After walking through a maze of fake and suffocating bachelors. Kiara became extremely sour in disappointment. She felt tears pool at the back of her eyes but she willed it not to drop.
At the orders of Dywen, Maurice took Kiara through all the men both older and young in attendance.
Mommy why did you have to say you will only choose the man of my choice now I have to go through this punishment.
Wasn't there any eligible man that will fit her requirements?
Ah! Perfect daddy, where are you?!
Before she would burst from an overflow, she slipped through the crowd when Maurice wasn't looking. She ought for a quiet place to cry out her disappointed heart. She came back to her senses the moment she turned a corner and realized that she was lost.
''The heck!'
How was she lost? She literally grew up here and had toured every crook and corner of the mansion to the back of her head. The number of times she had lived here was more than the times she lived in her current house.
But she wasn't lost, she just wasn't able to recognize where she was because the appearance of a certain being had overwhelmed the area with his dangerous emotions.
A group of dark line zoomed pass her remind her of something but by the time she could confirm if her guessing was right, she tripped and fell to the ground on her hands and knees.
For a moment she felt disoriented in pain, her eyes clouded in tears at the pain only to be block by a pair of sleek black shoes.
Puzzled, She slowly looked up from a pair of long legs to locking gaze with a pair of ash grey eyes that held hers.
There, the world seized to move the moment their eyes locked, it felt like the universe were singing choirs. There was a flash in her eyes that came as soon as it did the expression in her face though frozen had a heavenly flow.
He was as tall as uncle Eric. That was her first thought.
He's even more handsome, something clicked in her head.
He carries himself in a mighty way like a powerful emperor looking down at his land. Suddenly a loud ring resounded in her head.
'He is the one', he was every physical appearance she sought after, but could he truly be the one? The one meant for her and her mother?
"Little girl, are you alright?"
That voice, it lured her from the deepest pit in her soul, it cheered her soul , it brought every good and positive trait to feel her.
Without realizing it, she raised her arms while kneeling, indicating that the man carried her but when he didn't do anything. she willed her eyes to turn glassy, let the pain show on her face and pouted her wobbly lips.
"Carry! carry."
Never had Kiara ever acted so willful to another person, to a man other than her mother.
So what made her look up at this stranger with utmost anticipation. To her he was like an angel amongst strangers, no a mighty king in a beautiful palace, no a very, very handsome stranger.
A very handsome kingly mister.
After a while, the man squatted, his mighty built bent to his thighs while still maintaining his blank look, he was still bigger than her small frame like a little kitten in front of a big cat.
In Kiara's eyes there was only awe at his mighty built. Many people had caught her eyes but only this handsome mister caught her heart.
He held no expression on his handsome face, but his bodygaurds around him were the ones who changed their expression to shock before maintaining back their poker face.
Kiara felt like she was soaring through clouds, his arms were thick and powerful yet she felt safe in them as contentment filled her heart making her dizzy. She couldn't control herself to hug his neck taking in his heavy scent that lured her childish body to relax.
Unconsciously she murmured softly, tear pooling by the side of her eyes as she declared.
"At last, I have found you."
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Everybody who knew Lucian Wolfe knew he wasn't a nice man who left anyone near him not even little children, so imagine everybody shock when the said tycoon was seen carrying a little child in his arms who had fallen asleep, they couldn't see the child's face properly because of the amount of bodyguard blocking their view. But they was paralyzed with grief for that poor child who was unfortunate to fall into the clitches of the mighty Yama King. (A being even mightier than the king of Hades, he is a combination of both Hades and death reaper.)
"Hey kid, where are your parents?"
The moment they arrived at the main hall, Lucian questioned while looking through the crowd for any worrying parent or identical looking parents to the child. His only concern was to return her to her parents and be done with it his reputation was already tarnished when she slept on his body, something that even puzzled him. Normally kids always run the other way the moment they saw him but this little fairy requested he carried her and even drooled on his body. Her daring nature reminded him of someone he knew as a child but he dared not compare now.
While he was bothered, Kiara continuously blinked cutely at him after being awoken, still in a daze her baby voice acknowledged coquettishly.
"Handsome mister, my name is Kiara not kid."
Lucian raised a brow amused by her demure behaviour, but after thinking about it, he frowned at a sudden realization but before he could voice it out, the little one spoke again.
"I told you my name so you are suppose to tell me yours." She slyly asked.
Her entire being spoke of anxiety like she was scared as though if she didn't move fast enough she would loose this huge blessing.
A nameless dread engulfed her just at this thought.
"Didn't your mother teach you not to talk to strangers?"
He narrowed his eyes trying to see through her, but one could never understand a child's mind, it was a complex universe that only teaches parents and could never be understood.
She nodded her head like a rattle doll, looking so docile and sweet, a version that if Eric was to ever see would shiver in fear.
"She did, but Grandpa gave Kiara permission."
She didn't know how to talk to this man all she knew was that her heart wouldn't stop flattering with so much happiness inside of her she almost trembled, she wanted so much to make this man like her. So she went with whatever flow that came natural to her.
"You should at least been given a nanny or a gaurd to watch over you."
That statement caused a guilty reaction.
'Oh Kiara damn it you are busted.'
Her gaze cast downwards like a pitiful doll, her lashes flutter with tear drew.
"I did. But I..... Kiara lost uncle MoMo."
She gazed up at him with tears shimmered in her eyes that struck a chord. Anyone who saw this would be spellbound by her adorableness anyone but Lucian.
Lucian could only raised a brow as he took in the sight of her A-grade act. He indeed found her amusing to watch, she acted like a child and also mature. Wait! What was he saying, she was a child, probably four or five years at that, or maybe it was the way she carried herself like an adult that gave it out.
"It's dangerous walking on you own."
She looked her head.
"No it's not. Kiara is safe here, this is Kiara's grandpa Dywen's house, he has many big guys and uncle MoMo and mommy is here. Mommy always finds Kiara and there's Uncle Eric, Uncle Eric is silly but he's good, uncle Paul and aunt FiFi too but Allen bad, Allen mean, Allen hurt Kiara's feeling, Allen not Kiara's friend anymore."
By the time she finished lamenting, Lucian had already moved them to the front of the food table. Unknown to Lucian he already felt concerned by her sour look he rushed to the table in hopes that food would bring back her bobbliness. Indeed the moment Kiara eyes instantly found her favourite strawberry short cakes, her mouth drolled with childish delight. She completely forgot what she was upset about.
"Handsome Mister, put Kiara down. Kiara wants cake. Handsome mister down down."
Seeing how her cheerful look was back, a small smile tugged the corner of his lip, he couldn't help but tease her.
"Do you believe I can kidnap you?"
It was a out of line question that had the bodyguard within listening gear freezing in place.
Did their boss just threaten a four years old child?
Ah! Boss don't scare the child like that.
Great Yama king have mercy on her innocence.
They cried out for the little girl but Kiara's reply totally had them puking out blood.
"Really? Will you really take Kiara away? Really?"