Chapter 22 ~ Valerie's POV============With my mother's departure, I turned to Dante and I saw a smile on his face. I got curious to know why he was smiling so widely."Did something interesting happen?" I questioned."Oh no, I am just in awe of the relationship you have with your mother it makes me so jealous," He opened."I see," I said, giggling at his words."She is my only family, I'm just glad, she is getting better rather than her still in the wheelchair," continued my words."True, and family is an inevitable part of us," He added."So.....," He paused."So.... What," I uttered."Don't be a frightening being, come on let's loosen up, we could dance to a song, remember you asked me to stay for the night," Dante said.Chuckling at his utterance, I gasped instantly, "I'm not a good dancer, but I could follow your steps if only you allow my legs on yours," I replied finally."Oh, you think you are not a good dancer, you have the figure of a fantastic dancer, and I can bet my last

Chapter 24 ~ Valerie's POV=========A few minutes into the drive, I and Dante arrived at the office and he parked his car at the company's garage. And he came out of his car in the driver's seat, he carefully walked to the other side of the car where I was seated to open the car door for me.To be honest, I was amused by this as I wore a wide smile on my face, because I couldn't get enough of his gentlemanliness, so I uttered, "Thank you," with a smile still on my face as I came out of the car.With that happening we walked our way into the workspace. The Instant we reached the walkway of the office, everyone quickly stood up, understanding that the boss had arrived, they all looked perplexed by the coziness between both of us but none of them dared to murmur or confront me about it.And so, Dante and I got to the entrance of his office, I wanted to go in with him but immediately I cautioned myself as I said to him."Okay......, I guess I'll head to my office now, thanks for the ri

Chapter 26 ~ Dante's POV==========The next day arrived, as I stood up from the bed and left Valerie still resting on the hospital bed, I walked away from the bed as I stood by the window side with my arms folded.Then, I suddenly heard the sound of the door opening, and turning back, I saw it was the doctor.The doctor was in shock, seeing me stand there, so I hurriedly walked toward him"Good morning Doctor," I greeted, stretching my hands out to him for a shake."Good morning, who are you to my patient," he asked politely, receiving my gestured handshake."Oh, I'm-Im- I'm her husband," I lied covering up my initial pretense to the nurse at the counter."Oh," the doctor exclaimed in realization.Then he moved close to Valerie who was still fast asleep and touched her hands to check her pulse, and then she blinked her eyes as she slowly opened them."Good morning Miss, I believe you had a wonderful night," the doctor asked.Smiling softly, she responded to him, while I stood and wat

Chapter 28 ~ Valerie's POV==========After ending my call with Dante, I had a mix of emotions in me as I was happy because he was spending time with his parents, Mr and Mrs blaze, and at the same, I was sad because I wouldn't be seeing him again today.But I had to quit these selfish thoughts of everything because my ankles were killing me. So I remained on my bed as I lay still.Then suddenly, my phone rang out, and I stretched out my hand by my side to pick it up.Taking it, I vertically placed the phone as I checked the caller ID only to discover it was an unknown number."Who could this be?" I said, questioning myself on the caller's identity, while the phone ringing persisted.Having a doubtful mind, I didn't know what to do, whether to respond to the call or ignore it.But my curiosity won me over, as I answered the call."Hello," I said.But I heard nothing from the other end."Hello-ooo," I uttered again, elongating my tone.Still, I got nothing and then I decided to end the

Chapter 30 ~ Valerie's POV=========After the dinner we had, we walked our way to his car, as we entered it, he didn't drive instantly but turned his look at me I could see him staring directly into my eyes like he was about to rip out my soul."Why are you staring at me that way?" I asked with a smile on my face."Nothing just want to stare at you for the rest of the night," He responded, with sincerity shown in my eyes."Well, I love it when you look at me that way, it makes me feel hot," I opened."Really, tell me what else you feel when I stare at you," He said, encouraging my word flow as he moved closer to me.I couldn't breathe properly as I was consumed by my desires, so I began speaking in a more sexier way I could think of at that moment.I didn't resist his allure as he got so close to me with his lips, not an inch away from me.So without hesitation, I met his lips with mine as we began melting into one another with a deep driven French kiss.Gosh, why is he so good at th