A/n : Sorry for not updating for awhile again,but I got really sick and wasn't feeling up for anything but sleeping,I'm better now, and with the advice of you my readers have made my decision of which way to go with the Bradford part of the storyline, I hope you like it.

Thanks to : UzuNamikaze, didi6 and Historianic for reviewing the previous chapter, I appreciate it and hope you enjoy the new one.

-Pessi Rom

Chapter : Six

"You ready to go." Betty said walking up to Daniel as he stood looking into the mirror in their bedroom.

"Yeah, I just need to fix my tie." Daniel said.

"This is the third time you've fixed it. We don't have to go, its not too late to change your mind." Betty said.

"Wow,you look beautiful." Daniel said taking in her appearance. She was wearing a formal yet elegant black dressed that hugged all the right curves, it was a Christina original, a birthday present for Betty a few months prior.

"Thank you. And you're avoiding the subject." Betty said knowing exactly what he was doing.

" I still want to go..I guess I'm a little nervous." Daniel said as he fixed his tie.

"I know...I am too." Betty said.

"I know why I'm nervous, why are you?" Daniel asked turning to face Betty.

"I dunno,maybe because it's Bradford Meade, and I remember him being very intimidating." Betty confessed.

"Yeah, but so can you, you're Betty Suarez, a force to be reckoned with." Daniel said with a smirk.

"I'm not sure whether to take that as a compliment or an insult , but thanks." Betty said slightly smiling at him.

"Ok, I'm ready." Daniel said grabbing his coat in one hand and entwining his other with Betty's.

Two days had passed and they were on there way to the Palace hotel, where Bradford would be hosting the dinner, he'd invited Daniel to, when he'd gone to meet with his estranged father. Daniel was hesitant at first,but when he'd talked it over with Betty, she'd convinced him that it wouldn't hurt for him to go to one little dinner party. She pointed out that it would be a chance for him to show his father that he was doing just fine on his own and with Betty at his side.

They arrived at the Palace hotel fifteen minutes later and Daniel helped Betty out of the town car. They were immediately hit by quick flashes of light, presumably the paparazzi. They had been all over Bradford's release and Alexis' arrest in connection with Faye Summer's murder. Daniel definitely didn't miss this, with his new identity, he was able to run things ,while staying out of the spotlight.

"Is that Daniel Meade." One of the reporters yelled out.

"Come on." Daniel said grabbing Betty's hand and running quickly into the hotel,before any other reporters could recognize him.

"You ok." Betty asked once they were inside.

"Yeah, I hope that's the last time someone calls me that tonight." Daniel said shrugging it off.

They continued walking and were shown into one of the rooms located in the hotel for private party's. There was a hostess at the doorway with a list.

"Names please." He said as they walked up to him.

"Daniel Winters." Daniel said.

"Betty Suarez." Betty said. The man checked the list then motioned for them to enter the room.

"This is a bigger party then I thought, no wonder the paparazzi are here." Betty said once they walked into the room.

They were in a large room and there was literally hundreds of people mingling as well as sitting in medium sized tables, there was a stage and a live band playing music and a banner stretched overhead that said Meade enterprises. From the invitation, they'd assumed it was going to be a medium dinner with some close friends of Bradford, which would have been shocking enough given his former status as a convicted criminal, murder at that.

They spotted Bradford a couple feet away talking to two older gentleman, who Betty recognized as one of the top businessman in New York City. Bradford saw them too and excused himself before walking over to Betty and Daniel.

"Daniel, Betty, I'm glad you could come. You look lovely Betty." Bradford said taking in her appearance as he approached them.

"Thank you." Betty said feeling a little uncomfortable, especially since the reason she was hired those years ago as Daniel's assistant was because Bradford didn't think Daniel would become attracted to her, like he did with all of his previous assistants.

"You said you were hosting a dinner, this seems more like an investment dinner party." Daniel said a frown clearly shown on his face.

"Still doubting my motives, I see." Bradford said.

"You have yet to give me a reason, not to." Daniel said, still wearing the frown.

"I just thought that you and your fiancee would enjoy a nice evening. There's no pressure to invest, I'll admit I wanted you to see what I've been up to since I was set free from prison. Is it so wrong to want to spend time with my son, show him what I'm accomplishing?" Bradford said.

" Can you excuse us for a second." Betty said taking Daniel's hand and walking away from Bradford.

"Of course." Bradford said flashing them an understanding smile.

"Daniel, maybe you should just give him a chance. If he tries to pull anything, we'll just leave." Betty said.

"You're right. We've both been really busy with work and with the wedding, we deserve a nice dinner." Daniel said. He gave Betty a quick kiss then they walked back over to Bradford who was standing exactly where they had left him.

"Everything alright?" Bradford asked as they approached him.

"Yeah, so where should we sit." Betty said her arm looped with Daniel's.

"I've reserved you a place at my table over there, I just need to say hell to a few other people, then once everyone's seated dinner will be served."Bradford said than walked away, after pointing them towards one of the tables.

Daniel and Betty walked over and took their seats. There were two other couples seated at the table, and two other reserved empty seats. The first couple an older gentlemen ,a few years younger than Bradford, and his wife turned to speak to Daniel and Betty as they sat down.

"You must be Daniel, I'm Maureen Gables, I remember hearing about you back when Bradford was running things, then you sorta disappeared after everything fell apart and now here you are again out of the blue." Maureen said.

"Maureen, don't be rude." Her husband said.

"I'm not Charles, I'm just curious." Maureen said glaring at her husband.

"Don't mind her, shes always curious." Charles said which earned him another glare from his wife.

"No, its ok." Daniel said speaking for the first time since Maureen started talking.

"No its not, I didn't like your tone at all, your making it sound like he abandoned the company, when actually he was pushed out." Betty said defensively.

" Betty, really it's ok." Daniel said turning to her.

"You need to have a better hold on your woman, young man." Maureen said clearly insulted by Betty's defensive attitude.

"Excuse me, if you have something to say to me, then say, it to me." Betty said getting a little angry.

"Is everything alright here." Bradford said coming over.

"Of course it is Bradford, we're just having a little friendly discussion." Maureen said changing her tone.

"Actually, we're leaving." Betty said standing up.

"Excuse us for a second." Daniel said then walked away from Betty.

"The nerve of that woman, who the hell does she think she is." Betty said pissed.

"I know, Bee, calm down, I'm ok, I don't care what she thinks of me, or anyone else in this room for that matter, you're the only one that does matter." Daniel said taking her hands in his.

"I know, its just when I think back to how everything went down, I get so mad, that I wanna scream." Betty said.

"Me too, we can leave if you want. But I don't think we should let that women have that satisfaction." Daniel said.

"Since when did you become the cool level headed one." Betty said smiling at him.

"I guess my fiancee is rubbing off on me." Daniel said with a smirk.

"I guess so. Come on we have a dinner calling us." Betty said with a smirk.

Then the two walked back over to the table and retook their seats, much to the dismay of Maureen who had a surprised look on her face, she had probably figured they wouldn't be coming back. Daniel nodded to Bradford that everything was fine and throughout the dinner not another peep was heard out of the mouth of Maureen, but Betty could feel a continuing glare from across the table, and it didn't bother her one bit.

A/N: Thanks for reading.So when I started writing this chapter I had one vague idea in mind then it kinda developed into a thing of its own, this party scene might not seem too relevant now, but a little hint about my writing, everything, even the little things have a role/ a place in the bigger picture of the plot and I've got allot of things in store while continuing to maintain the Detty fluff and romantic angst, thanks again for reading and as always a review/constructive criticism is always welcomed and appreciated, I will update for sure this time next week.

-Pessi Rom