When she reached the main road, she took a bus back to. The hotel, but she could not remain in the hotel all day. She did not want to disappoint her father who was waiting for his son to return and she made up her mind to find Louis single-handedly after what had happened she did not want anyone life’s to be in danger. But she missed meeting him just for a week so she decided to come back again as she was sure to find out something the next day and try to find out where Louis had gone. Over her solitary, she watched the revolving doors, her heart sinking in disappointment. Each time they revealed an unknown phase, it was easy to understand why big cities were considered such lonely places. At six, she went out because she could not bear to sit watching any longer, and on the first corner, she bumped into Gale. He was alone and he gave her a searching look as they came face to face. “I have been parking the car,” He explained. “What luck did you have Darcy?” She shook her head beca
“Darcy, will you please wait for Gale to come back?” Rachael was trying her best to refrain Darcy from going to a foreign country all alone. “He said he will be back as soon as he can. And he would know exactly what to do in this kind of situation.” Rachel Harris was greatly disturbed when she heard her decision. Darcy looked down at her plate. I knew she had to make herself strong and make her own decision. “Rachel. I know you are being sweet. But I don't want to burden your brother with my troubles. He has done more than enough by buying or coming to the company when we needed the finances.” She said. “And also yesterday when he saved me from those killers, I can’t thank him enough for his help. I don't want him to be hurt because of me.”“But you have just been engaged. You're about to become my sister-in-law.” Rachel insisted helplessly. Darcy looked at Rachel with a complicated expression and said. “Rachel, I think it's time for me to tell you that your brother and I have ju
“Miss. Juan, It's nice meeting you.” Darcy extended her hand towards her and Miss. Juan shook her hand very enthusiastically.“Miss Darcy, the pleasure is all mine, Louis talks about you a lot and I have seen your picture so I know you are more beautiful under your disguise. I am sorry for this uncomfortable meeting but I asked Mr. Blair to do that for your safety because where you are going you might like it. My brother who is a very kind-hearted man is also into some shady business so the people around us are wild men.”“I understand Miss Juan but can I go and meet him,” Darcy said urgently as she could feel something was wrong looking at how she avoided her eyes when she spoke about meeting her brother.“Miss. Darcy can we sit at the park over at the bench over there where I work and talk about things so that you can have a clear idea about the situation.” Miss Juan pleaded. “And Miss. Darcy please call me Juan. I am sorry I speak Spanish and am not that fluent in English but I will
But Darcy told herself not to be judgemental and followed Juan as she walked towards the stairs but then all of a sudden they heard someone scream. Clang! Clang! "What's happening? Darcy exclaimed her body trembling in fear. It was as if someone was fighting and Juan and Darcy panicked and ran towards the source of voice only to see her Louis being beaten by two men who were looking like gangsters two were standing and watching it with smirks on their faces Louis and one more guy were trying to fight back but were no match for those bullies. Darcy did not think anything and ran towards her brother pushing the man who was beating his brother and shielding him, she hugged him tightly. “Darcy!” Juan and Louis both shouted in alarm as she ran towards Louis. Before Juan could protest further she was grabbed and held by another gangster. “It’s alright Louis I am here.” She put her arms around him and looked at the man who was beating him. “Dare you hit my brother again?” She glare
Everything, after Louis fainted, was happening in such a rush that Darcy couldn’t stop her tears from falling down her cheeks. The ambulance arrived and Darcy followed them without moving her eyes away from Louis.Gale followed behind knowing he should give her some space as she was not in the right state of mind.After the ambulance reached the hospital, Louis was taken to the emergency ward as Darcy, Gale Hunter, and Juan, who had followed them, stood outside the door.As soon as the doctor finished his examination and came outside Darcy went forward and asked.“How is my brother doing doctor?”The doctor looked up.“It looks like he has a fracture in his left hand and also due to the beating he has had his body parts have been severely damaged. I have given him an injection which soothes his pain but he has gone into deep sleep because of stress and fatigue and his body has lots of other issues. He should be awake after ten hours but we will have to do a thorough examination once
“You need not worry about her John is with her and she will be thrilled to know that she is getting extra days to do more shopping.” Gale smiled as he spoke about his sister and Darcy could see his genuine love for his sister.“But you should go to and rest. Take my keys and go to my hotel room and rest. When everything is done here I will go back and request for another room.” Darcy said and taking out the keys she tried to hand them over to him.But he refused to take it.“I will stay with you.” He said sternly.“But……..” Darcy interjected.“No buts….the police will be coming to take his statement as well as yours so I need to be here so that they don’t create any fuss. So let’s find a seat and sit first and don’t argue with me about going anywhere.” Gale said calmly without giving Darcy any chance to argue.Darcy followed Gale and sat on the comfortable lounge chair outside the ICU.Darcy was thinking how bossy this man is always making her do whatever he wants. But thinking about
“We shall see!” Juan returned. “But what about the breakfast you made for us?” Darcy asked pointing at the tiffin box.“Oh, I had forgotten about your Mr Harris and so I prepared a very plain porridge, I don’t think he will like it so I want to prepare some more food for you guys it won’t take much time,” Juan said confidently. "I am pretty fast with my cooking skills."“But it’s too much of a headache for you, Gale and I can eat at the cafeteria,” Darcy suggested not wanting to impose on them as they had already done enough for them.“I insist,” Juan spoke sternly and Darcy couldn’t object as she was being to kind.She knew Louis wouldn’t want to meet her as he was feeling awkward so she decided to go with Juan knowing that Gale had his men watching him they informed the guards and left a message for Gale to join them at Juan’s place which was like five minutes walking distance from the hospital.Juan started preparing two extra dishes for them and soon her niece and nephew arrived
"Where would you like to go for lunch, Miss Juan?” Gale asked as Juan came back down the stairs. “You look good Juan!” Darcy complimented her. In her simple floral dress which was of pastel colour, Juan looked superb. The dress was figure-hugging and it complimented her skin, she was also carrying a matching black purse. She carried herself with an air which made Darcy feel vaguely envious, and it was obvious that she was ready to impress them with her attire.“Anywhere would be fine Mr Harris as my brother would not be able to make it so it’s just three of us. “Juan said politely.“Oh, What a pity! We would have enjoyed his company.” Gale spoke as if he was disheartened but looking at his smug face Darcy knew he was pleased and wondered what was going on in his mind.Gale hailed a taxi and they were driven through the taxi pulled up at the most famous restaurant BFire by Mauro Colagreco. Spectacular sea views, celebrated chefs and visiting glitterati mean eating in Cannes can be q
"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