"Not good?! I hope she gets worse! I hope she dies! She's a killer! Why are you letting her live?"
Danie's first encounter with Lucas was when she was still in coma and he just got back from overseas. That time, he had just learned that Jane died and Ruth was in ICU like Danie. He was so mad at her that he attempted to cut off her oxygen supply. Danie learnt of this through Esther.
But those words spoken by Lucas, Danie could still remember clearly as though she was fully conscious that time. In reality, she stayed comatose for another eighteen days before finally waking up. She didn't know how was that possible, but she really remembered his voice.
Their next encounter was when Tabitha just brought her home. She was looking at Lucas and Jane's engagement photo when the former suddenly arrived and almost successfully choked her to death.
From that time, in every chance that he got, Lucas targeted Danie with a purpose of ending her life. But
"Are you really going to live with Lucas, Dana?" Esther asked.Danie who was currently drinking, almost choked at Esther's question. She made it sound like more than just working for her brother."No, I'm going to work for him." She answered, still coughing.Danie was at the Del Fierro's residence once again because she had a talk with Rev. Marcus and Mirriam a while ago. She sought for their advice whether to agree with Lucas or not. In the end, Lucas' parents just assured her that their son was a man of his word. If he said that he would not harm her, then he wouldn't for sure. But they're also honest to her about what they think of Lucas suddenly reaching out to her. That their son was up to something and they couldn't assure her that she wouldn't get hurt in the end."Dana, are you sure you can handle Lucas alone?" Elijah asked with concern."He promised not to hurt her," Esther reminded her older brother. In her heart, she was secr
Danielle didn't even get a nap on Sunday night. Her nerves were restless with the thought of being alone with Lucas from dawn onward. She was doubting her decision with every passing minute and had the urge to back off before it becomes too late.When she was finally getting sleepy, the alarm clock that she set at 3:30 in the morning, interrupted the momentum. After tossing and turning all night, Danie got up and walked towards the bath like a zombie.Fifteen minutes later, Tabitha came to check if she was already awake."Lucas is a little on the dot kind of person so it's best if you're ready before the clock strikes four." She said while helping Danie bring her suitcase down. "I didn't wake Jio and your Uncle. They'll be sad to see you go."Tabitha started getting emotional. "We're so used to having you here.""Auntie," she hugged her while fighting her tears. "I'm still coming back.""I know... But I will miss you.""I'
"Account Executive?" Danie couldn't believe her ears. Didn't he agree that he would give her a position that her walking disability wouldn't hinder? "Mr. Del Fierro, I thought we talked about this-""It's our only vacant position right now, Dana. Accept it and you will have your chance. Reject it but I will not allow you to go back in town." He was sitting on his chair with his feet on the table, all arrogant but never failing to display power and elegance at the same time.So, this is Lucas Del Fierro in his workplace. When he entered his office several minutes ago, Danielle was even more impressed with how the man carried himself. He looked every inch a dignified CEO exuding an intimidating and domineering aura. His presence in the room turned the atmosphere cold but also respectable.
Danie's first week at work rolled about smoothly. In fact, she hadn't seen Lucas since her first day. That was good. Although she was beginning to wonder what his plan really was. And because there's a saying that goes like 'the calm before the storm', Danie was uneasy.She felt like something bad's going to happen."How's it going so far, Dana?" Asked Albert. He had just arrived from a client meeting."All good. I've set you another meeting tomorrow. And I made a follow up to that lady you told me, she said she's reconsidering. She might come to the open house next week.""Well done, Dana!" Albert patted her head like praising a little girl for a job well done."Thanks!"Unbeknownst to her, a pair of envious eyes was looking at them. It belongs to another AE, Stephanie who was a long time admirer of the thirty-one year old bachelor, Albert.Stephanie was cursing Dana in her heart. She had already done everything but Albert wasn't as
Danie found herself crying when Lucas left.The pain she was feeling in her heart was greater than the pain of her superficial injury.Was it still possible to make Lucas forgive her?"Why does it matter to you, Danielle? Whether Lucas forgive you or not, it will not change anything,"she thought.Danie stood up to make sure that the main door was locked. The unit belongs to Lucas. It was understandable that there's another key with him. However, she wished that he wouldn't come randomly just to insult her.She was about to go back to her room when she noticed a bag on the table. She walked towards it to have a look.T
Having the AC back was a relief for Danie. She could bear the other inconveniences but not the hot temperature.It was nine in the morning when the person came to fix the AC unit. It didn't take long since there was not a problem to begin with. But what amazed Danie was that the fifty year old plus man was on video call with Lucas the entire time that he was doing the repair."Sir Lucas is the Rev. Marcus' son," the man said with a kind smile. There was an obvious respect in his voice towards Lucas and his father. Which made her believe that he was of the same faith but from different church. "And it's just the two of us here. This is for our protection," he explained before starting the job.Because she already had a phone, she didn't need to go down to buy the old man some snack. She just ordered online.Danielle had a nice weekend. She called Tabitha but it was Jio whom she talked to for a long time because they did an online tutorial in Math. Mirriam
Lucas had been pacing back and forth inside his office. He was growing impatient each passing second of waiting that the moment Dana appeared in front of him, he didn't give the poor girl the chance to explain.He viciously grabbed her arm and asked her through gritted teeth. "We're you really testing my patience, Dana?""They took the card from me," was all she said, wincing in pain but defiant. "I'm sorry if I caused you trouble again.""You were hugging and flirting with your colleague. Do you think that's proper? Did I bring you here so you can seduce men?" He tightened his grip on his arm as the earlier scene flashed in his mind. "What a slut!"He wanted to rip off that man's body with his bare hands. How could he? Really?
Danielle, the Billionaire Heiress, just got promoted to being an assistant to Lucas Del Fierro with no proper job description.Lucas was like a rich brat who wanted his every request to come to pass no matter how unreasonable it would be.'Why are you doing this, Danielle?'she asked herself while making a coffee for Lucas.She'd been asking herself the same question lately. She could go on with her life even if Lucas would not forgive her. But here she was, wasting her time on him when she could put it to other use.Say for example, find out what had already happened back home while she was gone. Did her Uncle tell everyone that she's already dead? Did her grandfather try to look for her?Then it hit Danie, why did her Uncle stop searching for her? He didn't get her body as proof that she was dead. Didn't he think that she might be alive?Danie didn't believe that Justus Williams would be that careless unless –"I