Darcy began work again at the company a week later and she had to walk across the factory the first thing in the morning with time to spare and mixed feelings in her heart. She knew what it was going to cost her to walk calmly through the gates of the factory and climb the wooden stairs of the office at the far end of the building and even out there in the open her heart all but failed her at the sight of the factory with its tall stack standing out against the sky. It would be so easy to turn back, to say that she had changed her mind and she knew that it wouldn't be easy, not for Darcy Fletcher. Pride would force her to go on to keep the promise she had made to Gail. It was easier working at the office but when it came to watching the people work in the factory she had a nostalgic feeling. Although she reminded him she was a temporary arrangement the bond she had for her family legacy had to be kept in her subconscious and not let it out. Despite that, her heart was thudding heavi
"They looked like an eyesore you can't even see anything beyond it the beauty is gone,” she told him turning back to the window. “They can be seen everywhere, you know once this valley was a beauty spot and we tried to keep it that way but now you're spoiling it by destroying it and taking away its peace.”Gale caught her by the shoulders turning her to face him and for a moment she thought that he was about to kiss her again and he might have done it but she looked at him defensily and she could hear him sigh.“Darcy you don’t understand if I hadn’t put the wall there I couldn’t bring changes to this company if there is no privacy then the other companies would easily know what we are doing and what kind of product we are launching you are too wrapped up in the past, bound by pride to admit that even a stranger could do for the mill what your family has failed to do along these years. You can't just go on with the old traditional method. I am not giving up the old methods but I am i
After everyone arrived Shelly was busy introducing everyone so that they could feel comfortable but Darcy could see that all her attention was on the Harris siblings. “Well it seems, we are just going to be side props for today’s party!” Kay whispered. Darcy couldn’t help but smile at Kay’s observation as she had always been very sharp and that is they were comfortable with each other. “In that case, we better find a corner and enjoy the entertainment,” Darcy suggested. “But don’t you want to go into the pool? The weather is very pleasant, I don’t mind going for a dip.” Kay asked. “Well, in that case, you should because I don’t have my swimming suit and I would rather slack than get wet,” Darcy said feeling very annoyed with herself that she had gotten herself in a situation where she couldn’t even run away or she would look like a coward. “Then Darcy today is your lucky day, I have brought two swimsuits as I wasn’t sure of which one to wear and it's brand new so you need not th
But when she tried to open her eyes after relaxing her muscles, her legs were pulled down and she was taken deep inside the water. She sucked in a long breath through her nose as she was pulled downward slowly and she was filled with fear, trying to sublimate the jitters in her body she tried to push her attacker only to be pulled on to something hard. Although they were not too deep and Darcy was an excellent swimmer she couldn’t help but feel panic arise but as soon as she had made up her mind to attack her intruder a strong hand had clasped over her neck and the next thing she knew was her lip were attacked mercilessly. She opened her eyes just as felt the familiar lips on her and looked at the person who was shamelessly kissing her and couldn’t help but sigh in relief. She opened her mouth to protest but his tongue got the access it wanted and started kissing her sensuously. That’s when she felt him very close to her, just a barest of touch. His finger was warm and a little rou
“Mr. Harris…..” Darcy spoke hesitantly. “Come on now Darcy why are you back to being formal again, can you not do that, after all, you are now my fiancé and it is natural to call each other endearingly.” Gale’s tone was teasing and Darcy couldn’t help but feel embarrassed. “Hey I am not your fiancée.” Darcy retorted. “No matter what you say, the press won’t agree, so we are engaged and that’s the end of the story till everything is under control,” Gale said flatly. “But what will our families think when they know about this arrangement?” Darcy couldn’t help but worry. “I will explain the situation to them so you need not worry,” Gale said very calmly. Darcy could not help but get annoyed with his chilled-out behaviour like getting engaged is very normal. But she couldn’t argue with him so she chose to get out of the car and leave but once she was out of the car she remembered the embarrassing situation at Shelly’s house and pointed her finger towards him.“You! Why did you pull
Darcy went to the factory the next day with a feeling of anticipation in her heart. After she had worked for half a day she took a break and decided to visit Gale at his office as she had to inform him about her absence. Gale was in his office thankfully when she arrived and was informed by his assistant very excitedly. As soon as she entered the office he came through the outer room which her dad had built to view the ongoing daily tasks done at the factory. “Well, Darcy I wasn’t expecting you here today. What a surprise! Did you miss me that bad ….” He exclaimed aloud not hiding the tinge of amusement in his voice. “I need to ask you a favour.” She told him. “And no I did not miss you at all.” She rolled her eyes at him for trying to be funny. “Favor? From me…Wow, that’s new. Tell me Darcy what I can do for you.” He asked and gestured her to sit as he sat down in his chair. Darcy took out a formal letter for leave of absence and stretched it out towards Gale, who snatched it f
A day before her departure to Paris Darcy had driven her car into the parking of the villa and observed the black Bentley standing with might and glory in her parking space and she couldn’t help but sigh. Just when she thought she had safely avoided him and decided not to listen to any of his opinions about her leave of absence, he had barged into her house what an irony! She parked her car in a different spot and after locking her car she started walking inside she could hear people laughing and talking aloud. It did not take Darcy to guess that senior Harris was back and she could hear her father’s genuine laughter after a long time. She hesitated to go inside and stood there for a few minutes enjoying the fresh air. She composed herself trying not to show how nervous she was for the fear of meeting Gale. “Darcy Surprise!” Rachael exclaimed loudly from where she was seated as Darcy observed she still had the bandage on her leg. “Do you like the surprise ?” “Hey Rachael, finall
Was she ready? She wanted to ….. But what exactly did she want? Darcy for a moment wanted to forget about everything and be with Gale as emotionally she had been drained out and Gale who was bossy and dominating was creeping into her life like a storm, shaking the entire wall she had built around herself. She knew that she would regret it later if she didn’t kiss him as his gaze roamed around her body leisurely seducing her but before she took the initiative Gale cupped her cheeks in his big warm hand and pulled her closer, she leaned across the gap and met him halfway. His mouth collided with hers, hot, hard and hungry. He was in full control as his tongue penetrated her lips and tangled with hers, stroking sucking and unravelling her mouth. She knew she was going overboard with what was happening and debated breaking away because no matter how she dissected it, after a few short hours, she did not like him at all and wanted to stay far away from him. And just a few days did n
"You once said.......,” she repeated determinedly, “that I would never admit love till it became the dominant emotion in my life, outgrowing everything else. She raised misty eyes to his and the shining quality behind her tears could be mistaken. “It’s like that now, Gale,” she said. “I love you. If you want to go back to Ireland or Paris wherever you go take me with you!”" “We can go to Ireland, Cannes, Paris or any part of the world but on our honeymoon,” he told her. She pressed her face hard against the roughness of his coat, ashamed of those days when her love had not been as sure as his. After all, Darcy lived in a happy dream where her family and her family business were still precious but not the centre of her universe. There had always been other interests in her life, of course, and her family might have been something of an obsession, but now she saw herself lucky enough to possess so many things the greatest of which was love. Gale wrapped his arms around her and captu
“Well the party was in full swing and I happened to take pictures of the beautiful gowns worn by the celebrities and models to show to my designers so that they could get some inspiration but all of a sudden an angry female who was wearing the most beautiful mask was looking at me angrily as I was about to click her picture and for a moment I was distracted by her beautiful sparkling eyes and forgot to take her picture. “You, what do you think you are doing?” She spoke angrily and she pointed her fingers at me. Darcy who was listening to his narrative was somehow shaken to the core and she tried to think about the time three years back when she had participated in the backstage party wearing her winning mask and said the same thing to the masked guy who was looking at her intently. She looked at Gale in confusion but Gale chose to ignore her and continued. “I was too busy looking at her and was amused at her outburst, she was so feisty and even with the mask she looked like a diva.
Rachael came to the office in search of Louis that afternoon and Darcy thought that she looked unhappy, in spite of the fact that her romance with Louis was spreading like wildfire all around Michigan. She was running after Louis like a woman head over heels for him and Louis being an extrovert was trying hard to give his best to the only women who would scold and love him at the same time but the most important part was she never judged him for what he had done in the past and accepted him with his flaws making it utterly impossible for Louis to resist her and fall madly in love with her. Darcy,” she exclaimed, “why are people so difficult? Especially the people one loves most!” “Because you can’t let go of loving them, I suppose. Other people don’t count so much. Can I help you with anything Rachael?” She thought that the trouble with her little brother was over ages ago and she had already decided that Rachael could manage Louis better than her and she had shown by her actions i
Darcy did not know what to think. “Louis,” she begged, “don’t say anything about this just now. It might only worry Mrs Harris needlessly. Let's leave it till Gale can deal with it himself." “Which I don’t think will be very long,” Louis said as the old guard came down the stairs. “He’s had a miraculous escape, hope he recovers fast.” Gale”s recovery took longer than they expected. It was two weeks before he was up and about again and a full month before he went back to the mill. In these days Louis became his constant companion, carrying his orders to the company and generally supervising the working of the factory during his absence. In the circumstances. Louis thought Darcy should stay at the office to help. It was a strange thing, but Louis never mentioned the break-in at the office again. The lock was repaired on the assumption that the CEO had forced the door, and that was that, but Darcy felt that there had been a note of satisfaction in her brother’s voice when he had info
“Dr James?” she asked when she finally got through. “Can you come to our company at once?” She was amazed at the calmness of her voice while her heart thumped so hard in the stillness. “There’s been an accident. It’s Mr Harris. He seems to have fallen down the stairs and can’t move his leg.” Her voice trailed off and no further words of explanation would come. She heard the doctor’s answer as if it came from some immeasurable distance, but she knew that he had assured her that he would be there as soon as he could with the ambulance. She did not think that Gale was going to die, nor did she tell herself that he might be seriously injured, crippled perhaps for life. She felt numbed, but conscious, too, of having achieved something, a kind of victory which love could accept. If it was even the victory over her old bitterness, she believed that it would be enough. When the doctor arrived she was waiting beside the curiously wrapped figure on the ground, and the doctor and his help gave
“The debt is high,” Victor growled. “You never be able to pay such a huge amount of debt after what your sister has done. If only you two had done more for the company, things might have been a lot different.” The remark was hardly justified and Melvin knew it. Victor had never really considered them and his generosity with money had been largely to satisfy his ego. A show of affluence had always pleased him and it raised his prestige in Michigan. He had been quite never satisfied with his Money and he firmly believed, money was the only power, and it had been a great shock to him to find himself virtually without it. Melvin knew all these things about his father and he also knew that Victor had realised that signing the contract to sell his company had been foolish of him. Melvin had tried to retrieve it by directly approaching Gale without any success, so there was only one other way for it. He knew enough about the factory and had laid his plans carefully, and when he walked down
And that's what happened, Amy Whiteman was just his girlfriend in name so no one questioned her after the incident and before the matter could be escalated any further she had already escaped abroad. When she found out that Louis had gone abroad, Amy wasn’t happy as she knew Louis was smart and would do something to stand on his feet. But Shelly was still in Michigan and as she met Darcy regularly she knew about Louis’ whereabouts through her. So when Darcy had told her one day that Louis was in Budapest, she hired an investigator to investigate his whereabouts but somehow Louis came to know about it and escaped. After that Louis was very secretive about his whereabouts and Darcy hardly knew where he was but finally, she was able to take out information from Darcy about his whereabouts and she informed Amy Whiteman about it. Amy told them that she loved money and she knew that Louis was earning well working in the sculpture factory so she found out his whereabouts and start
But as soon as I turned fifteen everything changed as I had a huge crush on Maria remember the girl who had come in between the semesters to our school. She was so innocent that I fell head over heels for her and I knew that I could not continue being with Shelly any more. Although Shelly pleasured my body very well. I couldn’t continue doing whatever I had with her as she was older than me and was dating a lot of guys behind my back. I felt cheated and disgusted so I had already decided to stay away from her but when I met Maria I fell in love with her and we started dating secretly I avoided Shelly for a year till I turned sixteen and lost my virginity to Maria. I was very happy to have a secret girlfriend as Maria had troubles at home and did not want anyone to know about our relationship. We continued to enjoy each other’s company and for the first time, I felt so comfortable with her. But soon Shelly caught us right-handed in the locker room and made it impossible for Maria
“All of you wait and watch I will sue you for harassing me without any proof.” She shouted angrily. “Oh …so pointing a gun at us wearing a mask and trying to kill us is not a crime? Right, that's what you think.” Rachel spoke confidently pointing her fingers at Shelly. “Shut up you little bitch, I was just playing around trying to make you scared. I wasn’t planning to kill you at all. Why are you assuming things? Gale your sister has gone mad.” Shelly tried to defend herself shamelessly by mocking Rachel. But Rachel wasn’t listening as she had seen the truth right in front of her, she was so angered by Shelley’s declaration that she came forward and gave her a tight slap. Gale knew her sister was short-tempered so he came forward and pulled Rachel back towards him.“It’s OK Rachel calm down. We know what she has done and nothing she says will prevent her from going to jail.” The police chief who was listening to all the conversation going on between them finally spok