You Belong To Me

BIRTHDAY

BIRTHDAY

"Happy birthday to you.... Happy birthday to you.... Happy birthday dear Kiera..."

Ryan's voice woke me up from my deep sleep. When I opened my eyes, I found Ryan, Rose, Jason and Camilla standing in front of me with a cake lit with candles in Ryan's hand.

"Happy birthday, sleeping beauty," he smiled at me.

Birthday? It was my birthday? Shit!

"How did you know?" I mumbled.

"I know everything about you, baby," he gave a small peck on my forehead.

Baby...? That word didn't give me chills when he said that. Unlike... no! What was I thinking?

Everyone wished me and gave me presents. I got a beautiful pendant from Camilla, a watch from Jason and a navy blue dress from Ryan. Rose gave me a beautiful silver ring. I thanked everyone and blew the candles and cut the cake. Ryan gave me a long kiss on the lips, which was clearly one-sided. When everyone left the room, I still wasn't happy. Why didn't he wish me? Did he leave? Or he didn't know?

Why was I thinking about him?! I've gone crazy.

I checked my mobile to see what time was it, but my eyes glued to one thing; I had 15 unread messages from Hunter.

I gulped.

I wanted to check and read what he had messaged me but...somewhere I was scared. He did say that I don't wanna hear what he has to say. What was it about?

I bit my lip.

Should I read it or not?

My mind was saying not to click and see those messages but my heart wasn't agreeing.

Mind versus Heart. Yay! Ugh!

And in the end... we all know who wins the fight.

Asshole: Happy birthday, baby;)

He was the first one to wish me. Correct 12'o clock in the morning.

Asshole: I did want to wish you face-to face but since you asked me not to talk to you, I didn't...

Asshole: Look, Kiera, I'm not good at this shit, okay? And I don't wanna ruin your birthday either...so... What I'm about to tell you is something I could've told you earlier but there was something about you which always scared me... I thought if I told you you'd probably make fun of me. Okay, so here it goes...

Asshole: When Rose told me that a new foster kid is about to come, I was irritated. And when she told me it was girl, I'd already decided that I hated her. I mean who names her child K-I-E-R-A?

Okay, that was pretty embarrassing. Wait, not pretty, totally embarrassing.

Asshole: I thought it was an ugly name. I was betting you had a face to match. But... the moment you entered into this fucking house, I knew I was gone. My eyes immediately landed on your neck. I was like... Fuck. Me. Remember that bet about the face matching the name? Well, apparently, I had lost that bet to my mind. You weren't ugly... at all.

What was he trying to imply?

Asshole: This development was a minor hiccup in my plan, and I was determined not to let it slow me down. I reminded myself to keep a serious face. You know, I thought... things would be in my control along the course of time but... everything got out of control. The more I spent time with you, the more I wanted to be with you. When I thought there was a slight possibility that the feeling was mutual, Ryan came into scene and took you away. Seeing you with Ryan... just made me so angry that I wanted to just throw everything away. But... after everything that happened, and you took Ryan's side every time, I knew I was wrong. So fucking wrong. You seriously had feelings for him.