Vanessa's POV Rodri Darnell was a dangerous man for any woman to be around.Everything about him was designed as a weapon to ensnare, mesmerized and lure women into a never-ending pool of displaced sexual emotions, emotional turbulence and constant risk.I felt all of that as I stood in his arms, pressed into his chest and subconsciously clutching his shirt to find my own anchor. And he held me, his presence and essence all around me like barricade where all I could feel, see and breathe was him.All him.It scared me. It scared me so, so much because I had never felt like this with any other man in my fucking life.This wasn’t unbearable, just sexual tension manifesting itself. There was also something crackling between, it was like a flame in a dry forest. It was only a matter of time before it would spread, and burn everything to the ground.I slowly released his shirt and tried to step back away from him, but his arms were unmovable.I couldn’t looked up at him as I spoke in a voi
Vanessa's POVI woke up sick.Very, very sick. Actually, I kind of expected it, because I was in such a sad mood for no reason, last night before I went to bed, and I woke up at dawn, running at break-neck speed to the bathroom to throw up into the toilet.I gagged loudly, clutching my chest like it was going to burst open at any moment while I emptied the contents of my stomach down the drain. I coughed, wheezed and made all kinds of ugly noises while I tried to get all of that unpleasant substance from my stomach.The assisting nurse, who thankfully stayed the night, had heard me from the bedroom next to mine, so she had hurried over, calmly taking control of the situation.She said soothing words to me as I let out the last of the vomiting spell and trembled to the shiny marble floor tiredly. She was holding my hair back for me, then gently nudged me up to wash my face, mouth and brush my teeth.It felt like all the energy had drained from my bones.I pulled myself up and ran the f
Vanessa's POVThere was immense satisfaction in his eyes as I obeyed his order, and then he pulled the glass of water away, handing it back to the nurse. I wiped at my moist lips with the back of my hand, slightly embarrassed by what the nurse might be thinking in her head right now.But it didn’t really matter.Any other presence besides Rodri’s were usually overshadowed by his, so all I had to worry about was having all his attention on me “I’ll go back to bed now.” I told Rodri. “Trinity can come check up on me in the morning.”Something hard crossed his face. “She won’t be coming. She is no longer your main nurse. Dolphin hospital will be sending a replacement in the morning. She’ll take better care of you.”My eyes with widened at the news.I felt so much shock. Then panic. And dread.I tried not to let my panic show, but my voice was definitely unstable when I asked, “Why? She’s a great nurse…”“Some one else will do the job better.” Rodri replied in a cryptic tone, telling me
Vanessa's POVI was tired of sitting and watching the chef do all the work, so I placed my cup of apple juice on the kitchen counter and asked,“Can I help you out with something? There’s something in here that I can do, right?” I asked softly.She looked at me with alarm, “Um, are you sure? I’ve got it handled, actually. Besides, I wouldn’t want you to get flour all over yourself like me. Baking is a pretty messy business.”I got up from my seat and shrugged. “I don’t mind, maybe I can start to learn how to bake from you.”A warm smile spread on her face from my words, but it was cut short when a worker, who I recognized as one of the invisible cleaners that stopped by once in a while. “Miss Sterling, the chairman is in the living room right now. He is here to see you.”My lips fell open at the same time as the chef’s.What?Again?I looked at the worker with confusion etched in my face, “Really? Did he just get here?”“Yes.” He replied, then added after a beat. “I suggest you should
Vanessa'sRodri’s mother was in coma.That was something that I had not even expected, or even thought about for one moment. We were standing inside the home clinic that was created just for her in a smaller house behind the main mansion, and she was lying peacefully in a comfy white bed, with her eyes closed in unconsciousness.I had never actually thought of Rodri’s mother, but I probably expected some stereotypical wealthy people situations like an expensive divorce that made her leave the country to go spend the rest of her life on a luxury island with her latest love interest.She was never mentioned in any news, magazine or tabloid about the Darnell family.She was so not talked about that people don’t even notice anymore that someone must have given birth to the city’s most eligible billionaire bachelor.Or ironically, if I let my thoughts run crazy, I could have thought that Rodri was born through surrogacy, just like he was planning to have his child now.My point is, a coma
Vanessa's POVI watched Cameron Darnell talk to his wife fondly, about me, like this was a normal situation. And it broke my heart. Here was a man who was staying by his wife’s side even when she was unconscious. Yet, the kind of man my mother ended up with was the one who was demonic enough to put her through hell every single day, then run off when his debts became too huge to handle.He left us to face the heat of all his crimes, and now, when we are finally doing better with our lives, he was coming back to haunt mom again?“Vanessa.” The chairman’s voice caught into my pondering, and I blinked, giving a smile, “Yes, sir?”“Say hello to my wife, I’m sure she’s excited to meet you and hear your voice.” He said.I nodded and leaned forward, trying to make my voice sound as pleasant as possible. “Hello, Ma’am. I’m Vanessa Sterling. It’s nice to meet you.”He nodded, the turned back to face her. “Rodri, our son’s baby, is growing in her womb right now. The pregnancy is still early,
Rodri's POV“I am so honored that you spared the time, to attend my wine tasting event.” Tyler Vines, CEO of Vines International Chain of Wine Producing Companies, said with a shrewd smile on his face. “Cheers to us.”Everyone raised their glasses, “Cheers.”Tyler sat back down on his seat at the head of the gigantic golden table, where we were all gathered. An exclusive gathering of billionaires and powerful business tycoons from companies around the country.It was not easy to perfectly host a gathering like this, but that was what that greasy mother fucker called Tyler Vines specialized in. It was a high profile event, yet simple and direct, that was why I was in attendance.Not too many people in one room, thankfully, because that would have worsened the dark mood that had been hovering around me for days. It was just a few days ago when Vanessa told me to stay the fuck away from her, using polite language, and that had just worsened my bottled up anger.Those were the rules I had
Rodri's POVI parked my car and stepped out, heading straight down the concrete walkway leading to the side of the mansion. After leaving the wine tasting event, I decided to come fucking visit mom like I usually did when I felt too messed up to do anything else.Benson had really fucking ruined my mood, and I could not go back to the house feeling like this, because I didn’t wasn’t to end up snapping at someone.It was already evening, slowly getting dark in the sky so when I saw extra lights turned on at the home clinic, I wondered if dad was in there. Usually, only the lights in her room would be on by this time of the evening.I pushed the door open and closed it behind, me, heading further in to the inner door. But when I got close enough, I heard a voice talking within.I froze, hand pausing on the door knob. Her nurses were under the strict instructions to not talk unnecessarily around her, in order not to cause confusion because the doctors had confirmed that mom could hear e