DANIELLA

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

"What did she say ?" Travis asks the minute I get inside

"She didn't show up at all. Something is going on in there and I can't go in there unless you stop those activities . That way I will have accomplished my mission and nothing can stop me from going in there !" I snapped

"Calm down. Maybe she was held up or she forgot ."

"I know what I am saying. My instincts are yelling at me right now and my father is not responding to my calls."

Travis seemed surprised for a minute before asking
"Calls? Don't tell me you also have phones down there ."

I almost laugh at his stupidity.
"No, we use magic mirrors to communicate and it is only limited to royalty."

"Yes your majesty ,"he said as he bowed

I just rolled my eyes at him going to change in his bedroom

I had never been in there before and for the first time he allowed me to use it. Not that I had ever been in his house long enough to want to change clothes but today was different .

I awed at the choice of colors in his room. He really had a taste in colors. I had expected either blue because it was what almost all guys preferred or black but his room was neither.

His walls were painted a dark fiery green and the floor was a shining white.
The walls were painted in a way to look like scales... fish scales

I quickly changed into tight jeans and a tank top.

"Your room decor is so cool. How did you come up with such a combination ?" I asked bewildered

"Well that's my me.. everything about me is cool. " He said bragging about it

"C'mon, I've not seen any other person with that kind of colors so tell me how you came up with it pretty please ....."

"How about you do me a favor first and then I will tell you where I took it from ."

I sighed and with the tint in his eyes, I could tell whatever he was about to ask me was not good .

"Okay fine." I said in defeat

There was something about those colors something more to them and I just hoped it wasn't what I was thinking

"I want us to skip school today, then you won't go to work because I'm the boss and I say so. I want us to do some bonding and you need to teach me everything about mermaids."

"I missed work yesterday and today also ?"

"It's not like you need the money and you don't like working so I'm only doing you a favor."

"Okay. You win. But first I need to sleep . I expected you to be a gentleman and tell me to take a nap because I haven't slept the whole night but here you go with your conditions ."

He laughed at me before ushering me to the guest room
"I don't allow anyone to sleep on my bed and you are not an exception ."

"Why is that?"

"It's a long story related to my mom and I won't talk about it with you." He said dismissing me

"Okay. I'll just sleep."

He turned to look at me grinning widely
"What !"

"Honestly, you know when dad told me about your attitude towards him and the way you had started digging into the factory's background, I imagined you to be a middle aged woman with a boring personality not worth dating. We had even argued with him concerning the marriage but then I found out it was you and not only was I shocked but i also did not mind marrying you."

I laughed despite the butterflies flying in my stomach .
"So you are one of those chauvinists who takes women to be so weak that they cannot stand up for themselves?"

"Not really but nobody has dared cross my father, questioned him or even argued with him so it came as a shock when a teenage girl did it for the first time."

"Don't you think I need a drink or something for standing up against the mighty Gabriel Scott ?"

He looked at me before scoffing
"I'll think about it."

All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the room changed . It was like there was no air to breathe so I had to hold my breath longer than expected so that it didn't run out.

His eyes were gazing into mine showing emotions that I was afraid they were wrong .. forbidden..
But don't they say that the forbidden fruits always taste the sweetest?

I mean he was not even human to begin with so it would not break my father's last rule that I was trying so hard not to break .

Blinking my eyes to come back to reality I find his face close to mine, his hot breath on my nose.

"What are you doing to me Daniella ?" He whispered so slowly to himself it was a miracle I even heard it

Closing his eyes, he took a long breathe his fists clenched together.
He opened his eyes, smiled at me a tucked a stray strand of hair behind my ear before walking away leaving me blinking rapidly just to get into terms with what just happened

Why was I disappointed that he did not kiss me?

Did he even want to kiss me in the first place or I was just imagining things ?

How would his lips taste like ... How would they feel against mine..
The mere thought had me touching my lips unconsciously

What is really happening to me?

The next time I will kiss him if he tries to bring his face close to mine..  but what if he pushes me away and refuses to talk to me?

I realized I was rambling in my head before I jumped into the bed covering my eyes with the pillow

With thoughts of him in my head , I drifted off to slumber land.

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