Azalea's POV:

"Oh. My. God." Dom's voice is heard in the house which causes me to yelp in surprise.

Seeing Dom and Noah at the main door, Dante and I peel ourselves away from each other.

"My virgin eyes !" Noah exclaims, while closing his eyes with his hands.

"It was just a kiss, dude. Stop being such a drama queen !" Dom said, flicking Noah's forehead. "I suppose you owe me twenty bucks, now ?"

"Twenty bucks ? Why ?" Noah asked, rubbing his forehead. Then Dom, not so discreetly, pointed towards Dante and I and whispered to him.

I looked at Dante and gave him a 'what are they talking about ?' face to which he just shrugged, being just as confused as I am.

"Oh," Was all Noah said when he understood what Dom meant.

Why would he ask him for money ? Unless...

"Did you butt-heads bet on whether Dante and I would kiss or not ?" I asked doubtfully.

"Yeah. We kinda did." Noah confessed. "And clearly, Noah lost." Dom stated. Noah sighed and took his wallet out of his back pocket.

Taking a few bills, he placed them in Dom's hand. "Here. Now, stop annoying me."

"Then stop being so annoy-worthy." said Dom, putting the money in his pocket. "That doesn't even make sense !" Noah exclaimed.

They started teasing each other; making weird sounds. Dante and I chuckled at their child-like behavior.

"What did I miss ?" Kim's voice rung, out of nowhere. Looking at her direction, I saw Alex standing behind her with a smirk on his face.

"They kissed !" Noah jumped excitedly, pointing at us. Really ? Them too ?

It's nice knowing that all of my friends secretly bet on Dante and I kissing; I feel so loved all of a sudden.

Note the sarcasm...

Silence fills the air. "Come on. We all saw that one coming..." Kim said, waving her hand, nonchalantly.

"It was bound to happen sooner or later." Alex said, walking towards Dante and I.

After everyone wished Dante for his birthday, the six of us watched movies and partied all day.

Until it was time for them to go home. Let me just say that the drunk Kim wasn't so pleased about leaving anytime soon.

"But why ?" She whined, rolling on the couch.

"Come on, Kim. We all have to go to work tomorrow so we have to home now." Alex reasoned with her.

"I don't want to go home. That weird guy is probably waiting for me." She slurred. As soon as she said those words, everyone in the room froze.

What did she mean by that ? Are Dmitri and Elijah after her because she is related to me ?

I swear if they've hurt her, I'm personally going to end their lives.

I got up from my place on the floor and sat next to her on the couch. "What did you mean by that ?" I asked, my voice filled with panic.

Kim's eyes widened when she realized what she had just said.

"Oh...um.. I was just kidding. I didn't actually mean it. I mean when do I ever lie, right ?" She rambled, trying to convince us.

"Don't lie to us, Kim. What's wrong ? " Someone said. Turning around, I was met with the sight of angry but worried looking Alex.

I've always known that he had a soft spot for Kim, ever since they met at the club a month ago.

Whenever I get a text or a call from Kim and he's around, his eyes light up looking at her name on my screen.

When I finish speaking to her, he subtlety asks how she is and if she needed anything.

Although he might never admit it, I know that he likes her. I just don't know whether the feeling is mutual.

Every one of us had our eyes on her, waiting for her to explain what she had meant.

She sighed and started by saying, "Fine. I'll tell you all. Just don't get annoyed, alright ? And don't interrupt me."

All of us nodded in agreement and Kim continued, "It started a month ago, maybe around a week before Lea told me about her past."

Oh my God ! A month ago ? Why didn't she say anything sooner ?

As I was about to ask her, I realized that she had told us not to interrupt her, so decided to keep quiet.

"One day while I was going home from work, there was a car that kept following me.

At first, I hadn't thought anything of it." She mumbled, while playing with her fingers.

"The same exact car kept following me but nothing ever happened at the time. This went on for a few more days until one day, it just stopped."

"After that night, I started feeling like someone was following me. I thought that I was being paranoid until one day; when I didn't think so."

Seeing that Kim looked scared and uncomfortable, I held her hands.

"Breathe and let it all out. Take your time." I encouraged. She held my hand back and smiled.

"There was this guy, he always had a black hoodie on. He wore sunglasses and mostly had his hands in his pockets.

He's always near my house when I go home." She said, describing the 'guy'.

"He has never spoken to me. He just walks around." Kim continued.

I remember this guy. He was the same one in the elevator at Marc Technologies. The same guy who threatened me.

Oh...this is not good....at all. He's with the mafia. They're the ones threatening Dante and me. Why are they after Kim then ?

"He's the one that's threatening Azalea too." Dom said, connecting the dots.

That's when I thought of something. When I had first moved to my apartment, I hacked into the police station's database and cleared the addresses of mine and Kim's and replaced them with random ones.

How did they know where she lived ? I hadn't even gone to her house recently, so there's no way that they saw me.

Maybe they had been following me much before I found out...

"He wouldn't go that far, just to spook you. There's something that we're not seeing." Noah concluded.

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