Crashing into an Old Flame
Chapter 41: Enemies-to-lovers

Chapter 41: Enemies-to-lovers

After dropping Diana at the mansion, Maxim drove off to the hospital.

He parked the car in the VIP parking lot and alighted the car.

But before he could enter the hospital, his phone started ringing.

He took out the phone from his pocket and glanced at the caller ID.

A frown settled between his brows when he saw Diana’s name flashing on the top.

He answered the call but before he could say anything, he heard something crashing in the background.

His heart thudded without a warning as the spitting image of Diana’s paranoia flashed in his mind. In the past few weeks, he has seen how wary she was of her surroundings.

She lost control of her emotions when she thought Ivy broke into the mansion and she continuously kept asking him if the security in Arkell Hills was good enough.

He acted like he did not notice it but that did not mean he didn’t. The Diana he was familiar with was fearless and bold. But the woman who was living under the same roof as him had fears that he could sense, despite how she tried to hide them, sometimes her mask slipped. She was still the same but something was eating her up from inside.

He could feel it and as much as it made his heart ache for her, he knew it was not his place to ask her anything about it. They were friends. Only friends. Friends with every goddamned boundary between them.

And he would lend her his shoulder if she ever needed it or asked for it but not on his own initiative. That’s what he had decided on.

Yet every decision seemed to be fading in the background when she stayed silent.

’’What’s going on?" Without waiting for her response, Maxim got inside his car and took a U-turn, ’’Diana! Respond to me.’’

’’Come back... Someone...’’

’Beep beep beep’

Maxim glanced at the disconnected call, his grip on the steering wheel tightened as he stepped on the accelerator, picking up the speed.

He called her again and again but she did not respond to any of his calls.

...

Reeling from Maxim’s words of friendship lines, Diana stepped inside the house.

The darkness greeted her vision.

Ivy had earlier texted her that she was going to shop for home essentials with Angel.

Diana turned her phone flashlights on but before she could move to the light switch, she saw a shadow near her room.

Her lips parted.

Diana grabbed the nearest vase with one hand as she turned the flashlight off and called Maxim.

She slowly walked forward to lock the person inside her room.

As soon as Maxim answered the call, someone walked out of the room and Diana swung the vase in the dark aimlessly.

’’Come back...Someone..’’ the rest of her words died in her throat when the glass shattered and the person stepped forward, staggering a bit.

The phone dropped from her hand.

Diana grabbed the TV remote from the coffee table in the minimal light coming through the gap between the door and she hauled it at the person’s head.

’’Ah!"

It was a man’s voice.

She ran towards him.

Diana raised her leg and threw a kick at the man’s family jewels.

He let out an animalistic grown, falling to the floor with a thud.

Diana stepped on his ankles with her brand new heels without giving it a second thought, ’’I never knew high profile places like this had such burglary cases going on, or did they send you for me?" she lowered her voice. Was it her family?

There was no way they would be able to track her here unless someone backstabbed her but no one knew where she was. Atleast no one who was capable of betraying her.

While the man was rolling on the floor in pain, Diana stepped on his body and ran inside her room.

In two minutes, she was back with her blanket and sheets.

She stuffed Angel’s socks in the man’s mouth and threw a few more punches and kicks at the man before she tied him with the blankets and sheets.

Once she was done with the ’thief’, Diana stepped back from the man. She placed both her hands on her waist, ’’You messed with the wrong person.’’

’’Mmmmm...mmmph!" the man was struggling.

Diana turned the lights on.

But her jaws dropped the moment she turned around.

There was a gun aimed at her. The man had somehow managed to untie himself even though she had tied him in a dead knot.

And now he was holding a gun, pointing it towards her.

Her face blanched and she took a few moments to regain her composure.

Heart thudding, Diana let her eyes roamed to around, looking for anything for self-defense.

’’If you want to live then stop moving,’’ the man said dangerously.

Diana frowned. She wanted to say that her eyes were moving, not her but her argument might speed up the process of a bullet being lodged inside her body hence she zipped her mouth on this very rare occasion.

The man pushed himself to his feet. As he glanced at her face, a frown settled between his brows, ’’Have we met before?" he asked, ’’You look familiar.’’

’’That pick-up line is out of trend,’’ Diana eyed the gun grievously before glancing at the man, ’’If you are interested in me, just say it. There is no need to create an enemies-to-lovers scenario.’’

Ryle narrowed his eyes.

Diana gulped, ’’I am an aspiring author. I can’t help but find book references here and there.’’

’’We met at the airport,’’ Ryle said doubtfully, ’’Leather jacket, child... Was that you?"

Diana tried to recall it. Her outfit that day was quite a highlight combined with her messy appearance and Angel, ’’You... Yes..’’ she remembered bumping into the man.

Her eyes lit up, ’’On the note that we had a chance encounter before, why don’t you put the gun down and talk?" she glanced at him warily.

Ryle placed his gun back in the waistband of his pants, ’’It comes in handy when dealing with hooligans with you.’’

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