Chapter 93. The Phone Call

Last night when Nolan kissed her cheek, Sienna was still remembering the moment inside her head. It was like she couldn’t take it off from her mind. The memory of him had been making her heart fluttered strangely.
Moreover, he was Daniel’s distant cousin. And he was six years younger than her. It wouldn’t make sense for her to like him in a romantic way.
However, last night was on her luck. Daniel was too busied thinking about his phone call with his business partnership. His mind was somewhere else when he sat down with her and with Nolan to eat the Wagyu steak. He didn’t talk much nor did something annoying after he was done with the phone call.
But when she just woke up in the morning to take a shower, he suddenly interrupted her. Daniel opened the door and made her almost jumped out of her feet.
She was about to unbutton her pajama when he entered the bathroom. She was screaming out when he was startling her.
“For God’s sake, Daniel! Couldn’t you knock first?” She muttered peevishly.
Daniel looked at her firmly. He didn’t blink at all as he closed the door behind him.
While standing in front of the sink table, then Sienna stared away from him to look at her reflection in the mirror.
“What do you want?” Sienna asked uninterestingly.
When she looked at him back, he had not answered her. He just stood still, watching her.
Sienna pinched her eyes bewilderingly at him. Then she shouted out again, “Do you want to take a shower first? I can go outside and wait then…”
But when she walked passing him to get out, he suddenly grabbed her arm, holding her.
She turned to see him bafflingly. “What?”
“Let’s take a shower together, Baby,” he said softly.
She blinked in disbelief at him. And then she shouted back, “Are you crazy? Why would I be taking a shower with you…”
When those words escaped her mouth, she gawked. She definitely almost forgot who was standing in front of her at the time. It was Daniel. Her legitimate husband.
Before he got to say anything to admonish her, she took the initiative to say, “Alright, I get it. I am your wife, and blah blah blah.”
The moment she said that wittily, Daniel finally smiled. And then he giggled out.
Sienna smiled in return and said, “Oh, come on, Daniel! Aren’t we too old to fight about this now?”
Daniel narrowed his eyebrows at her. “Who is fighting here?”
“You. I know. You are about to argue with me and start a hot debate,” Sienna muttered.
And then suddenly, Daniel dragged her arms and hugged her tightly. Then he said, “I’d rather start a hot embrace with you than a hot debate!”
“Daniel! Gosh!” Sienna screamed out when he intentionally hugging her into his arms. “You are smelly! Gosh! Stay away from me!”
“And this is your punsihment for not listening to me last night,” he said as he was kissing her cheek.
Sienna quickly pushed him away and shouted back, “About what? I didn’t do anything!”
“Yes, you did. Your flirty attitude toward Nolan made me crazy!” He shouted after.
Sienna immediately rolled her eyes in annoyance. “Gosh, you’re unbelievable! That was not flirting at all. That was me, being friendly to your distant cousin!”
He raised his eyebrows at her. “Oh, really?”
Sienna was annoyed. Daniel was still being suspicious of her. There was no way she could explain clearly why she was being friendly to everyone she met. She just wanted to be polite and that was all.
When he started tickling her waist deliberately, she screamed out.
“Come on! Stop it, Daniel! Don’t do this to me! You’re killing me!” Sienna shouted out while trying to hold not to laugh out loud from being tickled.
“Come here and take a shower with me!” Daniel shouted back.
“No! You are an adult already! You can take care of yourself! Don’t be annoying!” Sienna muttered peevishly to him as she pushed him away from her.
And then they exchanged a stare at each other while they were out of breath.
“I will wait outside,” Sienna said. And it was final.
She quickly walked outside and wouldn’t let him argue back.
***
Sienna didn’t meet her dad nor her aunt last night at the welcoming party in the Finance World tower. She felt a huge relief though. But still, she felt bothered that she didn’t know if they actually attended the party or not.
Therefore, after she took a shower and changed clothes, she called Estelle to make sure.
“Hello?” Sienna greeted her cousin on the phone.
“Sienna! Hey! Are you coming home now? Why do you keep staying at Cora’s place? I miss you so much, you stupid girl!” Estelle exclaimed out energetically on the phone.
Sienna giggled out. “Ugh, you’re right. I should have just gone home now. But there are a lot of things I’d like to catch up with my best friend here…”
And then again, Sienna had to manage to make more lies to cover up her secret. She definitely couldn’t tell Estelle that she had been staying in Daniel’s penthouse here. It was too risky and Estelle would have asked her a bunch of annoying questions if she told her.
“And how are you there? Everything’s good at home?” Sienna wondered.
“Yeah, I am fine. Your dad is fine. And also, my mom has been psyched about watching the new drama show on TV,” Estelle said boringly.
“Great, awesome. Did my dad go somewhere last night?” Sienna asked cautiously.
Estelle chuckled out and asked in return, “Somewhere like where? Was he supposed to go somewhere?”
“Well…” Sienna gawked when Estelle didn’t give her a single clue about her dad’s whereabouts.
“Your dad was home last night. We were all home and safe anyway,” Estelle informed her.
“Oh, really? That’s good,” Sienna murmured.
“You’re being suspicious, Cuz. Tell me, what was it? Did you go somewhere last night?” Estelle asked curiously.
“Ugh… no… not at all,” Sienna had to lie again. “I was with Cora last night.”
“By the way, Jonathan sent you a package yesterday,” Estelle told her.
Sienna immediately grasped the air, surprised. “A package? Jonathan? What was it?”
“Well, I don’t know because I won’t open it without your prior consent. The package is for you… and hold on, please…” then she heard the stepping sound on the floor, Estelle walked somewhere while she was still speaking on the phone. “Okay, here is written on the note: For Sienna Moss, Congratulation for your epic future. Tell me when you will have a baby.”
Sienna gawked. She almost got a heart attack when she heard that. How could Jonathan write such a bold note and sent it to her home address?
Estelle said, “Whatever that means. I have no clue. But I wonder what he meant when he said that you will have a baby, Sienna?”
“Ugh, it’s…” she was speechless.
“Didn’t you say you just broke up with him?” Estelle wondered bafflingly.
“Yes, we broke up already,” Sienna assured her.
“Do you have any idea why he wrote this note to you? Are you pregnant with someone else? Is that why you broke up with him, huh?” Estelle assumed.
“What? Are you crazy, Estelle?!” Sienna muttered peevishly.
“Well, then tell me what he meant! Jonathan is being weird by sending you this note. Let alone what is inside this small box anyway,” Estelle muttered.
“Can you open it for me? I’d like to know what he sent to me,” Sienna begged her.
“Alright, hold on a minute, Cuz,” Estelle said.
Then Sienna heard in the background, the sound of the plastic wrap was being opened.
Soon after, Estelle told her, “Okay, I see it now.”
“Tell me, come on, what is it?” Sienna couldn’t wait to find out.
“Well, it’s a simple slice of chocolate cake,” Estelle chuckled out.
Sienna bulged her eyes out bafflingly. Then she muttered, “What? A slice of chocolate cake? Are you serious?”
“Yeah, and this chocolate looks no good anymore. Maybe because it was left in the box for the whole day yesterday,” Estella said.
“Well…” Sienna was confused about what to say.
“What a pity! I could eat this for myself!” Estelle murmured.
“Well, you can have it all. I will not go home today anyway,” Sienna muttered.
Estelle said, “Thanks, Cuz. This chocolate still tastes okay though. But, hey! What do you mean you will not go home today? So, when will you be home? Your dad is about to start his first day in the Finance World Magazine…”
“Really? When will my dad go to work? He has not told me anything yet!” Sienna wondered.
“Maybe your dad is too busy practicing his skill as a senior copywriter. He has been sitting in front of his laptop all day long,” Estelle informed her.
“Gosh, my dad is such a workaholic!” Sienna muttered.
“Isn’t that a good reason for you to come home and check on him?” Estelle suggested.
“You’re right. But I will just visit him on his first day at the office though,” Sienna said.
“Whatever, Cuz. Do whatever you feel like it,” Estelle gave up telling her to go home.
In the end, they both giggled together before they would hang up the phone call.