This is like the hundredth time Diora would hear the same thing after the party ended; those people refused to let Kyros go.
Diora stood aside watching, the fact that Kyros told those ladies clearly that she's his wife but yet they didn't acknowledge her and just kept on flirting with him.
She felt like ripping their necks off.
"Hello brother" Santos came over with his wife also.
Kyros said nothing, Diora saw Melanie glaring at her and she wondered why.
"You should at least return greetings when you get one," Santos said.
"Keep it in, I don't need them" Kyros rolled his eyes.
"Hi" Santos smiled at Diora and she bowed shortly.
"Brother!" Kitra rushed to hug Kyros.
"I've missed you so much," She pouted.
"Don't be an extra" Kyros said.
"Can you be a little nicer?" Kitra groaned and looked at Diora, she rolled her eyes but Kyros didn't see that, he took his time to say hello to his father and mother before grabbing Diora's hand.
"Finally" Diora muttered when they walked out.
"You've been smiling and staring at your phone, did something good happen?" Rona asked silently beside Maliah as they also walked out of the hall.
"Something good has happened, and is also going to happen soon" She winked.
"Hi, Maliah. Can I get a minute of your time?" A guy came over to them.
"I'm not interested" She glared and walked away.
Rona sighed and faced him.
"Give up already Francis, she has someone else in mind" Rona said.
"Well, she can always change her mind," Francis said.
"Have you ever met my sister? Like Maliah? Change her mind? She always gets what she wants, that's her only problem trust me" Rona scoffed and also walked away.
Francis sighed as she stared at the two sisters.
"Rona is right, give up" Sitara said as she walked past him as well.
"I get what I want also, everytime" Francis scoffed and went his own way.
*
NEXT DAY, LARKSPUR*
"Bye Martins" Diora waved at him with a smiley face as they both stepped down from the car.
"Have fun" Martins also smiled, watching as she took steps away.
"Catch ya!!"
"Ahh!!" Diora screamed and ran back into Martin's arms but shockingly he already brought out a gun from his pocket.
"Yo yo, calm down nigga,I'm not a predator" Angela raised her arms.
"Really?" Martins raised his brows.
"Yes bro, relax" Angela said.
"Yeah, she's my friend" Diora muttered and Martins looked at her,then put away the gun.
"Is your friend crazy??" He asked.
"I heard that," Angela frowned.
"It wasn't a whisper, I wanted you to hear" Martins frowned back at her and the glaring competition started.
"I heard blondes are mostly stupid, this proves it" Martins said.
"Unfortunately,I'm not blonde. This is wine, I dyed it, it's silly!" Angela snapped, rubbing her hair for him to see.
"Okay guys, it's okay" Diora said and stood in between them.
"Who's this by the way?" Angela asked.
"Oh, meet Martins, My driver and friend" Diora smiled.
"Is he uneducated?" Angela asked.
"Are you crazy? Who said I'm uneducated?" Martins snapped.
"Well,you're a driver," Angela rolled her eyes.
"What's your IQ?" Martins asked.
"About 150...."
"Mine is 175, so watch your mouth" Martins snapped.
Angela laughed.
"I will respect you since you look old..."
"I look old?" Martins chuckled.
"You must have a bad taste, since you look ugly yourself," he added.
"Me? Ugly?" Angela glared.
Diora sighed.
"Martins is 23 and he doesn't look old," she muttered.
"Tell her," Martins said.
"Angela isn't ugly either" Diora said.
"Period" Angela smirked.
"Angela is the name? Waste of name" Martins said.
"Martins!" Diora snapped.
"Sorry ma'am" He said.
Angela glared at him and grabbed Diora's hand.
"Let's go!" She said and flipped her hair,making sure it hit Martins on the face.
Martins scoffed, watching them walk away.
"Should I tell my boss she's friends with a crazy girl?" He muttered.
"So what is the problem?" Diora asked Angela.
"You haven't seen my text since last night? You didn't see the update right?"
"What update?" Diora raised her brows.
"There's a party hosted by the seniors for freshmen!! It's tonight girl" Angela danced crazily.
"What? How come I'm just finding out?"
"Coz you are never active, anyways...we need to go shopping immediately after school. I don't know what to wear" Angela said.
"Cool" Diora nodded.
"Should we go dress from your place or mine?" Angela asked.
"Huh?"
"What do you mean huh? I can't come over to your house? You live with your parents?"
"Oh, yeah.."
"Then mine is cool, I stay with my brother but we have different rooms"
"That's okay"
"Girls!!" Solar ran over to them
"The party tonight!! You told Diora already?" She asked Angela.
"Yeah, we are dressing at my place"
"But, what time is the party?" Diora asked.
"8pm to 11pm" Solar replied
"That's too late," Diora muttered.
"What do you expect? It's a night party of course" Angela said.
Diora sighed, how is she going to tell Kyros? But she can't miss the party of course. She will find a way, even if he gets mad.
"We only have a lecture today right? I can't wait" Solar smiled and twisted shortly.
"Wow, you did that so effortlessly" Diora said.
"I'm a dancer, I trained for two years" Solar smiled.
"I'm so jealous,I want to learn too," Diora muttered.
"You have the best body, you should try"
"Best body? Me?"
"What do you mean?" Angela faced her.
"Like have you seen yourself? I want to have that body shape, you are a hot girl" Solar scoffed.
"Thank" Diora smiled.
"But grow taller please, I hate the fact that I'm taller than you two" Angela said.
"You aren't taller than me, it's not even an inch" Solar scoffed.
They both faced Diora.
"I will try" She muttered and they burst into laughter.
"She said she will try like it's gonna happen by working out" Angela said and Solar laughed again.
"Wait, your hair. I just noticed, you got your nails done too! Girl!" Angela gasped.
"Oh, yeah" Diora said.
"So beautiful, I love the nails," Solar said.
"Thanks"
*
KYROS' COMPANY, CEO'S OFFICE*
Dilara opened the door gently and Kyros looked up from his seat.
"Sorry sir" She bowed.
"What's the problem?" Kyros asked.
"There's a guest sir, Mr Romano," Dilara said.
Kyros scoffed.
"Let him in," He said.
Dilara walked out of the office and a minute later, Mr Romano walked in.
"I'm sorry for coming unannounced, Duke" He bowed.
Kyros rolled his eyes and got up from his seat.
"Romano" he called.
"Sir"
Kyros smiled dryly.
"I found out last night, my wife is your daughter, why?" He asked.
Mr Romano said nothing, or more like he found no words.
Kyros sat down on one of the couches at the center of the large office and crossed his legs.
"Sit down, you are my in law anyway"
Mr Romano sat down nervously.
"I believe you are here for something, To pay back my money? Of course not, I don't think so" Kyros shook his head.
"Is that why you gave off your daughter to me without my knowledge? You sold her to my mother right?" He asked,now with a more serious and cold face.
"Diora...is my last daughter" Romano stuttered.
"I see, in other words, a sacrifice. I'm sure you know about the true rumors, you don't mind if she disappears too" Kyros said.
Romano looked up.
"You can do whatever you want with her," He said.
Kyros smiled.
"So, you really think your last daughter is enough? Do you know how much you owe me? I changed and turned your life around Romano, I can take everything back within a minute and you return to where you belong, I made you. So who the fuck do you think you are to think your last daughter is enough to pay back everything!!" Kyros growled angrily.
Romano fell on his knees.
"Please, forgive me, I'm really...."
"You did that because you know you can never pay back" Kyros muttered.
"I will pay with something else, I can't return all that money, I will become a poor man again, please tell me whatever you want" Romano pleaded.
Kyros chuckled and stood up, he slid his hands into his pockets.
"What should I ask for? Should I ask you and your whole family to become servants in my castle?"
"No please!! Not that!!" Romano held his shoes.
"Get off this second" Kyros said calmly and Romano quickly moved away.
"You should know before you make your decision Romano, I don't have such humane feelings. I will get back what I gave you,in my own ways...ways you wouldn't expect, at all" He smirked.
Romano was almost shaking on the floor where he still knelt.
"Leave" Kyros' deep voice came again.
Romano stood up and without allowing him to repeat himself, he ran out of the office.
Kyros returned to his desk and two messages came on his phone at the same time, he opened Diora's own first.
Diora: There's a party at school tonight, it's not something I can miss so please, just for tonight can you shift my curfew to 10pm? The party ends by 11pm, but I promise to be home before 10pm. Martins is going to be here with me, I will be careful,promise. Thank You.
Kyros opened the second message, just by looking at it, he knew who it was.
Maliah: Hi Duke, I was wondering if I can see you tonight? Please? I won't disturb you too much, I just want to spend time with you.
Kyros scoffed, stared at the message for some minutes,then sent a reply before dropping his phone.
*
7:00PM, ANGELA'S PLACE*
Martins was waiting and leaning on the car for the girls to finish dressing up, he checked the time and just that same minute,Diora came out.
"How do I look?" She asked.
"You look good ma'am"
"How many times do I have to tell you to call me Diora? We aren't even home?" She said,
"I will try" Martins muttered and watched her check her phone then sighed.
"What's the problem?" He asked.
"He hasn't replied to me yet" Diora muttered.
"Who? Boss?" Martins asked.
"Yes, does it mean he allowed me? Or what if he didn't see it?" She said worriedly.
"So what are you going to do? Won't attend the party anymore?" Martins asked.
"I can't go if he doesn't reply..."
"Do you want me to drive you to the company? It's just a few minutes from here, you still have like one hour left before the party starts anyway" Martins said.
"You think he's still going to be there? His office?"
"Sure, get in. Your friends can wait" Martins entered the car.
Diora immediately called Angela and told her that she would be back soon.
Martins started the car and drove off.
*
Kyros made sure he finished everything on his table before standing up, the reason why he's late. He checked the time as soon as he got out of the company main entrance.
"Boss" The bodyguards outside bowed and started walking fast to the cars.
"Hello duke"
Kyros raised his brows when he saw Maliah, she smiled and walked over to him.
"Why are you here?" He said.
"You said you don't want to see me, but I want to anyway" Maliah replied and tucked her hair behind her hair.
"I always get what I want," she added.
Kyros smiled, seems impressed.
"Had no dinner yet, I'm sure you're hungry too. How about eating together?" Maliah asked.
Kyros hasn't said a word when he sighted Diora getting down from the car, their eyes met and then her eyes fell on Maliah.
She looked confused right away, why would her sister be here?
Maliah saw her and smirked.
The moment Diora took a step to walk over to them, Maliah grabbed Kyros shirt and went on her toes.
She pressed her lips on his own,and kissed him.
Diora froze on her steps,her eyes went wide