Taming the Billionaire CEO ( Daniel Monroe )

10 Q & A 

Anna had just finished applying her lip gloss never let her wear anything other than that there?” she asked. 

“It’s Daniel.” 

the only make–up she had ever worn since Daniel 

when she heard a light knocking at the door. “Who’s 

The rate of her heartbeat immediately doubled. All through their marriage, he only visited her room once and that was a few days before when she was being thrown out. 

“Now, why is he here?” she muttered in justified suspicion, but still couldn’t help the happiness she felt. “Seriously, why can’t I just get over this idiot once and for all? Why do I still feel this way after all he and his family did to me?” 

“Can I come in?” he asked from the other side of the door, but before she could answer, he let himself 

1. in. 

Her lips curled downwards as the warmth in her eyes dissipated. “You seem to forget this isn’t your house anymore and I’m no longer your wife so you missed your chance to enter my room without permission,” she snapped. 

He took a step backwards, his pride hurt by her outburst as he hadn’t expected her reaction to be hostile. “I just wanted to-” 

She immediately cut him off with a smug smile, “I’m sorry. I meant you can’t just barge into me and my husband’s room like it belongs to you.” 

Although she couldn’t deny she still had feelings for him, she couldn’t overlook how disrespectful he was to her. She was already married and yet he still entered her room like it was normal to do so. 

She couldn’t possibly be over me, right? Daniel wondered. Or does she also love Davis? 

He bit down on his lips and forced a smile to his lips, “I’m sorry for entering without permission, Anna,” he wasn’t one to apologize to anyone except his father, but now he was apologizing to Anna of all people. 

She nodded in satisfaction, “That’s good enough. Just don’t do that again, what if I was naked?” she muttered her last words, looking away from him to hide the blush on her face. 

“Which is exactly what I was hoping for,” he muttered disappointedly. 

“Did you say something?” she asked as she cleared her dressing table. 

“No, nothing 

She stood from the dressing table. “Great then, if you have nothing to say, you may leave,” she instructed him, uncomfortable with his presence in the room and fearing she wouldn’t be able to control herself if he made a move on her.. 

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I’m such an idiot. She mentally face–palmed, hiding her inner turmoils from her face so he didn’t. realize the effect his presence had on her. 

He stared at her for a while as she went about arranging the room as though he wasn’t there. She was a different person entirely and he didn’t like it one bit. He wondered if he could get her back, but he had no choice but to try. 

If he didn’t, he could lose everything he had worked for and he wasn’t going to let someone as insignificant as Anna get in the way of his plans. 

“I came to let you know breakfast and everyone is waiting,” he told her. 

She looked up at him with a raised brow, “And you couldn’t send one of the house–helps to do it? And do you expect me to believe your family is waiting for you to come down for breakfast-?” 

“How am I sure you all haven’t poisoned the food?” she crossed her arms across her chest. 

He let out a sigh of frustration, “Please trust me. 

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“The same way you trusted me when I said I didn’t push Renee in the pool, right?” she scoffed before remembering she wanted to confirm something. “Fine then, we’ll go, but I have a question for you.” 

“I’m listening,” he said and without waiting for an invite, sat on the bed. When she gave him a questioning look, he shrugged, “I’m tired of standing.” 

It was pointless arguing with him. He would just do whatever he wanted so far it didn’t have consequences at least, not ones that truly affected him. “When did Renee get pregnant?” she asked. 

His lips curled in a smile but he immediately hid it. For her to ask this question, she cares about me and is most likely still unhappy I didn’t give her the child she wants. 

“If you want a baby, I could-” 

“Don’t even try to joke with me right now,” she cut him off in a voice as cold as ice. “I asked a question and I expect you to answer. You said you didn’t want a child and even when I knew you were unfaithful, I still believed you because you didn’t bring home a child, so what changed and when?” 

A frown settled on his face. He didn’t want to answer the question especially because the answer’d not help him win her favor. 

“I had so much to do and so having a child seemed more like a burden than a thing of joy, which is why I didn’t want one then,” he lied. I just didn’t want one with you. 

She was sure he was lying, but that wasn’t what she was interested in. Although she knew something was up with Renee’s pregnancy, she wanted to know those who were in on it. 

“And you found out when?” 

“A month ago,” he beamed, and her heart sank at how happy he was. He never smiled that way when he was around her. Our marriage must have made him unhappy. 

Her sadness wasn’t what was important, his happiness was. Seeing how happy he was, the pregnancy 

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was real, but Renee’s behaviour said otherwise. 

“That’s all my questions, you can leave now,” she told him, staring at the celling to stop the tears that were threatening to fall. 

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“Well, I have questions for you as well.” His voice was so loud and It sounded like he was right next to 

her. 

She looked away from the ceiling only to come face to face with him. “Why are you so close?” she yelped trying to distance herself from him, but he wrapped his hand around her waist and pulled her closer. 

Hit him. Scream. Tell him to leave you. 

She wanted to do one of those things, but as she stared into his eyes, all she wanted was for time to stop. “Y–you should stop now,” she finally managed to mutter, although she was making very little effort to break away from his embrace. T 

Her mind told her to get away from him, but her heart wanted him to kiss her. 

“Do you not love me anymore?” he asked softly, his voice breaking as though he was suffering. 

He’s lying. She knew but she still chose to believe. 

“I don’t,” she whispered, her chest rising and falling. 

He pulled her closer to him, running his fingers down the side of her face. “Are you certain?” he asked, bringing his face closer to hers. 

“Daniel, we’re both married to different people,” she reminded him. 

“I’m not legally married to Renee and although I don’t know what is between you and that asshole, I know you don’t love him,” he said and brought his lips to hers. 

“Ma’am, we have a problem!” A voice yelled. 

11 Heart To Heart