Chapter3

#Chapter3

A Favor-01

KREW

Present day…

My heart jumped wildly.

My phone kept ringing. Whoever the fuck was calling me at this hour, this better be a matter of life and death.

I was in the middle of dreaming of a beautiful brunette. Now, the hot as fuck big blue eyes angel had vanished into the abyss. Groaning, I blindly grabbed my phone from the nightstand. And my clock showed only four in the fucking morning.

I answered and pressed the phone against my ear with a groan, /"Krystyn, I—/" I wanted to curse her badly, but my parents taught me good manners. /"I hate you right now. Can it wait until six?/"

/"I missed you too./" Her angelic voice sounded energetic at this time. She worked hard, but knowing that she was not an early riser, my stomach formed a knot.

/"What is it, Krys?/" I was already sitting on the bed, rubbing my eye, and trying to gather my thoughts.

/"I need a favor, and please, don’t hate me./"

Thank fuck, it was only a favor. The last time I received a call at this time. Shit. Memory lane was not always fun to visit. /"How could I, sis? As long as no murder involved./"

/"Thank you. I love you. You know that, right?/" I imagined her checking her painted fingernails, thinking about what color she planned changing into next.

/"Wait./" I raised my finger as if she was here in front of me and blinked my heavy eyelids. /"What kind of favor?/"

/"I need a guest room in your house./"

Now I was fully awake. I laughed out loud. /"What happened to the mansion and your damn penthouse, Krystyn? Are you broke that you can’t afford to rent a hotel room?/"

/"That’s the thing. That room is not for me./" I could even feel her grinning sheepishly at me or maybe biting her nail.

I groaned. Why did I feel that I was not going to like this favor? I was a private person. Despite my family owned a billion-dollar company, I chose to work in the board room than to stand beside my big brother—the CEO of the Selik Enterprises.

/"Then no. I don’t entertain and welcome strangers at my house, you know that. Get him or her a suit in the hotel. Put the bill in my name./"

/"Please? When was the last time I asked a favor from you?/"

I rolled my eyes. /"Last week. Have you forgotten what you did to your date? You ghosted him./"

/"That was different. And he was a douche./"

/"Krystyn./" Now I was annoyed.

/"Fine. I’ll call Kai./" Of course, she would, and Kai would still call me because I was a good brother and never said no to my sister.

/"God, I want to dye your hair right now./" I drew a deep breath, releasing it through my nose.

/"Not my hair, Stasi. Are you gonna help me or not?/"

Was she giving me a choice? /"Fine. Whatever./" I scratched my head in irritation.

/"Great. I know I can count on you./"

/"Who is this person, anyway? Why do you have to let him stay in my fu— house, Krystyn? What kind of trouble you two have gotten into?/"

/"I’m not in trouble, big bear. Jeez. She’s a friend of mine./"

/"She? A friend? Then why should I help her? Shouldn’t it supposed to be you offering her a place to stay? What’s her deal?/"

/"Nothing you can’t handle. And she’s hot, by the way./"

/"I’m not asking you if she’s hot. And I’m not looking for someone to warm my bed./"

/"You need to loosen up, blow off some steam, and blow someone’s brain./"

/"Jesus, can you be a little more serious?/"

/"This is what Kai and I are talking about. That place has changed you./"

/"Forget about me for a while. Are you sure you can trust your friend that she won’t sell my story to the media?/"

/"My god, Krew. The world doesn’t revolve around you. always revolve around you. She needs a place where the last thing someone will look for her. The only place I could think of is in the lion’s den. Isn’t it the purpose of your place, brother?/" She was right. My house was completely off the grid, but something didn’t add up.

/"What the hell are you talking about?/"

/"Thank you, Krew. Love love. Bye./"

***

An hour later, I had no choice but to pick up my sister’s so-called friend from the airport. She didn’t even give me the name and said her friend knew me already. Of course, it was not a surprise. Her friends knew us, but why did she have to keep it a surprise? And it made me anxious.

I texted Krystyn as soon as I arrived at the airport, and the domestic flight just arrived. Knowing that I was in the middle of nowhere, there was only one flight departed from New York this afternoon.

Fifteen minutes later, still no sign of her friend. I started to think that Krystyn was pranking me. I was pissed when she did not reply to my message. If she wasn’t my sister, she should consider this her last favor.

I entered the small airport lounge and looked around for a familiar face, but it was almost empty except for the staff. /"What the fuck?/"

I checked my phone and dialed Krystyn. It went to her voicemail. /"Damn it./" I knew she intended to turn it off, knowing that I would blow a fuse when I met this mysterious woman. Besides, I knew all her friends from old to new—being Selik’s closed friends came at a price, and that involved background checking. Her friend had no exemption.

I huffed and walked outside, shaking my head in annoyance. My anger started boiling up. My sister played me out. What was this secrecy all about anyway?

When I reached my car, I jerked slightly to the soft and low voice behind me. That voice seemed familiar, yet it sounded strange as if I had not heard it for a long time. I wasn’t sure why.

I turned and held back a gasp upon seeing the most beautiful woman I’d ever laid eyes on, and only a meter away from me. Her eyes the color of the hottest flame—prussian. Fuck me now.

I stopped my eyes from widening into circles as soon as I recognized the woman standing in front of me. How could I ever forget her?