DANIEL'S POV.Friday came faster than I'd expected and I couldn't help the rush of nervousness I felt when I woke up in the morning. The reality that Jessica and I were going to make our first appearance to my Mum made me feel extremely anxious, especially because she and I were in a very sticky situation. After the incident she walked in on with Bianca and I, she had been kind of ignoring me. Not totally, but it was obvious in her body language that she was not happy and it made me sadder than I'd expected. She literally had no right to be mad at me for hooking up with Bianca, but I myself was mad at myself. What I did was like the highest disrespect ever, even when we were not in a romantic relationship. It was horrible of me to fall for Bianca's trap just when I was still getting to know the real Jessica Cooper—at least I should've informed her that after the wedding, we'd still be able to have other relationships. And I'd been trying my best to talk to her about it, but she'd bee
JESSICA'S POV.I had a problem. I was supposed to be mad at Daniel but I found myself laughing at his jokes and stifling blushes like a teenager. The plan was to keep it professional and cold with him and I think I was succeeding, but he just had to come into my room with his jokes and mischievous smiles that, by the way, I hate and ..."Can I call you Jessie?" Daniel's voice brought me back to earth. He turned away from the road to stare at me and I froze. I had a phobia for people looking away from the road when driving."Yeah sure," I replied quickly just so he could focus. He didn't look happy with that answer because his lips turned down."What?" I asked."There's something clearly on your mind," he nodded repeatedly with a small smile on his face and I frowned."There's nothing on my mind, what makes you think so?""First of, there's never nothing on anyone's mind and second of all, the normal thing I thought you would have done is to refuse.""Refuse what?"He rose an eyebrow.
JESSICA'S POV.My cheeks were already hurting from smiling and Mrs Snider was in no way for with her questioning."Oh my god," she gasped. "You have to come with me to the fundraiser next week Saturday, I mean everyone is going to be there and I can't wait for them to meet you.""Oh yes sure I'll love to attend the fundraiser with you," I smiled brightly before taking a careful sip from my wineglass. "Daniel dear, would you attend with her?"Daniel whose nose had been stuck in her face the whole time his mother had been interrogating me, jumped in his seat like he'd been caught watching porn."Huh?" He asked, looking completely confused. His behaviour had me questioning what he'd been doing and if there was trouble."I said would you be attending the fundraiser with us next week Saturday? Because Melissa has promised me she'll be coming.""Oh," Daniel nodded. "Sure I'll be there. I'll just check in with Clara and Schumann."Mrs Snider gave a smile of satisfaction, looking really happ
DANIEL'S POV.I woke up with the greatest hard on I'd ever had in my lifetime and my head felt like shit after the drinks I'd taken before going to bed yesterday. Yesterday had been going pretty fine until I'd gotten the worst news ever from Schumann. The new client we had been pitching our business idea to for a while now had completely backed out of the deal with no explanation whatsoever and that was bad news for the company. With that in mind, I knew I had to get my head back in the game and figure out a way to save our business. I thought back to my mini argument with Jessica and settled on putting it at the farthest corner of my mind. I had intentions of apologizing to her the second I collected my emotions, but now when I thought of it, it was what was best.I'd figured I'd been getting myself distracted a lot with Jessica and it needed to stop. She'd slowly started to invade into my thoughts and I'd actually started to notice things about her. Things I shouldn't notice, like h
JESSICA'S POV.I was on my last dish when I saw Daniel walk into the room dressed in his gym clothes, and I couldn't help but feel a wave of anger wash over me when he locked eyes with me but didn't say anything as he walked to the living room with his dirty shoes still on. He stayed there for some time and when I couldn't take it anymore I made my way to him. He couldn't ignore me forever. We'd have to talk about it no matter what."Hey, Daniel," I said, trying to keep the frustration out of my voice. " Seems you didn't see me over there so I came to say hi." He looked at me with a blank expression on his face, as if he had no idea what I was talking about. I took a deep breath and tried to remain calm. His behaviour was so uncalled for and not what I needed right now."I feel like you're ignoring me. Did I do anything wrong?"I asked, trying to keep my tone balanced with professional and friendly. Daniel sighed and ran a hand through his hair. He got up from the sofa and came to
DANIEL'S POV.Jessica was in my arms in nothing but a baby tee and boxer shorts. Her scent was everywhere, I could feel her everywhere. She was breathtaking as she pulled back from my embrace and pinned my gaze with a confident and sexy smirk before she leaned down and trailed heavenly kisses down my neck and I couldn't hold back, I groaned. It was when I let it out I understood what was happening. It was a dream. A fucking dream about my maid kissing me and I'd groaned out loud like a starved man. What the actual fuck?I got up quickly and shook my head in attempt to wipe it from my memory. Where the hell had that even come from? How could I have a sexy dream about Jessica when I didn't even find her attractive? Was my mind going insane? The scene from the dream replayed in my head and I slapped myself straight I the cheek. What the hell Daniel? This couldn't happen, not after I'd warmed her about breaking the rules yesterday. This was way worse than being friendly with her, this w
JESSICA'S POV.A WEEK LATER."Jessica," Daniel called from outside while I recited my prepared lines one last time in the living room mirror. "I'm Melissa and I'm an environmentalist who loves animals, children and works for an NGO.""Jessica please!""I'm coming," I screamed, giving myself one last glance in the mirror. I walked nervously to the car, my heart pounding in my chest. Today was the day I was going to meet Daniel's father for the first time, and I wanted to make a good impression. It wasn't helping that his mum had gone for an impromptu business trip and wasn't joining us.I wore a cute pink dress that Daniel had complimented earlier, but he tried to hide his amazement when he saw me coming towards the car. From the pink flush on his cheeks as he caught my gaze I could tell he was impressed. Good job Cooper."Look who finally decided to show up,"Daniel teased immediately I shut the car doors. "Lord knows what you were doing in there.""What could I possibly have been doi
DANIEL'S POV.ONE MONTH LATER.I woke up with a huge smile on my face. I'd slept like a prince yesterday, like all the other days for the past month. Since Dad had met Jessica/Melissa he'd been the best dad ever. He restored most of my assets back, he helped so much with the company and business was doing kind of okay if I do say so myself. The only thing that was left was to seal the deal finally with the wedding. It had already been published on some business magazines that I was getting married to a small town girl and everyone was eating up that shit. So many of our business partners and friends that I knew and didn't know had reached out to congratulate and also show their interest in our company. It was actually shocking how right Dad was. People in this field only took you serious if you were settled down, which by the way sucked. It was no surprise when my phone rang minutes later, screen showing Dad. Marriage was definitely going to be the topic of today.I picked up the p