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Chapter 3. Stolen Kiss (+18)

“He is Daniel Wilson! Oh, my…” another girl in the room shouted out loudly and annoyingly.

Meanwhile, Sienna was still staring out nervously at him. It was as if she got a heart attack. She could feel her heart skipped a beat when he stared back at her.

His eyes looked cold and unfriendly. It was like he tried to hide a lot of secrets from everyone. But at the same time, his dark brown eyes filled with sadness.

Maybe Sienna was just reading it too much. She couldn’t decipher deeper the meaning behind it. But she surely felt haunted by his mysterious aura, but so did the women here at the party. It was like everyone got bewitched by his charm.

They were staring at each other for about three seconds. Sienna caught him slightly bulging his eyes out when seeing her presence in the room. She was not sure about what she just saw since Jonathan suddenly grabbed her by her waist.

He whispered, “Come on, we should introduce ourselves to that old player…”

Sienna pinched her eyes. “Old player?”

“Yeah, didn’t you hear? Everyone said he is the owner of…”

Suddenly, the woman in a red dress interfered between them. She snapped, “Yup, that’s Wilson Enterprises you’re talking about. Oh, such a wonderful giant company.”

Sienna glanced at her, baffled. While Jonathan nodded and grinned excitedly.

For a second, Sienna cleared her throat and muttered, “And you are…”

“Oh, dear. Did I forget to introduce myself earlier?” She giggled and slightly played her eyes, flirting with Jonathan. Of course, Sienna was well-aware of what that woman had been doing to her boyfriend. That was kind of annoyed her.

“Ah, Sienna, you must have not been listening,” Jonathan shouted, giggled.

Sienna bulged her eyes at him. She got peeved when he seemed acting too nice toward that flirty woman.

“It’s okay, dear,” that woman chuckled. Then she reached out to ask for a friendly handshake. As Sienna received her handshake, that woman murmured, “My name is Maddie Mulligan. I’m Mr. Willson’s employee. I work on the same floor as him…”

Sienna slightly stole a glance at the owner of that company across the room. He wasn’t looking at her this time. He already looked busied, talking with a group of people.

Then Sienna quickly glanced at Maddie to ask, “Oh, so, are you his personal assistant?”

Maddie laughed out loud. Sienna surely got bewildered what so funny about it.

“Oh, good God, I wish I am, but I’m not,” she told her. “I’m just his ordinary secretary. I’ve been mingling with paperwork and computer, if you’re ever wondering.”

Sienna felt cringed when that woman tried to sound funny. But she didn’t want to make Jonathan felt uneasy if she showed how uncomfortable she was around that woman. Sienna then immediately giggled along with them.

The three of them stole a glance at that famous man. Daniel had such a weird enhancement that made people attached to him like glue. People barely blink their eyes when staring at him.

“I heard a rumor earlier, about him…” Jonathan said carefully.

Sienna and Maddie instantly glanced at him, wondering.

“Is it true that, apart from being an entrepreneur, he is also a mafia?” Jonathan seemed pretty curious to confirm that to Maddie. He thought she might know something about it since she worked there in his company.

Maddie was half smirking while she muttered, “Ever since I’ve been working there, the owner of that billion-dollar company doesn’t seem like he has time to be a gangster.”

Jonathan chuckled gawkily. “Ah, just like what I thought. I know, huh? Who would ever think about such a thing,” Jonathan went bluffing when he felt awkward. “Look at that handsome face! He’d be more famous being a model, right?”

Maddie quickly shook her head while pointing out her index finger at him. She looked alert this time as she told them, “You guys haven’t heard so much to learn anything about him.”

“Well, tell us, please,” Jonathan was interested to hear more.

Sienna, who had been standing beside him, was also curious to know.

“As I heard from other employees in the office…” her eyes scanned at the people who came and gone in the room. Most of them were the employees that she was talking about, “The rumor said; Daniel Wilson is a Romanian mafia. His family is not originally from here. He was born in Romania. But he moved to Manhattan with his big family since he was eight-year-old.”

Jonathan nervously rubbed his neck. He suddenly looked uneasy.

“Oh, well, if that’s the truth, I will be very anxious to greet him in person,” he said.

Maddie slapped his arm and shouted out, “Be a man!”

He moaned painfully when she did that. While Sienna flinched, surprised.

“He is a nice guy once you get to know him,” Maddie half blinked her blue eyes. “Just don’t make him mad. That will turn out so bad for you guys.”

Sienna was about to question her further about the last thing she said, but Jonathan already dragged her away with him.

While walking toward the crowd, he whispered, “I’m very excited, Sienna. He can be the golden gate that I was talking about with you.”

Sienna chuckled nervously. “It’s not like you want a job in his company, Jonathan.”

He paused when she said that. He immediately glanced alertly at her.

“No, Sienna. Listen, this can be the biggest turning point in my life,” he seemed assured.

Sienna narrowed her eyes at him for a second. She got bewildered when he suddenly said something like that. “What do you mean? But you’re a teacher, Jonathan. You’re not going to leave the children at school for this billion-dollar company, aren’t you?”

He seemed hesitant to decide what he wanted. But Sienna was right, being a teacher was so comfortable. But at the time, he was considering another job with a much more stable income.

Sienna could see the look on his face. He was doubting every second he had.

She muttered at him, “Jonathan, you’re not being serious. If the rumor is true that he is a mafia, that won’t be a good thing to relate your life with him,” she didn’t blink her eyes at all when admonishing him, “or our life for that matter. We are going to get engaged.”

“I know, Sienna,” he licked his lips and stole a glance at Daniel in the mid-room. “Look, we have to give it a try. You never know the luck you have until you put an effort into it.”

Sienna pinched her eyes, annoyed with his persistency. “Really?”

“Ah, come on…” he forced her to walk with him.

As soon as they walked through the crowd that surrounded that famous man, they finally could stand closer to him.

Jonathan nodded his head at him, trying to look polite. He was kind of trembling actually.

While Sienna was afraid if he wouldn’t get the hope that he wanted. She just didn’t want Jonathan to hurt himself for this.

When she finally stood closer to that man, she was not sure Jonathan would get the job. When she observed his arrogant face, she doubted it. Sienna also wondered if Maddie just wanted to speak highly of her boss.

Daniel had a natural downturned lips and sharp almond eyes, making him seemed pretty cold and untouchable.

However, Jonathan was so happy to meet Daniel in person. Jonathan really did want the opportunity to be part of his company, the Wilson Enterprises.

“He… hello,” Jonathan greeted him. His voice sounded breaking, “Let me introduce myself, Mister Wilson… my… my name is Jonathan Brown. I’m a school teacher by day…” Jonathan slightly fixed his eyeglasses while talking, “and a part-time stock trader by night.”

Daniel stared back at him with his keen brown eyes. He was quiet while observing him for a second. Perhaps he was judging Jonathan’s look that seemed too archaic to dive into the business world.

“And this is Sienna Moss… she is…” when Jonathan introduced her, Daniel immediately shifted his eyes at her.

She could feel his eyes looked different this time. His stare looked softer, or maybe that was just his charm that tried to manipulate her feeling toward him.

“She will be my fiancée, but we haven’t set a date yet,” Jonathan murmured.

Sienna wondered why that man suddenly looked tensed when Jonathan mentioned the word fiancée to him.

Did he get surprised? But why? We didn’t know each other. He couldn’t get surprised. Sienna kept on wondering whether her ability to read people’s emotions was on the point or not.

“Hello, Mister Jonathan Brown,” Daniel finally spoke. His voice sounded so manly. Then he glanced again at her, half-smiling, “and Miss Sienna Moss,” then he stared curiously at him, “I’ve never seen you in this pub before. Are you new here?”

“Oh, well, yes! I’m still learning how to do the stock exchange business,” Jonathan was almost raising his voice since he got so excited.

Behind Daniel, there was a big bald man dressed in a navy suit. He slightly nodded when Daniel stole a glance at him.

Sienna noticed what he did. She pinched her eyes, suspicious.

“Mister Brown,” that big man suddenly took over the conversation. “If you want to talk about the world of the stock exchange, I’m the man you’re looking for.”

Jonathan got baffled by his sudden approach. “Oh, but I want to talk with…”

“My name is Hamuza, let me…” then he pointed out his hand at the archway door, asking Jonathan to follow him.

Maddie suddenly came between them. She hollered out, “Oh, I know it! You can talk about the business proposal with me directly! Why are you ignoring me earlier, Mister Brown?”

The music got louder when it changed into hip-hop. Jonathan couldn’t hear when Sienna was calling out his name. He went away with Maddie and Hamuza in the next room.

When she turned back to see him again, Daniel suddenly landed his lips abruptly on hers.

Her whole body felt shuddered like a heavy electric jolt came knocking.

The moment she opened her eyes again, she just realized he was kissing her.

And that felt so crazy.


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