Serena awoke the next day in Seiya's bed. A sudden fear rose in her, but then she remembered the events of last night. They had kissed, nothing more. Of course Seiya wanted a lot more, but she insisted that they move slowly. After all, if she was to spend her life with this man, she wanted a stable relationship. The weather was foggy, but in the distance, the sun seemed to be coming.

Today Serena was going to begin working in Shields Corporation and a beautiful outfit was necessary. She wore a light pink Burberry blazer with a matching skirt. She would kill all the men at work. (Though this was not her intention)

'God, I'm so lucky. Working for one of the most prominent companies in New York City.' She gave Rini a kiss, but the miniature blond woke up and beckoned to be held.

"Shh Rini" Serena smiled and picked up the baby, "You don't want to wake up Seiya." Serena looked at the clock and realized she still had an hour before she should leave.

'When I was younger, I was always late. Now I'm too early.'

"Come darling, I'm going to give you a bath." Work had kept Serena from her daughter and lately only nannies had been bathing her." Setting the water just right, she put the baby in her small tub. Rini loved the water and giggled and splashed some water on Serena. Serena laughed and put a towel on her lap. Soon she picked up the baby and put on the cutest outfit she could find. But the bath had made the baby drowsy and soon, her eyes were closed as she rested on her mother's lap. Serena expertly put her in the crib and headed to work. She didn't want to be late!

She arrived at the company on time and was seated in front of Mr. Chiba's office. She had heard about this man stunning good looks from Molly, a close friend. And Mina's Andrew had worked closely with him. But with the good looks, comes the other side of men. It was rumored that he slept with many many beautiful women. He was a sex god and was involved with Beryl Stone, the only daughter of the company's owner. She didn't know his first name, and for some reasons people said it was probably not his first name. Chiba was not certain either. Something forced him to take these names. Serena had no idea what these things meant.

'That was also Darien's last name.' Serena thought, but then she suppressed the thought. She didn't need to get all emotional before meeting her boss.

Slowly, the secretary announced the names of people who were to come in, but it had been 15 minutes since a name was called. The last person in was a beautiful red head.

'Probably having sex with her as I speak. I shouldn't care.'

But when the red head came out, she looked normal. However, the secretary informed them that because of an emergency, Mr. Chiba had to leave immediately.

The raven haired man exited the room and looked to his disappointed new employees.

"I'm sorry but we have to meet tomorrow. I promise to make it up to you all." He then noticed Serena, who looked as if she'd seen a ghost. Literally. He noticed her beautiful long legs, and the glow of her hair. She was by far the most beautiful women he had ever seen. Her large, blue eyes were like a maze and her wardrobe was professional, but extremely sexy.

This was Serena. He remembered her from the small company when he visited Massachusetts. She had been the excited women racing to the elevator. He winked at her, but was disappointed when he did not see a blush.

"I'll be here tomorrow Serena." he whispered to her, but his voice was so low that it was imperceptible to everyone around them. She didn't blush again, but he was in such a rush that he didn't notice.

Serena stood there in confusion.Everyone around her left, but she felt like her legs were paralazed.

"Miss, can I help you?"

"No. I'm sorry I h should get going."

"I'm Mr. Chiba's secretary. You were here for the interview right?"

"Yes, but I know that he's not her so I'll leave."

"It'll be a pleasure seeing you again tomorrow..."

"Serena. My name's Serena. I better get home,I have a baby waiting for me." The woman smiled and nodded as Serena left the building.

As soon as she exited the building, tears began to flow from Serena's beautiful eyes.

"Was she seeing an illusion? Was Mr. Chiba actually Darien! She sat near the fountain in Central Park and began to cry. A lot. She then realized that this was the fountain where they had first kissed

Flashback

Serena and Darien had been the best of friends for as long as any of them could remember. Their parents came from high society and they occasionally saw each other at parties. Over these parties, they came to know one another and even attended the same university. They supported each other and said they were just friends, althought many people did not believe them.

One day, they were hanging with their usual friends (Mina, Lita, Amy, Chad, Ken, Greg) and the group decided to skate in Central Park. (Age 19)

The girls all went with their boyfriends and Serena and Darien went together as friends. Darien graciously paid for Serena's ticket, although she had insisted and they spent what seemed like only seconds on the ice. In reality, it had been 5 hours and everyone was tired.

"I can't believe you guys are tired." Serena complained.

"We have to get back to the university Serena. (NYU) Plus, you and Darien should stay. You were having why too much fun." Serena thought she was done, but then Mina suddenly blurted "God just get together with him will you." Mina smiled and the other girls nodded.

When everyone got together again, the girls ran off with their guys and Serena and Darien were alone. Serena had known Darien for quite a while, but they were never quite alone. She figured the girls had set everything up, but she had no complaints.

"Let's walk around the park Serena." Darien suggested.

"I'd love to." She smiled.

The two slowly walked around Central Park and stopped at a beautiful fountain. They sat on the bench nearby. Serena then noticed Darien's discomfort. He seemed to want to tell her something. Before she could speak, he spoke.

"Serena, I don't know how to tell you this, but ever since I met you…I don't want this to ruin our friendship because it's really important to me…but I really think I'm in love with you. He groaned his spontaneous confession, but when he looked at her, she didn't seem surprised. Instead, she looked peaceful and angelic.

"In, that case, I must make the same confession." Darien did not have a chance to be surprised because suddenly, Serena's lips captured his in a kiss. She tasted like honey, and he was a starving man desperately taking as much as he could. He inserted his tongue into her mouth, and she inserted hers as well. Their tongues fought for dominance and after a while Serena was seen victorious. No one could bet her. Ever, but he wouldn't let anyone have a chance.

They rode the subway back to campus holding hands. And from that day on, it was nothing but bliss.

End Flashback

'Maybe, it's a man that only looks like Darien' Serena thought. She had too much faith in Darien. She then began to remember their time together.

Another Flashback

Eventually, four years past into the relationship and they were still lovesick puppies as Mina so elegantly put it. They seemed to be perfect and Darien even proposed to Serena. They both cam from upper class families and their parents were thrilled.

And Serena, being so virtuous only had sex after the engagement. But it became so addicting to the couple. Darien, unlike Serena had been with other women, but none could compare to Serena. He would've laughed at this comment before, but he was sure he had found his soul mate.

"Darien." Serena called to the sleeping body next to her. When he didn't answer, she began to kiss his neck. As soon as she stuck out her tongue a bit, she felt him move. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into a tight embrace.

"Promise me something." He said with his eyes still closed.

"What?" Serena answered still in his arms.

"You'll wake me up like that every morning once we're married." He pulled her out of his embrace to crush their lips together. But Serena quickly pulled back.

"C'mon Daren, I don't want to be late and plus, I have a surprise for you later.

"Tell me." He was never good with surprises.

"No" but before she could leave he began to tease her body. Expertly massaging her breast and kissing her nape. He pressed his hardened penis toward her to show her how hard you.

"Now tell me." He whispered in between pants.

Serena only laughed and pulled away. No way would she tell him this easily. She pushed him back, laughing and went to the bathroom. But Darien wasn't completely done. He followed her into the bathroom and finished what they had started.

Luckily for Serena, the amazing sex had made him forget about her little surprise. She wanted him to know that she was a month pregnant with his child. They would be married in a month and everything seemed to be running smoothly. She had planned this night since the week before when she found out herself.

It would be a night she never wanted to forget. She would remember it, however, only for the horrible things that had followed.

Darien dressed up for hi later meeting with Serena. He had no idea what the surprise was, but knowing Serena, it was positive. Of course the couple had their petty fights, but what couple didn't. They never had a major problem and life was too simple. He would marry this amazing women and she would father his 4 children. Yep, life was perfectly planned out. When Serena came, he grew hard just looking at her.

"God, you look amazing. If we have time, I don't mind a quick round of." But he was soon cut off.

"No Darien. We can have sex anytime. The reservation is for 8 and we have to get their in time. Knowing you, there is no such thing as a quickie." She would later regret this decision, wishing that they were late having sex.

The couple left the house shortly after and took the new Mercedes Darien had gotten for his last birthday. The ride was smooth and the couple enjoyed each other's company, but their time was cut short. While the Mercedes crossed a bridge, a car came coming toward them in the wrong direction. The narrow bridge only worsened the situation. Darien quickly pressed on the brake, but it was too late. The cars collided together dangerously and Serena fainted, while Darien's side of the car burned and broke, falling Darien into the water.

When Serena awoke, the doctors told her how lucky she was the she survived as well as her baby.

Serena cried bitter tears at the comment. "Fortunate, is that what you call a woman who lost her fiancé, her entire life." For many nights, Serena cried herself to sleep.

Mina and everyone else were getting worried about Serena. Her depression would have horrible consequences on her baby. For 1 month, Rei sat down with her in her office and slowly Serena got better. She realized that she would have to live for the baby. The only trace of Darien she would ever have. A few days after the accident, someone had set fire to Darien's deluxe apartment. It seemed that every bit of him had completely vanished. Not only had that, but his parents soon died in a car accident of their own. Their entire multi-million dollar fortune was given to Serena and her unborn baby. Serena's parents were also very wealthy, but they did not provide for their unmarried pregnant daughter. They said that she was not welcome into their upper-class society and for them, only their image was important. Despite the help that Sammy was willing to give, Serena was completely alone. Serena accepted this, and wished to stand on her own two feet. She promised herself that all of Darien's fortune would be given to Rini when she'd become 18 years old.

There was one person who seemed to bring light in Serena's dark tunnel and that was Seiya. He was Darien's cousin, but Serena never took notice of him. His family was not wealthy like Darien's family, but he had a big heart. He asked Serena to marry him so he could care for his niece. Secretly, however, he was in love with Serena.

Their wedding was very small and afterwards there was no honeymoon, and absolutely no sex. For the baby, but also because they were just friends as they call it. To forget all her pains, Serena moved to a small town in Massachusetts. Rini was born 7 months after the wedding on December 12th, 3 days before Darien's birthday. (Serena's is on June 30th). It was a normal pregnancy, and all of Serena's friends were there on her side. The girl looked exactly liked her father, except that she had Serena's beautiful hair.

End of Flashback

'If Darien was alive this entire time, why didn't he come to see me? Didn't he want to get married? Didn't he want to see his friends or his family?' All these questions ran inside Serena's mind, but she decided to try to forget them. That cold- hearted man did not deserve to know about Rini.

'Why did he wink at me? Could he just look like Darien? No, no one can look like someone that much.'

Serena went back to Shields Corporation and saw Darien's secretary.

'Excuse me Miss."

"Yes"

"It's Serena. I was here for an interview but Mr.Chiba left early. I would like you to tell him that I won't be coming for this job. I'm sorry."

"No problem. I'll tell him right away.

Serena was unsure if she had made the right decision, but after her next question, she was sure it was the right thing to do.

"What is Mr. Chiba's first name ma'am?"

"Umm, Darien." The words stabbed Serena and all false hope she had disappeared.

"Thank you miss." With that Serena exited the building. She didn't want to be so fragile, but as soon as she left the building, tears began to flow again. Her eyes grew red and sadness could only be seen. She felt betrayed, abandoned, unloved. Unknown to her, Darien Chiba was pulling out of his Mercedes. He saw the same blond crying and approached to comfort her. When she saw Darien coming, Serena gave a dirty look and left as soon as she could.

Darien did not know why, but he felt horrible seeing her cry. He couldn't stand seeing her hurt. He was going to try to find her, but then his cell phone rang.

"What do you want?" Darien said annoyed at the interruption.

"Why is that how you treat a pregnant woman Darien, especially one that's carrying your baby?"

"Nothing is confirmed. Now tell me what you want?" He walked down the street trying to find the blond again.

"Let's have dinner. My parents are dying to meet the father of my unborn child." Anne loved this excuse to get whatever she wanted.

"No."

"Why"

"I have work."

'Is work more important than me?"

"Yes, now stop bothering me."

Anne began to cry on the other line. "If you want me to get an abortion, I will." This man could never be compassionate. He was cold-hearted to his very core.

"Your tears won't have any effect on me, okay."

"Why are gonna have sex with Beryl on your office table? That is what you mean by work isn't it." Anne loved Darien, but she would be a fool to not know that he had a relationship with Beryl as well as any other beautiful, rich woman.

"I never involve my personal life with my private life." Although that Serena women would make a fine secretary to have loads of fun with Darien thought.

"Fine don't come." With that, Anne cut the phone. 'Just wait till this baby comes out. Then I'll have you wrapped around my finger.'

Darien sighed and cut the phone. His life was a complete mess. How did he get involved with these gold-digging whores? Beryl of course did not need money, but she was still a whore like the rest of them. Darien looked around and then remembered the blond, but she was no where in sight. So, he decided to get to the office.

"Emma, are there any new messages." He called out to his middle-aged secretary. He prefered to have a plain, decent, assistant. All the other secretaries before her ended up on his desk or on his bed. Emma was different. She was helpful and very capable.

"Yes sir, Jewel Corporation called, but I told them their order was to arrive soon. Andrew also called. He is coming to New York in a week. he says that their is a women that he will be proposing and he wants you, his personal best friend to make arrangement." Darien smiled at the news. Finally, Andrew was going to settle down. The man was really picky so this woman must have been special.

"Thank you Emma that will be all."

"Sir there's more."

"Oh, I'm sorry. Please continue."

"One of the employees sent from Massachusetts gave in her resignation. The poor girl was in horrible condition, and you could see by her eyes that she'd been crying. She left no explanation." Panic shone on Darien's face.

"Which one?"

"Her name is Serena. Beautiful little thing that one." Darien then became angry.

"Thank you Emma." Emma saw the anger on his face.

"Sir, please don't be angry. The girl was truly upset. Family problems, perhaps.She has a little daughter." These words did not comfort Darien. After Emma left, Darien began to knock off everything from his desk.

'Finally I see a nice, yet beautiful women and she turns out to be married, with a child." He then tried to forget the women and tried to finish his work.

A week passed since that dreadful day Serena had met Darien. She became depressed and Seiya noticed this. Last week, progress was being made in the relationship, but suddenly eveything stopped. She decided not to tell anyone about what she had seen. It was too painful she figured. She had secretly waited for Darien's phone call, asking her why she wasn't here. She would then tell him about their child and everything would be okay. But the phone remained silent. And so did Serena's false hope.

'I shouldn't be complaining. My life is great. I'm married to Seiya and'however, her thoughts soon drifted toward Darien once again "he's a man-whore who runs the city. But doesn't he want his inheritance? Doesn't he want to know about his parents?' There were so many questions Serena had, but her thoughts were interrupted when Seiya came to the door.

"Serena," Seiya called out. "Aren't you gonna go to Andrew's welcome back party. Rumor has it that Mina will soon be engaged."

"Yeah Seiya. Let me get ready and I'll get Rini ready as well." She smiled to tell him that she was fine, but he knew better.

"Serena, are you okay? Something seems different about you."

"Don't worry Seiya. Let me just get ready." With that she closed the door and opened her closet.

'Why should I be sad over that pathetic excuse of a man?' But then the other part of her mind said 'Because you love him and he's the father of your child.'Serena ignored the second statement and picked out a beautiful backless light blue dress. The spaghetti straps were elegantly made and the dress had to be at least 1000 dollars.

'Where did I get his dress from? Oh well, I have to look nice for Mina and the girls. I don't want them to think anything at all is wrong."

For Rini, Serena put on a cute little Burberry dress given as a gift from by her parents. Her parents apologized to Serena many times for their appalling behavior when she was pregnant, but then they fell in love with their grand-daughter.

Seiya drove Serena to the party to discover a beautiful large mansion was where it would be held. The place was absolutely breathtaking. Serena was glad she dressed up so nicely. Inside, Serena met the girls, who all looked beautiful, especailly Mina.

"I'm so glad you made it Serena." Mina said, giving her a drink.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world. Now I can finally meet this Andrew that we've heard so much about. Where is he by the way?"

"Over there" The girls both looked toward Andrew, but their eyes fell to the other man attending beside Andrew.

"Serena, am I seeing things or is that Darien."

"Yeah, it's him. Our Darien Chiba. I've known for a week now."

Mina gave Serena a what-the-fuck-are-you-saying-and-why-didn't-you-tell-me look. "Wha, what!" Mina shouted.

Some people looked at the two girls, but they smiled politely. "I'll explain later." Serena finally said.

"You better." When they looked at the pair of men again, they saw that they weren't there.

"Whatever, Mina I have to get Rini. I'll be right back."

"No I'll call Andrew to get her for you. I think that's where he went. Also, when he returns you can meet him." Serena smiled, however, inside she was worried she might come in contact with Darien again.

Andrew and Darien walked around the beautiful building Andrew had rented.

"Isn't it a perfect place to propose Darien?"

"Yeah it is." Andrew laughed.

"As if you would care about proposing to a woman. Seriously Darien, you have to find at least one suitable woman. One night stands get a little boring after a while. But knowing you, one woman is simply not enough" Darien seemed amused by the comment.

"Are you saying I'm incapable of loving just one woman."

Before Andrew could answer, the phone began to ring. "Excuse me, it's Mina."

Darien waited for his friend to finished and when he saw happiness in the man's eyes talking to his future fiancé.

"Darien, we have to go pick up Rini."

"Andrew, Mina remembers."

"Shut up. Rini is Mina's friend's daughter."

The men went to the place where an old woman was watching the babies and they asked for Rini.

"Hi, may I pick up Rini James please."

"Sure and you are?"

"One of her mother's friends."

The women went and brought Rini, who seemed to be sleeping. She began to cry when the women woke her up.

"Hush, little one." But the baby would not stop crying.

"Let me hold her." Andrew took the baby and she was quiet. Darien, meanwhile, was watching.

As soon as they left the nursery, the baby began to cry again. "Crap, Darien hold her for a second, will you?"

"Me?" then Darien began to think about his upcoming baby with Anne." fine." As soon as Darien held the baby, she immediately calmed down and smiled. Darien felt like he had fallen in love with the beautiful baby. She was adorable and was by far the cutest baby he had ever seen.

"Guess she likes you, huh?"

Darien, however, was so caught up that he didn't hear his friend.

"Darien?"

"Sorry Andrew, let's take her to her mother. A beautiful baby ought to have a beautiful mother." Andrew smiled and led the way to Mina.

When they reached Mina, Darien was taken back by the mother of the child. He suddenly did not feel like holding her anymore.

Serena took the baby from him without any words and flinched when she made contact with Darien. He still smelled the same. That amazing perfume that he use to use was still the same. Everything about him was the same.

"Andrew!" Mina tried to get rid of the awful silence. "This is Serena. And Serena this is Darien."

"Hello Serena, I'm Andrew and this is my friend Darien." She smiled at him, but did not even look at Darien. Andrew noticed this.

"I've heard many things about you, but I did not know you looked like a model. I simply thought you dealt with them." Mina and Andrew laughed, however Darien glared at Serena.

"I must say the same thing. Darien was saying that the mother of such a beautiful baby had to be beautiful, and he was definitely right." Serena politely smiled at Andrew, but she would not look at Darien.

Suddenly, Rini began to cry again and Serena excused herself, taking her to the changing room. Darien slowly followed behind her.

"Can I ask you what your problem is Miss Serena?" He asked when he was sure they were alone. Serena was surprised; she did not know he had followed her." You act as if I have committed a crime against you."

"Don't be an idiot Darien." He was surprised that she referred to him by his first name.

"Why didn't you show up at work? Thought I would take you to my bed. Are you one of those women who get mad when a man hits on them? It was a fucken wink for gods sake"

"Shut up Darien." She turned to Rini, but he grabbed her hand and pulled her to him. He smashed his lips onto hers in a crushing kiss. In her surprised state, she opened her mouth and he shoved his tongue in. Serena almost responds when she came to her senses. She pushed him back and slapped him hard. Her hand hurt so she couldn't imagine what he felt. But she did see a red mark and a bruised cheek.

"How dare you." She became angry, but soon her anger changed into sadness. "You left me all alone, and Rini, she would've had no father if it wasn't for Seiya. You could've told me you were okay. Instead, you turn into a man-whore that fucks every single woman in New York City. Don't you even care about your parents? THEY DIED DARIEN! They died. A month after we thought you died. At least take your inheritance." Serena's eyes were filled with tears and she could hardly see."

Darien, who at first thought this woman was crazy, began to understand a little. " You know who I really am." He grabbed her hand intimately, but Serena pulled away.

"Yes, you're my ex-fiancé that I never ever wanna see again!" With those words, she picked up Rini and left. She took the first taxi that came her way and called up Seiya to say she was sick."

Darien was too stunned to do anything. When he came to his senses and tried to run after her,she was half way home.

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