Natalie turns to face me. "Feisty. Quite the character." She says, unbothered by what I just said. I roll my eyes. "If you do your job quietly, this customer will be gladder." I say turning around. I don't want to see her anymore so I focus my gaze on my body. A hand lands on my shoulder. "With
- KILLIAN - The door leading to an enclosed, grand office closes. The lights are off and the curtains are shut close yet it's well ventilated and I can make view of the objects in this room. These walls are also sound proof so I'm sure Natalie wants to talk about something dire. Natalie stop
Natalie sighs. "I'll leave if you want me to. Thank you for offering to do Hazel's fit on quick notice." I murmur. "Wait, come here, son." Natalie calls, walking to me. She pulls me in for a hug. I needed to bend my head to rest on her shoulder but the moment my head touches her shoulder, Nata
- HAZEL - I step into the Uber, sitting down and making myself comfortable in the back seat. Killian is with me, standing outside, while leaning on the car's back seat door. "Are you sure you don't want me to drop you? Would be a pleasure to do so." Killian requests for the hundredth time tonig
- HAZEL - "Thank you." I say to the Uber driver once I step out of his car. I want to tell him not to go back to Killian but I'm not the one who booked the ride and Killian will be furious. My lips form a line and I wave gently. "Have a nice drive back." I say, looking inside the car through th
"Hazel Summers." I say my name and look at my invitation card. I can't sight a code. I turn the card around. There are four numbers behind. "14243." I murmur, crossing my fingers. "Come in! Follow the glow." The lady says and I hear a ding as it disconnects. That's not the only weird thing to hap
- KILLIAN - "Connect me to her, Natalie." I say over the screen. It's a video call. I can see her surroundings through the screen as well as what she's doing. She's typing something on the keyboards of a series of monitors. Natalie is a professional hacker. I learnt every trick from her and she
- HAZEL - I'm drunk. Ridiculously drunk yet I still have some sense of my environment and what the fuck I'm doing, which is a good thing. This party rocks! I still don't understand why outside this building looked gloomy and desolate but this part of the mansion is buzzing with energy and life.
- HAZEL - Killian tucks a duvet over the bed. I’m sat on it, well fed and stuffed to the core, about to lay down and sleep. On his bed. After spending my time on a hospital bed, although comfortable, his bed is my new favourite place. Something about having him near me when I sleep makes me feel p
- KILLIAN - I love my brother, I genuinely do but even I can tell he’s trying to get on my nerves on purpose. His drive is the fact that I care about someone else who’s not family as much as I do and he’s going to do what he does best and torment me. Sometimes, all I feel for him is love but when
Killian chuckles. “For someone whose body burns with need, you sure seem to exhibit self control.” I don’t have self control when it comes to you, but you already know that, I say in my mind. I would’ve spoken that out loud if my voice wasn’t buckled away in the depths of my throat. To be honest,
- HAZEL - I don’t know when I dozed off. All I remember was the two of us getting sweaty and all over each other in the car. I remember Killian being gentle yet rough with me at the same time. Our heavy breathing in contrast with one another as he entered me. As he tainted every inch of my bare
- HAZEL - I am awake alright. More awake than ever. I can’t help but shake the feeling of nervous anticipation at meeting his brother. This is someone Killian always talked about. His only family. The one he raised. What if Liam doesn’t like me? What if, that happens, and he somehow manages to
- KILLIAN - The plane landed. I turn my head to the side to look at the lady next to me. Laid on the sofa and asleep in my private jet is Hazel. Does she always sleep during long journeys in planes or was she just extremely tired or is this her way of responding to her wound? I can’t tell, it’s my
“I’m not innocent.” I murmur. He stands up and walks to me. Killian’s arms are on the ends of my bed, supporting his form as he leans towards me. His face is just inches apart from mine, forcing me to gaze at him. “To me, you are.” His lips locks with mine, devouring my mouth in a short kiss. When
- HAZEL - I hate being in a hospital. I hate waking up to body aches and I hate not being able to move without the supervision of a health professional. I hate being connected to drips and taking several medications daily. I hate perceiving the air here. I just hate being ill. There’s nothing fun
- KATE - I’m itching to figure something out but I can’t decipher what it is. That lady has not gotten back to me yet. I have no way to reach her and I have no clue on anything but I can’t help but replay the incident that unfolded between us on Monday versus what happened on Wednesday in my min