LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT - SEASON 2 CHAPTER 25
Keira was at the newsroom from the morning, helping the news team to edit various reports.
Thea, on the other hand, arrived a bit later than usual, and Keira noticed her swollen eyes, though the latter tried to hide it with concealer.
Thea obviously cried the whole night. Keira felt with all her being the sharp look that Thea threw at her as soon as she came.
Suddenly, Keira’s phone rang. It was Jeru, asking if they could grab a coffee since he was in the building and had just finished a business deal with Cooper Entertainment.
“Sure,” Keira said and informed others that she was taking a break.
Outside the newsroom, Keira was startled when she felt a hand abruptly grab her arm.
“Can we talk for a second?” Thea asked that made Keira’s eyebrows arch.
“I have a meeting with someone. Can we talk a bit later?” asked Keira as she looked at Thea’s hand on her arm.
“This won’t take long,” said Thea in a firm tone.
Keira could feel that Thea wouldn’t let her leave, so she pulled her arm from her grasp as she said, “Follow me!”
Jeru was not far from Keira and was about to greet her but paused, seeing how serious Keira and the woman she’s with stared at each other.
The two were practically $h00ting daggers at each other.
“What’s going on?” Jeru mumbled. He recognized the other woman. She was the new anchor on primetime news.
He creased his forehead when Keira walked towards the fire exit, and the woman followed.
“What’s with these two?” Jeru whispered.
For some reason, his curiosity was piqued, so he followed the two.
Keira looked up and down the stairs, making sure no one was around as she sternly asked, “What do you want?”
“Zach doesn’t know what has actually happened at that time. I haven’t left him just like that. I’ve sacrificed myself to save him. I had no other choice because I know Zach’s personality. He would have died at that time if I told him the reason I have to leave…” Thea directly said without blinking as she stared straight at Keira’s face.
Keira was caught off guard with Thea’s words. She already knew what had happened according to Zach’s knowledge. However, she did not take the time to instruct John to investigate the real deal about Thea, simply because she did not care about the woman.
“I think you are talking to the wrong person. Why are you telling it to me. Why don’t you go and tell everything to Zach? Did you say you have “sacrificed” yourself? Do you even know the real meaning of that word? You have hurt him in the process of your so-called “sacrifice.” But was it worth it? I don’t know your real story. But speaking of me, I will not make the same mistake as you have done. It’s not in my character to let go of the person I love unless he will personally send me away because he can’t reciprocate my feelings…” Keira said nonchalantly.
“Do you think Zach really loves you, huh? You are just a rebound for him, Keira. I am Zach’s first love. Right now, I can’t talk to him and tell everything because his life will still be in danger. Do you really think that once Zach found out the truth about me, he would stay by your side?” Thea burst out.
She knew that she was being unreasonable and presumptuous. Nevertheless, she couldn’t help but say it because the pain was stabbing her from the inside out…
She had to say those words to let it all out.
“Ohhh, so, you think he will leave me because you are his ‘first love?'” murmured Keira.
“Yes, I am and have been his only true love all these years. I am his first in everything…” Thea meaningfully and proudly declared.
Keira looked intently at Thea and said wryly, “Hmm, are you done? You are doing nothing but wasting my time here. So what, if you are Zach’s first in everything? First love, pah? Who cares?! Only you perhaps…”
Then Keira sighed as she added, “I didn’t want to be harsh because I respect Zach’s past. Unfortunately, you are a part of that past. Maybe you were his first, but burn this in your mind-I am Zach’s LAST AND FOREVER…”
“Shut up! You snatcher!” Thea burst out full of irritation, as she raised her hand to slap Keira, but Keira was fast to block it.
“Shut your mouth, crazy EX!” Keira responded as she abruptly threw Thea’s hand away.
“Don’t push me, Thea. I will destroy you if you bring me to my limit. I don’t care about your sentiments. I understand that you are hurt. But get a grip on yourself and wake up!” said Keira as she turned around, ready to leave.
“I will not leave him the second time! I will get him back from you!” said Thea, and Keira could sense her conviction.
‘Dammit! I h@?? sticky exes like her!’ Keira hissed inwardly.
She paused as she turned around to Thea and said, “Oh, you can try… But I’m warning you now, you will only waste your time… You will never get him, only over my dead body!”
With those words, Keira left Thea, who burst out crying…
Keira’s every word stabbed her hard. At that moment, she felt like dying.
She made a quick call and said, “I need to move fast. We must quickly proceed with our plan!”
Then, Thea left. Little did they know that Jeru was there. From his hiding spot, he had heard everything loud and clear.
While Keira was waiting for Jeru at the cafe on the ground floor of their building, she called John and instructed him to investigate what had happened to Thea during these years.
For some reason, she got curious about the so-called sacrifice Thea said she had made for Zach.
“Do I need to be alarmed?” Keira unconsciously murmured.
Then she sighed, she was too confident in herself to get alarmed… And she was grateful to be born like that.
“Alarmed with what?” Jeru suddenly popped out, as he sat in front of Keira, smiling.
Keira pursed her lips, but then she said, “What would you do if… Hmm, nevermind. Anyway, let’s order. What do you want? It’s my treat since I owe you from last time.”
Jeru laughed and placed his order. Keira placed her order too, and the waiter left them alone. Jeru stared at her closely and asked, “How are you?”
Keira was confused and blinked her eyes, as she asked, “Me? I’m good… A bit busy, but I’m actually having a great time at work. It’s exciting.”
Jeru smiled at her and said, “That’s good. How about your relationship with Zach? Are you happy?”
That instant Keira smiled at Jeru, it’s a very sweet smile – from ear to ear type, as she energetically said, “Of course! I’m so happy. Hmm, it’s time you go get a partner too. So you’ll know the feeling of being in love…”
Jeru stared at her for a long time…
“What?” Keira asked with a laugh when she noticed that Jeru was intently looking at her.
“Nothing, I’m just happy that you are happy like this…” Jeru mumbled that made Keira laugh as she said, “You are really weird today, ah… but in a funny way, I must say.”
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Lyra agreed to go on a group date, arranged by one of her workmates.
She was going to go home late, so she messaged Torin that she won’t be having dinner at home.
That instant, her phone rang; it was Torin calling.
“What’s up? Do you have another event? Message me the address, and I’ll pick you up!” said Torin from the other end of the line. He was afraid that Lyra would get drunk like last time and end up kissing another man in the process.
What if she ended up in the wrong hands?
‘As if she will be in the right hands with you, Torin?’ hissed a still small voice in his head.
“No, Bro… I’ll be on a group date, so I may come home late. We will have dinner outside.” Replied Lyra that made Torin burst out on her, “What?!”
“Ouch, Bro! My eardrum!” complained Lyra for Torin’s loud reaction.
“You!!! Message me the address, and I will pick you up! How can you trust a man so easily?! What if it is a bad guy?” scolded Torin with anger apparent in his voice.
“Stop exaggerating, Bro! I said it’s a group…. a g-r-o-u-p date, meaning-I’m not the only woman. I’m a grown-up person, you know, so stop that.” Lyra retorted, feeling irritated with Torin’s nagging.
“Still text me the address where your blind date is going to take place, so I would know your location if anything comes up…” ordered Torin with a serious voice.
“Yeah, yeah… Gosh, you’re even stricter than Big Bro!” complained Lyra before ending the call.
“It’s your fault anyway that I’m going on a blind date! You, numb soldier…” mumbled Lyra irritably at her phone as if Torin could somehow hear her.
Torin ended up eating his dinner alone with blazing thoughts, running in his head.
He walked to the living room to watch television.
But he kept on looking at the clock, flipping the TV channel every now and then.
It’s been an hour since Lyra texted him the location of the said group date.
He was contemplating if he should check on Lyra or not…
He looked at the wall clock again and abruptly stood up!
‘Darn!’ He cursed because the thought of Lyra on a date was ki||ing him! He was uneasy.
“Why did she have to tell it! It would have been better if she just did not mention the word date to me!” murmured Torin, full of complaining, as he headed towards the door.
He couldn’t help it, so he decided to check on Lyra from a distance to make sure that she was safe.
Torin arrived at the venue within twenty minutes.
“Should I call and inform her that I’m here?” Torin whispered as he parked his car.
He was itching to go out of the car and check Lyra inside the restaurant. So, he got a cap and shades and stepped out of his car.
He was about to walk inside when he saw Lyra coming out.
He was going to call Lyra but saw a man following her. So Torin paused and looked around to find a place to hide.
‘Torin, you idiot, what are you doing!’ his conscious hissed at him again, as he turned around and slightly lowered his head to hide his face from Lyra.
“Wait, Lyra… I’ll drop you home,” Torin heard the man speak.
“It’s really okay… I can handle it. I’ll just grab a taxi,” answered Lyra. She paused at the side of the road and looked for a taxi but noticed a familiar car parked nearby instead.
But before she could say a thing, Lyra felt a hand on her arm.
“I said I’ll drop you to your place. Why are you stubborn, huh? Don’t you like me?” the man said that made Lyra abruptly flinch.
“What are you doing? Let my arm go!” Lyra hissed.
“What’s wrong with you, eh? Why are you playing hard to get?” asked the man irritably. He did not let Lyra’s arm go.
“Take your hands off of her!” Torin exclaimed.
“Torin?” Lyra murmured when she heard Torin’s familiar voice.
“Mind your own business, man!” hissed the man from the date, who was about to pull Lyra back, but Torin was fast to grab the man and gave him an arm swing and twitched it, giving the man severe pain.
“Ahhhh,” shouted the man.
“Do you want me to break your f-__-king arm?!” Torin angrily questioned.
“No! Ah, stop, release me, please!” screamed the man.
“If you ever show up in front of Lyra again, I will definitely break your arm! Stop harassing women! If a woman says NO, then you stop and leave, you @$$h0le…!!! But maybe I should let you rot in jail!?” exclaimed Torin.
“Bro, let him go. I have his profile anyway. I’ll handle him legally.” said Lyra as she held Torin’s arm.
She got worried, seeing how gloomy the expression on Torin’s face was.
Torin let out a long sigh, as he let go of the man, and he quickly ran away.
“Bro, what are you doing here?” asked Lyra a bit confused, but Torin ignored her question and walked towards the car.
“Hey, Bro!” exclaimed Lyra, following him.
She bumped on his back when Torin abruptly stopped.
He turned around to face her, his forehead crumpled.
“Hey, what are you doing here?!” asked Lyra once more.
“You’ve been harassed, Lyra! And you are asking me what the hell am I doing here?” hissed Torin, as his facial muscles flinched.
“But he couldn’t do anything. Besides, you know that I can take care of myself well. Why are you here?” said Lyra.
“I don’t know, Lyra! Why am I here? I really don’t know!” Torin scoffed and turned his back to Lyra and continued walking, only to be stopped by Lyra’s hand on his forearm.
“Bro! Why are you angry with me?!” Lyra shouted.
Torin once again turned around to face Lyra as he said, “I’m not angry with you, okay?! I’m angry with myself! Do you know how bad I wanted to ki|| that man just right now, huh?”
“Why? Aren’t you overreacting? I mean, he did no…” said Lyra but was cut off by Torin.
“Overreacting? What if I was not here? Dammit, Lyra! I don’t ever want to see you being harassed again! I don’t want to see any other man touching your skin or a single hair of yours!” hissed Torin that left Lyra speechless and with mouth agape.
Then she whispered, “Why?”
“Because I don’t like it!!! Dammit!!!” Torin replied irritably.
“Why would you care anyway?” Lyra asked naively.
“Because I like you, you dumbass!!!” Torin exclaimed unconsciously.
“What?!” Lyra squealed as if she couldn’t get it clearly.
Torin cursed and abruptly grabbed Lyra and kissed her.
Lyra was caught off guard, but instead of pushing Torin away, she unconsciously wrapped her arms around his neck while she passionately returned his kiss.