DANIEL’S POV.I don't know what was more exciting. This woman finally telling me the truth or my reaction to everything she said.It was taking everything in me to not pull her into a tight hug for finally coming clean to me.It made me feel better that she was finally going to be and act like herself without bothering about what anyone would think of her.I know how hard it was for her to act like her sister. I know how pained she might get whenever people call her that name instead of her name.Doing this… was the best decision she could ever make, and I was sure that the peace that came with it was second to none.I watched the tears that dripped down her face as she shook her head in disbelief after I told her that.I wondered how she was feeling at the moment.What she thought was secret… was actually no secret.“How… how could you?” She stammered and I pulled my brows together.“How could I?”Was she going to get mad that I did not tell her that I knew about it? That should not b

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

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.

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

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