Those Green Eyes

"This dress is so beautiful, dad. Thank you so much for this," Zia spoke to her father while hugging him. She wore her birthday dress which her parents gifted her as another present for her birthday.

"It's looking beautiful because my Zia has worn it," her father, Zale, said to her with a smile after pulling back from their hug. She was her dad's princess and her father considered her as the biggest blessing of his life. He believed in fulfilling her every wish and happiness before she could even ask for it.

"Okay, I am going to greet the guests with your dad," her mother, Cia, told her, who was there to help her in getting ready for her birthday party along with her aunt Violet and friend Riley. Zia bobbed her head in response to her mother.

"I am coming too. You both finish doing your hair, then come out, okay?" Zia's aunt, Violet, uttered to both Zia and her friend Riley and then she and Zia's parents left from Zia's room, leaving the two best friends alone.

Her parents and aunt were heading towards the huge hall of their manor where they had organised the party but the sound of her father's phone ringing halted them. Zale took out his phone and after watching the name flashing on the screen, he uttered to the two women.

"Go greet the guests. I will be there in a minute," 

Both the women nodded at him and strode away from there. Zale picked up his call.

"Hello…."

"I am on my way," that cavernous deep voice answered from the other side of the call.

"Okay. We all are waiting for you here," Zale further stated in his husky tone.

"I will be there soon, Mr Alcazar," 

Hearing that response, Zale hummed and then the call got disconnected.

Meanwhile inside Zia's room, both the girls got done getting ready for the party.

"I saw him talking to Chloe," 

Zia snapped her head at her friend, Riley, who was informing her about Dylan's arrival at the party and that she had seen Chloe talking to him.

"What? Chloe? That…." She clenched her jaw.

"I just hate that bimbo. She just needs a second to get attached to Dylan like a leach. It's my mistake that I invited her here," Zia had invited Riley with the only purpose to make her jealous of her and Dylan as Zia loathed Riley from their college days because of Chloe's arrogant and absurd behaviour towards others students and things turned more messy between them when both the girls got to know about their liking towards the same boy. Their disliking towards each other turned into hatred the day Zia proposed to Dylan in front of everyone when Chloe was about to propose to him and their rivalry became more ugly from that point and for Zia, she didn't leave a single second to make Chloe realise that Dylan was his and was forever his, especially after knowing Chloe had started working Dylan as his personal assistant. She never told Dylan about this and neither told him to fire Chloe because she trusted Dylan with everything and decided to teach Chloe a lesson in her own ways.

"Calm down, Miss Alcazar. Your Dylan is yours so no need to get so hyper," 

Zia rolled her sapphire orbs at Riley's remark and then fixed her eyes at her own reflection in the mirror.

"Of course. My Dylan is mine and Zia Alcazar doesn't believe in sharing what is hers," she uttered, gazing at her reflection.

"Okay…Miss Zia Alcazar. Nobody is taking your Dylan away from you," Riley chortled, making Zia show her her tongue and again looked into her blue eyes in the mirror's reflection.

"As if I will let any person take him away from me in the first place…" 

…………

The forceful blows of wind turned abrupt as the headlight of that car penetrated the darkness of the night and made the guards, standing in front of the gate, to shut their eyes as that gleaming exorbitantly expensive car entered into the gate of Alcazar's manor.

The guards straightened their figures and turned alert as soon as they saw the door of that car getting opened and that man stepped out of it. His precarious emerald eyes peered at no one but his gaze held so much power and dominance that the guards felt the necessity to lower their gazes. 

One among the guards approached that muscular tall presence as he lifted his car's keys. The guard took the keys from him and then watched him shoving his hands in his pocket and then that person took his long strides inside the mansion's door like he owned everything that surrounds him.

Those feet halted at the doorstep of that hall which was beautifully decorated until..

"Look, Damien is finally here," 

His piercing green eyes darted towards his father, Reid Karlson, after hearing his voice which made every other pair of eyes look at him, including Zale and Celia Alcazar.

He stepped inside the door finally by watching the Alcazar and Karlson family coming towards him.

"Damien….is it really you?" That gentle feminine voice caught his attention and he saw Celia Alcazar…..the wife of Zale Alcazar and mother of Zia Alcazar, smiling at him. That woman was the epitome of light, selflessness and happiness and he had witnessed it himself in her azure eyes at the age of just 5 in their very first meeting.

He noticed that the woman's eyes filled with affection and warmth for him by watching him after so many years. She opened her arms for him and embraced him in a motherly hug. His arms also didn't restrain themselves from holding her back because those moments of his childhood which he had spent with her and her husband were the only moments in his life in which he had lived happily, like a real child.

"You have grown up so much, son " she caressed his head with a big smile on her face. He returned the gesture by tenderly nodding his head at her and then his gaze shifted towards her husband, Zale Alcazar.

He extended his palm to him for a shake and Zale clutched it back. He patted Damien's shoulder.

"How's everything going, young man?" Zale asked him to which he wagged his head at him in respect.

"Your elder son has also grown up into a handsome young man, Larisa just like his little brother, Dylan…" Cia uttered to Mrs Karlson who smiled at her and then turned her eyes at Damien.

"Okay now come inside, Damien," Zale said, earning a nod from him.

After a couple of minutes, Zale was talking to Damien about his life and business in foreign country when suddenly the lights got shut entirely and a white spotlight flashed.

"Zia is here," Zale's words peered into Damien's ear which made him turn his head around and follow the direction of the spotlight which stopped at the upper stairs and fell on that person standing above it.

His malicious green orbs finally got to see that person on whose existence he had staked his claim before even that existence came into being……ZIA ALCAZAR…..

Wrapped in a beautiful blood red gown, her warm ivory skin was gleaming. Her plumpy lips wore a dark shade of red. Her pale cheeks had a natural blush but the centre of attraction of her beauty was her shining sapphire eyes which were like crystals shimmering in the deepest depth of ocean. An alluring smile was dancing on her enchanting face as she stepped down the stairs carefully and the guests started wishing and clapping for her but those green orbs just stared at her like she had trapped his very being in the very first glance.

He was totally lost in her ethereal eyes…those eyes which he was aching to see from the past 20 years but not even for once those eyes trailed at him, not even mistakenly but they lightened up as soon as they fell on that person whom he despised with every fibre in his body…. Dylan Karlson….

Dylan extended his palm to her as soon as she reached the last stair. Her smile widened. Zia placed her palm over his which made Dylan hold it tightly. 

"Happy birthday, my favourite,"Dylan uttered with a smile.

"Thank you so much," she beamed back while wrapping her arms around his neck. Dylan caged her back and pecked the side of her head which made a specific person to ball his fist aggressively.

"Happy birthday, Zia," Dylan's parents wished her. Zia flashed them a warm grin before hugging and thanking them and then she greeted some other guests.

After some time, Zia was talking to some of her college mates when Riley dragged her away from there to show her a man whom Riley had concluded was very very handsome and drop dead gorgeous.

"But who, Riley?" Zia asked, irritated as they couldn't find Riley's handsome man anymore in the party.

"I am trying to find him but he just vanished all of a sudden," Riley said, wandering her gaze everywhere.

Zia rolled her eyes before saying.

"Then you continue searching for your mystery handsome man, I am going to meet my handsome man," she said and left her friend.

Zia was searching for Dylan but instead of finding him, her eyes stopped at a tall man's back. His tall height gained her attention towards it but Zia decided to mind her own business but the very second she tried to do it, her eyes caught something which turned her stunned. That tall man was holding a glass of some kind of drink but the problem was his grip around that glass which seemed unusually aggressive and tight, like he was trying to break it. His nerves had also popped out on the back of his palm which caused her to frown. What kind of creature was that? Weirdo…Her mind wondered.

"Zia…." 

Her father's voice made her revolve around.

"Yes, dad," she replied, watching him coming closer to her.

"Come with me. I want you to meet with one of my special guests," 

She nodded at her father and grabbed his arm.

"Sure," she beamed at her dad, excited to meet his special guest. 

Her father beamed back at her and then she saw him taking her somewhere…not any special where but towards that tall weird creature of a man.

"Damien…." 

She heard her father speaking out that name which startled her…. Damien…? Was it that Damien? She tossed her gaze to look at the possessor of that name and found those piercing green eyes staring at her. Wow…he had nice looking eyes but why did they feel so intense like they were about to take part in a mystery game?

"Meet my daughter, Zia Alcazar and Zia, he is Damien Karlson," 

Her father's words confirmed her doubt. It was that Damien Karlson.

"Damien Karlson? Dylan's elder brother?" She further asked to clear her remaining doubts but her words caused Damien to dig his fingers in his palm.

Despite hearing those things about him from Dylan, she didn't restrain her curiosity of meeting him from engulfing her eyes because to be honest, after hearing about his story from Dylan, she was really very curious to meet the villainous hero of that story.

Those emerald gaze saw her azure eyes to shine up whereas her luscious lips stretched into a wide smile which involuntarily made his fingers stop their abruptness over his palm.

"Hi…nice to meet you finally," 

He heard her beautifully amiable voice which was like a serene tune for his ears and in return, all he could do was just to wag his head at her.

"Zia, why don't you give a tour to Damien of our home? He has come here after so many years,"

Zia's father said to her which made her gulp but she didn't let her hesitation show on her face and agreed with a polite grin because she didn't want to insult her father or his guest by denying her dad's words.

"Sure, dad…" she beamed and tore her gaze to look at that person where she found those emerald eyes were still on her. Really a weird creature…she stopped her mind for making those inappropriate comments on that man.

"Please come," she respectfully gestured to her father's guest to follow her and then turned around. She started walking away but sighed when she felt that man following her….Great….it was just a home tour to that weird creature of a man. What possibly could go wrong? Only if she knew…. what was really going to happen on that small home tour which she was going to give to her weird creature of a man….