A/n: So as I mentioned in the previous chapter,the angst resumes her, school is finally done which is why I haven't updated till now, and why I can update now, anywho you've waited long enough, so enjoy the new chapter as the drama unfolds,mwahaha,lol.
-Pessi . Rom
Disclaimer: Don't own anything except Wayne Publications and the last name"Winters",cause if I did UB wouldn't have ended, and if I did have to end it the series finale would of had a Detty kiss.
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Chapter : Eight
Betty awoke,with the sun shining in her face. Today,just like every day of the week,today was going to be very busy. She had a meeting with her publisher, in an hour and a half, an article to write for WP, and a fitting appointment with Christina.
Despite the busy day ahead of her,Betty couldn't help but smile as she woke up. She had woken in the arms of her best friend,and future husband, something she'd been without for three days,when he'd gone on his business trip. She turned in his arms to face him,when she felt him stir awake next to her.
"Good morning." Daniel said kissing her hello.
"Good morning." Betty said after they ended the kiss.
"I really missed you while I was gone. We should stay like this all day." Daniel said, as he gently moved his fingers up and down her arm and shoulder.
"It was only three days." Betty said with a smirk.
"Three days spent without the love of my life." Daniel said wearing a smirk of his own.
"That's sweet,but as good as that sounds,staying in bed with you,I've got a ton to do today. As a matter of fact ,so do you." Betty said then stretched before moving to get out of bed.
"Can't work wait an hour...or two." Daniel said seductively.
"No,cause its not just work stuff. We have very important fittings with Christina today. Her schedule is very busy , especially since she got that contract with Macy's,so you can't be late." Betty said walking over to her side of the closet to pick out her outfit for the day.
"That's today,what time?" Daniel asked getting out of their bed and walking over to where she stood. He wrapped his arms around her waist, from behind,and gently started to kiss her neck.
"Daniel...stop. Its at three,right after your quarterly financial meeting with Flyer." Betty said referring to one of the magazines run out of one of his other publishing companies.
"Right,and what do I have before that?" Daniel asked.
"Staff meeting at WP at 10:00, conference call at 11:00 to finalize things with the Chicago publishing company. Lunch with me at 12:00, another conference call, to that company in Madrid at 1:00 and your fitting with Christina at 2:30." Betty said all the while looking through the closet.
"Are you sure you're my fiancee cause you sound more like my assistant." Daniel said jokingly.
"You wish,cause I was the very best. I had to find out the rest of your schedule to figure out when to schedule your fitting. Also it seems you've forgotten my photographic memory. Are you sure you're my fiancee,cause he he would have remembered that."Betty said joking right back.
"Hey,of course I know that babe. I know every... single...inch...of you." Daniel said tenderly feeling her up at each pause.
"If you keep that up, we're both gonna be late." Betty said though enjoying his advances.
"I know,you're right,we'll just have to make the most of that hour lunch." Daniel said winking at her before heading over to his side of the closet and pulling out an outfit,which he placed on the bed before heading to the bathroom to take a shower.
Betty rolled her eyes and smiled. She laid her own clothes on the bed and headed to her bathroom to take a shower as well.
Daniel had just finished his conference call with the company in Madrid. The conference had gone very well, and they'd even finished early. Glancing at the clock,which read 1:45, he saw he had forty-five minutes before his fitting with Christina.
He decided to check in with Betty on the phone,since he had the down time,but just as he picked up his phone,it started to ring. He looked puzzled at the unknown number that flashed across the screen,but decided to answer the call anyway.
"Daniel Winters." Daniel said when he picked up the call.
"Hello Daniel its your father." Bradford said on the other side of the line.
"Why are you calling?" Daniel said somewhat rudely,he hadn't heard from his father since the dinner he'd invited him and Betty to.
"I was wondering if you could meet with me,there's something very important I'd like to discuss with you." Bradford said not phased by Daniel's rude tone.
"And why would I do that,I haven't heard from you in over two weeks." Daniel said.
"Yes,I have been very busy, and really would appreciate you meeting with me son." Bradford said with a small hint of softness in his voice.
"Ok,but only for a little bit,I've got an important meeting at 2:30." Daniel said referring to his tux fitting with Christina at her home studio.
"Thank, it shouldn't take long at all,you can meet me at this address..." Bradford said giving Daniel an address.
"Ok,I'll be right there." Daniel said then hung up.
Glancing at the clock,he knew he would be cutting it close,but he didn't intend to stay very long with his Father,so he figured he could still make it,since the address wasn't too far from Christina's place .
Daniel's town car dropped him off in front of a building in Manhattan. It was a medium sized hotel, he walked inside and went over to the bar/lounge area in the lobby. He spotted his father sitting on a stool a drink in front of him.
"Daniel,thank you for coming." Bradford said when Daniel approached him.
"So what was so important, you wanted to meet with me?" Daniel said taking a seat.
"I've got a proposition for you." Bradford said.
Betty had just walked off the elevator and started walking toward her office at WP. She was coming back to the office after her fitting with Christina. She would be spending the rest of the day working on things her editor had, corrected and suggested, for the current chapter of her book.
She was almost at her office, when her phone rang. She pulled her cell from her purse.
"Betty Suarez." She said answering the phone.
"Bet-ty it's Christina." Christina said in her strong Scottish accent.
"Christina,hey what's up?" Betty said as she entered her office.
"I was wondering if you spoke to Daniel,he's about twenty minutes late for our appointment and I haven't heard from him, I've only got another half an hour before my meeting with Macy's,if he doesn't show, I wont be able to wait for him." Christina said.
"No, I haven't seen him since lunch, I reminded him this morning, he should be there,I'll call him and get back to you. Thanks for calling." Betty said not believing that Daniel was so late.
"Ok, let me know by 3:15,because I'll be leaving soon after." Christina said.
"Ok,I will,bye." Betty said hanging up. She quickly dialed Daniel's cell,but It went straight, to voice mail, so she left him a message, before frustratingly hanging up. She wondered what he could possibly be doing that would make him miss the appointment.
It was one thing to be five minutes late, she expected that from her fiancee,but to be twenty minutes later, when he apparently had nothing else to do in his schedule, that was not acceptable. She really hoped he called her back, because he would have a lot to explain.
"Wow, all of this actually might work." Daniel said looking over the papers sprawled out on the table in front of him.
"I take it, you're interested then?" Bradford were upstairs in his hotel room,looking over some paper work for Bradford's new project.
"Maybe." Daniel said toning back some of his excitement. This project could be a great opportunity in his expansion of the Winter's empire,but could he really trust Bradford?
"You have right to be reluctant,but I think both of us collaborating on this will increase the chances for success. I'll give you time to think about it,not too much time,lets say a week." Bradford said scooping up the papers putting them back into a folder on the table.
"A week it is, I'll let you know what I decide." Daniel said standing up.
"I'll see you in a week then." Bradford said.
"Maybe." Daniel said then walked out of the hotel room.
He reached into his pocket for his cell phone. He'd put it on silent as he always did whenever he was in any type of business meeting. He saw three missed calls, two from Betty and one from Christina,as well a voice mail. He glanced at the time and saw that it was 3:45.
"Dammit!" He said realizing he'd missed his fitting appointment,Betty would no doubt be pissed. She wasn't necessarily a bridezilla,but she had reminded him several times, and he'd still missed the tux fitting appointment. He pressed talk to listen to the voice mail.
"Daniel, its Betty, where are you,its 2:50, Christina is waiting for you,please call me back when you get this,please,ok,bye." Betty voice in the message said, he could hear a hint of confusion and disappointment in her voice as she spoke.
He tried to call her,but she didn't pick up. Betty always picked up her phone when he called,so he knew she had to be pissed at him. He didn't blame her , and he knew she probably wouldn't be very happy when she found out why, and who, she missed the appointment, for.
Daniel headed back to the WP, and when he got there, Betty's assistant told him that Betty had left early after turning in her article, and would be working on her book at home for the remainder of the day. Daniel still had a few things to take care of,so he'd just have to talk to Betty when he got home.
Daniel walked into his and Betty's condo,he looked around but didn't see his fiancee.
"Betty,babe,you home?" Daniel called out,but got no answer. He walked over to their bedroom and found Betty sitting on the bed her laptop in her lap,she was furiously typing as music from her ipod played from the small speaker system on the table near her side of their bed.
"Betty." Daniel said walking over to her,but she ignored him, and continued to type.
"Betty!" Daniel said louder this time, giving her no choice but to answer him.
"Oh,you're home." She said clearly upset with him, as she turned the music down.
"Betty, I'm so sorry I missed the fitting, I tried to call you to explain,but you didn't pick up." Daniel said.
"Like you didn't pick up when I called you. Where were you,what was so important to make you not shop up or even call, I was worried when you didn't pick up." Betty said.
"I know, I'm really sorry,something came up, a meeting, and I lost track of time." Daniel said.
"What exactly came up, you still haven't told me where you were." Betty said.
"I-I was with my dad." Daniel reluctantly said.
"Bradford,why were you meeting with him?" Betty asked confused.
"He called me after the conference with Madrid, I had some time before the fitting,so I agreed to meet with him,he had a proposition for me, and in discussing it I lost track of time." Daniel explained.
"What kind of proposition?" Betty asked suspicious. Daniel explained what he and Bradford had discussed and how the plans looked really appealing.
"He's giving me a week to decide if I want to be a part of it." Daniel said.
"I don't know Daniel, are you sure you can trust him?" Betty said.
"No,but weren't you the one who wanted me to give him a chance." Daniel said.
"Yes,but I meant trying to have a father son relationship again, not go into a business venture with him." Betty said,not liking the idea at all.
"What are you afraid of?" Daniel asked seeing the concern in her eye's.
"I don't want him to pull you back in to being the person you were before,what if he's doing this to make you a Meade again, and I don't just mean the name." Betty said.
Daniel moved closer to her, sitting on the bed, removing the computer from her lap and holding her hand in his before looking into her chocolate brown eyes and speaking.
"I won't let that happen, I am really sorry about missing the fitting and not answering my phone. I should have paid more attention to the time, and I promise whatever we decide,because you are first and foremost my partner, I wont let him pull me back in,I'm Daniel Winter's and working with my Dad again wont ever change that." Daniel said then leaned in and kissed her.
"Ok,but I'm still a little mad at you for missing the fitting." Betty said.
"How can I make it up to you?" Daniel asked looking at her seductively.
"I can think of one thing." Betty said seductively back,before handing him a pillow. Daniel looked at her confused.
"You can start by sleeping on the couch tonight." Betty said with a smirk before placing her laptop back on her lap and returning to her furious typing pace.
"Ok,I deserve that,I love you by the way." Daniel said as he stood up from the bed. Betty responded by handing him a blanket before returning her attention to her computer.
"I love you too." Betty said once he left the room, a worried expression on her face. She had a feeling Daniel, would take the proposition Bradford had offered him,and that, that action would spell trouble for everyone involved,especially Daniel.
A/N: Thanks for reading,I hope y'all liked it,I've got the full direction of this in my head so from this point on updates should be much more frequent as the story continues to develop and unfold, I hope to have another chapter up later in the week, and as always,a review/constructive criticism is always welcomed and appreciated.
-Pessi . Rom