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Chapter 25 : Dante's Birthday

Scarlett P.O.V

It's almost been a year since Sapphire's death and I got to say it went by pretty fast. This past year I have been busy with work and taking care of Dante that I didn't really have time to do anything else. At the end of the day I am always too tired to do anything and just past out on the bed as soon as my head hit the pillow. Because I am so busy I don't really think about Sapphire much but I do still think about her from time to time whenever I'm free or have a lunch break.

My life now is back to normal except the fact that I am getting closer with my boss that I would ever imagine. This is because I am practically spending time with him everyday at work and after work since I am often at his house whenever Dante wants to see me. However, he still somewhat strict and distance when at work. There was a couple of times that I made an error in my work and he call me to his office and gave a stern lecture.

He didn't shout but I still felt his anger through his words. The next time I tried my best to avoid any error in all my work. There were a few of my colleague who told me that our boss seem more human now compared to before. They say he acts like a machine as all he cares about are his work but know he actually communicates with his workers asking them about their family and if they are doing well.

When I thought about it he really did change a lot since Dante came into his life almost a year ago. He is definitely more pleasant now even though he still gets pissed when someone does not do their work properly. Besides that, he is a good boss that knows the boundaries between being too strict and to relax.

Thanks to the boss's new change of attitude everyone is happier and more enthusiastic about their work. Also the atmosphere at my work place is now less stiff and more comfortable to work at as everyone is not scared of doing something to upset the boss anymore. The boss himself is satisfied with the new change as his employee are making less mistake than compared to before, which leads to him having to do less work and can get home early to spend time with his only son.

Speaking of Dante, he is turning 4 years old on the 4th of October which is the day after tomorrow and my boss has book the entire restaurant called Chuck and Cheese for the afternoon as Dante loves to go and eat there ever since I took him there to eat lunch that one day. Dante likes the place so much because for one the food is delicious secondly inside the restaurant there a room where the kids can play slides, seesaw, and even swings.

Every time I take Dante to Chuck and Cheese, he would beg me to let him play at the play room for half an hour after he finishes his food. I let him but he has to finish everything on his plate before he can go. There was one time he wanted to finish his food as fast as possible he actually choke and a teenage male waiter had to help smack Dante's back and gave him a glass of water.

I thank the waiter after all the excitement died down and gave him a tip for the help. Of course I had to tell my boss about what happen and he actually shouted at me about not paying attention to him. He only stop shouting at me when Dante call him to play with him. I silently thanked Dante for saving me as even though I am a grown women I felt like crying because he seriously scared me.

But the next day at work he call me into his office to apologize for his behavior the previous night. I forgave him as he actually stop work to give a sincere apology and he gave me the day off to spend with Dante so I was really happy and thank enthusiastically. I am not sure whether I imagine it but I thought I saw him smile at me but it was in a second so I'm not sure.

Anyway, the party will only consists of my boss's closest friends, my parents, me, Bethany and of course the birthday boy. Dante is so exited that he every time I go to visit him or he come to visit me, he would remind me of his birthday party and demand that I be there. I just nodded my head every time even though he sounds exactly like his father when he says that.

I can tell that Dante will make a good leader one day when he takes over his Father's company when he is old enough. I just hope that he would not be trick into loving a women who only wants him for his money and end up with a broken heart and will not let anyone else in to heal it. As I have heard about from Bethany who has friends who are very rich.

I shook my head to get out of my reverie and finish reading the novel called Grey I was reading before I was sidetrack with other thoughts. Bethany wants me to tell her about it as she is too lazy to read it herself.

She is as lazy as ever to read anything that is not her work but she is curious about it so she made me read it since I love reading. Normally, I love reading novels but this novel Grey which is in Christian Grey point of view is a little to graphic for me. But she bribe me that if I read it and tell her about it she will get any novel I want for a year and she will pay for it.

Of course when she said that I was tempted and finally give and she gave me the novel two days ago. I usually finish a novel within a day but this one took me a few days as when ever get to the steamy part I would blush so hard and have trouble continuing. However, I push myself to finish it because of the free novels I can get for a whole year.

So that is why I am finishing this novel by tonight and be done with it. By the time I finish the novel it's 12:30am and I am so tired so I put the book at my bedside table and as soon as my head hit the pillow I'm out cold.

The next morning I wake up at 10:00pm, shower, brush my teeth and wear clothes before having breakfast and got to my car to go to my boss's house to spend time with Dante as my boss has to go to some emergency meeting today and will be back by dinner time. So he asks me to be with Dante so that he would not be lonely. Of course I agreed right away as I love to spend time with Dante.

As I drive I thought about how Dante is like a ball of sunshine, always happy and laughing. When Mr. Giovanni told me that Dante has stop crying every night I was able to breathe easier as I didn't want Dante to be in any pain and live happily for the rest of his life.

Like a quote I saw on Facebook says, 'when someone you love dies, you never quite get over it. You just slowly learn how to go on without them. But always keeping them tucked safely in your heart'.

Before I know it I have already arrive at my boss's house and the gate automatically opens when I show my face at the security camera. In a minute I park the car and cut off the engine and open the door, then lock the car as I walk to the front door. As always the maid Samantha is standing by the open front door and greets me asking to take my coat.

I took off my coat and gave her with a thank you, and she smiles while telling me that Dante is playing in the living room. I nod my head and made my way to the living room. The first thing I see is that the whole living room floor is covered with different kinds of toys of all shapes and sizes.

And right in the middle of all the mess is Dante sitting while playing with a train set that his father gave him as a gift for doing well in remembering his abc and numbers. I shook my head at the mess that he made. I almost step on a toy truck and hurt my feet. "Dante," I call him. When he heard me his head snap up and broad smile appeared on his face. "Aunty Scar," he shouted in glee.

For some reason Dante likes to call me that when he found out that my name is Scarlett. I guess it's easier for him to say. Before he could run to me I told him to stop and look around him. He did, then he looks sheepishly at me and I told him to clean it up before someone gets hurt stepping on them. He did as I told and began to pick his toys and out them where they belong and of course I help him.

In a matter of minutes we clean up everything except the toy train as he still wants to play with it. So we spend the whole day playing with all his different toys and we even played hide and seek. The only time we stop playing is when it is lunchtime and his naptime. So by the time my boss came back from work I am so exhausted that I didn't have the energy to get up and greet him.

I stayed for dinner before I go back home. That is after I reassure Dante that I will be there for his birthday party. Once he is convince he says goodbye and that he will see me tomorrow. I just smile and nod my head at him before excusing myself to leave the dinning room.

When I reach home I am so tired that I am barely able to wish Bethany goodnight before I went to my bedroom, took a quick shower, wear my pajamas and went to sleep as soon as my head hit my soft and fluffy pillow.

I woke up when my I hear the alarm ringing at 9:00am in the morning. I swipe my phone to the right to close the alarm and got up stretching myself before getting off the bed. I made my way to the toilet sleepily, that I actually bump into the wall beside the toilet entrance. Bumping the wall make me more awake and went to take my shower without anymore accident.

After my shower I feel fully awake and ready for the day ahead of me. I brush my teeth, then dry my hair with the hair dryer, before I went to my closet to pick out my clothes for today. I decided to wear a comfortable tight black jeans and a cute pink and purple blouse. Once I am ready it is already 9:45am so I went to Beth's room to wake her up to get ready.

As usual I have to take the blanket off her and shake her a few times before she is awake enough to tell me that she is awake.

Once I am sure that she will wake up and get ready I went to make us breakfast before going to the Chuck and Cheese restaurant to help with the party. For breakfast I made scramble eggs with beacon and baked beans. As I am putting the food evenly on the plates Beth comes into the kitchen yawning and sitting down on one of the stool at the kitchen counter.

"Something smells good," Bethany sighs. I chuckle and put her plate in front of her with a fork and knife. "Thank you," she says before taking the chili sauce and putting it on her plate and start eating. As we are eating Bethany says, "Dante's lucky that he is your nephew, if not I would not be awake before 11:00am on Sundays." I couldn't help but smile, that is so Beth always worrying about her sleep.

"It's okay. After the party you can sleep all you want," I told her and she nods her head satisfied. I smile again at her antics, then we eat in peaceful silence until we finish. We brought our dishes to the sink and wash our own plates then wash our hands. We got in the car a few minutes later and me and Beth are on our way to the Chuck and Cheese restaurant.

At 11:35am we reach our destination. We got out of the car and walk towards the entrance locking the car before we reach the door. The door is open by a waiter who asks for our names and ID so we gave it to him. He looks at our ID and the lists that he is holding for a minute before smiling at us and welcomes us to Chuck and Cheese. He shows us inside the restaurant to where the party is located.

Even though Mr. Giovanni book the whole restaurant, the party is located at a private room at the back of the restaurant. The room is decorated like a children's party with streamers hanging on the wall, balloons everywhere, sweets and junk food on the table and a big sign that says Happy Birthday Dante Giovanni hanging from the ceiling in the middle of the room.

Beth whistle and said, "This is going to be an awesome birthday party for Dante." "Yep. he would totally love it, especially when he gets to play at the play room with other kids his age," I said. Knowing full well how excited he will be, that this day finally came. I look at my watch and it's 11:40pm which means Dante and the guest will be here in twenty minutes.

So I check around the room to make sure everything is read and perfect for when the guest and Dante arrives. Before I know it, it's already 12:00pm and I hear people coming into the restaurant and heading to the room where the party is. I took a deep breath and put a smile on my face as I greet the guests.

At 12:30 the party is at full swing with the kids running around playing with each other and the adults talking to each other or catching up with each other. I don't really know who my boss's friends are as I only seen them in business meetings so it's a bit awkward when they talk to me and ask me why am I here since I am only Mr. Giovanni's secretary.

I blush a bit and when I told them that Mr. Giovanni's son is my nephew, they look shock and said "what a small world!" I didn't know what to say to that so I politely excuse myself to search for Beth so that I have someone to talk to and not just stand alone looking awkward. I found her at the snack table helping herself to some chips. Seeing her makes me relax and smile as her love for food and sleep never fails to make me smile or laugh.

"Hey," I said and tap her shoulder. She jump and whirl around to face me her looks like she did something wrong. I laugh at her expression as her mouth is filled with chips and she is digging her hands into the chips bag. "Why do you look so guilty," I laugh at her. She just huffs at me and continue to stuff her face with the chips. Thanks to Beth I know feel at ease and not feel awkward.

The rest of the party went smoothly, Dante had a wonderful time playing with his new friends and opening the tons of gifts that he received from everyone. He ooh and aah at all the gifts that he opens and thanking the person who gave him the present personally. I have never seen a more polite boy than Dante in my life and I am not just saying this because he is my nephew.

Around 4:30pm the guest begins to leave and said their goodbyes to Mr. Giovanni and Dante before they leave. Dante looks sad that his friends are leaving already but cheer up when his father promise to do a play date with them in the future. As I sat down on chair tired from standing up all day, Dante leaps onto my lap, holding my birthday present for him in his hands.

I didn't realize that he didn't open my present for him yet. I thought he opened all his presents already. But there he is sitting on my lap tearing open the wrapping paper and seeing a Lego set of a monster truck that he has to build. His looks at me with a wide smile and hug me saying thank you at my ear. I just chuckle and said your welcome while hugging him back.

As I play with him I realize that he likes to builds things the more challenging it is the more determine he is to complete it so I thought that this Lego set is the perfect thing to challenge his mind.

So we sat there together for a few minutes until his father calls him to tell him it's time to go home. He gave me a goodbye kiss on the cheek saying "see aunty Scar tomorrow," before racing of to his father. I smile and wave when he turn around to wave at me and thought how lucky I am getting to know my nephew who has touched my heart and make me happier than I was before.