She appeared to be distracted by someone as he followed her gaze. He just saw her father was on his way to them. He always wanted to meet the man who had been ruling this city. Being on the top of the business industry. He figured that this might be his only opportunity to get acquainted with him.
“Nothing.” She looked at him, seeing the inquisitiveness in his eyes. She was not about to tell him what was bothering her. Then again, an idea came to her mind.
She guessed this was the perfect time to test if this agreement would work for her benefit too. As of now, this was the best choice she could think of to avoid her father’s matchmaking. He always insisted that he just wanted to secure her future.
In truth, he was just thinking of securing the interest of his company. Being the only heir, he had no choice but to find her a good husband who would continue his legacy until his grandchildren arrived in this world. Well, that was her assumption since she did not want anything to do with the company.
“Daniella, I hope you were not avoiding me.” Her father flippantly stated as he stood in front of her.
“Hi, Dad. Of course not.” She answered, not noticing that he was already close to them, slightly startling her with his presence.
She went forward and gave her dad a warm hug. She loved her dad and she had no grudge with him in terms of their relation. He was a great father. However, when it came to their professional lives, it was a different story.
“Well, Andrew here was looking for you, maybe you could accompany him for a while.” Her dad acted innocently, pretending that he had no idea of what was happening at his party. But nothing happened under his roof, without him knowing about it.
“Hello, Daniella. You look very lovely tonight.” Andrew greeted her and was about to hug her, but she quickly extended her hand instead. Andrew had no choice but to accept her hand.
“Nice to see you too, Andrew.” She replied as she quickly pulled her hands back.
She just knew it. She had to do something fast. “But, Dad. I already have company. I was just looking for the perfect timing to introduce him to you.” She had no choice now. She swiftly moved to the side of the man she was about to use for the night.
“What are you talking about?” Her dad asked still feigning oblivious of their situation.
Her father was curious about what his daughter was up to, and he was finding it intriguing. Anyway, he was not particularly fond of Andrew. He just knew that he could use him against his daughter’s stubbornness. So far, he was satisfied with the outcome of his little experiment.
Now, he could not wait to hear what she had to say. Although he already had an idea of what was going on, he was still looking forward to his daughter’s grand revelation.
“This is Alexander Princeton.” Pointing to the man beside her, then remembering that she had to act appropriately. She entwined her arms around his before she continued. “My boyfriend.”
That was it. She just made her decision to give his ridiculous proposal a try. At least that would keep her father off her back for a while. Tomorrow, she could easily say that they broke up.
This might be not that bad after all. She just got herself a boyfriend for the night.
“Oh, I did not have any idea that you were dating someone.” Her father appeared surprised by her admission. “Andrew, will you excuse us for a minute. I just need to speak to my daughter.” It was more of a command than a request. Andrew immediately made his leave and the three of them were left alone.
Her father was certainly intrigued by the turn of events. He had been closely monitoring Mr. Princeton because of his recent acquisition of the Welsh Group of Companies. He had been eyeing to buy that company for a long time, but the owner refused to give it up.
He was wondering about this man who was still a mystery to all. And his curiosity just spiked up now that he had learned of his involvement with his daughter. He was still not sure if he should be happy about it or not. He needed more information about the man his daughter was recently dating.
“We are just recently dating, so I was not sure if we should announce it yet.” She was glad that she was good at twisting the truth to her advantage. Because her dad was quite good at reading people and he could have easily seen through her lies.
“It is very nice to meet you, Mr. Hamilton.” Alexander offered his hand for a shake to the man who he admired all this year. In a way, he wanted to achieve what he had. He also wanted to seat on his throne because that was where the real power lie.
“It was me who is pleased to meet you, Mr. Princeton.” Her father patted him on the shoulder as they shook their hands. “Can I call you, Alex? We don’t have to be formal. Just call me Ethan.” Employing a tone, he normally used to intimidate his competition.
He always gauged a man by the way they gripped their hand on a handshake. If it was too soft or too hard, it was not worth his time. But a firm grip with a proper amount of pressure was a man he could work with.
Thus far, Alex was proving to be a very remarkable man. Although he would still need a more thorough background check on him. He had to make sure that he was not just using his daughter to get to him.
He had been wrong before with Nick and it was a lapse in his judgment when he allowed his emotion to take over his instinct. He would not allow that to happen again.
“Alex is fine, Ethan.” He answered back without any hint of being intimidated.
He was not about to cower down to this man, even if he was the king of this city. He was going to use this opportunity to get in his good graces and learn from the legend himself. He felt like he just hit the jackpot. He was hitting two birds with one stone.
“So, tell me, Alex, what do you do?” Ethan asked as he signaled a passing waiter to bring them some drinks.
“I’m into a variety of business, but my main interest focuses on constructions and buildings.” He answered him vaguely. But if he knew the man, he already had him investigated long before he met him.
The news of his latest acquisition had many of his rivals investigating his identity. They wanted to know how his small company was able to acquire a deal with such an elusive company. But none of them was able to dig much about him, except for the information he had asked his team to disseminate.
“How did you meet my daughter, if I may ask?” This part, he did not know. He was curious about how their paths crossed.
After Nick broke the engagement, his daughter had sworn off man and dating. He occasionally heard that she went out on a date, but it never lasted more than an hour before she called it a night. He was concerned that she might not find the right man for her.
Maybe pushing men at her did not help, but he was just hoping that she would eventually find the right one. Despite, everyone’s opinion, he loved his daughter very much. He just wanted the best for her. Maybe his approach was not to her standard, but that was what he thought was best.
“I’m her client. She’s handling one of my accounts in their firm.” He simply explained, not wanting to give more details.
“Dad, if you’ll excuse us, we still have to mingle around. We also don’t want to monopolize your time. I’m sure you have many guests to entertain.” Dani wanted to escape her dad’s questioning because she was not sure if they could answer any of it given that they barely knew each other.
“I hope that we’ll have a get-together sometime. Maybe you can bring him along for dinner.” Her dad addressed his statement to his daughter.
“Dad, we are both very busy these following weeks.” She tried to find a better alibi but nothing came to mind, so she settled for that.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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