Note: Sorry for the wait! I own story not characters. Enjoy!

The next morning, everyone sat in the living room waiting for breakfast except Serena.

"Daddy, where's Serena?" Jamie asked worriedly.

"She's probably still asleep." He said flipping through his newspaper.

"She's not there." She said pouting.

"She's not?" He asked slightly astound, the paper dropping.

"I'll go look for her." He said getting up to go change clothes.

Cynthia started to say something but she bit her tongue. She had a feeling something was going on the two of them but she couldn't put her finger on it. She had honestly thought she was doing a good job of keeping an eye on them. Darien hurriedly put on some clothing and shoes. He was out of the door and down the elevator. It wasn't moving fast enough. He was hoping she didn't leave because of him. When he got off the elevator, he rushed to the doors leading outside only to see her coming.

"Good morning." She said wiping her face with a towel.

"Where have you been?" He asked embracing her.

"Uh, jogging. Why should you care where I've been? I go jogging every morning no matter where I am."

"Well, I do care." He said looking down on her.

Serena notice something in his eyes but she looked away.

"Well I'm glad you do but now I'm really hungry." She said changing the subject.

"Breakfast is being cooked now."

"Good, let's go." She said pulling from his arms going to the elevator.

Neither of them had noticed they were still in each others arms. Once they were in the elevator, they stood apart- silently. Darien couldn't take it anymore.

"Serena, I'm sorry about last night." He said quietly.

"No hard feelings." She said shrugging.

He walked behind her and enveloped her in a warm hug. Unconsciously, she closed her eyes. Even though she wouldn't truly admit it, she loved being in his arms. When he felt her relax in his arms, he took the opportunity to place small butterfly kisses on her neck. She wanted them to stay that way forever but she knew that he didn't belong to her. She removed his arms from around her and stepped away.

"We both know this isn't right. God Darien! You are getting married in a few days! You declared your love to Cynthia and you should be faithful to her. I don't know what's going on with you but maybe I'm just a fling to you or something. I have feelings and I don't want to hurt Cynthia no matter how she is. Once you two are married, I'll be nothing but a fling to you and I think you should remember that I am your employee, Mr. Shields." She said trying to keep her voice steady.

Darien felt a blow to his chest. He couldn't believe that she thought his feelings for her were just a phase and this was just a last minute fling. He was speechless. The elevator door opened and they exited, not speaking. Today was going to be a long day

Note: Sorry it took a while to update and I'm sorry it's short. My birthday is this Sunday so I've been bogged down with plans! Well review and I will try to update again this week if possible! Love ya!!