Destiny Series
#1. Meant to be yours (Chapters 1-18 with 2 epilogues)
#2. What was Meant to be (Chapters 1-19 with 1 epilogue)
Katherine stood rooted to the spot when she saw Aidan kissing Jennifer in a secluded place of the parking lot. Unseen by them, she felt the full impact of the pain as it consumed her making her teeth rattle under the force.
Tears were streaming down her cheeks and she brushed them off impatiently as she backed out from the sight and fled to the university campus. She needed some time to analyze her feelings; why was she feeling so hurt? Aidan Flint Waldorf had been her best friend from the first day at the university along with Ryce Vin Connor. Everybody knew them as the inseparable trio. That was until Jennifer had joined their gang. They had then become the fantastic four.
Jennifer Calhoun had been a nice girl; was still a nice girl but Kate had not been expecting that blow. While questioning herself, she did not why she was feeling so… so down. Her heart was filled with pain and felt as if someone had ripped it off her chest. And she was perplexed by the vehemence of her feelings.
Why was she so pained at the sight of Aidan and Jen together? She had caught Ryce kissing girls more times than she could count and apart from a mischievous comment, it had not affected her more than that. Was she jealous of them? At their new found happiness? What kind of friend did that make her?
With remorse, she remembered the day she had first met Jennifer and how she had been envious of her when both Aidan and Ryce had seemed smitten by her. She had thought nothing of it at that time thinking that she was merely losing the attention of her two best friends. But when she had befriended Jennifer, all antagonism towards her had disappeared as they had become girlfriends quite fast.
And that was why Kate could not understand why she was feeling so hurt on seeing them together. Was she angry because they had not told her about their relationship? She was their best friend and she should have known about the beginning of the love story.
“Kate!!” shouted a voice that sounded like Jen and she schooled her facial features to an impassive mask as she turned round to face her plastering a fake smile.
“Hey!!” she tried with a forced smile wishing that her tears had dried up.
“I have something to tell you,” her friend exclaimed gleefully and Kate had a pretty good idea what the something was about. But she was not interested. Not anymore.
Picking her books together, she pretended to be busy and cried after Jennifer that she would meet her later since she had a lecture. Which was an outright lie.
“But…”
“Wait!” cried a male voice after her and she whirled round to see Aidan behind her as he took her in his arms and lifted her high up his face full of happiness. Keeping her up, he whirled her round in a circle and let out a laugh which accentuated his chiseled jaws.
“Oh, Katie! I’m in love!”
It was then that Kate realized why she had been so hurt when she had seen them together. She was in love with her best friend Aidan Flint Waldorf. The very one who had just announced her on a very happy and excited note that he was in love.
Words that she had longed to hear she now realized but as she knew it was not meant for her, she felt her heart break into millions of pieces as she tried to hide the pain igniting in her once again.
She was doomed; it was the kind of love which was supposed to change one’s life and Kate knew that hers will never be the same again.
SIX YEARS LATER….The day had finally arrived. The not so awaited day. Katherine sighed as she stared outside her room window unseeingly. Time went by so quickly sometimes that she had difficulty to keep up the pace especially with the fickle nature of what her life had been.Sprawled on the floor surrounded by a heap of invitation cards, it finally dawned on her that she was going to get married in two months. Her big day. Yayy, she thought inwardly with forced and ironical enthusiasm. She was going to be Mrs. Bigfoot, how cool was that? But she chided herself for being such a fool. Edward Bigfoot her fiancé was a nice person even if he was difficult to bear with sometimes. And she knew better now than to nurture that silly notion of having to be in love to be married. Marriages were mostly a compromise; nothing like they showed in movies or novels.Forever love was a hoax. There was never a happy ending. And who better than her to know that sorry truth of life?As if on cue, she cau
Aidan stared at the invitation card in front of his desk for a long time. It had arrived in the mailbox of his mother’s house. And his mother had asked him to empty the mailbox when he dropped in for dinner that afternoon. Unaware of the shocker it had brought, he had carried inside the letters and had stood frozen when he had seen the address on the envelope.Manhattan. He knew only one person who lived down Park Avenue. And he felt his heart increase its pace at the unexpected turn of event.Impatiently, he ripped off the envelope and found his doubts being confirmed. It was a letter from her. Katherine Iris Thornton. Caressing the name with his thumb, a bout of sadness engulfed him so overwhelming it was that he had to close his eyes under the force of the emotion.How he missed her. Even after all that time. Kate and him had been inseparable; a pair of a kind. During his years at Brooklyn University, she had been his best friend, confidant and even alter ego. His little Katie. So
It was too flashy. Kate hated it but it hardly mattered since she was starting to hate everything about the wedding. It was as if everything was going wrong. Her sisters were doing their best of course. The problem was with her; her heart was simply not into it. And it was too late to back down now. All invitations were sent and only one month remained for the wedding ceremony.Trying for a fervent smile at the expectant look on Caitlin's face, she knew she failed to make a good job out of it when she saw the face change into a crestfallen expression."You don't like it?" Caitlin asked and Kate cursed herself for her lack of perseverance. She should have known that her sister was going to pick up something there was something wrong if she showed a lack of enthusiasm."Of course I do," she lied and shrugged. "It doesn't matter anyway," she said finally thinking that she owed her sister the truth."Oh don't say that," Caitlin replied taking her hand into hers. "If you don't like the flo
It had been a mistake to come. That was the first thing that came into Aidan’s mind as he stared at the enlaced figure in front of him. It was all coming back to haunt him. And he was even more furious with Connor for holding Kate so close and wanted to tear them apart.“Waldorf,” Connor greeted him coldly bringing him back to reality.Gritting his teeth to stop himself from any physical interaction, Aidan clutched his fists until his knuckles became white. How he wanted to land his fist into that damned traitor’s face in front of him.But he wouldn’t give him that pleasure. It would be too easy for Connor to know that he was so affected by his presence. Cold and ruthless was the best way to handle that kind of bastard, he thought and felt his tycoon instincts kick in. He was the best in what he did and he would show him how it felt to be betrayed.Jen was nowhere in sight and Aidan assumed that she had either chickened out or she was hiding out of shame. Good, he sneered to himself.
At his disclosure of the truth, Kate felt shock ripple through her body. Ryce? And Jen? Together?!! Hell, what a mess! So that was why Aidan had been behaving so coldly towards Ryce. How the hell did that happen?Releasing the toddler who had become impatient and was wriggling in her arms, she barely caught sight of him running to his mother as she entered the room closing the door. She wanted some private time alone with Aidan who was sitting on the edge of the bed looking as if he was ready to tear the whole world down.“Wh..When?” she stammered finally breaking the silence when she got back her voice.“Just after I left you in my car, I ran to Jennifer to explain that it was a silly mistake,” he explained unaware of the effect his words were having on her. Right at that moment, she understood that Aidan considered the kiss they had shared at the greatest mistake of his life. And damned if he still hadn’t the power to hurt her.While she stood listening to the glory details of the f
There she was! Jennifer Avery Calhoun. Aidan stood transfixed at he watched her looking as beautiful as ever. More beautiful than he remembered. Memories buried deep inside his heart came back to haunt him.Jennifer had been a friend to him as well until he had found out that she had a crush on him. It had triggered some emotions in him in turn and he had proposed to her on an impulse. But when she had said yes, he had been thrilled and had kissed her on the spot. He had to swallow at the bout of emotions engulfing him and the anger coming back to take possession of his mind blinding him to every fact.Determined not to be swayed by her beauty, Aidan controlled his emotions. That was the woman who had humiliated him; betrayed him and left him without any apology and he was still reacting to her. Not physically as such but his damned heart still constricted at the sight of her. Was he doomed to feel so much for the one who had betrayed him? Would he ever get over his dark past?Jennife
As Kate stared at the album in front of her, she felt a sense of foreboding. Even if she had tried her best to make everything right, she was not satisfied with the result. Instead of feeling like she would finally be able to move on, she found herself wishing that she could go back and change the past. And she was not happy as she had assumed she would be, she felt torn into pieces.Of course the friendship was nothing like it used to be yet but she was sure that everything would fall back in place eventually. It was not easy to overcome six years gap just like that. But now that the worst part was over, she felt optimistic that every problem would be overcome soon.To begin with, Aidan and Jennifer were starting to get friendly with each other even if they were not quite a couple yet. She wasn’t worried about that she knew that they would get back together since they were made for each other.The real challenge was that Ryce and Aidan were still not on speaking terms and she so want
Okay?!! Was he hearing right? Kate had said okay?! What the hell was going on? And how dared that damned loser order her around like some vulgar master talking to his dog! Aidan had never seen a meek Kate; she had always been full of opinion and argument with him.“Are you coming?” Kate asked him and he nodded following them without any protest. He had too many unanswered questions in his mind to miss the upcoming introduction; he had to confirm whether his doubts were plausible or not. When Kate had not seemed enthusiastic about the arrival of her fiancé, he had been puzzled but had not made anything out of it. It must have been because of what had happened between them earlier.What actually happened? He had been staring at her realizing that she looked very beautiful; more than he had ever remembered. His memory failed him and he had never realized that she would grow into such a lovely woman. Like always, he had felt his groin harden at such a lovely sight of her and he had wanted