JESSICA'S POV.I was on my last dish when I saw Daniel walk into the room dressed in his gym clothes, and I couldn't help but feel a wave of anger wash over me when he locked eyes with me but didn't say anything as he walked to the living room with his dirty shoes still on. He stayed there for some time and when I couldn't take it anymore I made my way to him. He couldn't ignore me forever. We'd have to talk about it no matter what."Hey, Daniel," I said, trying to keep the frustration out of my voice. " Seems you didn't see me over there so I came to say hi." He looked at me with a blank expression on his face, as if he had no idea what I was talking about. I took a deep breath and tried to remain calm. His behaviour was so uncalled for and not what I needed right now."I feel like you're ignoring me. Did I do anything wrong?"I asked, trying to keep my tone balanced with professional and friendly. Daniel sighed and ran a hand through his hair. He got up from the sofa and came to
DANIEL'S POV.Jessica was in my arms in nothing but a baby tee and boxer shorts. Her scent was everywhere, I could feel her everywhere. She was breathtaking as she pulled back from my embrace and pinned my gaze with a confident and sexy smirk before she leaned down and trailed heavenly kisses down my neck and I couldn't hold back, I groaned. It was when I let it out I understood what was happening. It was a dream. A fucking dream about my maid kissing me and I'd groaned out loud like a starved man. What the actual fuck?I got up quickly and shook my head in attempt to wipe it from my memory. Where the hell had that even come from? How could I have a sexy dream about Jessica when I didn't even find her attractive? Was my mind going insane? The scene from the dream replayed in my head and I slapped myself straight I the cheek. What the hell Daniel? This couldn't happen, not after I'd warmed her about breaking the rules yesterday. This was way worse than being friendly with her, this w
JESSICA'S POV.A WEEK LATER."Jessica," Daniel called from outside while I recited my prepared lines one last time in the living room mirror. "I'm Melissa and I'm an environmentalist who loves animals, children and works for an NGO.""Jessica please!""I'm coming," I screamed, giving myself one last glance in the mirror. I walked nervously to the car, my heart pounding in my chest. Today was the day I was going to meet Daniel's father for the first time, and I wanted to make a good impression. It wasn't helping that his mum had gone for an impromptu business trip and wasn't joining us.I wore a cute pink dress that Daniel had complimented earlier, but he tried to hide his amazement when he saw me coming towards the car. From the pink flush on his cheeks as he caught my gaze I could tell he was impressed. Good job Cooper."Look who finally decided to show up,"Daniel teased immediately I shut the car doors. "Lord knows what you were doing in there.""What could I possibly have been doi
DANIEL'S POV.ONE MONTH LATER.I woke up with a huge smile on my face. I'd slept like a prince yesterday, like all the other days for the past month. Since Dad had met Jessica/Melissa he'd been the best dad ever. He restored most of my assets back, he helped so much with the company and business was doing kind of okay if I do say so myself. The only thing that was left was to seal the deal finally with the wedding. It had already been published on some business magazines that I was getting married to a small town girl and everyone was eating up that shit. So many of our business partners and friends that I knew and didn't know had reached out to congratulate and also show their interest in our company. It was actually shocking how right Dad was. People in this field only took you serious if you were settled down, which by the way sucked. It was no surprise when my phone rang minutes later, screen showing Dad. Marriage was definitely going to be the topic of today.I picked up the p
JESSICA'S POV.I stared at the gold dress in the mirror as my hands played with the gold sequins at the long sleeved hands. It was perfection, the perfect mix of sexy and decent. A small smile played on my face as I thought back to the day Daniel and I went shopping for it.That day after I agreed, Daniel made a call to a store called, Giggy Apparel and informed them we were coming. I had never been to or heard of the store before, but Daniel had assured me that it was the best place to find expensive dresses. So I didn't protest because he was the one paying anyway. As we entered the store, I was amazed by the beautiful dresses on display. The walls were lined with racks of dresses in every color imaginable and the whole place seemed like something straight out of a movie. We made our way to the back of the store, where the formal dresses were displayed and I couldn't help myself from gasping at the racks of dresses displayed at that corner. "Wow, this place is amazing," I said, l
JESSICA'S POV.I walked into the hall hand in hand with Daniel, feeling both excited and nervous. Since I had never been to a high-profile event like this before, I was eager to make a good impression on Daniel's colleagues and clients and not make it too obvious I was feeling out of place. As we made our way to our table, I couldn't help but feel a bit self-conscious in my(now that I thought of it) underdressed attire, but Daniel reassured me that I looked okay by squeezing my hand. It was like he could read my mind.After greeting some standing guests, we sat down at our table, which was filled with classy looking business professionals. Daniel introduced me to everyone, and I tried my best to remember each name. We started with small talk, discussing the weather and the latest news in the industry. Then, the waitstaff arrived with our dinner which in my opinion looked inedible. "What's up with your face?" Daniel's voice in my ear, made me jump in my seat. I looked around and saw t
DANIEL'S POV.That was it! I had to stop having dreams about Jessica. I woke up with yet another raging boner and a splitting headache which was the worst feeling ever. This time around my brain had gone so wild and conjured a fantasy of Jessica and I fooling around on my couch. In the dream Jessica had been so fucking radiant it was painful. Her dark hair cascaded down her shoulders while I kissed her neck and her lips—full, pink and delicious. How messed up was it on a scale of ten to be having dreams about your soon to be contract wife? A fucking ten I'm sure, but my brain obviously wasn't getting the memo. I got up from the bed and sprinted to the shower with a new thought in my head. How was I supposed to survive five years of marriage with this woman when I couldn't even stop dreaming about her? As I added my super expensive shampoo to my hair, my mind went to Jessica and the cheap shampoo I always smelt from her hair and a weird feeling of guilt passed through me. Next I was
JESSICA'S POV.After Daniel's speech at the gala I'd been thinking all sorts of things. First, I strangely kept playing the scene were he stood up for me over and over again and it was making me smile every single time. Second, I kept wondering how it would've been to actually be Daniel's woman. Would he be nice and supporting like he was yesterday? Was he the soft loving, gentle type, or a rough and possessive lover? All those thoughts were so inappropriate, it was driving me crazy. I wondered what Daniel would've done if he found out I was entertaining such thoughts.He'd have probably cut the whole deal off and sent me packing, I guessed. Having to leave Daniel was my worst nightmare currently. He was the only thing I had right now, literally. I ate from him, lived off him, got paid by him and even got two expensive dresses I'd have never dreamt of owning from him—he was practically my guardian at this point. That was why I wanted nothing to come in the way of that. How would I ha