Her Mysterious Life – In love with her secret savior

Kyra fisted her fingers on her dress when she noticed a familiar figure who entered just now. 

It is her biological mother Angela and her husband Samuel. Following just behind is her step sister Melissa. 

Kyra's tensed movements attracted Lisa's attention and she couldn't help but follow the line of Kyra's sight. 

"Those bastards have come." Lisa bitterly spatted. 

Kyra was not in a mood to listen to Lisa's curses as she is in her own world now. The world is dark enough to make her super anxious now. 

All those memories flooded back. The memories of them pampering her and the actual intention behind those actions…

The birthday on which she got backstabbed, swiped off her mysterious wealth, all flooded in her mind. 

And, it pained like hell. 

It wouldn't have been this painful if they stopped there. But, those inhumane monsters sold her off to human trafficking. 

They should have killed her off, instead!! But her mother - her own mother spat at her with hate and disgust. 

She called her a mistake, a grave mistake of her life. But that monster wanted the wealth her grandmother left for her. 

"Ky!" Lisa called, shaking her arm. 

"You are shivering!" she said with concern. 

"I… I can't stop remembering no matter how much I tried, Lisa. One week… for one week I was in a small container with other girls." Kyra said and she started to rub the back of her hand. 

Whenever this anxiety resurfaces, she starts to rub her arms uncontrollably till it becomes red. 

That stinking smell, their petrifying shrieks, the other girls helpless wails, that infested chamber… Those thoughts make her body react like this. 

"Ky, your hands are turning red." Lisa said, concerned. She thought that her friend is ready to face these people but looks like she isn't. 

"Let's get you away from these people." Lisa urged. 

"They look so happy, Lisa. See how my mother is pampering her step daughter, who is not even her own blood. See how perfect and innocent these three are looking, unlike their ugly hearts." Kyra said, pain evident in her voice. 

"They killed my grandmother, my innocent grandmother who wanted nothing but care for me. They killed her for money. The wealth they are enjoying is tainted with my grandmother's blood and my tears." Kyra added. 

Her breath started to become short and she started to sweat. Her rapid heartbeat and chills are evident as well. Kyra's claustrophobia started to trigger and if she stays in this confined room for a little more, she will attract attention and that's not the worst part. She might faint!

All thanks to that small container in which Kyra was imprisoned for a week before she was saved by her savior. 

Lisa pursed her lips. She understands what her friend is going through but for how long? 

She should get past these memories and start a new life. 

"Let's go from here, Kyra!" Lisa said, exerting more command into her voice. 

Kyra didn't restrain and followed Lisa. She doesn't want to see how that family is laughing and acting like loving people. It is not only making her angry but reminding her of her days with them. 

Every memory, though it is a fake yet happy one, is painful to her heart. 

Lisa led Kyra upstairs to a room which had a huge balcony attached to it. 

She made Kyra sit on a couch in the balcony and took a pill out of her purse. She gave it to Kyra and made her take it. 

But Kyra's mind is elsewhere and Lisa knows where it is lingering. In her dark past. 

"Ky!" Lisa called but Kyra's eyes are looking straight ahead, at nothing but starless sky. 

Lisa has not seen Kyra's trauma trigger. She did witness those but they were not this intense and Kyra's one or other brother was present at that time. 

In the last five years, Kyra didn't suffer much from her trauma. Those episodes were rare and short. 

"What should I do?" Lisa texted Sofia. Sofia has to be here by now but due to traffic, she got held up. 

"Call Oliver. I heard he is attending the party. Our Kyra is a lot calmer and serene with him around." Sofia suggested. She remember that Oliver calmed her when she encountered her family for the first time after she came back. 

Lisa immediately contacted Oliver and requested him to come to the room in which they are now. 

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At that time Oliver was talking with some business partners who were attending this event. He knows that Kyra's company, LK groups, is one of the top new companies that amazed everyone. 

He knows that they have many famous clients and business partners. But he didn't expect it to be true to this extent. 

No wonder his sister's friend who is a rival of this LK group is struggling a lot to stay afloat. 

"I have to take this call. Excuse me" Oliver said when he noticed that Lisa was calling him. 

He saw that Lisa and Kyra left the venue but he thought that they were going to the restroom or either to meet their friends who are organizing this party. 

This call made Oliver a little tense. 

He told Lisa and Sofia that they could call him if anything happens. And, they have said that they would try not to disturb him much as it might raise suspicion of their relationship. 

"Oliver, sorry to call but you have to come. Kyra is a little disturbed and I couldn't help her." Lisa spoke so fast that he could gauge how worried Lisa was. 

"Room number?" he asked. 

"The suite is on the first floor. I already informed the bodyguards of the stairs to allow you inside. Could you please hurry." Lisa urged. 

Kyra's arms are red now. She couldn't stop rubbing them and she is shivering a bit. 

Her eyes are still focussed on nothing but a dark sky and her mind is roaming elsewhere. She is totally in a daze. 

This is worse. 

She heard that Kyra was like this when she first met Collins. Her condition improved only because she didn't meet her family for years till now. 

It looks like the effects of the Collins family are not sufficient. They did what they could do and the rest is in Kyra's hands. 

"Okay. I am coming." Oliver said. 

And, all this time, Jennifer was observing Oliver. So, when he started to leave the venue, she followed him. 

However, she got stopped at the stairs by the bodyguards and it was a dead end. There is no elevator to the first floor as it is allocated to the people who are hosting the party. No one will be allowed without their permission. 

"So, Oliver's girlfriend is either one of the hosts or someone close to the host. How would Luna react when she finds out that her brother is in love with her rival?" Jennifer thought as she walked back into the venue. 

Meanwhile, upstairs. 

As soon as Oliver entered. 

"I think she is having one of her trauma episodes. I gave her the medicine but it seems like it is not working much." 

"Please help her." Lisa said. 

"Where is she?" Oliver asked, as he scanned the room. He couldn't find her. 

"She is on the bedroom balcony. The room on the right side." Lisa answered his question. 

She decided to wait here instead of going inside. She knows that Oliver has to be affectionate and if required, intimate to help her. 

She doesn't want to be a third wheel. 

And, she doesn't want dog food either. 

Oliver nodded his head and walked into the room. 

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Kyra sitting on the couch. 

"K-" he was about to call her but he stopped when he saw Kyra. 

Her lifeless eyes. 

Her red arms. 

Her distracted emotions. 

Seeing her like this, he felt thousand needles prickle his heart. 

Why? Why should God be this unfair!? 

Oliver took a long breath, trying to make his heart light weight. But, it only became heavy with each passing second. 

"She needs you, Oliver. Stay strong." Oliver whispered to himself and sat beside Kyra. 

He slowly took her hands into his, preventing her from rubbing her arms. 

"Hey" he gently spoke to get her attention. 

Kyra looked at Oliver with her golden hazel eyes. They are not twinkling like before. They are empty akin to this starless sky tonight. 

"Oliver." Kyra said, her voice choking. 

"Hush. Hush. It will go away, love. It's just temporary." he whispered in a soothing tone as he slowly took her into his embrace. 

He kissed her head and wrapped one of his arm around her waist while the other arm rested on her cheek, keeping her face pressed to his chest. 

He doesn't know how or why but he knows that his steady heartbeat calms Kyra. And, as expected, it did. 

Listening to that heartbeat, she doesn't know why but a wave of warmth spreads in her heart. 

She started to feel better. 

"I didn't think I would be this timid. Seven years. Nothing changed. I am afraid of them just like before." Kyra said, looking into the sky. 

"Who are they?" Oliver asked.