Mayeli felt her heart slamming against her chest as Shaila walked to the door to let Killian in.“I'd leave you alone to talk”, Shaila said when she had let Killian in. Alone!Alone wasn't what Mayeli wanted with Killian at the moment. She couldn't trust herself when she was alone with him.“Hey”, Killian mumbled with a weak smile. He was wearing a well-tailored black Brioni suit, and his black, curly hair was styled to fall slightly down his forehead. He looked so beautiful.“Good morning, Killian”, Mayeli mumbled, staring at her hands. She was feeling very embarrassed as memories of last night flooded her making her cheeks reddened.“You're leaving already?” Killian’s eyes were focused on the packed suitcase on her bed.“Yes”.His Adam apple bulged a little. “Mayeli, I'm sorry about last night. I didn't mean to hurt you. It's just, you were looking so breathtaking in that dress and I was so mad with jealousy and need. I just couldn't stop myself. I know it's not right to make excus
Hey”.Killian looked up from the file he had been going through to a guilty-looking Tyse staring at him. He was standing in front of Killian’s office desk.“What do you want?” Killian asked, focusing his attention back on what he was doing.Tyse shifted uncomfortably. “Umm, I wanted to apologize for the other day”.Killian’s grip tightened on the small pen in his hand. He wasn’t angry at Tyse for having feelings for Mayeli, but he wasn’t interested in letting him have his way either.“What are you apologizing for, Cas”, Killian asked.Tyse ran his hands through his hair, his brown eyes remorseful. “Look, I’m not sorry for having feelings for her, okay, and I don’t regret it in any way. I shouldn’t have acted the way I did. I was just frustrated to see her cry so often because of you”.“I’m not happy that she cries because of me either, and I want to minimize that as much as possible. I just hope you won’t meddle in the future”.Tyse sighed. “Fine, I’m sorry. Are we cool now?”“Sure”,
Mayeli noticed Killian staring at her for most of the meal, and she tried to act calm and collected, but she could barely keep up.She could taste the food, but she couldn't pass it down her throat. Mayeli was tghankful when he turned his attention to Bryelle and the chatted through out. She ignored Shaila’s constant glance in her direction.When the meal was over, she invited Killian over to a small parlour so they could talk. He watched her closely as she poured him a glass of wine, his face expressionless. It was like he was reading her.“Is something bothering you?” He asked when she sat down.Mayeli sat silent for a while, staring out through the floor to ceiling window at the darkness outside. She had been thinking about it all through dinner and she decided it was time. She wanted to tell Killian the truth. She knew he would be very angry and he might never talk to her again and worst he could want custody over their child, but she didn’t care. It time she faced her sin.“Yes”
Mayeli packed her black Phantom in front of the tall hotel building. The huge inscription ZR shone brightly in the setting sun.It was 4 pm and instead of going home, she had picked Bryelle up from school, dropped her at her mother’s house, and now she was infront of Killian’s hotel. She couldn’t understand how she found herself there. It was as though her hands had developed a different mind of their own.Mayeli stepped out of her car and tossed her keys to a Valet. She turned and noticed Killian’s black Bugatti Veyron packed in front of the hotel. Men in black suits surrounded the car his bodyguards waiting for him.Mayeli bit her lips, embarrassed. He had said he would come to pick her up, but she had been too impatient and had found her way to his hotel instead. What does he think of her as cheap?She sighed and started to walk to the entrance of the hotel. If she had been too impatient to see him, she better find his room before he came out. That would be less embarrassing.Mayel
Mayeli watched Killian for a moment as she tried to catch her breath. “You didn't call for days but you missed me?” She asked angrily.Killian's face went serious. It looked like he finally understood his crime.“I'm sorry, I had a lot to do and I was so worried, I forgot about my phone”, Killian said, giving Mayeli an apologetic smile.“You forgot me too”, she mumbled, looking away.“What was that?” “Nothing”.He held her hands and pulled her into his arms. “Of course, I didn’t forget. I thought about you every single free moment I had. “I’m sorry I didn’t reach out, my father’s condition was quite serious and I couldn’t leave his side”.Mayeli looked at him with apprehension. “How is he now”. She had been so angry at him, forgetting the reason he had gone to Paris in the first place. She was just being plane selfish.“He’s good now, don’t worry”.“Thank goodness”. Mayeli let out a sigh of relief.Killian hugged her tighter, placing a soft kiss on her forehead. “I missed you so much
Killian watched Mayeli’s face, feeling confused. She looked so scared of what he was about to say that her face was white. Was she suddenly asking him about secrets? Did she have any she had kept from him? Was this really about his invisible friend? Or perhaps was she dropping a hint about his best friends? Had they done something he didn’t know about?Killian looked long and hard at Mayeli’s pale waiting face. “Let’s talk about this some other time, sweetheart”.Killian wasn’t sure what his answer would and he also didn’t want to hurt Mayeli. He didn’t know what his answer would do to her, and he didn’t want to find out.He took her hands, but she retreated. “Please, answer me, Zed”.“What is this really about, Mayeli?” He wanted her to come clean with him, rather than going around in circles. He was sure if he said the wrong thing, she would hold back the truth, but he didn’t want to lie either.“I don’t know”, Killian said, honestly.Mayeli sighed, and ran her hands through her blo
Killian cut up with Mayeli, but she wouldn’t look at him. She just kept walking ahead like he was invisible. Killian cut her hand and spun her to face him. “Talk to me, will you? Are you angry about what I did in the past?”Mayeli glared at him. “I don’t care about whatever that woman said. I care about what you said! How could you speak about a woman so casually? How could you objectify a woman that way?”Killian was stunned. He had thought Mayeli would be angry at him because of the hint Ruby dropped about his dark past, but she was worrying about the woman instead. “You care about Ruby?” Killian asked.“I would care about any woman in her shoes”.“I’m sorry you had to hear that, Mayeli, but that was who I was in the past”.“Don’t apologize to me, apologize to her”.Killian’s eyes widened. “You want me to apologize to Ruby?” “Yes”.“Why would I do that?”“Because you used her”.“We used each other, she was paid handsomely for her services”.Mayeli flinched, and Killian immediatel
Tyse and Truce sat up, watching Killian with anxious expressions.“How is Dad doing now?”Killian rubbed the back his neck. “He’s better now, though he was badly affected. I don’t know how long he would remain with us”, Killian replied.“Oh my God”, Truce said, standing up.Killian was scared as it was. His father meant the world to him, and he wasn’t sure what his death would do to him. His father was mostly the only family he had left since he and Nixen were not on talking terms anymore.“He’ll be fine, Zed”, Tyse said.Killian sucked in a deep breath, a sad wave washing through him. “The old man wants me married before he dies. He wants four grandchildren”.A flicker of emotion crossed Tyse’s face, one that Killian understood all too well. “Have you proposed yet?” Tyse asked.Killian shook his head. “Not yet, I’m a bit hesitant”.Truce walked Killian’s front. “What are you waiting for, man?”“We just got back together and we’re still working things out. I don’t know if marriage wo
Kreed laughed and stood up. He picked up the baseball bat he had been holding and threw it to Tyse.“Beat Killian to death with it, and I’d let you live. You did nothing to offend me, did you?”Mayeli’s eyes widened.“What?” Tyse asked.“You know it’s either you or him, right? Or mostly both. So why don’t you save yourself?”Mayeli thought of what to do to buy time. Of course, no one was coming to save them, since Kreed said he had taken care of the police, but she had no other option. She couldn’t watch what was about to happen. She’d rather die first.“Kreed, when did you become this evil? There’s still a way out of this, you don’t have to commit more murders.”Kreed laughed for a long time, and when he stopped, he faced Mayeli. “The day your father burnt down my family, he created an unrepentant monster. I only trained the monster. First I worked with the CIA, then with the FBI, then as a special intelligence security agent, and when I was convinced I had learnt everything I wanted
Mayeli and Killian turned to see Kreed standing a few feet from them. He was wearing the same outfit he had been wearing this morning before she had left him. Black turtle-neck top, black trousers, black boots and a dark brown long coat.But this time there was something different. He was wearing black gloves. But that wasn’t it. What was he doing here? How did he know she was here? She told no one.Kreed took a step forward, and Killian immediately reached for his pocket.Kreed was faster. “Let me borrow your words. I won’t dare if I were in your shoes because I’ll shoot you down without hesitation. Now rid yourself of your weapons and don’t try to play smart.”Killian did as he was told.Mayeli couldn’t believe her ears. This was Kreed, right? Or did he have a twin? Or perhaps was this a replica of him? Or cloning? She didn’t understand. Why was Kreed pointing a gun at them?“Kreed. What’s happening? I don’t understand.” But Mayeli was beginning to understand. She recognized the loo
“You should drive faster!” Killian barked at Tyse.“At this rate, we’d probably die in an accident before we get to her,” Truce screamed.Killian turned to him. “Do you deserve to live?”Truce shook his head. “No. Tyse, drive faster!”He was still mad at his friends for abandoning Mayeli when he was away for the stupid reasons they gave. He had trusted them to take care of her while he was away, but they had done just the opposite. They had begged and apologized severally, but he wasn’t forgiving them yet. He’d make them work for their forgiveness, and so far, they’ve been doing just that.“Maybe you should take the wheel!” Tyse barked at Truce. “I’ll drive faster, Killian,” he replied, Killian with a smile.“If that bitch, Shaila so much as touch my woman, I won’t hesitate to strangle her with my hands”, Killian said through his teeth.How could he have missed the signs?He had known Shaila wasn’t the sister she pretended to be, and he had known she was still obsessed, but he didn’t
“I don’t understand,” Mayeli said, carefully. Shaila was getting drunk, and Mayeli feared what she would do to her. At the moment, she wasn’t the woman Mayeli had known all her life, she was a wounded animal seeking blood.“I met Killian in our second grade. He was two levels higher than me, so we never really talked. Everyone loved him, everyone wanted him, and I wanted him more than any of them. And one day, I went home after school and he was with his parents in our house. Father had introduced them as his friends and ours, and had told us they were going to have dinner with us.I still remembered how overjoyed I had been that day. I had asked my maid, Nisha, to make me the prettiest little girl ever, and during dinner, I did everything to get Killian’s attention, but he didn’t care. He didn’t even notice my hair or dress or anything, but I didn’t give up. After dinner, he talked to me, he told me my dress was pretty and he liked my tiara. I was so overjoyed that I couldn’t sleep t
Mayeli typed Killian’s office floor number on the elevator keypad, 67.She could hardly wait as the box took her upwards. She hadn't met Killian since that day at the mall and she couldn't wait to see him. Her heart was racing already, and she could feel a hunger in her lower belly, a hunger he had awakened.The elevator stopped and the doors slid open. Mayeli stepped out eagerly, heading for the last building on the floor. When she reached, she rang Killian’s office doorbell. No one answered. She rang it again, but nothing. Thankfully, she knew the key pass.“I'm coming in,” she said, and pushed the door open. Surprisingly, the office was empty.The office was just the way Mayeli remembered, the same. White high walls, one glass wall showing off the breathtaking view of the City of London, a large oak table and a chair behind it and two in front. A mini-parlour of four black cushions and a white table, and lastly a glass shelf holding Killian's books, magazines, trophies, and aw
Mayeli braided the last strand of her sister’s hair slowly, listening to Bryelle’s tale of her latest BTS crush, Jungkook, and laughing. Her daughter was crushing on celebrities already.“I have a shoot with V soon, he might not be your favourite, but you should come,” Shaila said.Bryelle shook her head. “I want just him, no one else.”Shaila laughed. “Suit yourself.” She turned to Mayeli. “Be fast would braids, babe, I need to be somewhere soon.”Shaila had been going out more frequently recently, and she never said where she was going, no matter how many times Mayeli asked. Mayeli decided to let her be. She would come around when she wanted to.The doorbell rang, and Bryelle went to get it. She returned a few minutes later.“Mom, it’s Kreed.” She walked past them into her room. Shaila turned to Mayeli with a stupid smile on her face. “Your husband is calling.”Mayeli frowned, tossing her hair behind her. “His not my husband, stop with the joke.”Shaila laughed. “I have somewhere t
Killian covers the distance between him and Mayeli. She looked so flawless, so beauty more than he had remembered. Just a glimpse of her took his breath away, just a glimpse of her rose his hunger so intense that he hardly had control over it.He covered her slim waist with his arms and took in a breath of her.“Killian?” She called, her voice shocked. “Is this real? Am I hallucinating? How’s this even possible?”She started to check his body. “Are you real? Are you hurt or burnt?” Tears were already flowing down her pale cheeks again. “How’s this possible. Am I losing it?”Killian knew she had too many questions, but he couldn’t explain, not yet. He was here to warn her and he didn’t have much time.He turned her to face him and almost regretted it when his eyes fell on her fleshy, exposed, full and ready for him. He shook his head; just being near her drove him crazy, and it had been so long. He had watched from a distance and longed for her, but it wasn’t yet time. He had to think
“You should be careful,” Kreed said, helping Mayeli out of the car.Mayeli chuckled. “I’m careful as I am. You’re the unnecessarily worried one.”He had been fusing over her for months now since she got out of bed. She was fine now, but he won’t leave her. He was always by her side, and sometimes she wondered when he had time for himself.Bryelle came to Mayeli’s side. She pecked her. “I’ll see you later Mom, my friends are waiting.” She ran off before Mayeli could say a word.They were meant to eat dinner together after shopping for clothes, but she had come up with excuses that she had to meet up with her friends.“She’s growing up so fast,” Kreed said, laughing.Mayeli turned to him. Today was his girlfriend’s birthday, but he had been with her all day. “Aren’t you going to meet Sonia?”The smile faded from Kreed’s handsome face. “We met before I came by this morning.”Mayeli sighed. She knew Kreed had feelings for her, but she had no way to confront them. She wasn’t interested in
Mayeli slowly opened her heavy eyelids and tried to understand her environment. The smell of anthesptic filled her nostrils and her lungs burned. Her throbbed and her body felt as stiff as a log of wood.She tried turning, but her body had a mind of its own. The bright light streaming from the windows blinded her weak vision. She recognized the room after a while, it was her room, but why was she strapped to a bed, and why were there several equipment attached to her body?She couldn’t move or think; her whole body throbbed.The door opened and a familiar face walked in. She looked older, though. Mayeli tried to remember and slowly, her memory returned.Bryelle, her daughter.She tried to call her name, but her voice came out as a low whisper; even that effort was painful. Bryelle rushed to her side. She was wearing a short black skirt and a pink jacket. Her was packed in a high bun. She looked different, dazzling, and all grown up, not the little girl Mayeli had known.“Mom, you’re