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AUTHOR’S POV.Daniel stood by the chair in the dining room and dropped the glass of hot coffee in his hand. “Is she not coming?” He turned around and asked the maid who he had asked to go check on the woman.“Her door is locked from inside, so I could not enter, sir,” she answered with a bow.Daniel glanced at the wristwatch on his wrist and breathed out. It was almost time for him to leave and the woman was nowhere in sight.Maybe she had chosen to not work anymore.Since the Saturday night they had had that issue, the woman had been avoiding him like he was a plague.That was her forte after all. Running from issues instead of facing them was something she was good at and he decided to not overstep his boundaries too.He picked up the glass cup and drank the remaining coffee in it before he picked up his phone that was lying on the table.As he walked out of the dining table, he halted abruptly as he watched the woman that appeared in his sight.Daniel took in his lower lips as he s
AUTHOR’S POV.Sapphire smacked her tongue as she heard Daniel say and she shook her head.Was the word my wife really necessary right now?“W… we are sorry, sir. I did not know she was your wife,” the receptionist said and they all bowed.“You did not?”“Come on,” Sapphire raised her head and nudged him gently.Everyone was watching already and it was starting to get uncomfortable.On the other hand, Daniel did not even look bothered.He curled his hand around her waist and dipped the other in his pocket.“That is why I wanted you to come with me. You like stressing yourself, don’t you, sweetheart?”“It’s enough,” she frowned through gritted teeth.“I hope something like this will never happen again. Be glad I am in a good mood, else I would have fired all of you.”“I’m sorry, sir.”Daniel turned around gently, his hand not moving from Sapphire’s waist as they walked away together.“Do you love showing off so much?” Sapphire asked him.Daniel shook his head and glanced at her. “Showin
SAPPHIRE’S POV.Back at the elevator, before it stopped, Lucian had asked me.“So, are you settling for Emerald or Sapphire? I noticed that you looked uncomfortable when I called you that in front of the workers at home.”“Will people not talk?” I asked, not looking at him.Of course, I worried more about what people would say than how I was feeling.“Talk about what?”“Everyone thinks that you married Emerald, what if they start assuming things because the name got changed.”“When will you stop worrying about what people think of you? That shit would only hold you down, nothing more.”“You don’t have to worry about that. Just settle with one and I will take care of the rest. I promise.”Deep down, his words assured me.Promising that he would take care of it even though I didn’t know how he was going to take care of it made me feel so much relieved and I nodded my head.“Again, let’s keep our personal life away from work, please,” I added and at that moment, the elevator dinged open.
SAPPHIRE’S POV.“All that pride for a job she gets through her husband’s connection?”I pressed my lips together as I stood beside the door to the coffee room and listened to their conversation.It was the third day I was working here and these people did not fail to show to me that they were not pleased with me.Apart from the fake evident bows they give to me each time they come to my table or when I walk past them, I knew they were not pleased with me as I heard their murmurs.“Tina, can you stop being bitter? That woman does not even look like she has our time or anything,” an older woman said.“Who cares if she does not? It does not change the fact that she stole my man!”Oh my God, how many women are obsessed with Daniel?“Come on, Christiana, what kind of hatred is in your heart? Are you so bitter that the boss bagged a pretty woman?”“Do you see how she looks at me? She looks at me with so much contempt in her eyes! “Mr. Preston is not in his seat, would you check back later,”
DANIEL’S POV.I curled my fist in a tight ball as I watched the two of them laugh so hard through the window.I wonder what they were discussing that made Sapphire laugh so hard.Tsh. She would not even laugh that way with me. I was returning from the meeting I had outside the company and now I was definitely regretting telling the woman to stay back.Since it was just a one-time meeting, I told her to stay back and because I wanted her to rest.Since she has started working as my secretary, I bet she must be feeling exhausted already as I kept having meetings back to back and she was always present at them.Yet, the woman did not complain, she carried out the work excellently that I had to wonder if she had worked as a secretary before.The previous day totally blew me out. I was in a meeting with a rival, and things were not going as planned. After the meeting ended, I decided to wait to have lunch, since we were in a restaurant after all.“Why don’t you elevate yours then?” She sa
AUTHOR’S POV.Daniel watched for a while as he settled before him, and then tore his eyes away again. He switched on his laptop and waited for it to load before Ethan talked again.“When will you stop ignoring me, Logan? If everyone does this, you should not, you know?” “Why should I be an exception?” he asked with a frown.“We have come a very long way for that, and you know that.”Daniel twitched his lips upward and shook his head. Mogan had met Ethan through him. Frankly speaking, he made them meet each otherEven though Ethan was a bit older than him, they maintained a close relationship.He thought Ethan was the best for his sister. He had known him for a few years and there was no dirt on him no matter how much he dug.He set the two of them up, believing that it would not hurt to have him as his brother-in-law.“What happened was inevitable,” Ethan said and Daniel slammed his palm on the table.“It was evitable, Ethan! You… could have avoided it!”Ever since their divorce, he
SAPPHIRE’S POV.“What do you mean by that?” I snapped my brows together as I heard Hilda say.She shook her head and smacked her tongue. “I also had a hard time believing that.”We were in the company’s cafeteria when Hilda had called to tell me that she was around the company.When she arrived, and after exchanging pleasantries, she broke the news to me“Daniel was the major sponsor?” “You remember I told you I knew someone from the staff? She confirmed it.”“She did not tell you why he pulled out? Like, was there any reason he canceled his support?”“No one knows why. He just canceled it abruptly. Again, what were you saying? He knows that you are Sapphire?!” She changed the topic instantly and asked at the top of her voice.It took a few seconds before I took my mind off the previous discussion and nodded my head.Why would Daniel do that?He was aware that I was Sapphire already, why?Did he pull out because of me? Why would he?It was not making sense and right now, he was the
DANIEL'S POV.“What is going on here?!” I pulled away from Gladys the moment I heard the unmistakable voice of Sapphire.This was the major thing I was trying to avoid. Sapphire waking in on us was the last thing I wanted.“What are you doing?” She snapped her brows together as she bore her eyes on me, disgust evident in her gaze.“And… you are?”I exhaled as Gladys tilted her head and asked Sapphire.“Are you kidding?” Sapphire asked and rested her weight on her left leg and dropped her hand on her waist.“Sweetheart, what standard do you lay for your workers? I can’t imagine your employee being rude right now.” Of course, it was evident that she was a worker. Apart from her outfit which already gave her out, the identification tag around her neck was another proof.“Don’t you think it is only rational to know the wife of the man you are shamelessly throwing yourself at?”“Excuse you?” Gladys furrowed her brows.“Daniel, what is this?” Sapphire asked as she turned to look at me.I