A week later...
Kiana had been dodging Roman like a plague, as well as her creepy teacher, who couldn't stop looking at her throughout the whole lesson today. Suspicion played in his whiskey brown eyes, making her feel on edge.
However, Randall was not her biggest worries. No Roman disturbed her peace the most whenever she saw him. He always shot her a playful smirk whenever she met eyes with him. That jerk, he had no remorse at all for what he did to her, and she hated the fact that he broke her so easily like that.
Despite Roman dangerously playing like that, Kiana decided to ignore it.
Her best solution to life problems were easy, when she followed a saying.
'Ignore it until it eventually goes away.'
Kiana had started to go into the woods of the Verrono territory, during the mid afternoons. She felt much better when she didn't feel the strange presence of the ghost then. Perhaps her ghost only came out at night?
After she was done exercising, she walked back to the main mansion. She soon came to a sudden stop when she saw her breath taking rude and obnoxious neighbour from the mansion next door.
Watching him strangely sniff the air, when the wind blew behind her back, he then turned around.
His beautiful striking greyish-bluish eyes landed right on her. A smug grin soon appeared on his GQ magazine cover face.
"Hello, Kiana."
Her heart strangely fluttered when he called her name.
She was not happy seeing him. She hadn't forgotten how rude he was to her when they first met, and she knew he looked down on her since day one when he automatically accused her for being his mother's fan girls and a reporter.
Aunt Bella was famous not just running her hotel and restaurant business, she had her own cooking show on TV and had a huge fan following, when she cooked variety of meals that dated back to the medieval ages.
She decided to turn on her heel, and ignore him, but Henry caught up to her on time and caught her wrist in his hand. He had an alarming aura, making every single hair upon her back stand up. She gasped out of surprise and flinched his hand away from her at once.
"Do not touch me." She seethed death glaring at him.
Henry raised his hands in surrender hiding his smirk. He held a stoic icy expression with her as he normally did. Yet internally he was strangely beaming with happiness when he saw her.
"I won't, but you can't ignore me like that sweetheart."
"Oh yeah? Watch me."
She turned on her heel and Henry walked side by side with her, then came infront of her blocking her path. Kiana stopped in her tracks and fired another annoyed look at him.
"What's gotten you in a dark mood, Miss I'm on a mission to ignore everyone around me?"
She let out a heavy sigh. She still couldn't forget about the way Roman kissed her by the neck. Just thinking about that gave her jitters.
She turned on her heel, and Henry walked in unison whilst secretly enjoying her scent. He wished to stop her, pull her in his arms for a warm consoling hug. However he resisted the urge to do so and kept up with her instead. Again he came in front of her so sharply, that this time Kiana didn't have time to break on her heel, and crashed into his rock hard chest.
"What is your problem?!" Kiana finally snapped, shoving him away, whilst maintain her personal space three steps back away from him. Henry let out a short amused chuckle.
"You're cold attitude towards me."
"You know why I'm cold towards you?" She folded her arms upon her chest, whilst he masked on his poker face once more.
"Pray, tell."
"Because I'm not a rich girl, that you'd rather associate with. You see me nothing more as a charity case. I get it. I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth like you were. I know you guys look down on me because I don't wear the high fashion brands like Gucci or Prada. I shop at Target. But here's the thing Henry Verrono, I don't care. I know that I do not belong in your world in which you attend lavish parties and spend million dollars on the next property deal. I'm only here for a short while, until I move out. God, do I want to move out, badly. But I can't do that because I'm not eighteen yet. So if you don't mind. I do not want to be near you or psycho brother Roman for that matter. So kindly, leave me the hell alone!"
{A} No. No and oh yeah No.
Ares his inner beast wished to surface out of him and pull her in his hold for a warm cuddly hug.
"Excuse me, cotton candy, aren't you the one being rude? All I said was hi and you go ahead and blow your fuse at me for seeing you as a charity case? You think highly low of me. I'm sorry you got the impression of me but I'm known to be a jerk at times when I don't trust people. I can see you're a good girl and independent one at that who likes to work hard, I admire that about you candy. But you can't ignore me for the whole year, especially when we're neighbours, and I know you don't want to especially when I saved you from Roman."
Kiana was stunned and speechless about his change of perspective on her. Still there was something about him that still kept her on edge. Wait, did he call her cotton candy?!
She sighed controlling her infuriating rage towards him.
He was right, she couldn't keep on ignoring him for the rest of the year. It wasn't in her nature to be that rude to him, especially when he did save her from his psycho brother, who interrogated her in his crazy way.
"Whatever. Fine apology accepted. I'm glad you don't see me as a charity case any more, and thank-you for saving me from your crazy brother. I'm sorry I raised my voice at you earliar on, I didn't mean to."
She said sincerely and tried to walk past him, but he blocked her path once again.
Kiana halted once more in her step and looked up at him. God he was breathtakingly handsome with his deep bluish-greyish eyes. She controlled her sudden oncoming blush when he smiled down with his beautiful pearly teeth, that seemed rather sharp by the corners.
"Kiana, If you want to thank me for saving you, why don't you go out with me?"
He took hold of her hand. Kiana felt that powerful high force from him and immdiately re-tracted her hand back, giving him a warning look, not to mess with her.
If she'd been drinking water, she'd have splurted it out by surprise.
Did he just ask her out?
Is he crazy?
"Excuse me?"
Henry realised she was still on edge with him. He wanted to make things right. However his favourite mysterious girl was still alarmed by him.
Stupid Roman, he'd gone so far to scare her that she couldn't even trust him to hold her hand. She had no idea that he'd never force himself upon her like that.
"Come on, I know what will cheer you up. A tour of the castle, like you always wanted?"
This was a new side to him, she never realised. He was genuinely being nice towards her, and she secretly wondered why?
He wanted to give her a tour of the dark bricked mysterious castle?
That lit her mood up, but she shook her head, surprising him.
"Oh, I can't go with you."
{A} Hmm, I can always make you.
{H} Down boy.
Henry hid his smirk knowing very well his inner beast Ares was very fond of her.
"What?" Henry asked in his casual tone, whilst discreetly checking her out, in her crop top jumper and skinny faded blue jeans that hugged her curvaceous body well.
"I actually promised Jason i'd go with him."
She was looking forward to spending time with him the most.
{A} Jason?!
{H} Her f^cking crush, that I'd like to crush right about now.
{A} Hello?! She's our mate! Why isn't she not crushing on us?!
{H} Well, we're currently taken.
{A} By that crazy annoying gold digger?
{H} She's not a gold digger! She brings in most of our sponsors for our business deals. Plus, she's okay-ish in bed.
{A} Ok ewww. I don't want to f^ck her anymore wise guy. Not when we found our true beloved right here. Anyways what will you do, when playboy Roman or Jason for that matter get their hands on her when she turns eighteen?
{H} I'll break their f^cking necks.
{A} You know they won't die like that.
Henry killed his dark beasts thoughts. He was officially whipped and very, very protective about Kiana, whom had no idea just how important he was to her.
"Ok, how about I take you out for some ice cream then?"
Kiana loved ice-cream it was her second best food to cheer her up when she was feeling low.
"Ummm?" She sounded unsure whilst gazing back towards his girlfriend, who looked their way sharply.
"What's wrong?" Henry easily blocked her view, catching her attention again.
"No. I mean won't your girlfriend mind?"
Kiana asked as she saw his girlfriend talking on the phone just out the mansion door.
After her call finished, his top fashionista model girlfriend walked over to them. As usual she gave her a quick dirty look before she plastered on her fake smile.
"Hey, orphan Annie." She suddenly pulled her into a strong hug surprising her.
"It's Kiana, actually."
Sasha pulled away. Her pretty strawberry blonde hair dropped down to her with fake concern.
Sasha reminded her strongly of Amanda Tanen, a character from Ugly Betty. She was the definition of her add with a strange, scary aura that she was quite cautious about.
"I heard what happened with you and Roman. So, how was the BDSM like with him? Did he come slow or fast?"
{A} I can't believe you like this h0£
"BDSM, wait what?" Kiana looked confused as heck.
"Oh my god, you innocent child! You don't know what that is? Well, you should watch 365 Days of—"
"Sasha." Henry spoke with a tone that said 'ENOUGH'
[S] Calm down babe, I'm only teasing her.
[H] Well don't. That's my job.
Henry fired quickly through his private mind link with her, secretly annoying her.
[S] Whatever.
"Nevermind. Anyways babe, I can't hang out this evening. I've got a business event downtown to tend to." Sasha pecked his lips.
"Annie, you can go out with Henry for an ice-cream date."
"What?! Oh? N-no. Henry and I, we're not going on a —"
"Kiana, sweetheart Sasha is just joking with you, don't take her so seriously. So lighten up, think of it as friendly date instead?"
Well when he put it like that, it couldn't be so bad, Kiana thought giving him a short nod of approval.
Sasha laughed in all her fakeness. She hated the fact that Henry was keeping a close eye on this orphan that the dragon Queen took in.
She wished to have her kicked out, but there's was no way she could do that, since she could automatically get kicked out of the clan house.
"Of course, I am Kiana. You can hang out with Henry. After all, he's your hero and friend, isn't he?"
Kiana couldn't deny the fact that she was saved by him.
She nodded shortly once more, making Henry smile. Sasha was shocked. Poker-faced Henry smiled for no one!
"Well, you two kids have fun."
{A} Bye B1tch.
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[S] And I'll have my fun once I'm back.
{A} Eww, no thanks. I would rather prefer sleeping with Kiana then with you.
Henry let Sasha kiss him once more on his lips then walked away in her high heel shoes.
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A couple of hours later.
Henry and Kiana shared laugh, at the ice cream shop, down town. She couldn't believe she was hanging out casually with Henry Verrono. Her once nemesis.
He was glad that his feisty girl had warmed up to him.
"Thanks for bringing me here. I really needed this."
{A} Anything to make you happy baby.
Henry stole a spoonful of her strawberry ice-cream from her cup.
"Hey!"
Henry grinned, loving how she shot her little playful glares at him. He was glad she'd mellowed down from her once hatred towards him. More over he was feeling over the moon, because his inner beast had severely calmed down, just by hanging out today.
He was filled with amazing positive vibes that came all from her, and he didn't wish it to end. She was like his personal favorite drug he couldn't get enough off.
Damn, he was so whipped.
Then she took her spoon and stole a spoonful of his cookies and cream flavoured gelato.
"Hmmmm~♡♡♡" She closed her eyes and moaned out to the taste.
Henry, went hard in his seat when she did that. Oh, Moon he wished to get her on his lap and feed her his ice-cream, so she can moan out that wonderful sound, he found so pleasing to his ears.
Who was this girl? Why was he extremely attracted towards her when she wasn't even she dragon, or a normal human for that matter.
"This is good ice-cream." She opened her eyes and Henry smiled, quickly ordering her another flavour.
"Henry? Are you crazy? You're trying to give me tonsils here?"
"Who said it's for you?" Kiana playfully hit his arm making him chuckle.
After their second round of ice-cream, Kiana remembered something.
"So, how did you hear me?"
"What's that candy?"
She ignored him calling her that.
"When I was trapped behind Roman's secret wall. It was sound proof?"
Henry almost choked on his scoop. How could he possibly tell her that he heard her cry out of distress when he'd entered Roman's office. He heard her clear as day since he was a supernatural beast with incredible hearing abilities.
"I didn't. I was looking for Roman and I opened up the wall and saw you inside, trapped with him on the bed."
"Oh."
Kiana's eyes watered.
"I got lucky that you came in on time, before...Before he...Did the worst."
Henry took her cold hand in hers and comforted her with his warm hand.
"Hey, he's not going to hurt you like that, and I'm sorry for what he did. But may I ask, what made you spy outside the door like that?"
Kiana removed her hand from his comforting one and sighed out.
"I was not spying! I just heard this crazy loud growl that freaked me out. Look, I'm sorry for eavesdropping like that, I never meant t--"
Then she suddenly saw someone walking in, making her quickly gasp out. The booth they were sitting at, was a small U shaped one.
{A} Why is her heart rate rising like she's scared?
"What? What's wrong?"
When the presence passed by, he took a seat right opposite of Kiana's booth.
Oh no!
Her stupid stalker teacher was here!
Henry, shortly caught on to the one who had caught her disturbed attention.
The man then picked up the menu and averted his gaze from Henry's watchful one.
"Henry, can we get out of here, please?" His secret beloved asked.
"Sure."
Grabbing her thin coat from the side, Henry helped her wear it. He gazed discreetly towards the man who was watching Kiana with a short smirk.
{A} Who the f^ck is that creep?!
Kiana then quickly walked out the door, with Henry following close behind her. Her footsteps then picked up fast.
"Hey, hey, what's the rush?"
Seeing the man, he then shortly came out.
Kiana then quickly grabbed Henry's hand in hers. A wild spark went through him strongly.
"Kiana?" He was so confused and happy as she suddenly ran with him.
They entered a nearby park and Kiana quickly went into the children's playground and pulled Henry by a massive pink hippo, with green dots back stone. She pinned him up against the wall making Henry's heart tug at his chest.
Normally, he was the dominant one. Yet, he didn't mind letting her do whatever she wanted, when he suddenly went nervous from her sudden close proximity.
"Kianmmm?" She suddenly clamped his mouth shut and watched out seeing her staker biology teacher pass by.
Henry froze at her touch and looked down at her, controlling his heart that was jumping like a frog on a lotus leaf.
Kiana then sighed out of relief once he'd gone away. Then she felt a strange odd aura that rise with Henry, for a split second. Her attention then went on to his hooded eyes that were staring down at her in a surprised way.
Her eyes went wide and she slowly pulled away, and quickly stepped away from his personal space.
"Ummm, sorry."
"Sorry? What's going on Kiana?"
"N-nothing." She backed away and turned on her heel. But Henry was not going to let her get away.
"Oh, no you don't."
Henry caught her by the waist and spun her in his hold, making Kiana squeal out surprised.
"Why did we suddenly run here, and why did you hide behind the hippo like that?"
Kiana laughed, and held on on to his strong arms, as he playfully swung her in his hold.
"Ok, put me down! I'll tell you, I'll tell you. Please, Henry you're making me dizzy."
Henry stopped his spinning, much to his reluctance. He loved hearing her sweet laughter.
Guiding her dizzy looking self by the bench. Henry sat down next to her.
"Who was that guy, you looked so afraid off?"
"You caught that huh?" Kiana heavily sighed.
Henry gave her an obvious knowing look.
"Did you grab me, to avoid him?"
"Yes, and I'm sorry about that. I don't know why I did that?"
"Maybe it's because you feel safe around me?" Henry said placing a lock of her hair behind her ear.
Kiana's heart fluttered strangely in her chest as Henry held her hand in his in a comforting way. She nodded at that. He wasn't wrong. Despite his high aura of energy, there was a part of him that did make her feel safe and protected.
"I do feel safe around you." She squeezed his hand back in reassurance.
"So, who was he then?"
"No one." Kiran sighed letting go of his hand worriedly and standing up.
Henry stood up and then suddenly back hugged her.
Her scent was incredible. It was driving him crazy. However he controlled his very horny and lusty self around her. Kiana let out a surprised sharp gasp when he did that.
"Henry let go!"
"Kiana, if you're in any kind of trouble, just tell me?" He turned her around in his hold.
The young Apsara couldn't help herself and suddenly hugged him, and softly sobbed into his warm comforting chest.
"Sweetheart what's wrong?"
"That guy..."
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🐲Henry is slowly falling for her.
🐲Her stalker teacher has turned up once again.
🐲What will happen next?
🐲Please⭐your support is greatly appreciated.