Semua Bab Bound by a billionaire : Bab 131 - Bab 140

~JESSICA~I spent the two hours before lunch and two hours after lunch attending the meetings, taking copious notes–and watching Daniel. And if it was possible to find more reasons to love the man I had married some years ago, I did it that afternoon.It had been a long time since I had seen Daniel at work after I left Middlesbrough. But today, I saw him working with people, listening to ideas, visualizing, synthesizing, concretizing.He took a group of men with diverse agendas and individual concerns and brought them to a group agreement.It wasn't all settled of course. The deal wasn't done. But he had connected with Mr. Isogawa. The respect between them was clear.And his rapport with others was also there. When Richard seemed about to go off on a tangent, Daniel tactfully and speedily redirected his focus.When John got bogged down in the details, Daniel took him back to the big picture. He had a way with words and a way with people that gave them confidence

~JESSICA~“I talked to Leonie last night” I was lying on my side in bed, tracing a line down the center of Daniel's bare chest, then following it with my lips.“Mmm.” It was an acknowledgement that he heard me, but his attention was clearly elsewhere.He shifted as my mouth moved lower, then held still, sucking in his breath.“You're very tense,” I murmured, teasing his navel with my tongue, then moving lower still.“Not tense,” he murmured. “Wrung out.”“But obviously not unwilling to continue.” I grinned and kept on touching, tracing, teasing.“You're right,” I said, looking up between kisses. “She did intend to seduce you.”He jerked halfway up, weight resting on his elbows.“She told you that??” he looked appalled. I moved my shoulders.“She did, actually. She thinks you are gorgeous.” I added with a grin. “But it was really more about Richard. She was trying to make him jealous. He apparently didn't notice.” “And thank God for that” Daniel said dryly. “Or

~JESSICA~ I had enjoyed all the other days, and of course, I had loved the nights….but family day was the best.I got to play with the Isogawa's grandchildren. I got to watch Daniel playing with the bigger kids. I got to imagine what it would be like when we have our own kids months from now.But even as Daniel was playing and laughing with the bigger kids, something was wrong.I could tell.I wondered if it was because I joked about having eight kids.I had noticed how Daniel had been appalled and I quickly said it's a joke.When the kids went to eat dinner with their parents, I and Daniel ate with Richard and Leonie, who suddenly were acting more like newlyweds than me and Daniel were. Leonie was bubbling with enthusiasm as we talked about Isogawa's grandchildren.Far from putting her off having children, the day had whetted her appetite. And Richard didn’t seem to be averse to the idea.“My kids….my old kids,” he corrected himself, “will just have to

~JESSICA~I reluctantly gathered myself after crying out my eyes out.I had to leave. I couldn't stay here and wait for Daniel in as much as I wanted to.I wouldn't be made a laughing stock in Nanumi because of Daniel.What would I tell Mr. Isogawa when he finds out??It's a good thing I had packed my things last night, else I wouldn't have had the mental and physical energy to pack now.I forced myself to take my bath, came out of the bathroom minutes later and dressed up in a long free, flowing gown.I took my bag, and closed the bure door after coming out of it.Without saying final goodbyes to the people in Nanumi, I left for the airport to catch my flight.I was avoiding questions from anyone, so it's better I leave without notice.***The flight back to America was the longest of my life.I stared out the window for hours, but all I saw were memories I wanted to forget. Every time I tried to tell myself Daniel loved me, I heard Crystal’s voice instead.

~JESSICA~It had been a week since Daniel had left me alone in that bed in Nanumi. A week since we'd made love. A week since I had woken up to find myself alone.The last thing I wanted was to be in Daniel's office in Middlesbrough now, especially thinking of that weekend. It made the fact that he'd left me this time worse than when I had left him.At least, that's what I told myself.But I had to think of it in that way. In any way that would make me feel better about the turn my life had taken in the last months.If I had a choice, I would still be in America. Safe, away from Daniel. I'd be working on my life.Instead, I was here in Middlesbrough, in my husband's office—the husband who had left me alone and had ran off to meet Crystal after arguing about not wanting more kids-–waiting for him so that I could tell him the news and return to that life I had created for myself in America.My stomach tumbled when I thought that that might not happen after I told Dani