chapter 4 She Is an Outsider

She walked towards Serenity and looked at the child in her embrace.

Eva Grant’s skin was snowy white and tender like a doll’s. Her pinkish cheeks were chubby, and her black eyes were round. She looked very cute.

The mist under her eyes gradually disappeared as she reached out and touched the child’s cheeks. It was smooth like an egg with the shell removed, and so chubby.

This was his daughter, Eva Grant.

By giving his child the name Eva Grant, did it mean that Serenity and the child were his one and only?

John suddenly spoke. “The name is not derived from ever. We just thought it’d be a pretty nickname for Evangeline.”

She froze and bitterly smiled. Regardless of which name it was, it could not change the current outcome.

He had a wife and a child whose name was Eva Grant. This replaced the daughter they had once imagined together.

Arabella realized that Serenity was not herself, yet she could not be bothered with her as she said in a frantic tone, “John, Eva is having a stomachache.”

John stood up and quickly walked closer before glancing at the child in her embrace. Then, he walked to the coffee table and took the key from it. “Let’s go to the hospital.”

Arabella instinctively wanted to follow them but stopped after walking two steps.

The person in his embrace was his wife with their daughter. Why was she going with them?

As she stared at the pair’s retreating figures, she bit down on her lips and tightly clenched her two hands, which were at her sides, together while a faint bloody taste dispersed in her mouth.

The Deluxe Hotel was Andalas’s biggest hotel. It had a luxurious hall, and the passageway was spread with a purple-colored flowery mat. The ceiling had a chandelier that looked like a blooming white lotus. It was beautiful and sparkly.

Ding!’ The lift door opened, and Arabella walked out of the lift.

She was wearing a white dress today, paired with beige-colored high heels. She was fair and looked calm, while her figure was slim.

When she walked out of the lift, she proceeded directly to the president’s suite. Before she came, she had heard that Daniel Garcia had a long-term suite at the Deluxe Hotel, which was used by him and his lover.

To put it in simpler terms, the so-called tryst was sex.

Arabella raised her hand and was about to knock on the door when the room’s door was pulled open by someone inside. A crying woman with disheveled clothes took her bag and rushed out of the room.

Every three months, Daniel would change his lover. He had just broken up with his ex, and now this woman… was not successful in her seduction?

She pushed the half-open door and walked in. She became nervous in an instant as she scanned the room. There was no one in the room, and she heard the sound of someone showering drifting from the bathroom.

She threw her handbag onto the sofa. After a while, the bathroom door was pulled open by someone.

She heard the noise and turned her head towards him. The man’s strong figure entered her sight. His handsome face was flushed red due to the hot air. His black hair was wet, and beads of water dripped down the ends, looking crystal clear under the light.

The man’s honey-colored chest looked sexy as beads of water from his hair ends dripped down to his chest before slowly flowing down to the towel wrapped around his waist.

This man was even more handsome than celebrities.

Daniel saw that the room was suddenly filled with one more person and furrowed his brows with an irritated look. “Get out.”

Arabella’s cheeks were a little red, and she coughed slightly to hide away her discomfort.

This man was too handsome.

When the heavens created humans, they gave him preferential treatment.

She took a deep breath and made her purpose clear. “President Garcia, I am here to apply to be your next lover.”

You Look Very Handsome

She was a timid girl, and such words were difficult for her to say. After she finished saying those words, her fresh face turned slightly red. Under the light, it brought out vivid beauty.

Her skin was very good while her fair face was as smooth as silk and tender like a baby’s. It was as though her skin would break with a touch. It was pure and beautiful.

Daniel squinted and sized her up before his thin lips curled with a hint of sarcasm. “I won’t take just any woman who takes the initiative to be my girlfriend.”

Arabella was embarrassed, and her white cheeks were tinted red. This made her look even more charming while her clear eyes were especially bright and pure.

She gently bit down on her lips and gathered her courage to hug his waist, yet she did not dare to plaster herself on him.

She raised her head and stared into his eyes. “Can you take a look at me, then?”

“Are you short of money?” His eyes had a hint of mockery as he glanced at her smooth arms, which were circled around his waist.

“You are very handsome, so being your woman is not disadvantageous.” She smiled, her black eyes shining with light under the chandelier.

Daniel coldly scoffed. “Is there anything more?”

She slightly froze before shaking her head. “No.”

Daniel had seen many women like her, but she was the first who’d said it straightforwardly.

He could not help but look at her a few more times.

Even after a long time, he did not speak, so Arabella raised her head and met his indiscernible pair of eyes before her gaze moved down and landed on his thin lips.

She tip-toed and leaned closer to him, yet she had just touched the side of his lips when she was pushed away by Daniel.

The man’s dull voice had no emotions. “Take a bath first.”

“Okay,” she replied and entered the bathroom. Then, she opened the water valve before standing under the showerhead, her heart beating fast.

She felt regret for a moment and thought she should not be so rash. She stayed in the bathroom for a long time before putting on the robe and taking a deep breath as she pulled the bathroom door open.

Daniel leaned against the head of the bed and stared at the person who walked out of the bathroom. Her exquisite face turned pinkish-red due to the mist, and the loose bathrobe exposed her delicate collarbone, which was crystal clear, clean, and flawless.

Arabella tugged on the bathrobe. The bathrobe belonged to Daniel, and on her, it was loose and big. It almost reached her foot, so she looked a little comical.

Daniel noticed her cautious effort to hold the bathrobe and furrowed his brows slightly. “If you’re regretting it, you can leave now.”

Serenity hesitated for a moment before gently biting down on her lips and walking forward. Then, she loosened the bathrobe on her.

Although she was thin, she still had a well-developed body. Her skin was as smooth as porcelain, glossy and delicate. Under the light, her skin shone with gentle radiance.

Arabella leaned forward and kissed him. She was inexperienced and knew only how to rub her lips against his. Daniel tilted his head to the side and avoided her. “Do you lack experience in this?”

Her cheeks immediately blushed red, and she wished she could bury her head into the bedsheets before she hesitantly said in a deep voice, “Yes.”

Daniel took a glance at her reddish face. As they were close to each other, he could clearly see her long and black eyelashes fluttering, which exposed her nervousness.

He was not a clean and honest person, so he would not expect the other party to be one either, but as he stared at her embarrassed look, he still was startled slightly.

Arabella slightly lowered her eyes. Even after a while had passed, he did not react. She was so embarrassed that she wanted to shrink her head into her neck.

She wanted to climb down from his body, but in the next second, he held the back of her head before pushing her face down and flipping their positions.

With a spin, Daniel held his neck in shock while her eyes had a helpless look for a moment.

The two of them had changed positions. As she stared at the handsome face on top of her, her breathing stopped.

Do You Know the Rules?

The ceiling light shrouded them and cast Daniel’s face into shadow. He asked curiously, “What is your name?”

Arabella’s face was slightly pale as she replied to him one word at a time, “Arabella Rivera.”

“Have you thought about it clearly? You can still back out right now.” Daniel was giving her one last chance.

She was a little uncomfortable. Arabella’s body gently moved, but Daniel furrowed his brows slightly and growled, “Don’t move!”

Arabella was frightened by him and dared not move. She stared blankly at him, her body tensed up.

She was overly nervous as she took a deep breath. Her slightly rushed breathing attracted a burst of quivers, and she could not speak properly. “When I came here, I had already thought about it very carefully. If not, I would not have come and looked for you.”

She’d thought about it for a few days before making this decision.

When she came here, she had the thought of backing down for a moment, but…

When she thought about how she’d already come this far, she curled her lips and mocked herself, her eyes filled with sorrow.

Daniel noticed her despondent spirit and saw the vague sorrow on her face. His heart fluttered slightly. “How much do you need?”

Arabella’s gaze stared blankly at him. “What?”

Daniel furrowed his brows with a cold expression. “How much money do you want?”

She froze momentarily as she looked at the man on top of her. His chin had a perfect, sharp edge, and she was in a daze for a moment before she came back to her senses. She gave a slight smile and said in a gentle voice, “You can decide.”

Daniel furrowed his brows.

She smiled and said in a deep voice, “The President would not be petty, so I am not afraid that you will give me less.”

She once thought that after her 20th birthday, she would give her most treasured thing to John, the man she loved the most.

Daniel glanced at her before he leaned down and kissed her.

Initially, she was in so much pain that she was going to faint. Her hands gripped the bedsheets tightly, and her knuckles turned white. The two fingernails of her right hand broke due to her grip, which tore her skin and flesh apart as well. It was painful.

In the end, she started to plead for mercy. Maybe her plea had worked and Daniel let her off as he stood up and walked to the bathroom.

She pulled the blanket beside her over her body and stared blankly at the ceiling. The chandelier was as bright as daylight and made her face look as white as a sheet of paper.

The “swooshing” sounds of water from the bathroom were especially clear in the silent room.

After a while, Daniel came out of the bathroom and entered the dressing room. When he came out, he was already dressed neatly.

He wore a royal blue dress shirt with custom-fitted dress pants, which wrapped around his slender and long legs. His handsome features looked like they were drawn on his face while his black eyes looked especially deep under the light.

Arabella had already calmed herself down. Other than her slightly reddish eyes, no one could see anything peculiar.

Daniel took out a pen and a paper before writing her a check. He put it on the nightstand with no emotions in his black eyes.

“Before you leave, leave your contact details behind. I will call you if I need you.”

He took the custom-made watch on the table and put it on. Then, he walked towards the entrance but stopped after walking two steps. He did not turn back and said with a dull tone:

“Before you came, you should have heard of my rules. Do you know what to do?”

She replied to him in a gentle voice, “I know.”

Daniel kept his women for only three months. During this period, they had to be at his beck and call and they were not allowed to find him in his company or make a ruckus there. After their three-month breakup, they were not allowed to pester him.

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