Gritting his teeth angrily, Lucas murmured, "When has she given you the permission to talk on behalf of her? Or are you targeting Daisy too? A playboy like you is judging me??"
Nicolas immediately yelled, "Shut up, Lucas. Don't talk rubbish. You don't know anything about us. How dare u blame me?"
Nicolas furiously started taking small steps towards Lucas. Lucas also did the same and replied, "Nick, better you step back. She has invited me to herself. Mind your own business and don't interrupt us."
Nicolas demanded while tightening his grip around Daisy's wrist, "You are in such a pathetic condition that now you are trying to take advantage of a drunk girl!" Then after a little pause, he continued, "No I will not step back without her. Leave her hand, Lucas. I think it is already late and she should return." Lucas replied, without freeing Daisy's hand, "You are right. She must return to her house now. But I am the one who is going to drive her back home, not you. You better step back."
Nicolas laughed dryly and asked with a mocking tone, "Are you kidding me? She is my guest and my friend. Why I will allow you??"
Lucas warned angrily, "Nick, don't interfere between us. I am warning you, for the last time. Let her go."
Nicolas stubbornly replied, "No, I will not. What will you do?"
They both were extremely close to each other, fuming angrily. The party turned into a battleground and everyone could feel the rising tension between them but none dared to come forward to stop them as their rivalry was famous in the whole college. It was not new for them as they witnessed similar situations before. But that was for the first time, they were about to fight for a girl.
Daisy was looking at both of them blankly as she was not understanding or couldn't able to hear what they were babbling. She was feeling extremely dizzy and light-headed as if she was floating. Soon, she saw the muscular men in front of her face started moving closer to each other. They two were standing exactly in front of her face, one in the white shirt and other in the blue T-shirt, quarrelling about something. Her breath was brushing against their shoulder.
Suddenly, Daisy felt an ache on her stomach and instantly she felt an uncomfortable feeling as if her head was spinning. She felt like something strange was happening inside her belly. She could feel a burning sensation on her throat and within a blink of an eye, surprising everyone she threw up everything on both of the men in front of her.
Her both hands were tightly held by Lucas and Nicolas, so she couldn't even get the chance to cover her mouth. Instantly they released her hand almost at the same time. But instead of stepping back, they both looked at her with concern. Ignoring the substance on their shirts and leaving their argument behind, Nicolas shouted anxiously, "Someone, give me a bottle of water." Lucas ran towards the bar counter and returned with a sealed bottle. Nicolas was already petting Daisy's shoulder, kneeling down on the ground. Lucas handed the bottle to Daisy and she started drinking thirstily, snatching the bottle from Lucas. After drinking half bottle of water, Daisy giggled out loudly and mumbled, "Look, I am flying. Woah! my wings are so beautiful." She was shouting in excitement. Everyone at the party was enjoying the show. The moment they saw Daisy's giggling, everyone started laughing. Even, Lucas and Nicolas couldn't suppress their laughter. But, Daisy was still busy flying, while moving her both hands like birds.
Helen immediately ran to Daisy and holding Daisy, she replied, "You two better go and freshen up. I will take care of Daisy. Don't worry."
Lucas replied with concern, " Let me drive you two to your houses. It is already late and Daisy-"
Before he could finish, Helen replied hastily, "There is no need. I have already booked a cab. It is waiting outside."
Nicolas nodded his head and replied, "Alright, don't forget to inform me after sending her home."
Daisy was still rambling in her wobbly childish tone, "Who are you? Are you an angel??" Pulling Helen's cheeks, she continued, "Oh angel! You are so beautiful. Do you know where is God? I want to meet him right now."
Helen couldn't help but chuckle, then looked at Nicolas.
Helen nodded her head in agreement and immediately started walking towards existing, holding Daisy in her hands carefully.
Outside the house, a cab was waiting for them. Helen helped Daisy in entering inside and instantly, the cab started driving towards Daisy's address. Daisy was almost feeling sleepy and tipsy. So, it was difficult for her to stay awake any longer and her vision was getting blur too. Soon, they reached the house. With Helen's help, Daisy reached to her main door. Helen handed over Daisy to her mother safely and after explaining a little about the party. She took her to leave from Daisy's mother.
Lucas and Nicolas followed Daisy and Helen and they waited silently outside the house until their cab vanished from their eyesight. Then only, they decided to go to the washroom to be clean. Alex followed Nicolas silently to the washroom with a clean shirt while Lucas accompanied by Dean. They used two different washrooms, located opposite side of the house.
The party started again with full swing after the floor was cleaned by a housekeeper. Though after drinking, vomiting is a normal incident everyone was gossiping about something else. As that was the first time, Lucas and Nicolas argued for a girl. So everyone was interested to know what exactly going on between that trio.
Alex asked Nicolas curiously from behind, "Nick, one thing I didn't get at all. Why Lucas was being so nice towards Daisy? Is he really interested in Daisy? I haven't even imagined that Lucas will fight for a girl ever."
Nicolas clenched his fingers tightly into a fist and with a husky grave tone replied, " Don't know. But that is not going to happen ever. I will never let him come close to Daisy."
Alex patted his shoulder gently and assured, "Yeah, we will not allow him near our Daisy."
Nicolas left the party early that night, with a gloomy mood without informing anyone or wishing anyone good night.
Daisy's parents said nothing to her, instead her mother helped her to lay on the bed after changing her dirty clothes.
Daisy slept for almost long 10 or 11 hours.
Next morning when Daisy opened her eyes, she could feel a strong headache and her head was feeling extremely heavy. Her head was still spinning and she was still sleepy. She looked at the clock, it was showing 10:25 pm already.She was about to leave her bed to freshen her up when Rhea opened the door suddenly without even knocking and entered with a glass of juice. Daisy was feeling guilty. she was thinking that she had misused her freedom yesterday night. Though she couldn't remember the whole matter at all, she knew very well that she created a lot of mess after drinking.She was trying to apologise so she looked at her mom with her puppy eyes and about to speak when her mom handed her the juice and replied in her usual polite tone, "Drink it, sweetie. It is great for getting relief from a hangover." Then gently caressing, the back of her head, she continued, "It's alright. you don't have to feel sorry."Instantly, Daisy's lips curled up, she nodded
"Ugh! Shut up. Don't make fun of me, Helen," replied Daisy, while rolling her eyes, dramatically.Daisy looked at Helen little shyly and asked in a low tone, "So have Nick also called you?"Helen smiled broadly and replied, "Yes yes. Do you want to call him? Give me your phone."Then without giving Daisy any chance to reply, Helen grabbed Daisy's phone and started saving Nicolas's contact.Daisy asked anxiously while trying to snatch her phone from Helen, "What are you doing? Are you calling him on my phone? Helen, give my phone back. You evil girl!"Helen beautifully dodged Daisy's attack and escaping from her, she replied mockingly, "No dear, I am just saving his contact so that you two can talk whole night. But you are shouting?? Sigh!"After typing a few more digits, Helen handed over Daisy's phone to her. Daisy replied, "Why I will call him like this??
Daisy was about to yell when Nicolas asked nonchalantly, “What? Why are you giving that expression?” His rare purple eyes were shinning like gems?
“I have some works. So, you don’t have to wait,” Daisy replied, without looking at Nicolas. Nicolas stubbornly replied, “Ok, I will wait until you finish your all sorts of works.”Daisy replied anxiously, “Not at all. You cannot wait for me.”
Daisy was not in the mood to reply anymore. So she didn’t even bother to ask anything and fell asleep. Though Daisy was surprised when she saw Nicolas's sorry, in the end, she decided to ignore.Next day, after class, Daisy headed to the auditorium, accompanied by Helen. A boy from the crew came to her class previously to inform Daisy about the time of their rehearsal. Daisy pushed the door of the auditorium and
The sudden entry of Ruth was both unexpected and shocking for both of them.Before they could react or reply, Ruth continued, looking at Daisy in her sharp rude tone, "Do you think Nick cares for you? It is just all a bunch of lies. He is just playing with you. Nick loves to spoil innocent beauties."
Next day, Daisy was in a way better mood than the previous day. She didn't reply to Nicolas again. As usual, she headed for college, but she was determined that time not to collide with Nicolas anymore.
Daisy didn't look back, she mumbled in a low tone, "No."Nicolas chuckled softly and replied while sitting on the empty chair, next to her, "You are stubborn, little girl." Then, looking at her, he continued, softening his tone, "Daisy, I can help you and as I am the one who has dragged you in it so it is my responsibility. Right?"
“Mom, you are looking so beautiful. I am worried that you will steal the limelight tonight.” “You little punk! Are you jealous of your mom now?” Daisy asked teasingly while combing the raven black hair of Dawn. Dawn was looking like a little male doll in the fancy black tuxedo. He looked more like Nicolas in that formal clothes. “Of course I am. if you steal all the attention then nobody will look at me, “ Little Dawn complained while caressing his mother’s cheeks. But after a tiny pause, he added while pulling Daisy’s cheeks, “So soft. My mommy is the best.” Giggling Daisy patted her son affectionately. Then placing a quick kiss on dawn’s cheek, she stated, “And you are the most handsome boy here. Happy Birthday, my little dawn. Mom loves you the most. Now go and attend to the guests. Granny is waiting for you i
“Who are you?”With a charming smile, Nicolas knelt in front of the little boy and picked him up from the ground. Then place a small kiss on his chubby cheek, Nicolas replied, “I am your mother’s friend. You can just call me Uncle.”“Mother’s friend! My mother never talked about it or I have never seen you in my house. Why should I trust you? Mom said not to talk with strangers. What if you are also an evil stranger who wants to steal me,” the kid immediately complained, pouting his lips. But his eyes were scanning Nicolas’s face, after a little pause, he added with a relaxed expression on his face, “But you don’t look like a kidnapper though.”“Really? So how do I look?” Nicolas asked with his mysterious smile. He just met with the
“At last I found you.”Startled, Daisy looked back and saw Nicolas was staring at her with a devilish smirk on his face. She saw the heart-rending tenderness of his gaze. Daisy immediately tried her wrist to set free from his grip forcefully but his grip was so strong that all her attempts went in vain.“Don’t try. I am not going to leave your hand anymore,” Nicolas murmured in his low and weak tone. There was a maddening hint of arrogance in his tone.“Let my hand go. Why are you awake? You should be sleeping to recover first,” Daisy replied in a shaky tone, inhaling sharply. The sudden touch of Nicolas caught her off-guard, making her shiver in familiar awareness.Pulling her a little closer to his body, Nicolas whispered, stil
(6 years later. In Santa Ana)“Madam, a new patient has arrived from an accident case. He has lost too much blood and is in critical condition. You have to come,” A nurse in white dress entered inside the cabin and stated in an impatient tone. From her tone, it was clear that she was in a hurry.“But my working hours are over already. It is midnight already. Where is Dr Park? Contact him and ask him to come,” the lady doctor replied while packing her bag. That day was quite a long day for her. She had six long surgeries that day and then checked on the other patients. So she was already too drained after so much work.“Hello, Dr Park, there is a new patient. Come as fast as possible. He has already lost too much blood,” the nurse already started calling when the lady doctor came o
Where is Nick?”“Nick is not here. He left the moment he saw the video,” Jason replied, looking at Daisy with startled eyes. Along with Daisy, Helen also entered the room.Grabbing Daisy’s wrist, she stated, “Daisy. I am sure that Nick is working on finding the truth behind it. You just calm down and wait for him.”“I am already calm. Just tell me where is Nick?” Daisy murmured impatiently.Alex replied from behind in his calm tone. “He is on the rooftop. But I will suggest that you shouldn’t meet him.”But even before Alex could finish his sentence Daisy started running in the direction of the rooftop. On the way, she collided with a few students from th
With the loud sound of the alarm on her phone, Daisy woke up from sleep and found herself on the bed of the hotel room. Squinting her eyes several times sleepily, Daisy sat on her bed, rubbing away the sleep from her eyes.“Ugh! My head! What’s wrong with it!” Daisy murmured while holding her head. Her head was feeling extremely heavy at that moment and it was hard for her to open her eyes properly.Checking the room with a glance, Daisy decided to sleep again. There was no sign of Helen in the room. Even her bed was neatly organized so it was clear that she didn't return yet and the clock was showing only 7 am.Daisy laid down again and instantly fell asleep. The heat of her body already reduced at that moment but her cheeks were still red like tomatoes and there was a small red hickey
Blood! Crimson Blood soaked the yellow t-shirt of Jason.When Daisy, Nicolas, Alex and Helen reached outside the hotel, they found Jason lying under the shade of an empty shade of a closed food stall. There were rarely any visitors on the road at such late hours of the night.Jason was lying in a pool of blood, pressing his right hand on the wound of his left hand which was bleeding badly.“Jason! Oh my God! You are bleeding so badly,” Helen cried, kneeling next to Jason and pulling his head on her lap.“Let’s take him back inside the hotel. He can’t walk as his left knee is also injured so we have to carry him,” Alex stated, standing next to Nicolas who was examining Jason with a curious and worried expression.
As the first ray of the sun fell on Daisy’s face, squinting and blinking her eyes several times, Daisy, at last, managed to open her eyes. Sleepily she turned her head and found Nicolas’s handsome face just inches away from her.He was still asleep but his one hand was wrapped around her waist and they both were sleeping only in their undergarments. A sly smile curled up Daisy’s beautiful lips as the memories of last night flashed back in her mind. Last night was really special for her, different from any other nights of the past. She never felt Nicolas so deeply like she felt last night.After staring at his handsome face for quite a long while caressing his cheek, Daisy set herself free from his embrace as carefully as possible, not to wake him up and then stood up.Instinctively her eyes shifted
“Sorry!”Alex immediately interrupted them, while dusting the sands from his clothes.Then while stretching his body and yawning tiredly, Alex added, “No way I can stay awake anymore. I am also returning to the room.”“Ok, then Daisy and Nick have fun on the beach. We will just head back to our rooms,” Jason replied excitedly while dragging Helen along with him.Nicolas immediately asked in a confused tone, “Then where will we go?”“Exactly? Do we have to share a room with Alex?” Daisy asked in a confused tone.With a gummy smile, Jason answered back while scratching the back of his head, “Yeah! Something like