Her Chosen One ✔️

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Ayla's pov

After a hectic week, I decided to destress and the best way was to spend some time with the girls. Not that Klaus wasn't good enough company, but ever since that incident with Chris, I hadn't seen my girls or talked to them. I would still meet Klaus and talk to him, we had a great breakfast in the morning. But nothing beats a shopping spree, especially when all the new collections have launched.

It was my idea to invite Juliet as well. It shocked Beth and Stace to the core because I was so anti-Juliet. But now I wanted to give our friendship a chance.

Chris was still trying to contact me and begged me to meet him or talk to him but I just wasn't ready. I felt really uneasy and I couldn't mess anything up between Klaus and I because of Chris. Klaus was the sweetest guy and I felt extremely lucky to have him. I could think or all the good adjectives and pin them to Klaus. He was home and adventure all at once. Even on my worst days, he was still heaven to me.

What made me a little uncomfortable was that Klaus dropped off Juliet to the mall, but I knew there was a good reason behind that. Juliet walked up with a huge smile on her face and pulled us in a hug. I hugged her back and then smiled to her. Not a fake smile, a real one.

"Hey Juliet, what do you have in that bag?" Beth asked as our eyes fell on a small bag.

"Um Klaus bought me this polaroid camera today. I really insisted that I didn't want it but he just wouldn't budge." She spoke about my Klaus and that caused my smile to turn into an uneasy expression. I wasn't really happy learning about this but I knew better than to start assuming and make up scenarios in my head. Besides, Klaus was a nice guy and he often did such sweet gestures for other people. I kept telling myself to remain calm.

We went into different stores and tried on different dresses, shoes and lingerie. Others were also buying some daily wear clothes, like comfy shirts, shorts, pyjamas, night wear, but I knew it was useless for me to buy such things because I had stolen some of Klaus' shirts and hoodies, which I would wear almost everyday. I just couldn't help it, they were soft and huge, and who didn't like large baggy shirts. And most importantly, they smelled like him.

We entered this extravagant shop, just to window shop since everything inside was way too expensive for us. But then my eye caught this bag, which Klaus gifted me and I was shell-shocked to see it's price.

"You have this, right?" Juliet commented and I just nodded in return.

"Klaus must've got this for you, he has pretty good taste." Juliet spoke but with a kind-of arrogant undertone. I knew Klaus had good taste, he chose me as his girlfriend.

"Everyday must be like Christmas for you." Juliet sounded as if she was taunting. "You've got like your own personal driver and an ATM, always at your service." And for the first time, I saw her as a hateful person. I didn't know whether it was her break-up with Chris or something else but I had never seen her act so spiteful.

I tried to ignore her the best I could and tried to stay closer to Beth and Stace. But Juliet's words had struck a nerve. Yes, Klaus spoiled. Yes, he would pick and drop me some days. Yes, he'd pay for me some times. But that was because we loved each other and that's just what people in relationships do.

But a voice inside me kept bugging me that he did much more for me than I did for him. And at that moment, I could come up with a million things he'd done for me but not a single thing I'd done for him. I felt guilt eating me up and negative thoughts crept inside my brain. I was no more in a mood to shop and I just wanted to go home and cry.

I didn't understand why Klaus was waiting outside the mall for us and for the first time in our relationship, I was unhappy to see him. We dropped off Beth and Stace first and then it was just Klaus, Juliet and I. Klaus kept stealing glances at me, it was obvious that I was upset about something, but I kept looking at the opposite side.

All of a sudden, Juliet let our a shriek and the next thing I knew, Juliet was inspecting Klaus' finger which had a not-so-big cut and a little blood seeping out of it. I panicked and started looking in the dashboard where I knew some bandaids would be present. But as soon as I got the band aid, I turned and saw Klaus' finger being sucked on by Juliet to prevent the bleeding.

That was the last straw for me and I was literally seething with anger. I just couldn't leave the car right now because that would cause a scene but I wanted to be at home, right this instant. Klaus had a petrified expression and Juliet left his hand as soon as I presented the band aid.

Juliet did apologise for doing what she did but I wasn't having it. She definitely had a thing for Klaus. I could see it in her actions and also in her eyes. The way she looked at him, the way she spoke about him. And I wasn't having it.

This was the one reason why I was okay with people not knowing Klaus well. It was because once you get to know Klaus, you can't help but fall in love with him. He had this wonderful personality and such a humble nature. I just felt extremely devastated at that moment.

As we dropped Juliet, I couldn't help but let out a huff as Juliet thanked Klaus in her sweetly sickening voice. As we reached my house, I was about to dash out as soon as the car stopped but Klaus held my hand and stopped me.

"Baby, what's wrong? Is it because of what Juliet did?" He asked and I didn't want to admit the truth. He told me that he met Juliet at a coffee shop and all what they talked about. It didn't put me at ease though, all because of what Juliet had said to me at the mall. He pulled out a bag similar to what Juliet had and I wasn't happy to see it.

"Klaus, I can't keep this." This time I was going to be stand firm with my decision. Juliet's words were affecting me so much that I didn't care if I was being rude to Klaus. "And you shouldn't have come to pick us up today."

I could see the hurt all over Klaus' face as I refused to take his gift and unappreciated his efforts.

"It's because of Juliet isn't it?" He questioned in a very low tone and I burst out.

"STOP TAKING HER NAME! FINE, I DON'T LIKE HER!"

He was shocked to see my outburst and I tried to calm myself down.

"I want to be clear with you Klaus. She clearly likes you. And for the first time in my life, I'm scared. I don't want to lose you. I'm afraid that she'll make you happier than I do and I-" I burst into tears and Klaus pulled me into a hug.

"Ayla, baby, you're overthinking. She doesn't like me, she just considers me a friend. We have no reason to dislike her my love." He tried to explain but he didn't get it.

I was just tired. I wanted to go home and cry myself to sleep.

"I think we need a break Klaus." I almost whispered but the broken look on his face told me he heard me.

"Ayla, please don't do this, we can fix this, baby don't." He tried to hold me closer to him as I tried to pull away.

"Klaus, let go." I spoke in a firm tone and he let go dejectedly. I left the car and refused to look back, I could hear Klaus pleading me not to go but I was stuck in such a dreadful spiral of self-hate.

As if this impulsive decision wasn't enough, that night I took another impulsive decision which I knew I would regret.

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