"Put me down, you crazy beast!" I yelled at him as he threw me on his shoulder after parking the car abruptly in front of the mansion.

"You will keep your voice lowered if you don't want to end up with me giving you a French kiss in front of our moms." He whispered in a deadly voice. It gave me goosebumps, and I stared at his bum as I was hanging on his shoulder.

"How dare you?!" I punched his bum in anger and frustration. Tears welled up in my eyes as I was hurt and angry. I didn't want to talk to him. My Lykan was hurt and my heart shattered after watching her.

"I wanted to talk, but you didn't want to have a pleasant conversation, so I had no alternative." He said mockingly, kicking the main door of my house. I hopped on his shoulder as he climbed the stairs. My constant struggle didn't affect him even a bit.

"Jesus, what are you doing?" I heard his mom exclaim, and I felt the need to hide somewhere.

"Your daughter-in-law fought for you in the mall but doesn't want to talk to her husband. I had no choice." He said louder as he walked past her towards the first floor. I tried not to look at anyone around me as I was completely fluttered and helpless at the moment.

"Where are you taking me? Let me down!" I pinched and punched him, but it was as if I was hitting a wall. My hands ache because of the friction.

"Son?, Liara?"

"Zearo?"

I saw Dima and Julie looking at us, and this man had no intention of stopping.

"Dima, I will not harm your daughter and Julie. We shall talk later." He said, making me even more furious. What was she doing in my house?

"Leave me!" I cried out through gritted teeth. I was hurting in my heart and also my body. He swiftly changed position and held me in a bridal style. I gasped because of the sudden impact and glared at him by slapping his chest as hard as I could. I didn't like how he was treating me.

"Stay put, Principessa." He looked down at me and kicked the door of my study wide open. I could feel the heat emanating from his body and his heart beating louder with every step he took.

"Hold on!" He said and placed me on the floor. Before I could realize or even think, my blood pumped harder because of the built-up hurt and anger. My hand landed hard on his face. I realized I slapped him after I heard it.

I didn't wait for his reaction and walked away from him towards the portrait of my mother and grandma, wiping off the tears that didn't stop, which I had no intention of him noticing.

I heard the door closing and thought he just left me like that. I held my chair tighter, frustrated, and exhaled, releasing the built-up tension in my body.

"I didn't realize my wife is so strong." As he whispered in my ear, I gasped. I thought he left, but he didn't. Wiping my tears, I turned around, glaring hard at him, and took a peek at the door, which was locked from the inside.

When I glanced back at him, he smiled at me, placing his hand on the cheek where I slapped him. My hand still felt the aftereffects of the slap and I fisted it.

"Get out," I said, pointing at the door. My mind didn't want to be practical at the moment and I honestly had no energy to even bear with him.

"I'm sorry." He blurted, and I stopped. I studied his face and scoffed. "Why? Because you've wasted so much of my time?" I asked angrily.

"No, because I hurt you." He confessed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Leave me alone. I'm in no mood to hear any explanations." I waved him off, but he didn't buzz.

"I'm not explaining anything." He said rather calmly, taking a step closer to me. I took a step back involuntarily.

"Just wanted to say that I love you." He said. His eyes looked straight at me and I turned away from him. Someone would not fool me twice.

"Which number do I stand for? 100th or maybe the thousandth, depending on your past." I commented, laughing at his audacity to speak like that to me.

"You are the only one till now." He said and sighed.

"Look, it" I started, but he abruptly closed the distance between the two of us and placed his finger on my lips, silencing me.

"Hear me out and then decide whether to believe me, because honestly, I'm tired of this as well. And for your information, I will not prove my feelings twice." He said. I stared at him as if I could do nothing else. He trapped me with the look in his eyes. I wanted to listen to him, but I knew I would get hurt, eventually.

"Since I've known what love is, all I've seen are you and Dima. Then I realized there is something more to just massacre," he said. Slowly, he pushed me back, and I sat on the chair. He held my knees and sat on the floor, placing his head on my lap.

"I feared because I've always thought love makes you vulnerable. I've never realized how this feels until I met you." He said. I stared at him wide-eyed.

"If you'd asked me the same question five years back, perhaps I would have laughed and made fun of it, but now I realized how important you are to me." He said as he drew circles on my lap.

"Liara, you are the first woman who entered this heart." He said, pointing at his heart. My heartbeat quickened, but I looked at the window of my study and not at him because I was more hurt than to think about anything else.

"Okay, don't look at me. You must be furious, I know. You must hate me for what you've faced." He said, and I wanted to say that I don't hate him but I'm hurt.

"I don't know how to let you believe it, but no one has put me on my toes around them as you did. No one has sped up my heartbeat as you do." He kept blabbering. I wiped a tear and exhaled. It was too much for me as well. I also didn't like how vulnerable I was in front of him.

"Look, I don't know how I will solve all these problems in my life, and I don't care whether my mom likes you." He whispered, holding my chin.

"I just want to know. Do I stand a chance inside your little heart?" He asked and smiled. He looked so enchanting, and I was so close to nodding my head but heard Julie's voice outside my study knocking at the door, "Zearo, you are worrying us. What is the matter? If you are quarreling with her because of me, then I would never forgive myself." I heard her voice, which irritated me.

"Move." I slightly pushed him away so that I could stand. Even if he confessed he loved me, my heart couldn't overpower my brain.

"Let me." He said, stopping me on my track as I was going to unlock the door and put some sense in his girlfriend's brain.

"Can you please tell her to get out of my house? If yes, then go ahead, otherwise, I wouldn't mind doing that myself." I replied, growing angrier as she kept on knocking at the door.

"She is ---" He started but shook his head as I raised my eyebrows.

"Okay, fine. I will." He said and went ahead, not before turning towards me and saying, "I'm not done yet." As my heart was about to explode, I sighed and needed fresh air. I strolled towards the window of my study and opened the locks. Inhaling the smell of the fresh air as it blew past me. It smelled so calming. The scent of after-rain soil melted my heart.

Cupping my eyes as it started irritating after I shed so many tears for nothing. I massaged my temples. "Oh!'' I exclaimed as I felt a hand encircling my waist. My attempt to trample the person went on Vail as soon as I turned towards the source and saw Zearo beaming at me.

"Let go of me." I struggled to break free from his hold around my waist but felt so helpless as his bulk body didn't even budge.

"Look, I'm tired and I need to rest," I explained to him to let go of me.

"I will. But first," He dipped his head closer to me. I crooked my neck further, but he bent even closer.

"I need to know whether you love me, too." He whispered, biting my ear. It was as if an electric current had passed through my veins. I stirred within his hold. I heard him laugh as his chest vibrated. He gently placed a kiss on the crook of my neck and I bet I would never get used to how it felt. This place was so sensitive that it took me less than a minute and my legs grew weak. I hated how effective his closeness was.

"I.." I started, but felt something on my throat so cleared my throat and continued, "I don't want to answer that and I don't want to be your next plaything." I said hurriedly and pushed him away with all the energy that was still inside my body. Of course, I wanted him and perhaps liked him. But the thought of his past and the girls revolving around him hurt more than the fact that he chose me.

"Do I really not stand a chance? Do i-" he closed the distance between us and I closed my eyes as I realized I stood closer to the window and he caged me between his arms.

"Do I really don't make you feel anything when-" he stopped talking, and I opened my eyes. In an instant, I felt his face closer to mine as he planted a soft kiss on my lips and said, "When will I do this?"

"Zearo-" I tried to explain, but he planted another kiss on my lips.

"I can't control myself when I'm around you." He said, planting another sloppy kiss on my cheek, making me weak.

"That's called attractions," I said meekly.

"I don't mind if it's an attraction. But I'm sure it's not the only attraction." He corrected me, and I laughed at his choice of words.

"Can you at least give me time so I could mend things with you? I can feel I'm not the only one who wants something meaningful to start between us." He said truthfully. I looked at him and my eyes took every inch of his face and those cherry lips. He kissed me in an instant when my eyes met his as I realized he caught me staring at his lips.

"I don't want to ever be called a home-wrecker. If you have someone in your life, then I'm in no mood to entertain your mood swings." I confessed, placing my hand on his chest. I realized his heart beat so louder and faster, just like mine.

"You realize how my heart is beating right now, don't you? I feel déjà vu every time I'm this close to you. I feel your pain and want to be beside you when you need someone to hold on to you. " He spoke, and it felt somewhat good.

"We have two months in hand for the contract to end. Why don't we start afresh and decide after two months?" He asked.

"What about Julie and those girls who are already in your life?" I asked, mocking him.

"Julie is someone I feel the need to protect and not love. I don't feel the pull with anyone else other than you." He said, holding my hand. Despite that, I wanted to believe but I couldn't.

"Let's end this here. I'm not ready to forget everything." I confessed angrily after a second.

"End what?" He jerked my body off. I glared at him and was about to speak. instead felt him pull my body towards him. He placed his other hand on my neck and lifted me, placing me in the window's corner.

"I'm not letting you go until I make you realize what we have is not just an attraction. I can't juggle around proving myself to you." He said and kissed me harder, biting off my lips. I gasped and caught hold of his t-shirt and he drew further closer to me. I couldn't believe I was letting him have his way, but I was tired of fighting my feelings.

"I love you." He said breathlessly, leaving no space between our bodies. It clouded my mind with the Déjà vu, but I heard myself reply, "I love you, too." And there I was. I realized I couldn't go back after this. My hold around his t-shirt tightened, and I started responding to his kisses, as I couldn't hold back anymore.

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