Everyone heard someone's voice but couldn't see the person because of the darkness. Suddenly the spotlight fell on that person and Kate gasped seeing that person.
She quickly ran towards him and hugged him tightly."You are here, dad?" Kate asked not believing her eyes and that old man smiled at her."How can I miss my daughter's birthday?" He exclaimed with happiness and kissed her forehead.He looks old but his smile is so gorgeous. Now I got to know where Ethan got his handsomeness! Jennifer thought looking at the father-son duo.Why the hell am I thinking of him? She thought and shook her head trying to remove his thoughts.Mrs. King introduced Jennifer to some guests and Jennifer was feeling very uncomfortable as everyone was thinking that she is Ethan's girlfriend. Her jaw started hurting because of saying that she isn't his girlfriend, again and again!"Dad, meet Jennifer." Kate said, dragging her father towards Jennifer who smiled nervously."Hello, sir! Nice to meet you." Jennifer said politely, smiling at him."Do you work for me?" He asked in a hard tone and Jennifer got confused by his words."No, sir." She said timidly, getting more nervous and she was having the urge to cry because of his harsh tone."If you don't work for me, then why are you calling me sir?" He asked harshly and she shivered lightly.Tears were pooling up in her eyes and she was trying her best not to make them fall."Sorry, sir. I don't know what to call you that's why." She said looking at her feet and biting her lips hard to stop her sobbing."It will be Mr. King for you." He said rudely and dragged Kate away without hearing what she wanted to say!Jennifer stood there not knowing what to do! She wanted to escape from everyone's gaze so she did!"I want my mom." She murmured while running towards the backyard where the swimming pool was.She dipped her legs into the pool and sat on the edge.I shouldn't have come here. I will go away, Jennifer thought sobbing hard and she wanted someone to pacify her like her mom does when she is sad.When she stood up, her eyes fell on Ethan who was staring at her like a hawk."Who gave you the right to call my mother mom?" He asked coldly, glaring at her and she wiped her tears."Is this why you and your father are talking to me so rudely? But your mom told me to call her mom." Jennifer said and sobbed hard.Oh, God! I am having my headache again, She thought, groaning in pain.Whenever she cries or gets stressed, she gets an extreme headache. She clutched her head, not able to bear the pain.She looked at him and this time he didn't have an angry face, it was more like worried.Why would he be worried about me? I am seeing things, She thought, chuckling sadly.The pain was getting unbearable and she was feeling like her head was going to explode. Suddenly Ethan started walking towards her and she got scared so she started walking backward.Suddenly he held Jennifer's hand and pulled her towards him. They were so close to each other that Ethan could hear her racing heartbeat.She tried to move away from him but he held her hand tightly. He made her sit at the edge of the pool and he also sat beside her."Hold your breath." He said softly and kept his hand behind her head."Huh?" She looked at him confused without blinking her eyes."Do it." This time he said in a serious tone and she held her breath as he said.He lowered her head near the pool and dipped her head in it. The cold water gave relief to her headache and she started feeling good.He kept her head inside for like ten seconds then got her head out of the water. She started breathing and coughed a few times.He was looking at her with such intensity that she couldn't look into his eyes for more than a second. Then he got up and walked away without saying anything.Jennifer looked at his retreating back feeling confused about his behaviour. She saw Kate coming towards her and she stood up smiling at her as she didn't want her to know that she was crying."What are you doing here? Why is your hair wet?" Kate asked, frowning."I was having a headache. That's why I dipped my head into the water." Jennifer said while removing her wet hair from her face."I was going to cut the cake but I didn't see you. I was looking for you everywhere. Jennifer, did you feel hurt by my dad's words? I am very sorry! Bhai and dad, both of them are very protective of me. They think that you will hurt me as they did." Kate apologised sincerely, holding her hand."Why do they think that I would hurt you?" Jennifer asked and she could guess that something wrong happened with Kate in the past and maybe that's why Ethan never let her be friends with someone."I will share it some other time. Now let's go inside and enjoy the party." She said and dragged Jennifer to the party hall.They came back to the hall and Jennifer stood beside Mrs. King, thinking that if anyone talked to her rudely then she would save her like her mom. Kate cut the cake and everyone started wishing her.She fed the cake to everyone and also to Jennifer."Kate, this is for you." Jennifer said, giving her the gift which she bought for her."What is it?" Kate asked happily, her eyes beaming with happiness looking at the gift."It's not expensive but I hope you will like it." Jennifer said smiling and Kate started unwrapping the gift.She opened the box to find a beautiful bracelet and she was shocked."You don't like it?" Jennifer asked, getting worried, seeing her shocked face."What a coincidence! Bro also gave me the same gift." Kate said with a teasing smile."What!" Jennifer was shocked this time."Yeah. He knows that I love simple things. He gave me an exact bracelet in the morning as my birthday gift." Kate said smiling and Jennifer started thinking about Ethan again."Don't worry. I will wear both bracelets." Kate exclaimed happily.After a little bit of chitchat, everyone started dancing and Kate was dancing with her father. Jennifer was just standing dumbfounded not knowing what to do.She moved her gaze to her right side to see a smirking Stefan so she quickly moved her gaze to her left side to see a glaring Ethan.Everyone was dancing and Jennifer was standing in a corner looking at them when suddenly Mrs. King came to her."Why are you standing? Come on, go and dance." She said and Jennifer smiled awkwardly.She never did a couple-dance so she was scared to do it thinking that she would fall and embarrass herself."I don't have a dance partner." Jennifer said, smiling sheepishly and Mrs. King laughed hearing her."It's not a dance competition. Just choose someone. Wait, let me choose for you." She said and looked around the hall.Jennifer doesn't want to dance but looks like now she has to."Look, Ethan isn't dancing. You can dance with him." She said and Jennifer started coughing hard."What happened, dear? Are you okay?" She asked, getting worried and Jennifer was still coughing.Jennifer motioned with her hand that she needed to drink water."You go and drink water. I will call Ethan." She said and moved the wheelchair towards Ethan.Jennifer wanted to stop her as she didn't want to dance w
For Ethan, his family is his life and he can do anything for them. Kate is more precious to him.He doesn't want the past to repeat itself, and that's why he doesn't let Kate make any friends. He is well aware of the fact that because of him she is alone!Her happiness was gone a long time back but he tries his best to make her happy. A few days ago, their mom had an accident and he knows that it was a planned accident by his rival Asher Knight!He will not leave that bastard and will hurt him most viciously for hurting his mom. His men are trying to find him everywhere but that bastard is playing hide and seek with him.Ethan got to know from Kate's bodyguards that she made a friend. He told her that it's dangerous for her but sometimes she gets too stubborn. So he has to deal with her new friend in his own way but first he needs to know who she is! Right now, Kate went shopping with her new friend and Ethan is working at his company, King Enterprises!He was going through some proj
"Sir, you called me?" Raphael asked and Ethan nodded while looking through some important documents."I want every information about Kate's new friend." Ethan said and Raphael went away to do the task.It would be good for that girl if she doesn't have any evil intentions. But if I found out anything suspicious about her, she would have to face my wrath, Ethan thought deeply.He completed his work and left his office to go to his room to get ready for the party but someone again bumped into him. He held her waist quickly so that she doesn't fall and looked down to see that she is the same girl who bumped into him before.What was her name? Yes, Jennifer! She is so small in front of me, Ethan thought looking at her small figure.She quickly said sorry while looking up at him! She eyed him for a minute and then removed his hands from her waist.After that, she didn't even dare to look at him. He asked her if she was crashing into him intentionally or not, which infuriated her!I am sure
Ethan kept his hand behind Jennifer's head and she looked at him with her big eyes which looked mesmerising to him. She looked so beautiful and innocent at that moment.He told her to hold her breath and she did with confusion. He lowered her head near to the water and dipped her head in it.He kept her head inside for a few seconds and then he got her head out of the pool. She started coughing and her face looked more alluring to him because of the dripping water.Ethan, control yourself, his subconscious said and he went away from her.He was going to enter the hall when he saw Kate coming towards him."What happened?" He asked, looking at her worried face."Did you see Jennifer?" She asked."She is at the poolside." He said with an emotionless face and went inside the hall.Ethan went to his dad. "Kate's friend, do you know anything about her? She can be a threat to our family. What if she is a spy? We didn't even find Asher yet. He tried to hurt my life." His dad said, mentioning
"Need a ride to your house?" He asked, smiling at Jennifer gently.She just stood there silently and looked up at him. After some time, she nodded and followed him to his car.She sat in the passenger seat and he started the car. A few moments passed and he spoke, breaking the silence."I am sorry." He said."Why are you sorry? You are not Ethan." She said sadly and looked out the window."You are right but still take it on behalf of him!" Stefan said."Why is he hurting me so much when he doesn't even know me properly?" She asked, wiping her tears.I didn’t even do anything bad. Then why is he judging me around? She thought while thinking about Stefan's words again and again."Well, I am not appreciating him but he is doing it for a reason. He thinks you are a danger to his family, mostly to Kate." Stefan said and Jennifer started laughing hard."Does this beautiful face look like a danger to you?" She asked while pushing his face towards him.He looked shocked more like scared and p
"Will you tell me now? What did my brother say?" Kate asked for the sixth time as she was very curious to know but Jennifer wasn't able to tell her as she will feel embarrassed!They are sitting in a cafe near their college to relax a bit. But Jennifer was sitting with an expression like someone close to her died.Yes, her first kiss died! No, wrong!Her second and third kisses also died! She still isn't able to digest the fact that she lost her first kiss."Will you speak?" Kate shouted near her ear and gained her attention."Don't ask what your brother said! Ask what your brother did!" She said, continuing her gloomy face."Okay! Then say, what did my brother do?" Kate asked."Your brother.... your brother..." Jennifer said while trying to cry but her stupid heart won't let tears fall.Why should I let tears fall? As I said, deep down you are happy, her heart said in a dreamy voice."My brother what?" Kate asked with more curiosity."Your brother kissed me." Jennifer said and instan
Jennifer instantly looked away from Ethan's handsome face, trying to hide her blush which was not ready to leave anytime sooner. She quickly went towards Kate and Adrian and created distance between them."Social distancing." Jennifer sternly said to Adrian who frowned."And you?" Jennifer took Kate to a corner to talk to her."Didn't I ask you if Ethan is at home or not? Why did you lie?" Jennifer asked, glaring at her."Actually bro knew that mom had invited you guys. So, he told me to tell you that he isn't at home." Kate gave me an innocent smile and Jennifer cursed Ethan in her mind."Look, I can see that you and my brother maybe like each other. I don't have any problem with that. But Ethan definitely will have a big problem. He will instantly send me and my brother to the graveyard." Jennifer said to her and she looked down feeling low, sadness flickering in her eyes."Kate, look at me." Jennifer said, holding her hand gently."As I said, I don't have any problem. I just want t
As much as Jennifer was shocked, Ethan was also shocked but he didn't portray the expressions on his face but Jennifer could understand it by looking into his rageful eyes. She looked at his bandaged hand and then looked at his face.He was looking at her with an angry look like she did a crime. His eyes were telling her that he didn’t sleep last night.Without saying anything, he entered the cabin and went past her. She also silently exited the cabin though she badly wanted to know about his whereabouts.Ethan directly went towards Asher and grabbed his collar with pure hatred for him. "What a good day!" Asher gave a sarcastic smile to him. "What did I do to get your presence here?" Asher asked, smirking. Ethan's eyes were raging with fire and instantly he gave a hard punch in his face. Asher's eyes also got bloodshot red and he wiped the blood that came out from the corner of his lip. Suddenly, twenty men entered the cabin with guns and they were Asher's men. Ethan's most truste