When He Looked My Way

The King And The Knight

Damon's POV

I must admit that I have been a f*ck up most of my life according to my family. That is because I was going through some things that I didn't want to talk about. I never thought I could be sober for this long.

Turns out I can actually make it through a day without any intoxication or women. It has been a long and hard three years.

On this day three years ago I decided to change the person I was and I must say that it hasn't been easy, haven't been on my yatch in the last three years.

So maybe I might have been acting like an i***t for the last few years but I have also changed so much in the last three years.

I have managed to buy a few companies that where on the brink of being closed down, I have revived them and now they're doing very well at the moment.

I have also managed to keep this away from my family. I had to do things on my own and move away from being just another spoilt brat who gets to have everything handed over to him.

All the business and money I made, it was all on my own. I have even brought a publishing company, my sister won't be happy since it's her biggest rival but hey, what's business without a little competition right?

I have always seen Vivian as my little sister but even I can't deny that she's a strong woman. It takes a lot to deal with my parents, especially my father.

The man doesn't know how to complement anyone on anything. Vivian has been breaking her back trying to get their approval, not me. I do what I want.

I'm going to my parent's house again in a few minutes. That used to be my sanctuary but lately it's just a place filled with painful memories.

The last time I was there things didn't go too well. My father has never approved of any woman I took home so three years ago I didn't bring any girls with me.

Instead I decided to get one at the party. My sister runs a publishing house and she doesn't have any male employees, I thought I could get me someone .

By the end of the night, I had thought that I had found a girl. The thing is that she wasn't taking me serious at all.

I even tried to kiss her, but she just slapped me and kicked me in my balls. I used to think my d**k would never work again. My nut sack was in pain for days.

Instead of getting mad, it only made me want her more. This girl is not like any other girl I've met before. She wasn't impressed when I said I would take her for breakfast in Paris on my private jet.

She told me that she hated France in June and that small planes terrifies her. When I said that I would take her cruising on my Yatch, again she shot me down.

The kick in the nuts was because I offered to pay her, half a million dollars for just one night. She told me that she wasn't for sale.

I told you this girl was different, but that wasn't the highlight of my night. After she left my father called me into his study and told me that he was cutting off my trust fund.

It was either that or come and work for him. I didn't accept his offer and he kicked me out my home, the house I grew up in .

That is part of the reason why I haven't been back there in three years. Instead I got my s**t together and made some money on the way.

Even still I can't help think that there's still something missing in my life, I just don't know what it is at the moment.

I didn't even like some of the things I used to like. Even my taste in women has become a bore. I'm no longer impressed by women with big boobs and fake tans.

"Sir, we're here" That was William, he was my driver and bodyguard.

"Well I guess there's no turning back now." I told William as we got out of the car.

Walking out of the car and going into the house feels like something I can't explain, it's a familiar and yet foreign feeling. It was like something was in the air.

I know that my parents are expecting my old drunk self to come in stumbling in, not tonight. I haven't had a drop of any alcohol just yet.

We walk in and my mother is the first to spot us. She stops dead in her tracks in disbelief. She was wearing a black silk dress with her favourite pearl necklace.

A pair of black Jimmy Choos with a champagne glass in one hand and a purse in the other. She smiled and walked towards us.

The necklace I bought her when I was 20 for mother's day. I didn't think she'd still be wearing the necklace till this day.

"Oh my goodness, My baby boy is home." she said as she squeezed me tight. She still smelled like she always has. Elizabeth Arden Red Door perfume. Her favourite.

William's POV

A lot of people think that I'm just Mr Heights bodyguard but we're more than that. We're like brothers and we respect each other a lot.

I have been working for Mr Heights for 10 years now. His father was the one who wrote my cheques and three years ago he told me that my contract with his family has been terminated with immediate effect.

I spoke to Damon and he said that if I stayed with him, he would find a way to pay me. He hasn't disappointed me so far.

In all the years that I have worked for the Heights I have learned a few things about them. The first would be that looks can be very deceiving.

Everything looks cool on the surface but deep inside things are really messed up on the inside. I have been very loyal into keeping their secrets and making sure that they don't get out.

For the last three years Damon has been MIA, for the last three years he was building his own empire.

I saw this man going from nothing to billionaire in a couple of years. I admire his hardwork and he has been very good to me, like he promised.

I have also kept my promise and I have been protecting his interest. Three years ago we left his house and we haven't been back since then.

For me it was twice as hard because I had to walk away from someone I adored. I can't even tell Damon about it. Part of it would be that I could lose my job.

I don't even care about the money but we have a bond you see. He is like the little brother I never had. He doesn't treat me like an employee but rather a friend and confidante.

He values my opinion like I do his. Everything has been going the way it is supposed to but I'm inlove with a woman I can't have.

She is beautiful, intelligent and very charming. She is strong and she is business minded. That is a woman I can see besides me. A woman I can trust. She is amazing in every way.

Everyday I longed for the day I would see her again. Tonight I have a chance to and I hope to get a chance to speak to her.

We walk and Mrs Heights already has a glass of champagne in her hands. This is going to be one of those long nights.

She only drinks champagne when she's mad. I wonder what the senior Mr Heights has done this time around.

She won't let anyone see that she is mad but I know she is. I have been with this family for a lot of years and I know almost everything about them.

She walked towards us and hugged her son. Then she looked at me with a big smile and gave me a hug as well. Unlike Mr Heights senior, Barbara has never treated me like the help.

She has always been a mother to me. She always treats me like one of her children.

"Good to see you again son. I'm glad you stayed with him." She said with a happy smile.

"I mean look at him, my baby boy is sober."

"Oh stop being dramatic mother. I believe I was 15years the last time you saw me sober." Damon said and his mother laughed.

"Well I better go and attend my guests, I'll see you two around. Make sure you see Vivian, She has been asking about you son."

I knew that she was talking to Damon because Vivian would never ask about me. Why would she?

I move away from Damon to try and get a glass of champagne. I was walking back to Damon when someone bumped into me.

"Oh sorr.. WILLIAM...?" that was Vivian. "Oh my God where's Damon?"

She asked me and I swear I saw her face light up. Damon hasn't been around his family in years but he has always kept in touch with his little sister.

They called each other almost everyday. He hasn't told her what he was doing, only that he was alive and well.

I had no siblings of my own so I admired that they had each other's backs. When Damon was first cut off, it was Vivian who gave him his first loan.

At first he didn't want to accept it but then I convinced him to take it and build his own thing. It has been great since then.

She takes my hand and pull me towards Damon. He was just standing there starring into space despite the young lady who was desperately trying to make a conversation.

"Let's go save my brother from my HR manager, she's a man eater." She said and laughed. Her laugh was the best thing I heard in ages.

I can't believe she can't tell that I like her, If I could, I would keep all to myself all the time.

"Damon doesn't need saving Viv, he needs a wife. " now I was the one laughing.

Damon Heights getting a wife? That is the biggest joke ever considering that he thinks that monogamy is a foreign language.

He has never been able to stick to one woman. I don't think a man like that would want a wife. He gets bored too easily.

As for me on the other hand. I was tired of being a bachelor, I needed more than just faceless one night stands.

I know that I am not getting any younger. I want a family of my own with a woman who will love me as much as I would love her.

I think I have found her, If only I could find the courage to make the first move. God this woman is breathtaking.

I feel like I'm about to burst with emotions just thinking about her.