💍 CHAPTER 10💍 "Which means on Monday, Mommy and Daddy's love story will begin!" Shantel exclaimed. "Exactly. But for that to happen, we have to meet Daddy first. You've already met him but I haven't. I still have a lot of questions to ask him." "Hmm. How are we going to meet him then? We can't just visit him in his office, can we?" "Don't worry, Shantel. A way will come and if it doesn't, we will create on ourselves. One thing I know for sure is that we are going to reunite with our Daddy soon ." FAST FORWARD TO MONDAY... Melina and the kids left the house after eating breakfast. And even though she didn't have enough money at hand, she was going to enroll them in a school. Not just any school, Westwood Elementary High, the best elementary school in the entire city. She was planning on using her employee certificate as a sort of collateral to enroll her kids. Ethan had informed her that the school will allow her so far she has a certified and legal method of paying. Melina an
💍 CHAPTER 11 💍 A knock came on Dominic's door and Ethan entered. Seeing the silly grin on Ethan's face, Dominic frowned. What was this assistant of his up to now? "Wow, Boss. You never told me we were now offering free scholarships to the children of our employees. Was that the new employee benefit you were talking about? I'm 100% sure that all the employees of the Hartless Empire will be more than grateful for this kind and thoughtful act of yours, Boss. Bravo!" A hard glare was sent to the blabbermouth who swallowed back his chuckle and let out a slight cough instead. "Why are you here?" Dominic demanded, hissing through his teeth. "My bad, Boss. I came to inform you that Miss Melina wants to meet you. She wants to thank you personally for the new employee benefits." Ethan noticed how Dominic's pupils dilated at the mention of Melina. "So I will like to know if you're in any way free or perhaps chanced to see her, Boss." He added with a snicker. Keeping a cold expression, Do
💍 CHAPTER 12 💍Dominic was in a hurry to make it to the elevator. He didn't want to keep the couples waiting for him any longer. Just in front of the elevator, a certain someone bumped into him and spilled coffee all over him. Dominic's eyes turned red as he stared down at his ruined million-dollar suit. He glance up murderously to see the imbecile that was this blind not to have seen him. But the moment his eyes landed on Melina, his pupils dilated instead and his gaze softened."I'm so sorry, Mr. Hartless. It wasn't intentional. Please let me clean it" A scared Melina took out her scarf and started cleaning the suit with it. But who was she kidding?Even after seeing it was hopeless "I apologize, Mr. Hartless. Give me some more time, I will surely clean the stain." Melina bowed repeatedly, her heart thumping hard against her chest. She hasn't even started work yet and she already spilled coffee all over her Boss?The scene was starting to draw the attention of the workers passing
💍 CHAPTER 13 💍 Melina let out a deep breath and hesitatingly pressed the bottom of the third floor. "What am I going to say? What kind of people are Mr. and Mrs. Frederico? How am I going to pull this off? This is so impromptu." Melina didn't realize when the elevator stopped moving until the beeping sound of the door opening snapped her out of her thoughts. She made her way to the conference room and getting to the door, she stopped, her heart hammering hard against her chest. With a little adjusting here and there, she let out a deep breath and finally pressed the automatic key. The door slowly opened and she walked in. She spotted the couple seated at the other side of the conference table, talking to themselves in a whisper. The couple was a bit advanced in age or probably middle-aged but they were classic. One could tell how filthy rich they are just by their dress. Melina approached the couple with a friendly smile and gave them a friendly greeting, introducing herself as
💍 CHAPTER 14💍THE NEXT DAYMelina let out a deep breath for the umpteenth time as she draws closer to a building. "VINTAGE VAULT CLOTHING CO." was portrayed boldly in front of the tall, elegant building. The door automatically opened and Melina entered.The moment Melina stepped in, it felt as though she entered a different world. The inside of the building was more dazzling than the outside! Everything inside the company screamed nothing but classiness! There were a lot of stunning clothes up for display. This place felt heaven-like."Damn! Mr. Hartless has taste!" Melina acknowledged."Excuse me, Miss Melina Throndsen?" A feminine voice quickly snapped Melina out of her fantasy. She glanced over to see a woman standing not so far from her. The woman, dressed in a formal suit with a file in her hands approached Melina."Good morning, Ma'am. You're Miss Melina Throndsen, right?""Erm...Yes""Welcome to Vintage Vault Clothing Co. My name is Shirley Norman and I am VVC's top sec
💍 CHAPTER 15 💍FAST FORWARD TO Saturday.Melina stared at her reflection in the mirror one last time. She couldn't believe this was her. The blue one-shoulder body con long-sleeve dress she was putting on looked perfect on her, bringing out every damn detail of her slender curves. She headed downstairs and met the kids and Barbera waiting for her."Mommy is going out with Daddy!" Little Shantel exclaimed, clapping in tiny. Leon quickly shushed her "Lower your voice, Shantel" He then corrected "And it is called a date, Mommy is going on a date with Daddy"Barbera who could hear what the two were whispering let out a scoff. She couldn't understand who these kids were referring to as their Dad. She has overheard them a couple of times talking to themselves about meeting their "Daddy"Melina left the house after giving the two cuties a goodbye kiss on the forehead. She got outside and spotted Ethan leaning against a car. Ethan almost choked on the bottle of water he was drinking
💍 CHAPTER 16 💍The scene continued with Melina and Dominic still on the dance floor.Melina looked away shyly. She couldn't stare Dominic in the face. The fact that they were this close to each other was making her heart race like crazy. She couldn't understand whether she was nervous or if there was something else.Despite being shy, Melina continued "And also, I want to..." But Dominic didn't let her finish. For the first time, the cold man stated in a low, hoarse voice "Look at me, Melina. Tell me what you want to say... with your eyes fixed on mine intently"THUMP!Yep, that was Melina's heart. Hearing Dominic call her name for the very first time without adding "Miss" to it, Melina's heart skipped and started thumping rapidly. A certain sweetness curled up her stomach making a faint blush crept up her cheeks.Wait, where were all these weird feelings coming from?Melina looked up as Dominic instructed "I want to... also thank you for allowing me to experience this
💍 CHAPTER 17 💍 Dominic angrily pulled Melina out of the event hall. With only the two of them now in the hallway, he let go of her hand. Melina gulped down nothing. She could see how annoyed Dominic was. But wait, what is he even furious about? "What did I tell you to do before leaving?" Dominic began after a moment of silence between them. Melina didn't know if she was supposed to answer the question. Regardless she replied, "You said I should stay where you can see me?" "And?" Dominic glared at her. Melina, now confused, responded "But I did stay where can see me. I didn't go anywhere." "Then what were you doing inside with Richard?!" Dominic was trying to keep his voice calm and collected. "We were dancing." "Dancing?" He let out an angry snort. He then grabbed her arms and pinned her to the wall. A sudden gasp left Melina's lips as she wasn't expecting that. Dominic towered over her, caging her in between his arms with his hands resting on the wall above her shoulder. Meli