Sweet Revenge

LI

"My God you did it again"
I yelled throwing my hands in the air getting a laugh from him laying down on the sofa.
"You never realize till it's too late that's your fault"
He said continuing to laugh.
"You shouldn't cheat in the first place"
I laughed throwing him the first pillow I could find; we were playing monopoli and Nicolai kept cheating but he was so good at it that I only realized it when I noticed that I was missing some money at the end.

"Come here"
He said and after staring at him suspiciously for a moment with a smile I got close to him;
"What"
I asked after a few moments of silence but then felt myself being lifted and two arms wrapping around my waist.

"Kyla"
He whispered placing his face on my chest, I hummed in response starting to play with his hair which I understand relaxed him a lot and which I liked to do as well.
"You're perfect"
He said after a long moment of silence making me tense.

"I'm not trust me"
I answered with a bitter laugh and immediately after he lifted his head from my chest looking at me with an almost lost puppy look.
"You are for me"
I think my heart skipped a beat at those words, even if to someone else they would have seemed insignificant to me they were anything but that; hearing him tell me I was perfect made me feel like I was on the moon.

"Shut up"
I said trying to hide the huge smile on my face earning a chuckle from him, cupping his face in my hands I brought our foreheads together enjoying the moment before stepping away a bit and looking into those gray eyes I loved so much.

I leaned forward so that our lips were almost touching each other and just as I was about to place them on his everything disappeared.

Opening my eyes slowly I was greeted by an excruciating headache and the sound of a phone bombarding my ears, murmuring a series of swears I reached over to the bedside table picking up my phone before checking who was calling me.

Axel's name appeared on the screen but I didn't have the strength at that moment to explain everything that happened so I declined the call feeling a little guilty, I put the phone down next to me sitting on the bed feeling nothing else but an unfillable void in my chest, a void I haven't felt in a while.

Running my hands through my hair I tried to blink away the tears that were threatening to fall before I got out of bed and headed out of the room.
After I woke up from the car ride with Paul we got to his house and the first thing I did was wash up and lock myself in a room to sleep and shut down everything and everyone.

Paul's apartment was not very big but just right for two people, it had one bathroom, two bedrooms and an open space kitchen that overlooked the living room.

As I was going to the bathroom I heard a loud noise coming from the kitchen so I ran over there and saw Paul surrounded by a bunch of pans on the floor.
"What happened?"
I asked approaching him who immediately turned around with a flustered expression.

"Hey uhm I was trying to make something to eat"
He said a little embarrassed rubbing his neck, I approached him and started picking up some pans from the ground with his help; after that we sat on the sofa.
"Just so you know I won't ask you what happened unless you want to tell me"
I nodded still staring at my hands before speaking.

"You know I thought you'd be mad at me for disappearing all these years"
I admitted playing with my fingers on my lap before turning my face to him noticing he was already looking at me.
"To be honest at first I was, I was mad at my best friend for leaving without telling me anything but most of all I was mad at myself for not being able to tell you about my feelings for you sooner."

At those words my eyes widened in surprise not expecting such a confession, I didn't know what to say I felt guilty because despite everything that happened he didn't hesitate to help me when he could've very well left me on my own.

"I'm sorry"
"You don't have to apologize Kyla and you don't even have to explain why you left if you're not ready, just know that if you need a friend I'm here"
I couldn't help but feel moved by his words feeling the need to give him some sort of explanation, he deserved it after all.

"My father forced me to leave, where it doesn't matter, but know that I had no idea otherwise I would have told you"
I explained before feeling a hand stroke mine and when I lifted my head Paul was looking at me with a soft smile which I tried to return.

"I was thinking about ordering a pizza for dinner how about that?"
He said changing the subject and getting up from the sofa but suddenly I remembered that there was that gala tonight and even if I would have preferred to do anything but go I had to whether I liked it or not.

"I actually have a work commitment tonight I'm really sorry Paul"
"Oh okay don't worry it'll be for another time"
He answered with a tight smile before warning me that he was going out to take care of some errands; once alone I didn't know what to do with myself so I went to my room where I picked up the phone and decided to call Ax but in doing so I saw at least twenty missed calls from Nicolai but I couldn't talk to him at that moment so I looked for Axel's contact and called him telling him everything that happened.

Once the call ended it was already 6:00pm and I should have started getting ready for the gala but I had forgotten to go and collect the dress I was supposed to wear so I called Paul and asked him to bring it to me.

Then I went to the bathroom to take another shower before starting to get ready; I straightened my hair and did a make up that consisted of a black smoky eye, a bit of blush, concealer and a gloss that I decided on putting after the dress so it wouldn't get dirty and sticky.
In the meantime Paul arrived with my dress which was a black silk dress with a fairly deep neckline and a slit that reached my mid-thigh.

After wearing the dress I made a high ponytail helping me with some gel, I put the gloss and sprayed a bit of my perfume before taking my gun and slipping it inside my black suspender belt; once ready I went to the living room where I saw Paul watching Tv.

"I'm going out"
I said walking towards the door but before leaving his voice stopped me.
"Wow shit you're gorgeous Kiki"
He said to me and I could feel his eyes run over his body but they didn't affect me like a pair of gray eyes did.

"Thank you"
I said quickly before walking out the door dialing Axel's number bringing the phone to my ears.
"Hey peach"
"Hey Ax where are you"
I asked as I entered the car owned by Paul but which he lent me because he didn't trust me going alone by taxi or bus in the evening.

"Everyone is already here at the mansion, where are you?"
"I think I'll join you at the gala,"
I said wanting as last thing to see Nicolai more than necessary hearing a slight sigh on the other side of the line.
"Okay I'll make something up. Love you see you later."

Then I started driving, perhaps a little slower than necessary, trying to lengthen the car ride as much as possible; once I got to the place that Ax indicated I parked in the underground parking where I already saw several black cars that belonged to the Morellos which made me groan.

I sat in the car for a good ten minutes before deciding to go out and go to the lift, as soon as the doors were about to close three men dressed in black, whom I did not recognize as Morello's men, slipped inside with me surrounding me; automatically my hand moved to my waist where I held a knife ready to pull it out if they tried to do anything funny.

"What a beautiful woman on a beautiful evening"
One of them said to me with a thick accent and a smirk before slowly looking at me from head to toe making me roll my eyes cringing, I kept looking ahead not acknowledging his presence and just as the doors opened I immediately got out and with me also those men who passed me disappearing in the crowd.

After releasing a sigh of relief I started looking around, it was a huge room full of people sitting at different tables while some were standing and talking.

"Williams"
As soon as I saw who was calling to say I was surprised would've been an understatement.