Her first Kiss

Knock! Knock! "Come in" said Mr.Adrian. Gace entered the room and greeted him. "I heard you are sick." said Gace. "I think my time is over." said Mr.Adrian and coughed. "I really didn't want to see you but Fiora insisted. I should leave now." said Gace. "Stop! Don't leave like this. See, I am sorry my child. What i did to you was the only option i had that time or all the board members sitting there might have kicked us out completely. Please understand the situation i was in." Mr.Adrian explained himself. "Buisness was always your priority. This empire is important to you more than your children." shouted Gace. Mrs.Adrian entered the room. "Lower your voice Gace. Your dad is sick." said Mrs.Adrian. "Mom, I can see that and you are no different." yelled Gace and left the room quickly.

"Get me a chair." ordered Layla to one of the guard standing outside of the cell. He put the chair infront of Brian. Layla sat on it. "Now spill it!" said Layla to Brian. "It was Julia Charles. She ordered me to kill Fiora." said Brian. Layla got goosebumps hearing her name. "Stop lying! Why would she?" asked Layla feared. "I don't know. She just told me over a call and offered me a handsome amount after the completion of the task." told Brian. Layla stood up and walked out of cell. "Now that i think of it, She was the one who told me about the bar and sent me there. But why?" said Layla standing at the gate of basement. Daniel interrupted. "You should speak with Miss Julia yourself. Don't just believe him." said Daniel. Layla was tired and feeling dizzy. She started taking steps upstairs but her leg were shaking. She was almost up when she saw Noah from the door. He was shocked seeing Layla covered in blood, shaking and sweating. "Layla! What....." said Noah and ran closer to her. Layla put her hand on her head and then fainted but luckily Noah grabbed her. "Hey! wake up." said Noah while patting on her arm. Daniel also rushed upstairs. "Call the doctor!"shouted Daniel to the maid. Noah carried her in his arms to her room.

Doctor came after a while. Noah and Daniel were standing outside of the room. "Daniel what happened while i was away?" questioned Noah. Daniel explained the whole situation. "So she was aiming Fiora that day not Layla and she got shot intentionally?" asked Noah. Doctor came out. "You know she just woke up from the big surgery and she had a surgery before too....." Doctor was speaking when Noah interrupted. "What? She had surgery before?" questioned Noah. "Yes a year back. She had a heart transplant. She was the patient of cardiomyopathy." mentioned Daniel. "Yes and knowing this all she exhausted herself when she wasn't even recovered. Her body is weak and she needs a proper rest. Her blood pressure was also very low. Please make sure she gets enough rest and proper diet or it can be alarming." said Doctor. Daniel greeted the doctor and showed him a way out.

Noah entered the room. Maid was cleaning all the blood spots with a wet wipe. "Give me that. I will do it. You can leave." said Noah to the maid. She handed over the wipe. He sat down beside her and started wiping her face. "Why do you always become so careless about yourself?" said Noah.

Fiora was waiting for Gace standing outside of her dad's room. Gace came outside. "What did you do in there?" asked Fiora hopelessly. "I did nothing. They are mean people. Now tell me the plan you promised me." said Gace. Fiora grabbed his hand and took him to her room.

"So I want you to go to her and make her believe that you are on her side because dad abandoned you. It will be convincing. If you will succeed then we will take our another step and kill that guard. Otherwise she will never let us lay our hands on him from here. We have to get inside to make it work." Fiora told her plan. "But what if she doesn't believe me?" questioned Gace. "I know that can be a situation but for now let's try it. You go and get that guard and show dad that you are capable." Fiora motivated Gace. "Seriously I am so excited to get my revenge. Now Layla will see what i will do with her." said Gace. "What? Your target is that man not Layla. Don't do anything foolish. If you lay your hands on her then i will cut them myself." threatened Fiora. "Fine! I was just joking." said Gace.

Layla woke up after few hours. "Hey are you doing okay?" asked Noah sitting beside me. "Why am i having a deja vu?" asked Layla. Noah chuckled. "Why are so stubborn? huh? you should care about yourself." said Noah. "I didn't have a choice. He wasn't speaking to anyone. I had to do something." said Layla. "Well I heard what you did and it was quite surprising. You really became a strong girl." said Noah and smiled. "So are you impressed?" questioned Layla. "do you want me to?" counter questioned Noah. "Maybe!" said Layla and laughed. "I like your confession." said Noah. "Shut up idiot!" said Layla and rolled her eyes. There was a little silence gap. "Why didn't you tell me sooner about what happened that day?" asked Noah. "I knew you will get angry." answered Layla. "I should be. You are being ridiculous giving up your life for saving someone else." said Noah. "She wasn't just someone. We have been best friends since childhood. She was like a sister to me. She was the one i cherished most. When you love someone, you are willing to sacrifice everything for them." explained Layla. "But what about others who love you? What about those? How will they feel after loosing you?" questioned Noah. "Life is all about gaining and loosing. When you love someone, you have to let them go at some point." said Layla. "Then you should let go Fiora now. She is becoming your weekness." said Noah. "It's not that easy. I am doing what i can to save both of us." answered Layla. "You are such a mystery to me. There's alot i don't know about you like your surgery an year ago." said Noah. "Oh my God who told you? That was an ancient history." said Layla. "Atleast you didn't tell me. I thought we were getting close and maybe you will tell me about you but I was wrong." complained Noah. "I was diagnosed with the heart disease when i was born and doctors told us to wait untill i grow up to have a surgery because having it in that young age might be dangerous and can cause other complications. I was on medication for a long period and waiting for a donor but last year things got worse and dad took me to America for the surgery. Honestly it wasn't easy for me all these years but now i am fine." said Layla. Noah put his hand on Layla's head and brushed his finger through her hair. "I am glad you are fine." said Noah. "Well you shouldn't be complaining about me when you never opened up about you too." said Layla. "I already told you about my parents and how they died the day we met. I really don't have anything more to tell except the fact that i lived a miserable life hiding my identity and being their servant." said Noah. Layla went little closer to him and hugged him tight. "It feels warm." said Noah. Layla backed off a little and started staring in Noah's eyes. Noah came closer to Layla's face. He was so close that Layla could feel his breath on her skin. They saw each other closely again and Noah started kissing her on lips. Layla closed her eyes and kissed him back slowly.