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
Naya's POVIt's 2:10pm the next day and I'm in Maddie's house. She's all jiggy when I let her know of the date I have today and that I want her to tag along.I wasn't able to sleep last night. All through the night, I chatted with Kelvin Anthony. I asked him if he was okay with me bringing a friend along and he said yes.I notice a comb tucked in Marie's hair and she's pulling out her make-up box.“Marie?” I call.“Yes, Naya.” She sounds so anxious.“What are you doing?” I ask.“Getting really,” she swiftly answers. “I have to look good, don't I?”I let out a soft exhale. “Can you please put yourself together? It's only 2pm, not 6pm yet.”She rushes to respond. “Celebrities don't wait for anyone. You could be thinking you have all the time in the world to get ready. All it takes is one nap and you'd find yourself at 5pm struggling to get ready and catch up with him.”“Nah. That's not happening,” I chuckle, shaking my head.I get up from the sofa. “Anyways, feel free to wear your make
Naya's POVThere's a glint of disappointment in Henry's eyes as he stands by the doorstep. When he opens his mouth to speak, my fingers curl into the side of my dress. “You're a married woman, Naya Yorke. Or, have you forgotten that?”I stand my ground, refusing to let him get the mental advantage over me.“How did you find me here?” I blurt out.His shoulders drop with a sigh. “Rowan owns the fucking hotel.”My heart drops to the pit of my stomach. I'm screwed.I'm speechless and he notices it. Then he takes matches forward until he has closed the distance between us.He grabs my hand. “We're going home.”My steps falter behind him as he drags me away.“Wh-what about h-him?” My voice shakes as I point at Kelvin who's on the floor as we move away.“I knocked him out,” Henry responds and my mind flies.“Don't worry. He can't file a case against you. Management will report that he had a hangover and misbehaved,” Henry says, the fast pace of his steps unyielding.“Uhm… My friend is in
NAYAI shuddered when I saw the cold look that was on Liam's face. My whole body was in pain and I knew that I would not be able to stop him if he really wanted to do something to me. I was really scared now. I had no idea what he was going to do to me...."What are you going to do to me, Liam? Rowan is going to be back soon. If you don't want to die, you had better get out of here. He is not going to let you off if you dare to do anything to hurt me," i warned Liam. Liam just smiled evilly. "Well he is not here right now. I am sure that I would have finished and even left before he comes back. You don't have to try to threaten me with him. I am not scared of him at all, you see. I don't care about him. Now stay put and just let me draw some blood from you" he said to me. "Don't come close to me! Don't think I am joking!" I yelled. He didn't listen to me. He was still approaching me. "Just stay put Naya, it's not going to hurt at all. I just need a bit of your blood to make the
LIAMI was not expecting Naya to wake up at all. Her face was really pale so whatever has happened to her must have been pretty serious. I was blown away when her eyes fluttered open. My heart was beating fast against my chest. I was still holding on to her arm and she was blinking at me as if she was trying to figure out what was going on. "What are you doing here?" Naya asked me. Her voice was really weak. She tried to sit up on the bed but she fell back down on the bed. He face went vent paler. It was obvious that she was in a lot of pain. She placed her hand on her stomach. "What happened to me?" She mumbled to herself. I scoffed at her. "You really have no one else to blame but yourself for this. You are the one who brought this upon yourself. If you had just listened to me and did as I asked, then we won't have gotten here. You have no one else to blame but yourself," I repeated this over and over again. "Liam....what are you doing here?" She asked me. If was as if Naya h
LIAM"What do you need me to do for you?" I asked him urgently. I was more than willing to do anything now. As long as it meant that I was going to keep my life. I didn't want to die. "I need you to rescue someone for me. He was taken by someone... I need to to get him out there," The King said with a frown on his face. I blinked my eyes. I could tell that he war trying to hold back as much informational as possible. I could not understand why he was doing this. If he wanted me to do something, then he should tell me what it entailed upfront so that I would be able to do a good job. "You need to tell me all that I should know about this person so that I can rescue them," I said to the King. He waved his hand at me. "you don't need to know anything more. You just need to know that he's currently behind held at the home of a man called Rowan. You just need to find out where Rowan keeps him and get him out for me," he said to me. I bit my lips and chuckled to myself when I heard Row
ROWANI looked towards the window and I saw that it was nighttime. I sighed, really worried about Naya. Was she going to come out of the place alive?.The thought of hrr dying was the scariest thing to me and I didn't really think that I would be able to take it if anything did happen to her. Henry came back with the drinks that he said he was going to get and he handed one to me. I took it from him and took a sip. I had to admit that it was really good just what I needed. Just then, the doctor walked out of the hospital room and I ran to him immediately. "Doctor....how is my wife doing ...she is not going to die, right? She is going to be okay right?" I asked him all in one breath. The doctor looked at me and shook his head and my heart started to beat fast against my chest. I didn't know what to do or say at that moment. The only thing I could think of was that she was dead. She had died. What was I supposed to do without her? How was I even going to continue my life without
LIAMI walked out of the princess room with a heavy heart. Although I would have liked to stay and talk with her some more, I didn't want to do that. I knew her father was going to be back any time soon and I didn't want to make him even more angry with me. I was walking back to the doctors office when I saw someone I never thought I'd see in the VIP ward of the hospital. It was Rowan and he was pacing outside a hospital room with a worried look on his face. There was another man with him who also had a worried look on his face. I hid myself in a corner so he won't see me and I continued to watch him. What was he doing here? Was Naya in the hospital? I got a report from the Elders in her pack that had left the pack since her father got better. What happened to her for her to be in the hospital though? I had a lot of questions. Besides,I wasn't even sure that she was the one in there. The other guy placed a hand on Rowan's shoulder. "I am going to go downstairs and get somethi
LIAM"And what do you want to see her for? Do you even think that her father is going to let you see her? You were supposed to have come back for the antidote for her soon but you didn't do that. Because of you, her life is in danger now and you think that for some kind of reason you can come here and demand that out want to see her?! "The doctor yelled at me. I bowed my head as he scolded me as if I was a child. I did not dare to raise my head or say a single word back to him. I knew that all it was going to take was for me to make a simple mistake and then they were going to deal with me. I didn't want to risk it at all. "No, you don't understand it. I just want to know how she's doing. I am not planning anything. How could I dare to plan anything when you're still her with me? I am really very sorry for what she is going through and I really just want to make sure that she is fine, okay. Besides, the King isn't here right now. I will be back before he comes back," I assured the
LIAMMy legs were shaking as I walked into the hospital. I walked into the doctor's office and I sighed in relief when I was that he was the only one who was in the office. What I was going to get from him was a scolding at least. The King was not here and he was the only one who could kill me. Seems like I still had some time to think of how I was going through convince them to give me a second chance. "So....what is your excuse, Liam? What lie are you going to come up with this time? You know, if you were not up to the task then you should not have lied and said that you were. It would have been much more easier for everyone else if you had just told the truth instead of beating around the bush and lying your way out! How dare you lie to the King?! Do you really think that you'd be able to survive this?" He asked me. I wanted to fall to my knees and plead, but I knew that it would be best to reserve that for when I saw the King. "You know that is not true at all. I have always
LIAMI dropped the phone on my table slowly. The call that I had just gotten was enough to shake me up. The princess had been admitted to the hospital. She was dying because she had not gotten the antidote in a few months. My heart was beating fast against my chest as I thought about what her father was going to do to me once he got his hands on me. He would not let me off. In fact, I was sure that he might even try to kill me. He would really kill me! I was so scared just thinking about it. All of the plans that I had made to get Naya back to her so that I could get some of her blood had failed terribly. She seemed to be aware of what I was planning and she blocked me on every front. I tried to get the Elders to work against her because I wanted her to come crawling to me. Once she married me to stabilise her father's pack, then I could do whatever I wanted with her right? That was why I had her father attacked, and pressured the Elders into asking her to get married. But it
ROWANNaya was in my arms, bleeding badly. Her eyes were wide open and she tried to say something but she could not nin the end, she closed her eyes and passed out.I picked her up and stood up with Naya in my arms. I knew I had to get her to the hospital as soon as possible. As I stood up, I was the rogue. There was a pale look on his face and the full weight ot what he had done seemed to be crashing down on him now. He took a few steps back as she tried to get away from me. I did not pay attention to him though as the only person I cared about in that moment was Naya and how I was gonna to get her to the hospital and make sure that her life was saved. I rushed out with Naya in my arms. Before I did, I turned to look at Henry and he nodded his head at me, indicating that he knew what he was going to do. ......Naya was admitted to the hospital as soon as I got here and the doctor told me that they had to operate on her. I was not even listening to anything that they were sayi