Chapter 7
Hunter's POV
Daisy jerks and her eyes widen in shock while Dean smirks and turns to Daisy who was as still as a statue. His eyes twinkle with amusement and maybe a hint of interest. It better not be!
I don't even know why I'm so agitated about this. It's just plain ol' annoying, infuriating, ego assassin, beautiful, smart, sexy.........Daisy. Here I go again.
I might not like daisy but I know I'm uncomfortable with this dare so it isn't gonna happen. I'll make sure of it.
Meanwhile, Dean cups Daisy's face and smiles at her but she doesn't smile back since she was still frozen. I try to catch Mark's eyes and when he finally looks at me, I mouth "change the dare, you owe me" to him. He really does owe me; I saved his ass last week.
If Mark was surprised by my request, he didn't show it. He quickly remedies the situation.
"Dean wait, I have an even better dare for you" He says stopping Dean whose face was about 3 inches apart from Daisy's. Daisy face turns into one of disappointment.
Dean pulls away from Daisy and stare quizzically at Mark. "Bring it on, I'm not afraid of anything" He says.
"Umm.....let's see" Mark says while trying to think of a new dare. "I dare you to sneak into Mr. Fiddles' tent and steal one of his..." Mark shudders in horror "......boxers" he completes. "And hang it on that tree by the cleared space" he hastily adds.
Dean smirks, stands up and walks in the direction of Mr. Fiddles' tent. I've got to give it to him though, he didn't hesitate to follow the dare .We wait for a while and continue playing the game and 10 minutes later, Dean reappears.
"All done" he says obviously delighted with himself. I can't wait to see Mr. Fiddles' reaction tomorrow.
Dean settles back down and asks Daisy "so, truth or dare?"
"Truth" she answers.
"Awww, you're no fun" Dean teases her.
"Okay, do you have anyone you're currently seeing" He asks her.
Why on earth would he ask her that? What's it to him? But I also want to know the answer to that question so I stare waiting for her answer.
She blushes, actually blushes!
"No, I don't" she answers shaking her head. I relax my shoulders that I didn't realize were tense before.
"Cool" Dean says casually.
"Truth or Dare" She asks Chloe.
"Dare" Chloe answers instantly.
"I dare you to.....................................
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Daisy's POV
5 hours later, everybody was pretty wasted except me. We decided to call it a day and go back to our tents. I notice Bloom's gaze following Blake who was holding Stephanie by the waist and leading her to his tent. I lay a comforting hand on her shoulder and she turns and gives me a sad drunken smile. I walk my friends to their tent to make sure any douche wouldn't be able to take advantage of them in their drunken stupor.
After tucking them in, I walk back to my tent. I enter the tent and immediately turn on the battery operated lamp to get rid of the darkness because I'm terribly scared of darkness. Childish to you maybe, but it's a phobia to me. Darkness always brings back memories I've buried long ago.
Snap out of it, Daisy.
I shake my head to clear my thoughts.
With the faint glow of the lamp, I notice Hunter sprawled on his bed with one leg hanging off.
I scoff, typical.
I go to the side of his bed and wave one hand in front of his face to make sure he was asleep. He doesn't stir so I take it as an affirmative. I return to my side of the tent to prepare for bed. I take off my dress leaving me only in my underwear and put on the camisole I always wore to bed. I then unhook and remove my bra from under the camisole
Finally lying in bed, waiting for sleep to consume me; all events of the day come crashing into my head. It was indeed a very long day. My thoughts go back to that moment Dean was about to kiss me and I berate myself for wishing it was another boy -a boy with blond hair and hazel eyes and the ability to annoy me to the end of the earth- who was in Dean's place.
Slowly, I start to drift off to sleep when the lamp suddenly goes off. I start to panic. "Hunter" I call out.
"What?" He responds, his voice groggy from the little sleep he got.
"Turn on the lamp" I tell him.
"I can't sleep with it on". He says.
Sweat breaks out on my skin in fear. "Please" I plead.
"No" he answers.
I start to shake in terror, memories come crashing in my head and I start to hyperventilate.
"Daisy!" someone says but I'm lost in my own head. Horrible memories of the past Starr filling my head. "Daisy!" the person calls again. "Daisy!" the person calls out to me while shaking me. I snap out of it to see Hunter squatting beside my bed, his hands on my shoulders probably from shaking me and trying to snap me out of my own head.
"What's wrong?" he asks. I stare at him blankly.
His eyes widen in realization. "You are scared of the dark" He states and I nod.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't know" he says looking genuinely sorry. "I'll leave the lamp on for you" he says while at the same time turning on the lamp.
He returns to his bed and I watch him as he lies down and turn to face me. We stare at each other until I finally drift off to sleep.
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Light hits my face and I wake up from my dreamless but nonetheless peaceful sleep. I sit up and run a hand through my blonde hair to tame it a little. My gaze moves to Hunter's bed to see that he was no longer in it, in fact he wasn't even in the tent. I stand up and make to get ready for the day. I gather my toiletries and clothes and go to the pink trailer parked in the cleared space of the camping ground. The blue trailer was on the opposite side of the camping ground. The trailers were our bathrooms for the camping trip.
As you've already guessed, the pink one was for the girls while the blue was for the boys. After taking my bath and dressing up, I apply make-up. Just as I begin brushing my hair, memories of last night rear up and I smile at Hunter's actions. He was really considerate last night, sweet even.
Even though he said he couldn't sleep with the lights on, he still left them on for me. I wonder if I had been wrong about him all along. Who knows?
Chapter 70 Daisy's POV *3 months later* "Aww come on Daisy, I was joking, you can't seriously be mad at me for this" Hunter says and I grunt in response. "Daisy, talk to me" He says taking his eyes off the road for a few seconds to look at me. "Whatever, I don't care" I answer facing away from him and staring at my phone like there was something interesting on it. "Wait, are you jealous?" He asks grinning widely making me feel like kissing the stupid thing of his face. "Why would I be jealous of your 'new pretty personal assistant'" I respond making air quotes around 'new pretty assistant' to show I'm quoting him exactly how he said it. I had quit working for him a month ago to move to my dad's own group of hotels which he will be handing over to me when he retires. It also helps that I studied business management in college. My post back at Stone's empire has been vacant up until today when another P.A was employed by Mrs. White. We are currently on our way to a little get t
Chapter 69Hunter's POV"Don't even think of moving boy" A sadistic voice says from beside me.The person walks forward with his gun still pointing at me and I see the face responsible for ten years of misery in all of our lives: Levi."What pretty boy? Why are you glaring at me like that?" He asks with a grin and one eyebrow raised or maybe his two eyebrows but I wouldn't know since the other eye was covered with an eye patch."If it's money you want, I'll give it to you" I state my heart beating wildly at the fact that Eve still had her gun pointed at Daisy.On a closer look, I notice Daisy's chest moving up and down rapidly. The expression on her face was that of pure panic and she looked like she would pass out at any moment now.Angel, please stay with me.Levi laughs maniacally at my question before responding "Money? You think I want money? Come to think of it, maybe the reason I haven't killed my self all these years was because I knew there was a probability this bastard was
Chapter 68Hunter's POVI left Daisy at her Dad's place after talking to him for a while so that they could talk more. He was surprised we used his hair for the DNA testing instead of just asking him for his blood but I told him I didn't want to get his hopes up.Daisy said she would head to Keesha's place after leaving there so I told her I would send the driver down to her but Mr. Heart said his driver would do it.It made me happy to see how proud he was of who Daisy had grown into. Immediately after leaving there, I had called my friends and Daisy's friends to tell them about the good news. To say they were ecstatic was an understatement. They all promised to fly back as soon as they had chances to.Right now though, I'm heading to the office where Mike is waiting for me. I had thought that I would not be needing his services anymore since I found Daisy but something about seeing Eve again does not sit well with me.When Daisy passed out, I had rushed to her side and before I kne
Chapter 67Hunter's POVI stretch forth my hand to grab Daisy and pull her back to me but my heart starts beating in panic when I grab nothing but air.My eyes fly open and my suspicions are confirmed when I see no one beside me on the bed.Was it all a dream?"Oh, you're awake. I had to use the bathroom but I didn't want to wake you up" I hear her voice say and I turn to see her coming out of the bathroom making me sag in relief."What's wrong? Why do you look so shocked to see me?" She asks laughing as she puts her hair into a loose ponytail."Nothing, come here" I reply making her walk towards me.When she reaches the bedside, I pull on her hand making her fall on top of me."Where's my morning kiss?" I ask grinning up at her."No, I haven't brushed" she answers trying to wriggle out of my grip but that only makes me tighten it around her."How can you say no to such a cute face?" I say trying my best to pout."Stop, that looks so wrong on you" she says laughing and I pout harder
This is a quick recap of all the characters:Daisy/Esmeralda: -Main female character.Heiress to Heart hotels-Lost her memory due to an accident and temporarily took the identity of Esmeralda Griffin.-Was engaged to Hunter in the first book.Hunter: -Main male character.-CEO of the biggest group of company on the continent-Never gave up on finding Daisy years after she went missing.-Was engaged to Daisy in the first book.Mr. Heart: -Daisy's father.-Lost his wife four years prior to losing his daughter to an old crazy high school nemesis.-Developed heart conditions after Daisy went missing.King: -The puppy Daisy rescued from the camp where her and Hunter's love story started from.-Bundle of cutenessLily: -Hunter's younger sister-Tried matchmaking Hunter and Daisy in the first book when they were too stubborn to admit their feelings.-Pretty as hellOlder Mr. Stone: -Lily and Hunter's fatherArianna Cade (Mrs. Stone): -Super famous singer retired to become a supermode
Chapter 65Daisy's POV"It's okay Angel, open your eyes, no one here is going to hurt you. Never again" I hear a soothing voice say and I suddenly open my eyes to see Hunter."Hunter, I'm bleeding" I say sitting up on the comfortable bed in a strange room. When I look down at my stomach though, I see no blood."What's going on?" I say holding my head to calm the pounding."Did Lily make it home safe? Wait, what happened to you? Why do you look old?" I say after looking at him more closely.He looked like someone in his late twenties.Hunter's worried gaze is the only thing I see before everything goes dark once more.*****************"She doesn't seem to remember the latter part of her life after the incident, Dr. Keller" I hear Hunter utter in a muffled voice."Let her rest some more, it'll all come back" I hear a female voice respond before I fall back into a dreamless sleep.***************For the umpteenth time, I open my eyes again and notice that it was already dark outside. T