Seraphina barely slept that night.
Darius comforted her, “You can rest assured and sleep.
Augustus will personally come and ask you to go back and continue working.” Seraphina glared at him.
“How is that possible?
If Grandpa comes to invite me back, Dad and I will burn incense to celebrate just being able to return to work.” “Don’t worry.
I said Augustus will invite you, and he will invite you!” Darius turned around, went to the balcony, and made a call “Cassian, let Alistair answer the call…” Darius hung up the phone and stepped off the balcony, the crisp night air following him into the bedroom, The raw, desperate anxiety in Seraphina’s voice still echoed in his head, but seeing her huddled on the edge of the bed, exhausted, trembling, and entirely consumed by fear stirred something far deeper within him.
Without a word, he crossed the room and sat right beside her.
Before she could process his movement, Darius reached out, slipped his hands underneath her arms, and effortlessly lifted her onto his lap.
Seraphina gasped softly, her breath catching in her throat as she instinctively tried to push against his shoulders.
“Darius, what are you—” “Shh,” he rasped, his voice low and commandingly dark in the stillness.
He pulled her flush against him until there was no space left between their bodies.
The heat of his naked torso burned through her silk nightgown, immediate and unyielding.
For six long years, Seraphina had forgotten his sheer, overwhelming presence: the broad expanse of his chest, the heavy muscle of his thighs beneath her, and the intoxicating scent of cedar and rain that belonged solely to him.
Darius’s large, warm hands pressed firmly against the small of her back, moulding her waist to his and holding her so close she could feel every rapid pulse of his heartbeat against her ribs.
He buried his face into the soft crook of her neck, his lips brushing against her sensitive skin, sending a violent shiver straight down her spine.
Then he pressed his palm under her nightgown on the underside of her round, plump breast and rubbed his thumb to her large light brown nipple.
“Darius…” she whimpered, her hands trembling against his chest.
But instead of pushing him away, her fingers tightened, her knuckles turning white as she held back of his neck.
Her body, starved of his touch for years, betrayed her resolve, melting entirely into his powerful frame.
“You haven’t slept, Seraphina,” Darius murmured, his warm breath fanning across her jawline before his lips traced a slow, deliberate path up to the sensitive spot right beneath her ear.
Seraphina leaned her head back with a tiny, helpless groan, her soft curves yielding completely to his demanding hold as her nightgown sleeves slipped from her shoulders.
He raised one hand, slipping his fingers into the back of her hair to cradle her head, tilting her face up to meet his.
His dark eyes searched hers, burning with an intense, possessive devotion that made her core ache.
“I am back now,” Darius whispered, his thumb pressing into her lower lip, pulling it down just enough to reveal a glimpse of her breathy gasp.
“No one takes what is yours.
No one humbles you again.
Do you hear me?” Seraphina could barely nod, her heart hammering wildly against her ribs, not from fear of the Vale Family, but from the sudden, scorching intensity between them.
Darius leaned down and captured her mouth in a deep, bruising kiss.
It wasn’t gentle; it was full of the hunger of six years of separation and the raw desire to claim her as his wife once more.
His hand left her breast and went to his belt to remove all the things they were separated from.
Seraphina gasped into the kiss, her arms instantly wrapping around his neck, pulling him down harder against her as she surrendered to the fire consuming them both.
He ground raw inside her; she held the half, lying on his lap, legs spread, his overwhelming size is pleasurable she clenched hard they both moaned out.
When he finally broke the kiss for air, both of them were breathing heavily.
Darius tightened his arms around her waist, pulling her head down onto his chest and wrapping his body around hers like a fortress; they had an intimate night together.
81 minutes passed.
“Now go to sleep,” Darius growled softly near her ear, his hand sliding from her ass to rest directly against the warm skin of her waist.
“When you wake up, Augustus will be regretting his decision.” Entwined so deeply in her husband’s warmth, surrounded by his strength and raw passion, the exhaustion finally broke Seraphina’s defenses.
She buried her face into his chest, her hips resting heavy against his, and let sleep claim her in the safety of his arms.
The next day.
As soon as Augustus got up, he received a call from the Metropolitan Infrastructure Authority, specifically asking the Vale Family to participate in the bidding for the development of the ecological park.
Augustus was flattered.
In his opinion, the ecological park project has been missed, and he is not even qualified to compete.
He really did not expect to have the opportunity to participate in the bidding.
Augustus immediately summoned Vale’s family and asked, “I’ve heard that someone is preparing to participate in the tender, who is it?” Benedict immediately said: “Dad, it’s Seraphina!
She wrote a detailed plan, but how can she participate in the bidding with her family’s ability?” Augustus touched his chin: “That is to say, Seraphina has a detailed plan, as long as he takes it, can he participate in the bidding?” “Yes!
Seraphina is still a little capable!” “Julian, hurry up to the third house to get the plan back!
I didn’t expect that this trash is still useful!” At this moment, Darius, Seraphina, Malcolm, and Helena were having breakfast.
The three of them looked gloomy, barely touching their food.
No one seemed to have the mood to speak.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.
When the door opened, Julian stood outside.
He glanced around the small house and immediately smiled mockingly.
“I didn’t expect you to be living in such a small house now.
Is it even one hundred and fifty square meters?” Malcolm’s expression darkened.
“What are you doing here?” Julian sneered.
“I’m here to get the plan for the ecological park development project!
The Metropolitan Infrastructure Authority has notified us that we’re going to participate in the bidding!” Seraphina immediately refused.
“No!
I made that plan myself.
If you want to participate in the bidding, make your own plan.
It has nothing to do with me.
Besides, you fired me!” Julian glared at her “Fine.
I’ll let Grandpa tell you himself!” With that, he handed the phone to Seraphina.
“What’s the matter with you, Seraphina?
Why haven’t you handed over the plan?
Do you no longer recognize me as your grandfather?” The moment Seraphina answered the phone, Augustus’s furious voice came from the other end.
Tears immediately welled up in Seraphina’s eyes.
“Grandpa, you were the one who fired us!
What do you want my plan for now?
I’m not giving it to you!”