25: Out Here?!

A week later.

Kiran ignored the in coming text messages from Roman.

**R: I hope to see you soon baby.**

**R: I know you want to know the truth about him.**

**R: You'll never look at Henry the same way.**

**R: You're right to stay away from him. He's dangerous.**

Kiran scoffed. So was he.

Henry occasionally came to her diner to see her. Kiran refused to serve him and let Kathy, Hanna or Belle serve him and his friend Mark. However each time she met eyes with him or past by him, Kiran still felt attracted to him, in more ways than one. She knew she shouldn't and deeply tried to bury her feelings for him.

It was yet another busy night Hulio's Diner. Kiran was busy serving a family of four. She went to walk back to her kitchen counter when suddenly a toddler dropped the banna peel off his little high chair. Unknowingly, Kiran slipped on the banana peel and just as she was about to fall down a strong pair of hands caught her fall, with the empty tray she was carrying.

Her eyes landed on a familiar face.

"Seth?"

"Kiran?"

Seth was her ex-boyfriend Nathan's best friend. He steadied her in his hold and smiled down at her.

"I see you work here."

"Yeah, it's not the best job but it pays the bills, so umm, how are you?"

"Fine. I work down at the local precinct from here. It's my day off and I figured I'd get some takeaway from here."

"Oh, give me a sec I'll go check if your order is ready." Kiran smiled and then walked away.

"Heads up, hottie checking you out," Belle whispered, making Kiran roll her eyes. She checked the takeaway packages and his name was not on it as yet.

"Hey Martha, Seth Wright's takeaway ready yet?"

"It will be in another ten minutes." The head chef said through her window.

Kiran nodded her head and went towards his table, passing Henry by. Just as she did, he tripped her up. Kiran buckled and fired him a hot glare. Henry winked at her, as she ignored him once more. He was trying to get her attention but his feisty mate was not interested in him, whatsoever. He watched her walk towards the other punk who'd caught her fall earlier.

[M] Who is that?

[H] Whoever he is, better watch it.

Henry said to Mark through his mind link.

Kiran then approached a patient looking Seth.

"It'll be ready in the next ten minutes."

"Thanks. So, how have you been?" Seth asked starting a friendly conversation.

"I've been good, you know, can't complain." She shrugged.

"I'm sorry about Nathan."

"Me too, Seth. I know he was your best friend."

"He was like a brother to me." He admitted.

Kiran looked at Seth and saw his eyes. She sighed out of relief.

"What?" Seth asked curiously.

"Nothing, it's just that when I saw you, you just reminded me of him," Kiran remembered Nathan as a fun-loving good-natured guy, not the angry one and forceful one that he'd turned into when he went up on the mountain with her. She went teary eyed and Seth got up from his booth.

"Hey, I miss him too." Seth gave her a hug and she hugged him back nodding her head.

"Seth was Nathan addicted to some kind of drugs?" Kiran asked curiously, after pulling away.

"What?"

"He's eyes were bloodshot red the last time I saw him." She admitted feeling a chill down her spine before the wolf attacked him dead.

"Then, yes he was under the influence of drugs. I told him many times not to take those pills, but he didn't listen to me. He'd become a heavy addict." Seth spoke seriously.

"What kind of pills were they?" Kiran curiously asked.

Belle then came by with his order.

"You're takeaway is ready, Mr Wright."

"Thank you."

"Can I get some water here?" Asked another customer in the background, making Belle walk away.

"I can discuss that here, and I'm not supposed to."

"Please Seth I want to know. Nathan wasn't acting like himself the last time."

"Kiran, what did Nathan do the last time he was with you?" He asked curiously.

"I can't discuss that here," Kiran said shaking her head.

"Fine, then can I see you on your day off, if you like you can come by my house and we can discuss it there? I'm curious to know what kind of wolf attacked him as well."

"Sure, ok."

"Great, I'll see you soon." Seth smiled and leaned in planting a sweet kiss by her cheek, surprising her.

He then left the diner and Belle came by nudging shoulders with her.

"Dude, is so into you."

"Shut up Belle, he's just a friend."

"Sure."

[H] That punk!!! How dare he, kiss my mate like that.

[M] Want me to kill him now?

[H] No. I'll spare this one for now.

Henry then walked out of the diner, followed by his beta.

Seeing no one in sight, he went towards his beloved's car and soon pulled out his claws.

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With her shift over, Kiran headed towards her car.

To her surprise, she was stunned to see all her tires flat.

"What the heck?"

"Hi, Cupcake."

"Jeez!" She turned around to see her forbidden crush, standing behind her, in his elegant dark suit. Her heart raced a mile before it calmed down.

"Sorry, didn't mean to startle you."

"Did you do this to my car?"

"That's bad accusation. How can you possibly think I did it?"

"Whatever." She stormed away from him and decided to deal with her car troubles in the morning.

Kiran made it her mission to get away from Henry for the time being. She started to walk down the road, but then a car came down and slowly rode beside her.

"I'm more than happy to give you a ride, sweetheart."

"No thank you Mr Morretti, I can take the bus."

"At this late hour, the buses are not safe."

Why did she have a bad feeling that Henry damaged her car like that? What did he want with her, and why wasn't he not leaving her alone?

With an alley coming in her way. Kiran decided to quickly go through it, to avoid him completely.

"Kiran?" He called out and stopped his car abruptly on the road.

"Where are you going, sweetheart?"

She ran down the long alleyway, and luckily it wasn't a dead end. She needed to hide and get away from him as quickly as she could. Luckily, she spotted a park across the road. Kiran quickly entered through the gates and dashed inside it, hoping to lose him.

"I see you." He called out, with his footsteps catching up to her.

He was chasing her! With alarm and panic rushing through her veins, Kiran quickly dashed through a children’s playground and hid herself behind a huge fat hippo wall.

She heard his footsteps approaching. The door of the mini children's metal door creaked alerting her that he'd stepped through the children's park zone. Her heart hammered in her chest, as he drew closer.

"Playing hide and seek?"

Kiran was just about to dash towards the opposite end of the exit door, when suddenly a powerful arm snaked over her curvy figure.

"Gotcha."

Letting out a shriek of surprise, Henry laughed as he held her in a bear hug from the back.

"Oh, put me down Mr Moretti!"

"That's Henry to you, cupcake."

He gently set her down and Kiran shoved him away from her.

"D-don't you touch me!" She ordered. Henry almost dropped to his knees from her command. She had no idea, the level of power she had, over him.

"Kiran relax, it's just me?"

"Relax?! How can I relax when you damaged my car!"

Henry hid a smirk.

"I didn't do it. I approached you the minute you got to your car at the same time."

"Whatever. Just leave me alone." She proceeded to leave but Henry playfully blocked her way.

"Who was that guy you hugged in the diner today?"

"He's none of your business."

"But you are mine."

"Excuse me?"

Henry then leaned into her, and gently stroked her soft cheek.

"I can't stop thinking about the way we kissed, and I know for a fact that you can't either."

Those butterflies erupted inside of her once more, as his hot minty cholate-y breath fanned over her lips. Her heart fluttered at her chest and Kiran, placed her hand upon his hard rock chest and pushed him away.

"Ss-stop, we can't do this."

"Why not?"

"You know why not! I told you and Roman that I don't want to get involved with you guys again."

"Did he contact you again?"

"He sent me a freaking dress, to attend his upcoming party."

Henry raised his dark brow and scoffed with an affirmative shake of his head.

"Not happening."

"I know that! Just please can't you see that I don't want him to trouble me like this? Dealing with you two is causing me a great amount of stress."

"Perhaps I can help you with that?"

"What are yoummm?!"

Henry crashed his lips to hers. Kiran let down her guard and melted into his tantalising kiss. Her heart fluttered as her chest as she kissed him back. Every part of her body reacted to his touch.

"Have you ever considered the fact that, it could have been Roman's minions that damaged your car?"

"What?"

Henry broke the kiss, and took her by her hand and led her to one of the benches nearby. He swiftly got her on his lap, and kissed her strongly by her neck, hitting her sweet spot.

"Ahhnnn Henry～♡♡♡" She moaned out, leaning into him, whilst arching her back. He smirked getting hard for her. He loved how responsive she was to him. Henry loosened up her buttons from her polo shirt and got a nice view of her cleavage. His one hand, reached down to the hem of her shirt and raised her shirt exposing her dark lacey bra. His other hand then dived at her short shorts and unbuttoned her.

Kiran gasped trying to come to her senses and held his wrist.

"What are you doing?!"

"Sending Roman a message."

"A message?"

Of course, Henry would never expose his mate like this to anyone. Luckily, he knew no one was around. He didn’t wish to lie to her, but in order to woo her, Henry knew he had to play dirty and make her focus on him. Now that he was in her life, he’d never let Roman lay a finger on her.

"Roman's spies are watching us right now, he'll back away from pursuing you."

"But out here?" Kiran nervously gulped, she wasn’t happy with others watching her. Yet at the same time, she couldn’t help but be drawn to him on a physical level.

"Trust me baby, you need to kiss me so he can get that message. If you don't, he's just going to kidnap you again."

Afraid of that happening again, Kiran quickly complied and kissed him. Henry smiled making out in a deep passionate way.

{C} Bite her!