"No, I too came just now." Kiara said, signalling for the girl to come inside. Sophia smiled and went straight to Icarus, she bought him some fruits and asked him about his health.What no one noticed was Luke awestruck in his spot. Without thinking anything, he got up from his seat and crashed their conversation, "Hey. Is this your friend?"Sophia stopped talking and looked over at Kiara, who explained, "Oh, you two must not know each other. She is Sophia, my best friend and manager. We have all known her since high school.""I see." He extended his arms to her and said, "I am Luke Bernard. It's nice to meet you."Sophia grinned and said, "Sophia Green."He said, "Kiara never told me she had such an attractive friend." This made the girl giggle and Robin raised an eyebrow. The beta noticed the way he was looking at her and felt that something was very usual.After talking for a while, Kiara said, "We will be off then. Please take care of yourself." She was about to turn around when S
The whole crowd cheered up when they caught a glimpse of Icarus, he rarely came out in public, let alone to events like this so it got everyone pumped up. Luke, like usual, shook hands with the crew members and was already comfortable with them but the latter did not even open his mouth to speak with them. He had this inapproachable aura around him that forced everyone to tread carefully around him.The three of them were taken to sit down on the main table, they were way far away from Kiara’s table but the girl could not take her eyes off him.“Stop staring at him. You are gonna creep him out.” Sophia whispered in her ears, reminding her to withdraw her gaze.She asked, “What the hell is he doing here?”“I don’t know.” Sophia shrugged, “Maybe he was invited…”She furrowed her eyebrows, the man never attended these kinds of events but at the end of the day, he was the unpredictable Icarus.The producers were enthusiastically telling the men about something and Icarus did nothing but n
"Oh my God, Icarus! You scared me." Kiara held her chest, she was genuinely startled when she saw the man lurking in the dark. Her comment made Icarus smirk, he twirled the glass in his hand and asked, "Of course, I will scare you. You have other me to make you happy." "What? What are you trying to say?" Kiara knitted her eyebrows together. Icarus lifted his eyes to look at her, his pupils were red, "Don't try to act dumb, Kiara. You know exactly what I am talking about." Kiara stumbled back a little, the look in his made her feel far more unsafe. She clutched her skirt and looked away, "I don't know what you are talking about." “You don’t know what I am talking about?” Icarus said calmly before smashing the glass on the floor. He stood up from his seat and screamed, “You fucking don’t know what you have done?” “Ahhhhh.” Kiara covered her ears and stumbled back on her heels when he smashed the glass. Her eyes involuntarily filled up with tears as she looked at Icarus, his wolf was
Icarus, who was about to walk away with his gang, stopped when he heard Vanessa’s words. In a cold tone, he asked, “What did you say about her?”The girl did not expect him to be so angry, she said, “What? Am I not telling the truth? My father picked her up from the orphanage; if not for him, she would not be here, let alone be friends with the rich kids. She doesn’t belong in our circle. You are wasting your time by being with her, she can never be one of us.”Everyone present in the field gasped and wanted to see what was to unfold now. Icarus said, “So what if she is an orphan, she is a much better human than you could ever be.” “Icarus!” Vanessa did not expect him to be so harsh with his words. She tried to make him stop but the boy continued, “I like Kiara for who she is, even if she was not here today, I would still find her amongst the crowd and be with her. And, I don’t give a fuck about the so-called circle you are talking about. I would choose her over everyone and everythi
Kiara blushed for a while and looked back at the sky, despite this she could not hide the love and devotion clouding in her eyes. She said, "I think it is time I let you know." Icarus shut his laptop and asked, "Tell me, what is it?" "Promise me you won't tell Darren about it." Icarus pursed his lips and nodded; Kiara was a bit nervous to say it out loud to anyone. She had been keeping her love for Darren a secret since she was a kid. She took a deep breath and said, "I like Darren." "..." Icarus fell silent and did not say a word, confusing the girl. She looked at him and noticed that he had a mask of utter shock on his face. She could not help but cover her face out of embarrassment, "Stop looking at me like that, I am shy." Icarus blinked and turned away, his voice low as he asked, "Since when?" "As long as I remember. Just like you." She replied, closing her eyes and thinking about all the years she spent loving him from the shadows. Judging by Icarus's expressions, she co
All the way, Vanessa kept nagging her about how the dress didn’t look good on her and how she was being desperate for his attention. But none of them reached Kiara’s ears as she was busy looking at her phone, making sure that she remembered her speech correctly.The driver dropped them at the hotel entrance and the two girls were amazed to see how crowded the place was. Kiara was genuinely surprised how Icarus let his brother invite these many people. Vanessa parted ways to be with her friends leaving Kiara all alone, she took this opportunity to go ahead and find the boys.Sophia was already out of town and won't be here to keep her company tonight. She looked everywhere but could not find Icarus anywhere, she furrowed her eyebrows and picked out her phone to call him when someone interrupted her."Hey. You made it!" Darren, who was wearing a white shirt and holding a glass of alcohol, said. Kiara immediately forgot what she was doing and turned all her attention to him. She tucked
The balcony was empty as people were busy inside and despite the heavy party going on in the other room, this place was relatively calm. Kiara felt a lot better as she inhaled the fresh air and said, “Gosh, you were right. It feels a lot better here.”She kept her hands on the railing and watched the view below; they were on the topmost floor of this hotel and could easily see the whole city from there. She could not help but tell him how beautiful the scenery was.“I told you.” The man leaned on the rails and looked at the sky, “This is why I love to party. You get to experience both calmness and chaos in one place. So sad I failed to make my brother experience this.”Kiara was pulled speechless; she had always seen Darren as this cheerful guy who never cared about anything. It was her first time seeing him a little low, she said, “Hey, it’s not your fault. Icarus… he is just too antisocial to understand this.”“I know… But I hoped to change it for one night.”Kiara bit down on her l
Icarus was naturally taller than her, so Kiara had to run behind him to catch up with him. She finally managed to grab his hand at the end of the corridor, “Icarus, wait.”He instantly jilted her hand away and huffed in anger, “Why are you here? I asked you to let it go.”“I can’t let it go! You are my best friend.” She was shuddering at this point but trying to keep a brave face, she had never seen him so angry in her whole life. Icarus said, “I always chose you over everything but today you took his side. I don’t think I want to even be acquainted with you anymore.”“What the hell got into you, Icarus?” The girl spoke up, “You have been acting strange since morning! I know it is not about me taking his side or your side, something has happened and you are not telling me.”“Nothing happened.” The boy looked away, his tone way colder than usual. But the girl refused to buy it and said, “Don’t freaking lie to me, Icarus. Even at the party, you were spouting nonsense about Darren! What a
Kiara struggled but with her hands and legs strapped on, there was nothing much she could do. Anne Maria was just about to insert the injection when one of her henchmen stopped her. He showed her the copy of the medical reports and whispered something into her ears. Whatever he said, made her extremely happy. She said, "You are pregnant? Congratulations." "Don't even think about doing anything to my child." Kiara warned her in a stern tone. Anne Maria raised her hand as if she was surrendering and said, "Hey, I am a mother as well. I know how important kids are. I am not gonna hurt your baby. In fact, I am gonna spare your life." Kiara felt a tinge of relief inside her heart when she heard her words but what she said next completely robbed her of it. She said, "Why kill you when we can have it the most direct way? You stole my son from me… Now I am gonna steal your baby from you!" "What? No! NO! Stop. Don't do this." Kiara begged and pleaded but her pleas were left unheard. Anne M
Kiara's mind went blank, she picked up the document and went through the list all over again lest she made any mistake. Sadly, she did not, and all the companies and individuals were indeed associated with Vuron Corps.Her face went pale as that of a ghost, why did Icarus do that?Her father had a heart failure and was close to dying because of this!She fell back on the bed, not knowing what to do. There was only one thing circulating around her head…Why did Icarus cause the company to go bankrupt only to come back and help them revive it using his own money?She could not torture herself with these questions anymore. She picked up her phone and video-called Icarus.The man was going through a series of proposals in his office when his phone rang. He checked his phone screen to see that it was Kiara video-calling him. He dismissed all his staff, corrected his tie, and attended the video call."Hey… What happened to you?" His casual time turned into worry when he saw her reddened eye
The doctor gave Kiara a bunch of pills which kept her morning sickness at bay. With a piece of new news up her sleeve and the excitement of it, Kiara was experiencing a whole different glow. Even Phantom was stunned to see her like this.After a lot of push and pull, came the final day of the event. The stage was set up and the runway was rolled out. A lot of paparazzi were already seated on the front row to get the best shot of the event.Kiara was worried that all these foods that she had been eating behind Phantom's back would have caused her to put on some weight but it was not the case, she was in the right size and the dresses fit her perfectly. The girl was surprised as to how it had happened but she did not dwell on it much.Phantom was extremely pleased with how Kiara was looking, he clapped his hands a few times before showering her with praises."Put on her makeup, she is going to bring my vision to life." Phantom exclaimed, making the make-up artists drag Kiara away.Just
She was about to ask him the question when the doorbell rang. Kiara furrowed, "Who could it be this late at night?'"Must be your gift?" The man uttered."My gift?" The girl immediately opened the door to see a delivery man standing at her door. He asked, "Miss Smith?"The girl nodded in reply.The man immediately fished out a big box and handed it to her, "Happy Birthday, Miss Smith.""Thank you so much." Kiara squinted her eyes shyly. She took the box and came inside, sitting inside was a beautiful chocolate cake. She said, "You ordered this for me?""Yes, do you like it?""I love it!" Her eyes gleamed before the shine slowly started to vanish, "But I can't have this?""Why?" Icarus asked and that was when he was told what was going on with Kiara for the past few days. His mood started to get worse and the aura around him became colder as she proceeded with the story. By the time she reached the end, the Alpha was fuming."How dare he starve my wife? Does he have a death wish?" Ica
Three months later…"Kiara, you can't eat that!" The head designer, Phantom Gray, yelled across the room. The girl who was about to devour the lemon cupcake stopped and poured.She said, "Come on, chief! It's just one cupcake, you have starved me for three days already.""No! We can't take any chances." The man took the food from her hand and handed her a raw carrot, "If you are hungry, eat this. The event is in three days, you have to fit into those dresses."Kiara nodded sadly and after Phantom walked away, Sophia came in. She asked, "Are you okay?"The girl made a grumpy face and took a bite of the carrot, she said, "This was not what I expected."Sophia laughed, "You were the one who wanted to experience the runway and you are sick of it already?"Icarus has announced that Kiara was on a hiatus after the episode with Kevin. Even though she enjoyed the rest, she was starting to get bored sitting idle at home. She painstakingly convinced Icarus to let her go back to shooting. The ma
"Say something." Icarus spoke up when he did not receive any response from the girl. Her silence was making him nervous.The girl said, "I can't believe this. Icarus, promise me that you are not messing with me.""I promise you that I am not lying." The man said in a solemn tone, "I have been in love with you since I learnt the meaning of love.'"Then… then why didn't you tell me earlier?" Regret reflected in his tone as he said, "I always felt like you were my mate but I wanted to wait till my eighteenth birthday to be sure. But deep down, maybe I was just making up excuses. I was not brave enough to confess it to you, I feared that you might even stop being friends with me. I was scared of losing you."Kiara felt her heart skip a beat when she heard his sincere words.No wonder he never told her who he was in love with!No wonder he was upset when she told him that she was in love with Darren!No wonder he wanted to protect her…She was his mate.Kiara knew that mates mattered a lo
"Sorry for coming unannounced." The girl smiled.Icarus took the packages from her hand and said, "Come in.""Thank you." She said before dropping on the couch. She had to take a moment to catch her breath.Icarus kept the things she brought on the table and asked, "Why are you here?"When the man asked this question, the girl's mind was alarmed. She looked at the clock and realised that it was about to hit midnight.She hurriedly cleared the table and took out the cake from the box. She put the candle and lit it up right when it hit 12."Happy Birthday, Icarus." She said with a bright smile. The man froze and looked at the cake in front of him."Is this… for me?" He asked to which the girl nodded, "Yes! I made it myself."Icarus was mum for a while and kept staring at the cake. Kiara's smile started to vanish with each second he was silent. She asked, "What happened? Did you not like…"Before she could even finish her sentence, Icarus wrapped her in a hug. "I… " Kiara's whole body
Even though the lunch was all chatter and laughter, things were not the same for Kiara because right now, she was viewing the brothers in a completely different light.She felt as if everything she believed until now was a lie.After they were done eating, Darren paid the bill and they went to the mall to do some shopping.Icarus was busy with the phone calls most of the time and he did not mind what they were buying.The group was currently in a garment store, Darren wanted to pick up some new shirts for himself so he dragged them along with him to the men's section.Kiara looked at Icarus talking to an acquaintance in the distance and went back to looking at the clothes in front of her. It was Icarus's birthday tomorrow and she wanted to give him something but she wasn't sure what to get him."Choosing clothes for Icarus?" Darren said suddenly, startling her. She smiled and nodded, "Since we are here, I thought I would get him something for his birthday.'Darren looked at the dark b
"Alpha, is everything alright?" The principal asked in a worried tone.Icarus did not like the way this was going, he was here to have some good time. He said, "Actually, no. The way you all are acting around here is suspicious to me." "What?" The principal gaped in horror. What did he do now?Darren's face palmed himself and came forth, "No, no. My brother is kidding! We were just here to look around, we used to go to this school.""Oh, I see." The middle-aged man let out a sigh of relief. He invited all of them to look around the school. Darren was pleasantly surprised by this, he asked, "Really? We can do that?"The principal chuckled, "You all are our pack's leaders. Our school will be honoured to have you here."The three initially did not plan to go inside the school but now that they were told they could, they did not want to miss it. Darren, like a happy child, immediately rushed inside, not even waiting for Kiara and Icarus. The two looked at each other awkwardly until Icar