Liam's POVMy alarm sings loud as I lay on the bed, covered in my thick duvet. The sun is out early today, flooding golden rays into my room from the window I left open last night.Also, the morning breeze is cool and has constantly tried to seduce me back to sleep.It's Thursday morning and, last night, we had a meeting with the master, talking about the arrangements for the party.I get a call from the master and he scolds me for not sleeping in the park last night. Every other member of the pillar is there. I'm the only one who went back to the city.The arrangements for the party have already begun and I should be there to help organize things.But I came back to the city to discuss something important. I talked with Nathan's family about postponing his funeral. His only family are his elder sister who's married and his younger brother who's upkeep is my responsibility now. They agreed on postponing Nathan's funeral to next week since I'm the one funding it. I'm pretty sure my sc
Liam's POV“What the hell are you doing up here?” I fire at Anna. “The hall is down there and that's where guests should be!”Her legs are frozen where she stands, shock glued on her face and she doesn't say a word.I turn to the princess. “Please, go into your room, princess. This weirdo could do anything . I'll be right back after I deal with her.”The princess takes my words and goes inside her room.With her gone, I drag Anna by the hand and storm downstairs. I drag her further to the back of one of the pack houses. It's quite there since the occupants are still at the party.“What the hell is wrong with you?” I ask Anna. “I made it clear in that note that you should stay away from me.”“Liam…” her voice cracks, “we're… mates.”“I'm fucking away of that,” I roar, clenching my fists. “But I have a fucking life.”“I do, too!”“You don't understand me. I'm not interested in letting you alter my own life, Anna. I was okay until the moon goddess sent you!” I voice out.Tears trickle do
Naya's POVThe final stage of the Krishna Fashion Design Contest has finally arrived. The finals is being hosted at the Krishna Fashion school and will last for three days.It's 4am when I wake up in the morning and I quickly to the bathroom to have my bath. Henry promised he'd be up to drive me to the venue by 5am.I have just an hour to prepare and start going.Recalling the instructions, I dress up in a teal tight fit gown, patterned with golden flowers on the thighs and a sleeve that stops right at the elbow.Henry helped me yesterday to select the design from a bunch I saw online, and I tasked myself to reproduce it and style it in my own fashion.I pick up a teal handbag and black heel that matches the dress, and I'm ready to leave.I leave, making sure that my ID cards are all stuffed in my handbag. I can't screw myself and forget one of them.The other dresses I made have been folded, packed and kept aside since yesterday. I want to advertise them when the finals are concluded
Naya's POV The next morning begins with us drawing lots. Tension grips everyone when the tall receptionist walks in with a tray of papers that have been carefully folded.“You just need to stand beside your bed and the tray will go round,” she says with a modest smile which stills my attention from the tray in her hands.She's courteous and beautiful.She starts going round with the tray like she said, passing it from one person to the other. “Choose wisely,” she teases.The papers are all the same colour; white. You can't tell which team you belong to without opening it up and reading what's written inside of it.I watch as Sharon picks her paper eargely. Excitement lights up her face with a smile when the tray is moved over to her sister whose bunk is right beside hers.Her eyes are popping with curiosity to see what her sister chooses.The tray gets to me and I choose after concluding a prayer that has been in my mouth since the receptionist walked in. She moves the tray to the
Liam's POVI open my eyes to Sophie seated on a chair beside my bed. But it's not my own bed, it's not my own room.A groan leaves my mouth as I try to turn around and a sharp pain strikes my back.She rushes up from her seat, setting her phone down on it.“Easy, babe,” she says, touching my hand. “Easy, the doctor will be here soon.”“The doctor?” I ask.“Yes. I contacted him some minutes ago,” she replies.“Fuck,” I mumble.Looking around, it dawns on me that I'm in a hospital ward. But how? Since when?I return my gaze to Sophie, grunting as I attempt to sit up. “What happened to me?”“Take it easy, Liam. You can't move until the doctor is here. The cops will be around, too, for some interrogation,” she says.My eyes darken with seriousness even though they feel weak. “What business do I have with the cops?” I ask.“They said that the daughter of a rich man rammed her truck into you. And from the looks of it, she did on purpose. They'd like to know from you what could have caused
Chapter 44Naya's POVThe results of the first stage are out.We're gathered at the event hall and Mr Davis is on stage to announce the team to be eliminated.Everyone's heart is their stomach as he intentionally takes the time of his life before he can say those simple words.“From what the judges have calculated,” Mr Davis begins. “Both teams did well. But there's a huge gap in professionalism between the end products. Team pink…! I'm sorry, your journey ends here.”Sharon breaks into tears immediately when she hears that her sister has to leave.“Marie is way better than these arseholes in my team,” she cries. “This is so unfair.”“Wipe your tears, coward. You can't insult my team with me there. Until you prove you're better than me, you don't have any right to decide what's fair and unfair.”The second phase of the contest starts the next morning. This time, it's the five of us against each other.Mr Davis reads out the instructions for the day's task. And just like the other day,
Naya's POVLiam's friend, Mike, visits the hospital two days after my arrival. While they talk, I notice how he gazes at me from time to time.When I suddenly catch him gazing at me, his lips draw a smirk.“You've got one hell of a sexy creature as your fiancée,” he says to Liam who cautions him immediately.“If you make one more silly comment, I'll break you bones here,” Liam threatens.I smirk at the idiot. If he thinks I'm going to find what he said funny, then he's telling himself a blatant lie.Nathan is the only friend of Liam's whom I ever got to close with. A very funny guy, but respectful as well and knew not to cross people's boundaries.Some minutes later, Reilly calls my phone.“There’s a special delivery for you, sis,” she says.“Help me get it,” I say to her.A mail from the bank makes my phone vibrate. It's a credit of five hundred thousand dollars in my bank account.My breath hangs in my chest, my eyes totally shocked.I check the descriptions and I realize that the c
Naya’s POVLiam's recovery takes two more days before the doctors decide he's fit to be discharged. His legs still wobble a bit when he walks, but with help from Mike and another guy who visited, he gets to the rear seat of Mike’s car, and I join him there.Mike takes the steering, the other dude seated in the front passenger seat and nodding to a 90’s hip hop track that is playing.“Can’t you take us to something contemporary?” Liam asks Mike when he notices how detached I looked.Mike turns the volume down. “Say what?”“The fucking music, man. Can't you change it to something more modern?” Liam grumbles.“Oh. Wish I got any of that,” Mike chuckles. “All my life, my playlist’s been this way.”I let out a sigh at the same time with Liam. Mike turns the volume back up, and for twenty-five more minutes, we have to put up with the old songs that come after each other.Liam's house is a mess when we arrive. There's a pile of dirty clothes in his room which he should have washed before th