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Written by, Summer Gold R.
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"I....I won't...die" She stuttered.
Kyros stared at her with a blank expression on his face, why does she look so innocent? He dislike innocent and soft girls, so much.
"Where's mom?" He asked one of the guards roaming about.
"I will lead the way boss" He immediately said and started walking while Kyros followed.
Without waiting too, Diora followed.
They walked in silence until they entered the living room of one of the many buildings in the castle.
"You two are here" Mrs Castillio smiled as she saw them entered, the guard went out,leaving them.
"Why are you here without telling me anything?" Kyros asked and sat down.
"Now I have to announce, before coming to my son's house?" She scoffed and then faced Diora with a smile.
"Oh, you are so pretty. I couldn't show up yesterday, you must have been so lonely. I know my son...."
"Mom!" Kyros frowned.
"What! I know you wouldn't even care about the poor pretty girl, you need to learn how to be loving and caring" Mrs Castillio snapped and faced Diora again.
"Diora right?"
"Yes..ma'am" Diora muttered.
"Mother" She corrected.
"Huh?" Diora blinked.
"Call me mother, you don't want to?"
"Oh...I can"Diora muttered.
"Have your seat beside me"
Diora gently sat down together with her.
"You both should come over to the house tomorrow evening, a family dinner..."
"I'm not interested in that" Kyros cut her off.
"I knew you would say that, I should have texted you but decided to come here,you should respect that at least" Mrs Castillio said.
"I will drive you back home, don't show up next time without informing me first" Kyros said.
Diora took her lower lip in as she listened to mother and son battling with words.
"Can I know the reason why you hate coming home so bad?"
"Because I hate everyone over there..."
"Including your own mother and father? And Sister?!..."
"I can't remember having a father" Kyros snapped.
"Kyrosan!" Mrs Castillio shouted.
Kyros raised his brows,darkly, then stood up.
"Don't walk out on me" Mrs Castillio said.
"You should go home, it's getting late" Kyros said.
"Kyros...."
"What time is the dinner?" He asked and his mom smiled.
"8pm, you should be there by seven" She replied.
"Okay" Kyros muttered and looked at Diora.
"Hey" He called.
Diora looked at her.
"Aren't you coming?" Kyros asked.
Diora stood up and bowed for Mrs Castillio before following Kyros.
Kyros walked in front of her, she wanted to meet up but his legs are too long. She ended up running after him.
"I'm not hey" She simply muttered.
Kyros frowned and stopped walking, She also stopped instantly almost scared to look at him.
"What did you say?" Kyros asked.
Diora bit her lip and raised her head up so she could look at him.
Now seeing him so close, he doesn't look exactly old the way she had thought. He's huge,masculine,tall and hot, she had imagined a simply old man in his late thirties or forties. Now she's curious about his age.
"Inside...you called me "hey" that's why" she mumbled.
Kyros nodded a little, getting interested.
"And?" He asked.
"It's...Diora. Diora Angela Romano" Diora said.
"Romano? Cool, since you are still a Romano, in my house" Kyros muttered.
"Oh...I just....."
"Goodnight" Kyros cut her off and walked away, getting a call on his phone.
Diora blinked as she stared at him, what does that mean? She should be a Castillio now since she's his bride? She actually thought he wouldn't like it if she calls herself a Castillio.
She sighed and looked around, and it seems unfamiliar. She doesn't know the way back to her suite anymore.
"My lady" Oceane suddenly showed up and Diora sighed.
"Thank goodness" She smiled.
Oceane also smiled as Diora ran over to her.
"What about Lolly?"
"Inside, you must be hungry already. Your dinner is ready, you just need to have your bath and..."
"Can I eat before that?" Diora asked.
"Of course, anyhow you want it my lady" Oceane said.
"Thanks" Diora smiled.
******
Morana entered her house and threw her bag on the couch angrily.
'A sex mate should know her place' she remember mrs Castillio's words and scoffed.
"Sex mate? That's all she thinks I am to him? Indeed?" She chuckled and started pacing.
She had thought Diora wouldn't be a threat to her relationship with Kyros,but with his mother involved,things might get complicated. Not when she haven't even gotten Kyros's heart yet.
What would she do if he begin to push her away? What?
"Morana, think of something, thing" She bit her lip.
She paused when her phone started ringing on the table, she quickly took it when she saw 'Kitra' on the screen.
"Hey girl"
"What's up? I heard brother is coming for the family dinner tomorrow, are you coming with him?" Kitra asked.
"Family dinner?" Morana raised her brows.
"Oh, I see. Maybe he's coming with his wife" Kitra said.
"He didn't tell me anything about dinner...."
"Well, don't worry. I will tell you whatever happens tomorrow, I can't wait to see his new wife though" Kitra chuckled.
"You know what to do" Morana said.
"Of course, He's yours anyway. Trust me" Kitra said.
"Good" Morana smiled.
"Goodnight" Kitra said and hung up.
Morana sighed and sat down on tbe couch, maybe her mind should be at rest for now. There's Kitra anyway.
****
NEXT MORNING, KYROS'S CASTLE.
Ryker stood some distance away from Kyros inside the closet room as he dressed up, he picked up his last touch, the shirt and threw his arms into it like a perfectionist. His favorite color? Black.
You would hardly see another color in his closet, as big and wide the room is,like a shopping mall.
"Do I have a lot to do today?" Kyros finally asked, and as if Ryker has been waiting for that question,he began pouring everything out.
"You haven't responded to all the letters we received last week, the governor's letter is part of it"
"Why would he send me a shitty letter when he has a phone? Is he crazy?" Kyros scoffed and rolled his eyes.
"It's an official...." Ryker bit his lips when Kyros glared at him.
"The king wants to meet up with you...this evening..."
"I can't make it, I have a dinner to attend. I will see him at the council meeting tomorrow, why's everyone stressing the fuck out of me?" He snapped.
"There are some petitions to review as well"
"What about the company? Enough of the Duke title and responsibility that I hate so much, tell me about my companies" Kyros said.
"Dilara signed the contract with the company, you will be impressed. They request for a meeting day"
Kyros nodded.
"Then?"
"That's all, aside the interview with..."
"I'm not in for any interview" Kyros said.
Ryker sighed and canceled it on his ipad.
"I will let them know" He bowed.
"I will try to respond to some of the letters and review some petitions, arrange them according to how important they are, I will be there" Kyros said.
"Yes boss" Ryker bowed and walked out of the closet room.
Kyros finished dressing up and went out also, he entered his bedroom and took one of his phone on the bed, he got a message which he clicked on right away.
Little Sis: Don't forget the dinner party tonight brother. I love you. π
Kyros ignored it without sending a reply, he dropped the phone on the bed again and picked another one before walking out of the room.
******
Diora opened her eyes slowly and groaned tiredly while stretching her arms, Lolly jumped on the bed the moment she saw Diora was awake.
"Lolly" Diora smiled and was about carrying the kitten when Oceane entered and raised the curtains, allowing the sunlight into the room.
"Oh come on Oceane" Diora groaned and buried her face into the pillow.
"Good morning, my lady" She bowed.
"I hate sunlight" Diora mumbled.
"That's why you look so pale, my lady"
Diora sat up immediately.
"Maybe that's true, I was always home" She said.
Oceane smiled.
"You need to take your bath, I prepared you a special dish this morning" Oceane said,pointing toward the small dinning room just across the room.
"Thanks for always feeding me" Diora said.
"But you barely eat half of it, you need food so you would grow in size"
Diora pouted.
"You should take your bath, hurry up. You don't like cold food"
Diora managed to get out of bed.
"What dress do you think would fit perfectly for the dinner party tonight? I'm nervous" She said.
"Leave that to me, there are many dresses in your closet, I will pick the best one I promise. Can you walk in heels?" She asked.
Diora simply shook her head.
"I've never tried one on"
"That's bad" Oceane mumbled.
"You have alot to learn now, you're the Duke's wife, you will be going to different occasions with him" She added.
"You really think he would take me with him? I don't look like the type he would take to any occasion or outings" Diora mumbled.
"What's wrong with you? Nothing, you just need to get into shape and you should trust me on that" Oceane said.
Diora smiled.
"I will trust you of course"
"Good, now go into the bathroom, my lady"
Diora chuckled and walked out of the bedroom.
****
EVENING TIME.
Diora stared at herself as she stood in front of the mirror,impressed with the way Oceane dressed her up, she was putting on a short gown, wine color which stops above her knees,with a pair of low heels going with it.
Oceane styled her long hair with beautiful pins, it's the first time Diora isn't having her hair down, she look so classy and pretty,forgetting her small stature for some seconds. Oceane did a little make up on her face, just some touch since she doesn't need any makeup. Red lipstick on her already pink lips made her even cuter.
"Here's your purse" Oceane handed over the last piece of her outfit for her.
"Thanks" she smiled softly as she collected the beautiful gucci purse.
"You don't have to thank me, everything was bought with the duke's money" Oceane smiled.
Diora wanted to talk but they were interrupted by the knock on the front door.
"I'm going to check" Oceane said and walked out of the bedroom.
A minute later, she returned with Timothy and Diora wondered who he is.
"You have to come with me, the boss is waiting in the car already" Timothy said.
Diora looked at Oceane nervously.
"You look perfect,let's go my lady"
Diora sighed and they both followed Timothy out of the suite.
Getting outside, Oceane waited behind while Diora continue walking behind Timothy, he finally opened the black Lamborghini for her to enter. She could see Kyros already sitting in there,looking so unreal.
As she entered, he turned his face toward her to check her out.
"Good evening" Diora greeted softly and Timothy closed the door.
He entered the driver's seat and Ryker joined him in front, other guards followed in different cars.
Kyros ignored Diora greeting and focus back on his phone, Diora stole a glance at him,seems like he trimmed off his hair a little,He's no longer on ponytail,they are down and now blonde,covering half of his face.
His lips looking so fucking soft down there, moving to his hands behind the phone,they are so long and pretty, how come he's perfect? Is it even legal for anyone to be perfect? The rumors turns out to be true in the end, He's indeed one insanely hot and handsome man, plus sexy too.
"Done staring?" Kyros suddenly asked and she froze.
"Huh? Little one?" He asked.
"I...wasn't staring" Diora stuttered and looked away to see that they are already on the city road, just how long did she stared at him.
She bit her lips,feeling so embarrassed.
Ryker turned from the front seat and handed over his ipad to her.
"Here" He said.
"Huh?" Diora raised her brows in confusion as she took it from him.
"You can read right?" Kyros asked and Diora looked at him before nodding.
"Read everything before we get to our destination, you have one hour" Kyros muttered.
Diora looked down at the ipad's screen and started scrolling.
Title of the menu: Castillio's Family Tree With Pictures.
Mr Castillio, 70 years old.
His Two Wives, Hailey Castillio 61 years old, and Lillian Castillio, 65 years old.
Lilian Castillio's Children.
Sohan Castillio, 35 years old
Santos Castillio, 33 years old
Nisha Castillio, 27 years old.
Hailey Castillio's Children:
Kyrosan Castillio, 26 years old
Immediately Diora read that, she looked at Kyros with shock written on her face, he doesn't look older than his age, but how the fuck did he get this insane wealth at his age? And the title? A duke? At 26??
She turned back to the ipad screen and stared at his picture for more minutes,those blue eyes looks like the ocean.
She finally scrolled and continued.
Kitra Castillio, 23 years old.
Santos's Wife: Melanie Castillio, 28 years old.
She finished reading and sighed.
"Avoid them all If you can" Kyros said without looking at her.
"Especially Santos and Mr Castillio" he added and then silence followed, with different questions running through Diora's mind.
She returned Ryker's ipad to him, the rest of the journey was silent,nobody said a word.
******
Some minutes later, they drove into the biggest penthouse in Athens, with beautiful lights surrounding the whole place,like its a whole country on it's own.
That moment, Diora's anxiety began eating her up more than usual, she squeezed her gown and bit her lip. She watched the bodyguards ran after their car in sync until Timothy stopped and the door was immediately opened.
Kyros got down first and she also gently alighted too, she moved closer to Kyros as everyone kept bowing, is this the president house? How come there are like hundreds of bodyguards?
That moment, she wished Kyros would just hold her hand,but he was walking right in front her while she followed carefully.
The entrance door automatically opened and they entered, the servants bowed in sync, Kyros ignored all of them as usual and just kept on walking,till finally they got to another entrance where three guards stood in front.
"You're welcome, young master" they both bowed.
Kyros glared at them dangerously before going in, He stopped on his track and finally Diora wad able to stand in front of him, and also seeing the whole family she just read about,in front of her.
"Brother!!" That was Kitra who screamed and ran over to hug Kyros,his expression remain blank anyway,no single excitement.
"Son, you're here" His mother, Hailey also smiled from where she's sitting.
"Diora, come here,come on" She waved.
Diora looked at Kyros who was still standing there.
He ignored her eyes and sat down on the last seat, Diora wanted to join him but Nisha and Melanie were faster.
"Come on, don't do that. Shouldn't you introduce yourself?" They both came to drag her closer to others, Diora swallowed hard,looking at Kyros but he wasn't looking at her,he was already on his phone.
"Son, your father is here" Hailey called over.
"Good evening dad" Kyros muttered from where he was sitting without raising his head.
Hailey sighed.
"It's been a while" Mr Castillio said and Kyros finally looked up.
"Yeah, you look healthy" he said and Mr Castillio nodded.
"You should say hi to your elders too" Santos spoke up and Nisha scoffed.
"As if" She muttered.
"So, this is the new wife? Doesn't look like Kyros" Santos chuckled as he looked at Diora.
"What do you mean? She's kind of cute" Melanie cracked.
"Cute, yeah sure" Nisha also chuckled.
Diora bit her lip and hid her shaking hand.
"How about we eat since we are complete??" Lilian asked.
"I was expecting a surprise from Sohan" Nisha shook her head.
"You really think he would come home because of this random dinner?" Santos scoffed.
"It's a family dinner, not random" Melanie snapped.
The maids began serving everyone on the table, only Kyros was sitting separate from others.
Diora stood up from where she was sitting and went to sit beside him, he looked at her and she gave him a short pretty smile, he rolled his eyes and looked away.
Diora sighed and began to eat.
Minutes later, Kyros stood up after getting a call, he didn't say a word and just walked out of the hall.
"As usual, he always leave without saying a word. Until when will dad take his rudeness?" Santos asked.
"He got a call" Diora spoke up and all eyes fell on her.
"What?"
"He went to answer a call, he didn't leave" Diora replied.
"What do you know about him?" Nisha asked and she kept quiet.
Diora looked at Hailey who only smiled at her, a calming smile.
Outside the balcony, Kyros hung up on the call and turned to leave,but then Santos appeared with a smirk playing on his lips.
"You're into kids now?" He asked.
Kyros said nothing.
"Oh, maybe you won't touch her for now. You're grooming her? I never expected your taste to change so suddenly, but anyway you can't ever get anyone as sexy as my wife" Santos boasted and tapped Kyros's shoulder.
That moment, Kyros wanted nothing than to twist that hand of his and smash his head against the wall then feed his brain to the bird,but he calmed down.
"She's kind of cute anyway" He said in a mocking voice and walked away.
Kyros decided to stay there to cool down his temper, some minutes later,he felt someone hugged him from the back.
He didn't act surprised or shocked, because he knew exactly who it is.
"Your husband might die if he see this" Kyros smirked.
"Who cares" Melanie said in a soft voice.
"Get off" Kyros said in a serious tone this time.
"Are you really married to that..kid?" Melanie asked after Kyros faced her.
"I dare you to repeat that" Kyros said gently and she kept quiet.
"Can't you just...fuck me once? I can't stop thinking about you no matter how I try. I told you, I got married to him because I want to keep seeing you this way, it's sad you still...."
Kyros walked out of her sight before she finished.
Back inside, Diora was at the edge of tears, screaming inwardly for Kyros to come back in.
Nisha and Kitra kept asking her questions.
"I thought you lived with your biological parents, they don't feed you at all?" Kitra asked.
"Kitra!" Hailey shouted.
"I'm just asking,mom. She looks like she might break anytime soon. Does she even have boobs?" Kitra chuckled.
"I think she's got" Nisha said.
"Can you really handle my brother? You are making a mistake baby girl, it's not too late now." Kitra said.
Diora looked up immediately Kyros came in, a sigh of relief escaped her mouth.
Nisha and Kitra also kept quiet.
"We will leave now, thanks for the food" Kyros spoke up and everyone looked at him.
"So soon? You didn't touch your food" Mr Castillio said.
"Goodnight" Kyros said,ignoring what he said.
He looked at Diora and she immediately stood up also.
"Goodnight" she said with a single bow and ran after Kyros who was already out of the dinning hall.
He didn't wait for her,not even once till they got outside and entered the car.
Diora was breathing heavily by the time she was inside, she looked at Kyros but was quick to look away seeing how cold his face was.
Is he angry?? With her??
Timothy started the car and drove out of the penthouse.
****
10PM, KYROS'S CASTLE.
Diora kept rolling from one side of the bed to another, she's been restless ever since she got back home with Kyros.
The way he acted coldly toward her even when they arrived made her restless and scared.
She was still thinking about that when someone opened the door and she flinched,and to her surprise, it was kyros.
Diora blinked and sat down properly on the bed, watching him close the door and then slid his two hands into his pockets before walking and staring around the room .
"Do you still want to stay? After seeing what my family looks like?" He turned to face her.
Diora said nothing, she just stared at him. The he started walking closer, till he stopped right in front of her.
"But believe me... They are all better than me" he whispered with a dark smirk on his lips.
"I'm not humane at all" he whispered again and placed his two hands by her sides of the bed, caging her in between. Their face inches away from each other, she could feel his fresh breath hitting her face.
"You can still choose now, little one" He said.
Diora stared at him without saying a word, they both remained like that nobody talked, until Diora spoke up
"Do you want see?" She asked.
"See what?" Kyros raised his brows
If I'm going to die...if you slide in " she muttered
"Such guts... little one " Kyros said staring at her blankly .
"I'm going to stay... that's my answer " she mumbled and lay back on the bed, she covered herself with the duvet and turned her back to him.
Kyros stood there,staring at her. For almost ten minutes,and for the first time in years that he's already lost count of.
A genuine smile appeared,on that cold deadly face of his.