Making his cold heart soft episode 65

💫💫 MAKING HIS COLD 💧 HEART 💘 SOFT ✨
💫(The Princess 👸 In Disguise)👀
Written ✍️ by Oluwatosin Ayomi ❤️💎

💢💢Chapter 65💢💢

✍️ CHAPTER TITLE ✍️: THE BUTLER WITH OTHERS COMPASSION.

Damien made his appearance in the same company that he hasn’t been to in a while now.

The moment he came out of the elevator, his steps went quietly but quickly on the tiled ground. He kept his face straight but he didn’t ignore the individual respect thrown by his workers to him.

Damien raised his right hand in his manner of greetings to the workers, who looked surprised to see him.

They all thought that Damien wasn’t around after Caleb and their alleged sister stepped in earlier for the meeting. Why is he just coming?

He could hear an unclear murmur and movement from them, but he paid no attention to it, as he was aware of how much surprise his presence could have brought to them.

Damien didn’t bother lowering his steps to ask about where the meeting was currently taking place, because he was very much aware of its location. He scheduled everything by himself after all.

When he got to the entrance of the hall, he didn’t bother to alert them of his presence by knocking. Rather he held the doorknob and effortlessly pushed the door open.

This had a way for him to read the sudden expression on everyone’s present faces. He didn’t mind the attention thrown at him.

Damien gave another surprise by smiling, which is a rare act of him. “I’m sorry, I came late.” He apologized like it was necessary and went to take a seat opposite Caleb’s.

As Damien had refused to come along earlier, Caleb had to occupy Damien’s space, just so he could address the meeting properly. As him occupying a place meant for Damien also showed it that, whatever order he would be giving had been thoroughly looked into by Damien, Although it’s not so.

When Caleb and Damien’s eyes met, Caleb glared hard at Damien. Seeing the expression from Caleb, Damien’s smile became a grin.

Everywhere had been quiet since he entered and he didn’t like it. Clearing his throat to gain attention, Damien simply said, “I’m here to listen to people speaking and not your silence. Can the meeting continue now?”

Caleb was confused about whatever game Damien had in mind now by being mischievous. And so was Annabel, who had sat down quietly in their midst. Listening to what they’ve been discussing, but hasn’t been contributing.

She was surprised to see Damien coming in here. Didn’t he say that he doesn’t want to come? What made him have a change of mind? Annabel wondered.

“If what it would take from us is another time and planned means of expenses like you said, Charles,” Caleb returned the matter they were discussing before Damien came, making everyone divert their attention to him.

“It’s fine if that’s what you want. But the project wouldn’t be given more than a month to become a success,” he concentrated his attention on Charles, who kept on nodding his head.

“If that doesn’t happen in a month, then we will_”

“Then I will get you sacked and you’ll be tagged a failure,” Damien who had been smiling all along suddenly said, to everyone’s surprise, especially Charles, whom Damien was referring to.

Seeing Damien jumping into the conversation, Caleb sighed frustratedly, but he didn’t say a word about what Damien had just said.

Rather, he started speaking on another matter that needed to be solved, and let Damien have the final say, on the current project.

The meeting went on with Caleb doing most of the talking, and Damien giving some words when he wanted. Sometimes the board directors are given the right to share their minds too.

Although after his first engagement, which made Charles’s face that was bright before dull now, Damien didn’t find most of the discussion interesting, so he didn’t reply to many of it.

It’s a good thing that Caleb was there to handle most of them, because sincerely, Damien wouldn’t have known how to go about them. He needs to change for the betterment of himself and stop depending on Caleb truly.

After half an hour, the meeting came to an end, making the workers return to their duties while leaving the Stewarts alone in the hall.

“I waited too long for you both to be back. Why did the meeting take such a long time?” Damien complained. The meeting he had scheduled was supposed to last for an hour, so how didn’t it extend to such a long period?

“Next time, don’t schedule a meeting that you wouldn’t be attending.” Caleb retorted, as his fingers slammed fast on the keyboard. Caleb was updating some work on his system, which is related to the meeting they just had.

“Okay, Dad. I wouldn’t do that again,” Damien admitted to his suspicion instead of arguing or complaining.

Standing up from where he was sitting, to walk over to where Annabel was sitting calmly. He pinched her cheeks playfully when he got to her side and made her smile.

“Mitthew…” Caleb hissed annoyingly and continued with what he was doing.

“Did you have breakfast before we leave the house? And why are you looking skinny?” Damien asked Annabel as his eyes examined her body.

“Disguise already gave me food to eat. And I’m not skinny. It’s only my arms that are slim,” Annabel argued while excusing herself from the seat.

Damien chuckled hard then his hand reached out to her hair. “You must have been the only fat girl in the world, who possesses a slim hand, with skinny legs,” Annabel rolled her eyes disgustingly, and didn’t bother to speak to him again.

It was obvious that Damien was busy saying what would get her upset. Although she doesn’t know how he managed to go from his cold state to the one of him smiling presently. Something is fishy about him.

*

When Caleb finished rounding up the work without Damien trying to hasten him, it was already late. The day has been stressful and busy in one way or the other.

From visiting the princess, and then to the company where they spent hours again. The three of them were exhausted. Annabel held hands with Damien as they walked over to where the car was parked.

Sighting Vera’s face, Annabel knew that she had just woken up after probably taking a nap when she was exhausted.

Annabel was the reason why the princess was being put to this stress. A journey that was meant to be quick had extended until the cloud had started turning dark on their heads.

Letting go of Damien’s hand and immediately got in the car. Damien entered after her. Caleb didn’t say anything as he walked to the front seat. It felt like he was avoiding speaking with Damien.

The driver already got back in the car earlier after Damien left, without saying anything to the butler who didn’t speak to him either.

The moment everyone was comfortable, the car engine was ignited and the car which was at rest earlier was back on the road, moving towards the mansion.

Annabel turned to look at Vera whose face was calm. “Are you tired?” She asked and didn’t bother about Damien who was staring in their direction.

“Yeah. Just hungry, but I’m fine.” Vera replied with a faint smile, then her palm ran amidst Annabel’s hair.

“We’re not going anywhere else, right?” Annabel turned her head to Damien questionably.

Damien placed a finger on his cheek like he was thinking about it, but when Annabel glared at him, he immediately said, “Of course, we’re not. But we can go shopping if you want,” he shrugged his shoulder after saying.

“The one shopping which your female fans will ruin again. I’m not interested.” Annabel said firmly. Damien remembered the incident she was talking about and chuckled.

He was so upset with Annabel the day she requested to go shopping with him because Damien hated going to public places and drawing attention to himself.

Who knew that the first-time experience had taught Annabel a lesson. Now that he’s thinking about it, would he be able to adapt to having women around him?

After keeping such a long distance between himself and them, how would it feel now to engage himself in matters related to them?

Vera was tired and hungry, but her eyes couldn’t just move away when they saw Annabel closing her eyes, with her neck placed on the backseat.

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It wouldn’t have been comfortable for her to sleep in such a way, as her neck would hurt later. Vera doesn’t want that to happen.

Bringing Annabel’s head closer to her, and that made her wake up, but when she realized what Vera was up to, Annabel by herself smuggled closer to Vera, and rested her head on Vera’s chest.

“Sorry…” Vera whispered and started caressing her hair, so she would go back to sleep.

Damien who sat down idle saw this and his heart which had already been melted by the butler’s word earlier started melting again.

How could one have gotten such compassion and love for someone who isn’t their relative!? There is he sitting in the car with them, while all that was on his mind was to get home and rest. But here is the tired butler trying his best to ensure that Annabel feels comfortable.

Damien roamed his eyes around the butler’s palm that was going up and down gently on Annabel’s hand, and he was forced to stare at the butler himself.

How could a man be so kind and considerate? Why didn’t Damien realize this side of the butler months back, so he could show him some love too.

No one means the whole world to him than Annabel has been. The butler looking after Annabel made him feel like the butler was looking after him too.

His eyes soften, them seeing the butler yawning tiredly while staring into space.

And as if Vera could feel his set of eyes staring at her, she turned her eyes for them to meet with his.

Seems like Damien doesn’t plan for the butler to notice how he stares at him. And strangely, when the butler’s eyes met his, Damien found his throat drying.

He didn’t move his eyes away, rather he continued staring at the butler with softness in his eyes, and Vera noticed that too quickly.

Her hand which was caressing Annabel’s hair had stopped due to the sudden reaction from Damien. She wondered what was making him stare at her first, before realizing that it must have had to do with the sleeping Annabel that she was busy petting on her chest.

Does Damien have a different impression of what she was doing? Maybe he doesn’t feel right with the sight of a man touching his sister.

Blinking her eyes, with her long eyelashes acting innocent along with her face, Vera said, “M- Master Damien, I wanted to help her sleep comfortably,” she swallowed nothing down her throat after explaining.

Damien hearing that smiled, because he knew clearly what the butler was thinking about. If only Damien could tell the butler that he wasn’t thinking about him doing something mischievous with his sister, but he was thinking of how to make him stay with them forever.

All this affection, where else would Annabel get it? Even if Damien hires another butler, can he ever be like Disguise? The way life deals with us sometimes is painful.

Life brings about circumstances that don’t allow people who truly care about us to stay for a long time with us. They tend to leave our lives quickly and leave their impacts when they were present, making us miss them forever.

*

The night went with them returning home. Everyone had something to eat including the butler, but she didn’t join them at the dining, rather she decided to stay in the kitchen and quietly devour her food.

“Hello ma’am,” Vera heard his voice reaching out to her as he walked into the kitchen with a tray, that had plates packed on it with him.

Vera’s eyes blinked to check that no one was coming with it. Chewing the chips that were in her mouth quickly and swallowing them like that, she stood up and went to meet him.

“What are you doing Smart? What if someone heard!?” Vera whispered as she started picking up the plates that were on the tray, for her to drop them where they would be washed.

“No one was coming. I made sure to check before saying,” Smart replied. His eyes roamed around Vera’s body, as he wondered how she had managed to hide her appearance to date.

What wouldn’t allow them to find out about her identity was that she didn’t give them the reason for constant suspicion. When the butler is looked at closely, they will doubt her identity, because sometimes, her expression doesn’t seem like a man’s own. Especially whenever she smiles.

“Even though, don’t act that way again please.” Vera politely warned as she carried the last plate from the tray.

“Thank you…” Smart said and saw her nod her head. Afterward, they were both quiet without saying anything again.

Vera started going back to where she was eating, when Smart suddenly asked, “Scott told us today that you are resigning. Why?”

Vera’s steps halted, as her body became stiff. How did Scott find out that she was leaving? She never told him. Or did Damien inform him? Have they started looking for another Butler that would replace her?

“It isn’t something big. I feel that it’s time to leave. Three months away from my family isn’t easy.” Vera answered without looking at the chef in the eyes.

Ever since the day Smart found out about Vera’s identity, their ways of communicating has had a quick switch. It was like Smart found it odd to chit-chat with a princess, unlike when he thought that she was just a worker like him.

“I hope you’ll be good?” He asked her. She wondered if she had achieved what she told him to come here for, for her to decided to leave.

“Sure. Are you missing me already?” Vera tried changing the awkwardness in their conversation as she didn’t like it.

Where Smart stood, with his arms folded around his chest, he let out a faint smile. Was he missing her? “I won’t miss you, because I know where to find you if I want to see you again.” He replied and then again created another awkward moment.

Vera faked a laughter and said, “You shouldn’t miss me. I’m sure Scott is already finding another butler who would replace me for you all.”

Smart shrugged his shoulder like he didn’t know about what she just said. And truthfully, Scott didn’t mention to him whether they would employ another butler or not.

*

When Vera finished her food, she helped Smart in doing the dishes, before heading to Annabel’s room.

Annabel would have finished eating earlier, and since she wasn’t within her sight, Vera knew that the place where she would be was her room.

Pushing the door open and expecting to see Annabel in the room sleeping. But instead, she met Damien sitting on the bed while petting her to sleep.

Vera’s movement halted, but she didn’t stop by the door. She entered the room properly and closed the door behind her.

Her eyes trailed at Annabel whose eyes were closed, since she was sleeping, before it shifted to Damien who was staring at her again.

“I came to check if she has slept,” Vera explained before she found herself in another disturbing state.

“I wanted to ensure that too before going to my room. You can come closer,” Damien replied, and his eyes looked away from her, then settled on Annabel’s sleeping face.

“You need to teach me how to bond with people who ain’t related to me. You haven’t even gone yet, and here is me and Annabel feeling sober,” came Damien’s strange words again. Who knows that he could ever utter this kind of words someday?

Vera dragged her feet closer to the bed, dragging the duvet up till it covered Annabel properly. Doing that because she doesn’t know what to say to what Damien just told to her.

“Annabel was begging me to stop you from leaving before she slept. Isn’t the assignment you both have given to me today too difficult to carry out?” Damien sighed. Pulling aside a few strands of hair that he considered to be stressing Annabel away from her face.

Once again, Vera didn’t say a word. “I can’t become a kind of man who would get married to another man. So how else am I supposed to make you stay back with us? Should I ask your family for the permission to continue staying with us? Because I also can’t imagine you leaving,” Damien stated calmly.

If one should compare his usual mode of speaking to this current one, it could be sensed that Damien’s voice portrayed his sadness.

How did things turn out to be this way? How come Vera didn’t realize that Damien had grown deeply fond of her? And what were all those pains showing in the eyes? Has Damien falling in love with Vera?

To Be Continued…
Why Damien dey call Annabel skinny😂🙄
Caleb seems angry😓
Why is Smart acting like that😏😏
Una sure say Damien never fall in love? 🤔
B like say the cold-hearted man don swallow love oh😂
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