Chapter 120
You don’t have to if you don’t feel like it. I know you don’t feel the same way for him. You only see him as the brother you never had” Dina said and Lisa sighed softly.
“Sometimes, I begin to wonder. After all these years you still didn’t fall in love with him. There are 1 million reasons for women to fall in love with Daniel. What if your heart belongs somewhere else or rather someone else” Dina said and Lisa rolled her eyes at her.
“You must be joking” Lisa scoffed
“You don’t need to love him out of pity. It’s gonna hurt him. This is a matter of the heart” Dina said and Lisa sighed softly. She then decided to change the topic of discussion.
Aria called me this morning that someone wants to book our restaurant for a business meeting” Lisa said to Dina
“Uhm, yeah. It’s not a business meeting. It’s like a funding party for the CEOs. They do it every year. I guess they picked our restaurant this time” Dina said and Lisa hummed
“When are they holding it?” Lisa asked
“Next week. You should tell Aria to approve it. It’s gonna yield more money here by making the restaurant popular” Dina said and Lisa nodded in response.
It was evening already and working hours were almost over. Lisa and Dina are seen outside the restaurant with Aria by their side. They had just finished talking to the guy who had wanted to book the restaurant for the funding party.
Just then a car screeched to halt in front of the restaurant and Williams alighted the car with Clara. He had brought Clara back from school.
“Mommy” Clara who was looking so big and grown up yelled as she hugged her mommy.
“Oh, sweetheart. You’re back from school ” Dina said as she kissed her daughter’s cheeks.
“Yes, mommy. Uncle Williams picked me up from school” Clara said smiling and Dina raised her head staring at Williams who stood close to his car, watching both mother and child.
“Oh, that’s nice of him. Go inside. Your clothes are in my office. I’ll speak to uncle daniel” Dina said and Clara nodded before running away with Aria by her side.
Just then Lisa heard her phone ring “I’ll answer this” she said and winked at Lisa before walking inside the restaurant.
“Hey,” Willams said as he moved towards Dina, now standing in front of her with both his hands tucked in his trouser pocket. Williams is quite taller than Dina, so she had to raise her head a bit when speaking to him.
“Hey. Thank you for picking Clara up from school. She always wanted me to come to pick her up from school but I told her she was already big enough to come home herself but she kept insisting. I guess she called you after that, ” Dina said nervously. She felt her heartbeat increase rapidly.
“Oh!! She told me that. Clara is like a daughter to me and I can keep picking her up from school every day if you want” Williams smiled and Dina smiled back at her.
“Why don’t we make things official?” Dina asked and Williams raised his eyebrows, giving Dina that clueless look. He didn’t know what she was talking about.
Dina swallowed hard as she stared at him. He looked so attractive. Why is this man so handsome, she thought? His smiles and everything were too lovely to be true.
“What are we making official?” Williams asked.
“This” Dina said and kissed him on his lips and suddenly pulled away. She felt her cheeks turn red in embarrassment as she quickly put her head down.
Williams wasn’t surprised, he knew she loved her but she was scared. He knew she was gonna say yes, but he didn’t expect it to be today.
He moved closer to her and placed his both hands on her face making her look straight into his eyes. Dina swallowed as she stared at his beautiful eyes. She was almost lost staring at them that she didn’t realize they were so close that they could feel each other’s breath.
Their bodies pressed together heatedly against each other, breathing heavily as their lips pressed together.
His tongue pressed between her parted lips in ticklish kitten licks.
Her lips were so soft, almost silken, and pillowy against his own. He could feel the soft tickle of her breath beneath his nose, fingers carding through her hair as they breathed each other in.
Warmth blossomed in Dina’s chest, sparks igniting as Williams leaned in close, lips brushing together, tentatively, for the first time. The smell of her perfume, of the soft, peachy scent of her conditioner, was dizzying, butterflies dancing in her stomach. But warmth consumed her as she leaned into the kiss, William’s lips impossibly soft against her own.
Williams pulled away from the kiss, as they both stared at each other. “I love you” Williams let out
“I love you too,” Dina said and he kissed her on her forehead. They were so lost in each other that they barely noticed the crowd of people had surrounded them taking photos and videos of them.
Oh shit!! I almost forgot we were in front of a restaurant, Dina thought as she hid her face in Williams’ clothes, inhaling his sweet fragrance. Williams chuckled slightly as he did the most surprising thing.
He carried Dina in his arms as he walked inside the restaurant, to her office. Immediately he got to his office he put her down.
“Mommy!!” Clara called happily as she hugged Dina.
“Thank you, mommy, ” Clara said as she pulled away from the hug. She smiled as she moved toward Williams.
“Daddy” he called and Williams felt his heart melt. This was the first time someone had called him daddy and he must confess, he loved how it felt.
“Come here,” Williams said as he pulled Clara into a brief hug.
“At least no one is gonna mock me in school again that I don’t have a daddy” Clara said as she pulled away from the hug. Dina felt her heartache at what her daughter said. People have been mocking her that she has no dad and she didn’t tell her. Oh Good lord!! Well thank God she now has one, Dina thought.
Just then they heard someone cough behind them. It was Lisa and Daniel standing at the door smiling.
“Hey,” Lisa said shyly
“You guys are the news headline today. Two couples having a romantic moment in The Bella’s Restaurant” Lisa laughed
“What!” Dina said as she took her phone and went online.
“Oh my goodness!! 1 million views in less than 20 minutes ” Dina said as she opened her eyes wide.
“You just made the restaurant more popular” Lisa smiled and hugged Dina.
“Congratulations, ” she said to Williams and he nodded smiling at her.
“So when is the wedding?” Lisa asked and they all laughed.
“Come here,” Daniel said to Williams as they both walked out of Dina’s office.
“I’m happy for you,” Daniel said to Williams.
“Thank you, sir”. Williams said smiling.
“Do not hurt her. She’s a good woman. You both deserve each other”
TBC