his eyes da
He opened his mouth, about to say something when Arabella pushed the cake closer to him to urge him to blow out the candles quickly. “Hurry up and make a wish before the candles burn out.”Daniel gave it a thought for a moment before he said lightly, “I don’t have any.”Then, he lowered his head and blew out the candle in one breath.Arabella pouted slightly as she placed the cake on the table. How could anyone not have a wish?If it were her, she would have wished she could turn back time to before she was thirteen years old.She would have never let John Grant leave Willow Town, and she would have never returned to the Rivera family.Then, the Grant and Rivera families would not have a relationship with each other as they did today.And John and Arabella could be together for the rest of their lives.“Arabella.” Daniel’s cool voice sounded a little hoarse as he stared at her with a heavy gaze.The look he gave her was different from usual. Although it was not gentle or affectionate,
When Arabella arrived at the magazine agency, she was half an hour late. By the time she walked into her office, everyone was already bustling away with their work.As soon as she sat down and turned on the computer, Sam handed her the bag she had left at Golden Sands last night. He noticed that she was looking a little pale and asked, “Didn’t you rest well last night?”Recalling how she had been tormented by a certain someone for half of last night, her cheeks burned slightly making her expression look a little unnatural. “A little.”Sam was very curious about what had happened yesterday. Why did she suddenly leave? Not only did she not say anything to him before she did, but she also forgot to take her bag.“Did you meet an acquaintance yesterday?”She smiled and said, “I guess so.”Sam leaned against her table with a cup of black coffee in his hand, continuing to tease her, “Could it be that you saw a handsome guy last night and couldn’t hold it in, so you went to have fun?”Arabel
When Arabella returned home and stepped foot into the living room, she heard Master Samson’s authoritative voice boom. “Where did you go last night?”She was switching to her indoor slippers when she stopped and slowly looked up. Helena was watching television with Master Samson on the sofa in the living room.But Master Samson’s eyes were fixed on her instead of the screen.She changed into her slippers and replied nonchalantly, “At the hospital.”Helena saw how unhappy her father was with Arabella’s cold attitude and handed a slice of apple to him. “Dad, one of Arabella’s colleagues was hospitalized last night. She went to the hospital to accompany her.”This was the excuse Arabella had made up when she called back to the Rivera residence this morning. She did not expect Helena to not suspect anything.Still, Master Samson’s expression did not ease up. Instead, it became even colder and uglier. “Even if you were occupied, you should have at least called home to inform us. How could
They had heard Mr. Charlie address her as a ‘Miss’. Although they didn’t know who Mr. Charlie was, he was dressed in a suit and behaved calmly with experience. Moreover, he was personally received by Ms. Lewis, so his identity must be extraordinary.Arabella had only been working at the magazine agency for a month, so she did not have many things.Seeing that she was done packing, Mr. Charlie took the things from her hands and said, “Let’s go.”Sam sent them out but not before asking Arabella, “Are you going back to work at your family’s company?”Compared to Daniel’s company, she would rather return to the Rivera Group. It was better than being a puppet.She smiled and casually said. “What’s with the long face? It’s not like we won’t meet again.”Sam scratched his head and noticed that Mr. Charlie was waiting for Arabella. So, Sam didn’t say much more and simply bid her farewell.The next day, Arabella arranged for a car to send her to Zephyr Group early in the morning. On her first
“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