Chapter 78

As soon as Kiara opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was Heather staring down at her eagerly.

"What do you want now, Heather? Are you trying to give me a heart attack?" Heather grinned.

"How did the date go last night? Levi thought he was slick but I saw him carrying you up to your last

night but I just didn't want to say anything" Kiara furrowed her eyebrows then glanced around. She

really was in her room.

“I didn't even know when I fell asleep, I must have been too tired" Heather suddenly frowned then

grabbed onto Kiara's face.

"What is it?" Kiara questioned with furrowed eyebrows.

“Did you cry last night? What did Zane do this time?" Heather questioned through clenched teeth

and Kiara sighed before pushing her hand away.

“It's nothing, I was just reminded of Nikolas" Heather sighed as she sat down on the bed.

“What happened?” Kiara sighed.

“Can we not talk about that? Just know that the date with Levi went well and I enjoyed my time with

him" Heather smiled.

“Even with Zane there?"

"He left shortly after" Heather's eyes widened slightly.

“Really? I didn't expect that. I thought he was going to breath down you and Levi's neck for the rest

of the night. That explains why Levi was the one who brought you home" Heather muttered and

Kiara couldn't help but sigh.

Just then, her phone dinged. She picked it up and was surprised to see about five messages from

Zane.

“You still have his number?" Kiara turned to Heather as soon as she asked that.

“I saved it last night after the message he sent me. We might not get back together but must we be

enemies?" Heather rolled her eyes.

“Can you hear yourself, Kiara? There's no way you and Zane can just be friends and if you don't cut

him off now, you'll not be able to cut him off later. You know what,give me your phone” Heather

tried reaching out for the phone but Kiara moved her hand away.

“Wait, let me read what he has to say first" Heather sighed.

"Kiara..."

"Please, let me just read it, okay?" Heather stared at her for a while then sighed before nodding.

"Okay but after that, we'll delete and block his number, okay?" Kiara nodded slowly then sat up with

the phone in hand. She took a deep breath before opening his message.

“Good morning, my love. I hope you slept well because I did"

“My dreams were filled with you and I honestly never wanted to wake up because of that. I miss you

so much, my love’ She only noticed she was crying when Heather wiped away her tears with her

thumb.

She took a deep breath before Reading on.

“I'm finding it so hard to get up from bed because there's nothing I look forward to anymore. I know

I sound stupid since I was the one that pushed you away and destroyed what we had and that guilt

and regret is going to haunt me forever

Just know that I love you and I'll never stop begging you for a chance, a second chance is all I ask

for'

“And please don't delete or block my number. Even if you don't reply to me, I'm happy with the fact

that you at least read my messages because I'll never stop sending them’ She sniffled after reading

all his messages because she could feel the emotions in them

“Are you okay?" She turned to Heather and saw the sad look on her face. Kiara shook her head.

“I'm not okay, Heather. Why is this happening to us? We used to be so happy. We were so happy in

Paris but then... everything fell apart so easily" Heather immediately wrapped her arms around her

with a sigh.

"Sometimes, things like this just happen for no reason” Kiara shook her head.

“I love him so much. Heather. You don't understand how much it hurts" Heather frowned.

“I was abandoned by the man I loved too, Kiara. Yes it does hurt but all we have to do is move on.

Even if you decide to forgive Zane now, who's to say he won't be manipulated again and turn on

you? Don't take chances with him, Kiara when they're thousands of men out there that would love

to have you as theirs and treat you like a queen just the way you deserve. Yes, it's hard to move on,

I've not totally moved on from Daniel but it's a slow process and no one is rushing us. I'm not going

to interfere anymore because I can't control your heart but until Zane begins to trust you, your

relationship with him can never work out" Kiara cried on Heather's shoulder for almost an hour. She

was just overwhelmed by all the emotions but one thing was for sure, she had to think of herself.

What would benefit her? What would make her happy?

Yes, Zane did make her happy and did make her feel like a queen.... Literally but could he keep her

feeling that way forever or was something else going to push them away again?

After what felt like hours, Kiara pulled back from the hug, squeezed her phone in her, then just like

that, she deleted Zane's number and blocked it so he could never reach out to her again.

He had hurt her and ruined her life. As much as she loved him to death, she needed to rearrange

her life again before getting into a relationship. She wasn't going to lead Levi on as well because

she knew she would never love him as much as she loved Zane so why use him when he was a good

person?

“Let's start over, Heather. I'm done with relationships for now. I just want to get back on my feet and

do the one thing I love the most, interior designing” Heather nodded slowly at her.

“If that's what you want then I'll always be here for you and I'll always be with you every step of the

way" Kiara smiled. Heather would always be her pillar, a pillar that could never be broken...