The Billionaire's Daughter novel Chapter 8

When I woke up, I felt strong arms on me and I heard strong steady beats of a drum. Wait, was that a drum? When I looked up I saw the gorgeous face of my bestfriend, peacefully sleeping, arms draped around me in a protective manner that made my heart flutter.

This is the first time that I looked at him thoroughly. I’ve always known him to be good looking. The first time I saw him I thought I was imagining someone talking to me. He seemed like a Greek warrior God that was sent down from Olympus to protect the people. His most prominent feature was his nose. So perfect and manly. And his green eyes that always looked at me with tenderness. If he was not my friend, I would really want to be his girlfriend. But of course, this is just my fantasy. I will always be just a friend to him and I will always cherish that no matter what.

When I tried to move away from him, he pulled me closer and murmured something but I was not able to hear clearly, I just heard the words hold and ever. I looked at the time and it was past 11 am. We slept for more than two hours. But I don’t mind. Whenever I am with him, time is irrelevant.

After a few minutes, Franco woke up. He smiled at me and kissed my forehead.

“Good morning my bestie. Time for the next surprise.”

“You mean there’s more?”

He got up then took my hand and pulled me up.

“Of course! We still have a long day.”

Still holding my hand, we walked along the lagoon. He pointed some swans floating gracefully and I wished I had a camera with me. Then I took out my phone and took some pictures. I felt stupid for not realizing it earlier.

“Stay there. I’ll take a picture of you.”

He smiled. Then he did some wacky faces.

Then he pulled me back and took my phone.

We took several pictures together. With his long hands he was able to take our pictures like a pro. When I reviewed the pictures, most of them were either me looking at him or him looking at me, and those unlimited wacky shots that we had.

“Come on. See my next surprise.”

He led me to a worn out playground but nevertheless I was overjoyed. It was always my lifelong wish to be able to play on a playground.

As a child, I was never allowed to go out or play at the park. I just stayed home and played alone in my play room. I never experienced being pushed on a swing. To play in a slide and other kids stuff.

“Come. Sit here. This is safe.”