Chapter 21

Dante's pov

Once I reached our mansion I parked my car and looked beside to see that Crystal was sleeping.

She looks so beautiful.

Shaking my head I decided to wake her up.

"Crystal" I called but she didn't listen.

"Crystal, wake up. We are home" I called her again but she didn't woke up.

"Crystal" I tried again and this time I shook her arm a little in an attempt to wake her up but she didn't opened her eyes instead she looked troubled.

"Let me sleep" She whined still not opening her eyes.

Sighing I got off the car and went to her side. Taking a deep breath I removed the seat belt and then lifts her up in my arms.

Taking her in my arms I started walking inside. When I reached outside her room, I pushed opened the door and carefully laid her down in her bed and removed her flip flops. She seemed to be relaxed after that.

I then eyed her injured toe and groaned in irritation.

This girl is clumsy af!

I started searching for first aid box but couldn't find that. So I went to my room to get that.

Once I found the first aid box I went to her room again. I sat beside her toe and started cleaning her wound. Once I was done I applied the ointment in her wound. Later I got up and looked at her. She was sleeping peacefully. She looked really cute this way. I smiled looking at her.

I sat beside her and caressed her hairs. Her hairs are really soft. I smiled and kept caressing her hairs.

"You're beautiful from both inside and out, Crystal" I chirped softly and left her hairs.

"I haven't seen anyone as beautiful as you" I once again said and left her room not before covering her with duvet and adjusting the ac temperature.

Once I entered inside my room, I quickly changed my clothes and laid in my bed. I smiled thinking about today's event. Everything went smoothly except for those paparazzi who saw me and Crystal together. Although they didn't get to see Crystal's face clearly but I somehow know, that tomorrow they're gonna publish a lot of rubbish stuffs about me and Crystal.

I sighed and turn other way. Thinking about those things I slept.

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Crystal's pov

Tring. Tring. Tring.

I frowned listening the irritating voice which wasn't stopping. I groaned and got up from my beauty sleep and switched off the alarm.

Today is sunday. No college, no office. Yay!

I smiled thinking about my free day but next moment I frowned.

Last night I remember I was in car with Dante then how the hell I'm here. I don't remember waking up and coming to the room. I frowned. I tried to recall about last night but got no result in return.

Getting irritated with myself, I went to washroom to get done with my morning business.

Once I got ready I decided to go downstairs. But when I was leaving I got a message in my whatsapp. Being a curious person I opened the message. It was from a group chat which employees of Knight industry had made and added me too.

I checked the message to see it was a picture of Dante with someone in his arms. Looking carefully at the picture, I realised it was me.

What the hell?

Suddenly I remembered about yesterday's event when some paparazzi caught us when we were leaving.

Scared I decided to Google about yesterday's event. And to my surprise, their were a lot of articles present with our picture though my face wasn't visible. I got scared.

But what made me numb was the headlines of those articles. Some were decent but some of them were disgusting. I literally cringed reading them.

Seems like Dante Knight is already cheating on his wife with some homeless girl in his arms.

Dante Knight spotted carrying his mistress in his arms.

Dante Knight ready to warm his bed with some unknown girl.

Their were a lot of articles in which they were giving me names. I almost cried reading them.

It's ok Crystal, it's ok. They don't have your identity, let them bark. Everything will be ok. Calm down. Calm down. Calm down.

I tried soothing myself and thankfully it worked. When I was busy in my world someone knocked the door. I went to see that a buttler was their.

"Breakfast is ready ma'am. Everyone is calling you" He said to which I nodded. He went away.

I went towards the mirror and wiped the little tears from my eyes and smiled at myself.

Later I went down holding the railing tightly not wanting to slip again.

When I reached towards the dining table I smiled at everyone and wished them morning. They nodded smiling at me.

Mrs Knight came to me and served me spaghetti. I smiled at her but then frowned looking at the quantity.

"This is too much" I whined looking at the plate.

"Oh, no no. This is too less. I'm gonna serve you more after you finish them" She said giving me a sweet smile but then she narrowed her eyes at me "And Maria told me that you were not finishing your dinner yesterday. You were throwing tantrums. Don't ever do that again, ok?" She chipped giving me a warning look to which I just shrugged my shoulder.

"Now you better finish this" She warned me and sat beside Mr Knight.

"Mom, I think Crystal needs to drink a glass full of orange juice everyday along with her breakfast" Ashton said smirking at me and I almost whined.

"Yeah right, she's too thin of her age" Sarah nodded and I huffed angrily.

"Right" Mrs Knight nodded looking at me seriously and I groaned, glaring at them who looked at me with a smirk.

One day I'll do something similar with them.

Having no other choice I started having my breakfast when Mr Knight called me to which I looked at him.

"Crystal, whatever you did yesterday for our company is really praiseworthy. I'm really thankful to you for that" He said and I nodded with a nervous smile. Something about his tone was making me nervous.

"But I'm not happy with you leaving the house alone. You know that Kingsley's are behind you, still you took such a big risk and this is not good" He said and I gulped.

"Simon, let it be. She is fine" Mrs Knight said and I nodded.

"Amelia please" Mr Knight said sternly and than looked at me.

"Martin is hired to protect you. No matter what the time is. So next time, call him if you have to go somewhere urgent at odd times or take any staff with you but don't ever go alone now, ok" He asked to which I nodded.

"Good that you understand" He said and smiled brightly at me. And just like that everything went back to normal.

I don't wanted to accept this but Mr Knight did something which my own father never did. He called me out for my mistakes. He made me realised my mistakes in the most polite way which once I wanted my father to do for me.

I was thinking all this when suddenly I remembered today is my mom's death anniversary and soon my mood turned sour.

How did I forget this? I mentally slapped myself for forgetting this day. My mom's death anniversary. I sighed thinking about this day.

Although it has been years to her death but still I miss her. I miss her a lot. I don't remember everything about her. Just few blurry images of hers.

When she died and my father got married again and kicked me out of his house, that day I was crying a lot, thinking about her. That day I was thinking that if she would have been alive, me, her and my father would have been a happy family.

But after few years when I grew up I realised how wrong I was to think of that.

I was shattered when granny told me that my father cheated my mom when she was pregnant with me. Not just that, he mentally and physically tortured her. If my mom would have alive, that man would have tortured her.

Although I'm not happy that she isn't alive but I'm not sad either. I'm just disappoint. Because if she would have alive, she would have never divorced him. My mom hated divorce since my granny and grandpa got divorced when my mom was little. So, she never got her father's love so she wanted me to experience that even if for that she had to compromise with that man.

My granny wanted my mom to get away from that man but my mom never left him. She kept on enduring the pain because she thought that the man who couldn't be loyal to his wife would be loyal to his daughter.

Only if she would have known how disgusting that man was and how wrong her decision was to live with him. I wish I had the power to change my mom's past, I wish.

Sighing I kept on finishing my breakfast with sour mood. I have to visit her grave today.

I love you mom and I miss you.

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