Danilo's POV
"Boss, we found her," Tony said and gave me the file.
I saw Lauren with another man and that didn't sit well with me. I know that I might be the last person. she wanted to see but I needed a rematch. When we were married, we were both young and neither of us wanted that marriage. Now that I am older, my priorities have changed and so have my feelings for her.
You know when you think that you are over someone, and then you see them again, the minute you begin to ask and doubt yourself about the decisions you have made, that is when you need to sit down and wonder where and how you could have done things differently.
I know I treated her badly but never did I think that she would ask me for a divorce. We were in a loveless marriage, at least on my part I thought that she could never love me, that was before I realized that she had developed feelings for me, like I had for her.
" Thanks, Tony, " I said and took the file.
I asked Tony to find out everything he could about Lauren and as I paged through the file, it looked like he had done a thorough job. In this file, I had information about where she was living, and where she was working, everything I needed to know was in the file.
" I will be downstairs if you need me," Tony said to me.
He went downstairs and left me in my office. I read through the file and I will say that I was impressed with what I saw. A year after the divorce, she went back to school and studied law, she was so good that she completed her studies in record time, what takes people four years to complete, she did it in half the time.
When I got home and found that she had left me, I immediately regretted my decision, I also knew that I was too late to try and fix things, especially since I thought Veronica was the one for me. But now things are different. I don't have to answer to my father anymore.
This time, I know for sure that she is what I want. No one is forcing me to be with her. For the last five years, I have been dreaming about her, dreaming of us in a different world, a world where we were happy, a world where we were in love, a world where nothing else mattered but us.
Walking up to my reality felt like a nightmare. Walking up with the notion that I would never see her again was too much to handle at times. Now I have a chance to get the missing part of my life back. I have a chance to fulfill my life with what has been missing all these years.
When I was looking at her file, I realized that I knew her boss, I was his client, and the man handled all of my legal affairs. When you are in the line of the business that I am involved in, you need a bulldog to represent your legal affairs, Owen is the best in the business, there was no other choice.
I have brought him a lot of business over the years, I am probably one of his biggest clients and since he couldn't afford to let me go, it wasn't too hard to convince him to let Lauren join his team in the lawsuit against one of my clubs. He asked me why I wanted Lauren, I told him that I had been following her cases and I was impressed with what I saw.
In reality. Up until Tony gave me the file, I didn't even know that Lauren was a lawyer. Tony made sure to detail it as much as possible. I have seen all of the cases she has worked on and she was good, she has lost one court case in her entire career, and I also found out that she lost the case because her client decided to settle after she advised against it.
Up until Monday morning, we had never had a meeting in his offices, he came to mine. He was surprised that I wanted to come to the office and I told him that I had to meet Lauren in person. If she was working with him, I needed to meet her and talk to her. That is why I am in her boss's office right now.
I can also see that she is shocked. Her boss introduced me to her, and she just stood there like she had just seen a ghost.
" Good to meet you miss? " I said to her and gave her my hand to shake.
" Miss Roberts," she said and took my hand. She shook it firmly.
I can't believe that she is using her father's last name. She was Mrs. Caruso, she didn't want or take anything after the divorce, it looks like she didn't even want my name. I don't know why, but somehow it hurts.
" Em, this is my assistant Lucille Haverhill," she said and I shook her assistant's hand.
" Good to meet you, Miss Haverhill," I said to her.
Owen ushered me to sit down, I didn't go to the chair on his desk, I sat on the couch, next to Lauren. She was still as beautiful as ever, and she smelled amazing, her perfume filled the room. I liked it. As for her assistant, she couldn't take her eyes off me. The woman was taken by me.
I am not fazed by that reaction. I don't like to blow my own horn, but I tend to have that effect on a lot of women. I know I look good, I always have. Which is why I was able to get any woman I have ever wanted. A little smile from me and they are taken, having money didn't hurt either.
" Can I get you anything to drink?" Lucille asked me.
" Yes Lucille, you can get us all coffee, black strong, no sugar, just a dash of honey for Mr Caruso, and the usual for Owen and me," Lauren said.
I was surprised that she remembered how I liked my coffee. We didn't have breakfast together, if anything, I avoided being around her by all means, but she started to make my coffee and put it on the kitchen counter and every morning on my way out of the house, I would take it and drink it in the car, she doesn't know this, but her coffees were the only thing I looked forward to in the morning.
" Or Mr. Caruso can have his coffee with sugar, please excuse Miss Roberts, she is a bit of a health bunny," he said to me.
It wasn't hard to see that she had a had a change in her lifestyle. Even though I never bothered myself to have meals with her, everything she ate was unhealthy, she has lost a lot of weight, you can't do that by eating unhealthy food. I am proud of her for making this change in her life.
"Miss Roberts is right on the spot, now Owen, if you don't mind, I would like to talk to Miss Roberts, alone... I want to get to know her better," I said to Owen.
" Oh! Okay, I guess you two can get to know each other better, Miss Roberts is our star here, I am sure that she will impress you," Owen said looking at Lauren.
I am a man and I can tell when a man is saying something without saying it, right now he is telling Lauren that she has to make me happy, it was expected so I am not surprised.
"I don't think that I am the right person for this, I mean there are a lot of people here, people with a lot more experience than I have, perhaps Mr. Caruso would be happier working with one of them," Lauren said.
" No, I want you!" I said to her.
" You heard the man, I will be in the boardroom," Owen said and stood up. He walked out and Miss Haverhill followed him out. Lauren, on the other hand, looked like she was about to murder me. As soon as they left, she got up from her seat.
" What the hell do you think you are doing? Why are you even here Danilo?" she said to me with contempt in her voice.
She was angry and I don't blame her, but I am here to make a point, I am here for no one else but her, I want her to know that we are not done and that our story is far from over.
Every night has been torture because she has been haunting my dreams. I am never going to let her go, she needs to know that. I am here because I want her back, I am here because since I saw her in my club, she has been the only thing on my mind. I can't stop thinking about her no matter what I did.
" I am here for my wife, for you Lauren, I want you back," I said to her.