Chapter 17

"He threw me out today but that doesn't I'll use you to get over my traumatic experiences or hunting past. If I can get over him and finally get a grip on my life then I can think about coming to you", Veda said without breathing and immediately Lance enveloped her in a hug.

She wondered why the *Dracula* termed make suddenly turned meek and submissive. She decided to not fight her strange feelings and hugged him back.

It truly felt different.

Their intimate moment was interrupted as their attention was drawn to the stage and behold she could see a familiar figure,

"Veda, From the first day I met you till now, I have been a punk and douchebag, always ignoring you and suppressing you, your dreams, freedom and desires but today I realized something and that is that..... I LOVE YOU and that's why I can't give up on you", Stephen confessed teary eyed and continued stuttering a bit,

" I should have confessed, I am such a coward. I don't have a ring here to show you how serious I am but I beseech you to take my heart and everything I have instead", Stephen concluded while going on his knees wiping away his tears.

Veda couldn't believe her eyes, several emotions rushed down her, she gently shook off Lance's hand that was tightly to hers as she limped forward, towards the stage.

All that he said was what she had been wanting to hear, she hugged Stephen and they both wept. Nothing existed when they both hugged.

"I think I love you Stephen, very much that it might kill me", she said as Stephen affirmed, "I love you too".

The people at the bar took photos of them and tagged them, soon the Instagram and other social media accounts bore their pictures with hashtags such as;

#amazing couple

#reunion

#soulmates

#lovestruckcouple

And soon there was an uproar as to who the famous Stephen king's girlfriend was. Everyone was curious.

While Veda was weeping, she didn't notice both men staring firmly at each other, almost like a death glare.

Lance understood that what Stephen did was a defense strategy, he was drawing a line that he shouldn't dare to cross. It could clearly be read from his eyes, DO NOT COME CLOSE TO MY WOMAN.

Lance stood up and left and Veda went after him, she didn't mean to abandon him. She didn't know why the thought of Lance leaving her, disturbed her so much.

"Lance!!!", She called out to him but he got into his car and drove off.

Stephen caught up with her, "let him go for now", He advised, knowing how hurt and how bruised his ego must have been but that won't make him allow Lance take a place in his woman's heart or covert her.

"Everyone just leaves me standing and rides of in a car. Tomorrow I'm getting my own car, hmph", she muttered like a little child as Stephen hugged her easing her tensed muscles a bit.

Stephen lifted her up to her utmost surprise, "stop being naughty Stephen", She said burying her head in his chest.

"Do you really want a car?", Stephen asked with a serious expression.

"Yes but I'd wait till I get paid, maybe I get a small car for now and go for big later", she said, vividly imagining stuffs in her.

If there was one thing he liked about her, it was her ability to stay strong, focused and independent.

He gently dropped her in the passenger seat and made a phone call ordering a brand new Ferrari car.

"What color do you want baby?", He asked her and her mouth hung wide agape.

After waiting for seconds without getting an answer, he ordered for it in black and a new phone.

"What was that for Stephen?, I said I'll get my car myself, I never asked you to get me one", she said.

"Just consider this a heartfelt gift from me to you. A token of my love", He said.

"But that is too expensive... You should.....", She tried to reason with him in such an expensive car when she was just an average account, even her ego and self worth didn't seat right with it.

"Shhhh.... You worry too much. I would do anything for you babe, even give you anything you want but I don't want to see you with other men", he said seriously before starting the cars engine which roared softly.

She knew that he did not want to continue the conversation, he wanted to limit her freedom by getting her a car.

"You must be dreaming", She said under her breath.

"What did you just say?",He asked, slowing down a bit.

"I'm just saying that I can't limit my freedom because of a car, I don't want to stop hanging out with my friends because of some dumb entanglement without any name placed to it", Veda said absent mindedly.

She really didn't want to be confounded in a place. If he could start limiting her freedom with material things, he could stop her from working and lock her in a house and maybe wed her without prior noticed.

"It's fine Veda, don't stress yourself out. I was just joking. Of course you can go anywhere you want but not with Lance, he has those danger signals around him", Stephen explained.

"That keeps drawing me in", Veda muttered indefinitely under her breath.

"Huh.... Did you just say something?", Stephen asked while trying to focus on the road.

"No", she said, closing her eyes a bit before taking out her phone .

Lance had exchanged numbers with her earlier sneakily and as she thought of it, she couldn't help but smile a bit.

She saved his name as "handsome devil" and switched off her phone.

"Would you like to travel for a vacation sometime soon?", Stephen asked, taking a look at her expression in the mirror.

"No thank you. I'm perfectly fine and comfortable here", She said while tugging at some strands of her hair.

"Who is Lance to you? "