Chapter 23: Lunch date


    Daniel''s POV:


    I was about to press the inte to call my secretary when Andrew suddenly came rushing inside my


    office.


    "Sir, we have unexpected visitors." He said his words and breathing inbored.


    "What do you mean unexpected ----" I didn''t finish my question when the door opened and Mr. Norman


    Goivanni, our new European business partner came to our view.


    "Mr. Kelley." He said smiling widely at me.


    "Good morning, Mr. Giovanni." I stood up immediately to meet him halfway.


    "I''m sorry for the surprise visit, Mr. Kelley."


    "It''s okay, Sir." I smiled as I take his hand. "Let''s have a seat. What do you want for drinks, Sir, wine,


    whiskey ----"


    "Oh, no, no, Mr. Kelley. Actually, I didn''te here today for business." My eyebrows scrunched a bit.


    "My wife and I want to invite you and your wife for lunch today."


    "Ohh.." I didn''t expect that invitation. "I see, but you should have just called me or informed my


    Assistant, Sir, so you wouldn''t have been bothered to go here."


    "Well, honestly I was hoping to see your wife here with you to personally invite her. But I think you''ll


    introduce her to uster because you won''t turn down my invitation, right Mr. Kelley?"


    "Of course not Sir. Actually, I will now call my wife to inform her about your invitation." I said getting my


    phone inside my pocket.


    "That''s good to hear. Anyway, I have to leave now because my wife is waiting for me inside the car.


    She wanted to go to the mall and buy some girly stuff before returning to Italy, you know women and


    their things."


    I chuckled when he shrugged his shoulders as he whispered hisst sentence.


    "I will text you the restaurant''s nameter."


    "Thank you, Mr. Giovanni." I said taking his hand.


    I walked with him to the door and when he''s finally gone I turned around just to see Andrew smirking. I


    furrowed my eyebrows and walked past him towards my chair.


    "It seems like you''re going to have a double dateter, huh?" He said wiggling his eyebrows.


    "It''s not a date."


    "Ohh.. you want me to call now your wife, Sir?"


    I nced up frowning at him.


    "And why are you going to call my wife?"


    "To inform her about your lunch dateter with Mr. and Mrs. Giovanni." He shrugged grinning at me.


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    "No, I''ll just call herter. By the way, why do you always want to call my wife, Andrew? We are still


    married so back off!"


    "Whoa! Where did thate from, dude? I''m just doing my job here." He said his eyes turned wide in


    shock. "Ohh... you''re freaking jealous, Mr. Daniel Kelley!" and heughed at me.


    "I''m not jealous! Can you go back to your work?"


    "Okay, Sir, just call me if you need someone to talk about your feelings."


    I just ignored him when he walked towards the door, but before he opens it he called my attention


    again.


    "Uhm.. you know what, Sir, jealousy looks terrible on you, yet you continue to wear it."


    "Fuck you, Andrew!" I threw him my pencil eraser but it justnded on the floor near his feet. He just


    gave me an annoyingugh before he exits the door.


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    Sophia''s POV:


    I took a deep breath the moment I exit from my car. I received a call from Daniel earlier and he said we


    were invited by his new European business partner for a lunch date today and they wanted to meet me


    personally. So I had to go home to change my clothes.


    I was walking near the entrance of the restaurant, when I received another call from him.


    "Where are you?"


    I rolled my eyes when I heard his question. No even hi or hello, once a rude always a rude!


    "I''m now at the entrance." I waited for his next words but he already ended the call. -''Forgodsake! What


    kind of a person he is?''- I mumbled to myself as I put my phone back inside my clutch.


    The waitress standing at the entrance approached me.


    "Good morning, Mam."


    "Good morning, is there a reservation for Mr. Norman Giovanni?" I asked her smiling.


    "Are you Mrs. Sophia Kelley, Mam?"


    I blinked my eyes twice before I could answer her question.


    "Y-Yes, I''m Sophia Kelley." I''m still not used to that name and I don''t want to get used to it.


    "Oh, they were actually waiting for you, Mrs. Kelley. Let me assist you to your table, Mam." She said


    with a polite smile.


    "Thank you." I smiled back at her and followed her way.


    My heart is literally pounding inside my chest. This is our very first time to pretend as a real couple in


    public, and the pressure is really eating me inside.


    Daniel immediately stood up when he saw me approaching their table. And I noticed the two people


    sitting across his seat also turned their heads on me.


    I didn''t miss the look of surprise in his both eyes when I finally reached him. His lips curled up into a


    small smile when he took my hand and pulled me into a hug. But he didn''t stop there, he cupped my


    cheeks and kissed me in front of them.


    I was surprised by his sudden action so I was left motionless even when he''s kissing me, that he had to


    bite my bottom lip for me to return his kiss.


    He smirked as brushed my lips with his thumb when he pulled back.


    "I like your dress, sweetheart. You looked hot and sexy at the same time." I gasped when he whispered


    them to my ear.


    I am wearing a tight and sexy ck dress that ended two inches above my knee.


    I red at him as I felt my face turning into a thousand shades of tomato.


    "Sweetheart, I want you to meet, Mr Norman Giovanni and his wife Mrs. Amelia Giovanni. They were


    our new business partners in KI Corporation.''


    Sudden shivers run down my spine when I felt his hand on my lower back.


    "Mr. and Mrs. Giovanni, this is my lovely wife, Sophia Kelley."


    I gulped when I heard the word ''lovely'' but I smiled and offered a hand to the man in histe fifties in


    front me.


    "Wow! What a surprise to finally meet you, Mrs. Kelley. The woman who tamed the heart of the young


    businessman here."


    I mentally rolled my eyes. ''Tamed the heart of Mr. cold and arrogant'' that is too impossible to happen.


    "You looked more beautiful in person, Mrs. Kelley." He added as he kissed the top of my hand.


    "Thank you, Sir, the pleasure is mine to meet you and your wife today, but please just call me Sophia.


    And thank you for trusting my husband and the KI corporation."


    "Oh, we believe that this partnership will bring bothpanies more sess and progress in the


    future."


    When it is my turn to greet his wife, I noticed the frown on her face while giving me a smile.


    "Have we met before, Sophia? You looked familiar to me."


    My breath hitched as my smile vanished from when I heard her question, and I gulped when suddenly


    all their eyesnded on me. These couple came from Italy, and I''m not sure if Mrs. Giovanni saw me or


    met me six years ago.


    "I''m sorry if I''m gonna ask this but..." I was almost be deaf by the loud pounding of my heart. "Are


    you a dancer?"


    My hand automatically lifted up to my chest as an instant relief washed over me when she finally


    released her question.


    "Yes, Mam." I answered smiling at her.


    "Ohh... tell me, have you joined thetest dancepetition in Sydney Harman Hall in Washington?"


    My smile widened and nodded at her.


    "Oh my God! Honey, she''s the one I''ve been telling you remember, my most favorite among all the


    contestant?" She suddenly squealed and grabbed her husband arm.


    "Yeah, I remember, honey." He said smiling at her before he turning to Daniel. "I can''t believe this


    Daniel, you didn''t tell me your wife is a dancer!"


    He just smiled and held by hand under the table. I nced at him and tried to pull it back, but he just


    tightened his hold andpletely ignored me. He intertwined our hands and brought it on his knee.


    I gulped as I felt the heat radiating from his skin.


    "Sophia, you have no idea how surprised I was, you were my favorite and my bet to win the grand


    finals!"


    "Thank you, Mrs. Giovanni." I said appreciating her words.


    "Come on, dear just call me Amelia or you can just call me Aunt Amelia." She suddenly turned to the


    men in the table. "Excuse us, honey, Daniel, Sophia and I were going to discuss a different matter. You


    can talk about your business and we will talk about our passion." She winked at the two and turned to


    me again.


    During the lunch, me and Mrs. Giovanni just talked about the uingpetition, while our


    husbands we''re discussing about their business. But in the middle of our discussion, I stiffened when I


    felt Daniel''s hand on my knee. I gulped as I nced at him with a silent question written in my eyes.


    "Sweetheart, Mr. Giovanni was asking when are we nning to have children?"


    I smiled sweetly when an idea came across my mind. I grabbed his hand from my knee and put it over


    the table as I suddenly kissed him on his cheek. I noticed the look of shock in his eyes and I can''t help


    the victorious smile that crept on my lips.


    "Oh, Mr. Giovanni, you don''t know how I always tell to my husband to reduce his workload, he''s always


    busy and alwaysing homete. And sometimes he doesn''t have time left for me."


    I made sure my voice sounded disappointed and when I looked at the face of my husband, I wanted to


    answer.


    "Oh, young man, you should prioritise your wife."


    I raised my eyebrow at him in a mocking way when the two started to throw him advice on how to make


    me always happy. But I was taken aback with his next move, he suddenly cupped my cheeks and


    sealed my lips with a deep and a hard kiss.


    "I''m so sorry, sweetheart I didn''t know you feel upset about it." He said when he pulled back, still


    cupping my cheeks. "I promise from now on, I''m going to reduce my workload and have more time for


    you." He smirked before he kissed my forehead.


    "Is that true, sweetheart?" I asked returning his smirk.


    "Yes, you know how much I love you, right?"


    Fuck. I wanted tough on his face if we''re just in a different ce and situation and not in front of his


    biggest investor.


    "Of course, sweetheart." I just mentally rolled my eyes when he hugged me again and give me a peck


    on my lips.


    "Ahh... You two are so sweet." Mrs. Giovanni said cing her head on her husband''s shoulder.


    "Young love." Mr. Giovanni added and kissed her wife''s head.


    I just smiled andter on, I felt a hand over mine and intertwined with a big and calloused hand under


    the table. And in the next second, I felt a pair of warm lips over my head. I nced up at him only to be


    kissed by him passionately in front of the two couple sitting across our seats.