Yzabelle.
“Hey, girl! You’ve been spacing out since you came here,” Kate bumped her elbow on mine.
My eyes were still nailed outside, looking at Corbin and Killian. They were still there at the entrance yard, matching gazes at each other.
And God, I was hella curious what they were talking about.
Why did Corbin call Killian a prince? And if Killian really came from a noble family, how come Dad managed to arrange me with them?
And also, if my stepmom was behind the arrangements, she would probably throw her daughter instead of me.
“I really need to talk to my Dad,” I breathed.
“Talk about what?” Kate sounds mixed up. “Wait, are you just trying to avoid my question? You still need a lot of explaining to do,”
“Actually, I don’t know how to explain everything.” I embarrassingly admitted.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean in the span of two days, it felt like a lot of things had already happened.”
“Like?” her eyebrow raised.
Like, Killian came, my door blew out and I am still confused about what really happened. The next thing, I was living with him and now there was this guy, Corbin, who seemed to unfold a lot of things about Killian that I didn’t know yet.
I wanted to tell Kate all of that. I wanted to get her full opinion about it. But I was afraid she would not believe some of the things I was about to tell her—the things that I didn’t want to believe as well.
In the end, I gave Kate a smile.
“I was engaged and that felt a lot for me. I mean, I haven’t talked about this with Dad after Killian showed up. He never answered my phone call. Though the engagement wasn’t official yet, I want to break it off.”
“What?!” Kate was surprised. “Why did you want to break the engagement? What’s wrong? Killian seemed to be a nice guy, though he is kind of cold and off limits. But isn’t it a good thing? You don’t have to worry that someone might steal him from you?”
I sighed. “We agreed on that thing the first time we met. Both of us do not want to be engaged with a stranger,” I said quietly.
It was true. Both of us agreed to that decision. But why did I suddenly feel sad about it?
And didn’t Killian say he wanted to be with me?
Now, I was puzzled about what he really wanted to do. Break it or agree with it?
“Is that even a problem? You are living with him, you will definitely know each other in the coming days,” I heard Kate comment.
“But it was just for a few days. It's until my door gets fixed,” I protested.
And it was too late to realize that I subconsciously used the wrong tone. Kate suddenly grinned mischievously.
“Why did I hear some regrets here, huh?” Kate teased me. “Did you regret staying with him for a short time?”
“Kate! What are you talking about? Of course not!”
“Really now?” Her cheeky smile said it all, she didn’t believe me. “You know what? I have a great suggestion!”
“I don’t want to hear it,” I looked away.
“Why don’t you just ask the management to slow down the repair of your door? Tell them it’s okay if they need a month to cover the repair. You can even bribe them so they will delay the work.”
“Gosh! What are you talking about, Kate? That’s really absurd!” I exclaimed at her crazy idea.
She just chuckled at my reaction.
“Come on, girl. If you really want to know each other, you need to stay for a couple of weeks. No, a month is the shortest. Trust me, that will work.”
I didn’t answer her. She had a point.
But did I really need to know him? We would break the engagement soon, why waste time getting to know each other?
Or, did Killian change his mind and want to know me? Was that why he said those words last night?
‘I don’t grow old. And I want to turn you to one. So, we can be together for long,’
His words kept ringing in my head last night. I didn’t clearly understand it but I kind of liked it.
I should not be feeling that way but I can’t help it. I loved the idea. But my rational mind kept on yelling at me that what I felt wasn’t right and I should not be entertaining it.
“Oh! The professor was here already,” I heard Kate say. It pulled me back to my reality.
I sighed as I sat properly. I glanced at the window beside Kate and found out that Killian and Corbin weren’t in the yard anymore.
Where did they go?
I tried to look harder down the yard but they were nowhere to be found.
“Hey, girl, what are you looking at?” Kate gave me a perplexed look.
I did not dare answer it.
Where did they go?
“What are you looking at, outside? I’m already here,” the familiar voice rang in my ear.
My body hardened like a stone.
Did he just catch me looking for him?
I quickly gathered myself together. I turned to him and gave a forceful smile.
“Killian, what a joke? Why would I look for you?” I sounded mocking. It was intentional to hide myself and preserve my dignity.
I would not dare lose it to him.
But I think it was a wrong move. His handsome face tightened, his lips pursed.
“Then, were you looking for Corbin?” he growled, his eyes were flaming blue once again.
He was mad…
Raging mad.
And I was in trouble. I needed to do something!
“Geez, why would I look into him?” I looked away. “I don’t even know the guy, so why would I be interested in him? Dealing with a stranger once is much of an inconvenience already, why would I ask for another?”
I could feel his intense gaze. And I just couldn’t ignore it. It was burning me!
“Good. I already said you are mine so don’t bother looking at another guy,” his voice rang with a huge warning.
I heard Kate silently shriek beside me. She seemed delighted by what she heard.
“Gosh! That was so sweet. I want a gorgeous and possessive fiancé too!” she giggled beside me.
I glared at my best friend.
“What are you talking about? Being possessive is not even romantic. It’s creepy!”
“Creepy? I was creepy?”
When I turned to Killian, I found out how grim his face was. I felt like I was shrinking in my seat. How I wanted to evaporate.
He was definitely indignant about my choice of words.
“I would rather become creepy than let another guy near you,” he said and took his seat.
I was even surprised that he didn’t strangle my neck, considering that he was bent out of shape.
Extremely bent out of shape.
I took a deep breath and tried to focus on the lecture. But I couldn't.
Killian being near me put me into a chaotic feeling. His straightforward words kept ringing in my head. And I was between believing it and not believing it.