All Chapters of Daddy's little princess : Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

Claire's POV Engagement was done, and in place of the finger that always had my little promise ring, I had one with a red ruby on it, one that glinted at me. Jerald had insisted I keep the little rose gold ring in my possession after letting me know he wasn't going to take it back. I had pushed, but he had insisted, and as such, I kept trying to get him to see reasons with me. "Good morning, Dainty." I greeted cheerfully. "Good morning, Miss." I knew she was contemplating if she was to call me by my name or not because I was engaged to her boss.I let her drive me down, making sure she picked up Elena by the way, who only seemed cheerful to join us. "You look as if you didn't sleep last night. What happened? Were you guys that busy celebrating your engagement?" She teased when I glowered at her. Why would she say that? And when Dainty was here? "Oh please, don't give me those eyes. She is an adult, and she knows as well as everyone in the party last night that you both are fucki

Jerald's POV She was different. I knew she was always this way, but still something felt off. Last night had come in a rush, and I had come home to dinner set out on the table by the housekeeper, but she was already in bed. I was tempted to let her know that she had to come to the dinner table and eat, but she looked so peaceful sleeping that I couldn't find it in my heart to do so. I had watched her throughout the night, and when she didn't show any sign of waking up, I knew that I had to let her be. My urges could wait.Now sitting in my office at Drandy, my eyes settled on the monitor in front of me. She was hiding stuff from me, and I knew that, but I also knew that the only way to get that would be getting into her phone, which I wasn't about to do, as it was intruding on her personal space. Don't give me that eyeball; tracking her phone was just to make sure she was fine, or that was what I kept telling myself even when I knew it was for something else. I hated how scared i

Claire's POV He left. Jerald left, and the only thing that told me that was the car that had zoomed off, leaving its trails behind. I swallowed, my eyes parched knowing that he had left me with his mother. How was it possible that he had somehow come to know where I would be? I was running away not to get away from him, but for myself. I was leaving because of my father. I had given him the money he had requested, and thereafter, he had insisted that he needed another, but not at that moment.He asked me to be on standby because he would place a call to let me know when next he needed me to send another over, or he would give the juicy news about who I really was to the paparazzi and how my mother had been someone who sold her body, even going at length to let me know he had contacts of those who were ready to buy at a click. He had shown me all of those, and I knew the only thing was for me to leave. I hadn't been able to sleep a wink, not even when Jerald kept peering at me as he

Jerald's POVI have thought of what to do, something that would be painful to Eldora, and it had been difficult to come up with, but I have finally been able to determine what it would be for her and her family. No one hurt my fiancée and got away with it. I couldn't bear it. I had tried everything I could to step in and see her, but I wasn't able to do that. Not when the guilt had settled in so deeply that I was unable to tell what it was that I was supposed to do anymore. But I knew that there was no way I was going to stare into her face without blaming myself for having done that to her. That I had hurt her, which was the truth. I gulped in, peering into my iPad. Today was her final exam, and afterward, she was to head home. I had decided to do better, maybe try to make us work. There was a chance to do that, only if I wanted it; that was what I kept telling myself and what I was going ahead with. My eyes settled on the packages I had planned for her: possibly a house on the

Jerald's POV I had taken the car for a spin because I knew I had to calm myself down. I hadn't been expecting that, at least not when I stepped out of the office intending to make sure that we get better. I had promised myself to put in the work but how was that possible when I had been bombarded with questions immediately I got back in?I should have expected the paparazzi to get an idea about this, or maybe it had been Eldora herself who had instructed that the photos be taken, but the problem lay with the angles they had been taken from, and that was all that mattered because to Claire, it had seemed as though I was talking to her amicably and possibly trying to get her to come back to me, but we both knew that was far from it. We were the only ones who knew that the only reason I had been there was to warn her to stay away from Claire, but why was it that I hadn't gotten to say a word? Maybe it was how chaotic it had all been, everything had happened too soon that I had barely