Truth

CHAPTER THIRTEEN 

KIERAN POV

"Hello," I said, immediately placing the phone close to my ear. 

"It's about the meeting scheduled for 10:00 today," the caller said.

Last night, just as I left the palace, a text message got into my phone. I read through it and it was an information that a meeting is scheduled by 10:00 am.

I know I wasn't having any meeting with anybody and so, I didn't bothered texting a reply.

"Who are you?" I asked. 

"Aren't you the CEO of Kieran's construction company?" he asked. 

"I am, but...the company has been shut down for some years now," I told him.

"That's why I'm calling you, so we can find a way forward," he said.

"At least can I know who you are?" I demanded.

"You'll know when you meet me.." he said.

"Text me your location; it's a few minutes to ten already," I instructed. 

"Alright, I'll do that right away," he said and ended the call. 

I opened my car door and sat down in the driver's seat when a message came into my phone. It was the location. My phone rang again. 

"Hello," I said. 

"Have you seen the message?" he demanded.

"Yeah, I've seen it. Make sure to come to the hotel I texted you," he said. 

"Don't worry, I'll be there in a while," I told him. 

"Alright, looking forward to seeing you," he said, and then I hung up.

I put the key in the ignition, and the car roared to life.

Just as I'm about driving away, I recalled something. As Victor came closer to me, I noticed a cut on the side of his neck. That was actually why I turned to Luna to see if she had seen it, but she didn't even noticed anything, I know she didn't.

I recalled that during the fight, I had pierced him on the side of his neck. 

Holy shit! 

Could it be that he was the one who had attacked Luna?! 

At that moment, I came out of the car and rushed into the palace, straight to the infirmary, where I saw Victor coming out of the door. A disparaging smile was on his lips, and from that, I could tell something was wrong.

I opened the door and said, "Luna, I want to tell you something." 

"I don't want to talk about anything," she told me. 

"It's really important and you have to listen to me," I said. 

"Kieran, I don't want to talk to you," she replied. 

She don't want to talk about anything is different from not wanting to talk to me. What's her reasons?

"You don't want to talk to me? What happened?" I asked, very surprised. Why was she sounding like this? It hadn't been twenty minutes since I left this place, and now she was sounding different. What had Victor told her?

"Just get out of here," she told me, not looking at me. 

"Luna, what's the problem?" I insisted. 

"I hate betrayers, and I can't stand the sight of one!" she screamed.

"This is unbelievable!" I exclaimed. 

She had just mentioned that she hated betrayers. What was she insinuating, and who was she referring to as a betrayal? Me? I had only followed her because I wanted to know where she was going, nothing more. Was she thinking I was the one who had hurt her?

"Am I the betrayal now?" I asked her, enraged. I hated the fact that she was trying to accuse me of something I didn't know about. 

"You're the betrayal here!" she told me. 

"Is that what Victor told you?" I asked. 

"Leave Victor out of this; he's a better man than you," she said.

"You're misunderstanding the whole thing, which is why I want to explain things to you," I told her. 

"I don't want your explanation; the time I needed it, you lied. Just go away!" she screamed. 

"I lied to you? How?" I asked, my curious eyes gazing at her.

"You lied to me about everything, and I can't believe that you of all people would do something this cruel to me," she said coldly. 

"Listen to me, I don't know what this is, but whatever he told you, he's lying," I told her.

I knew that asshole was trying to brainwash Luna, accusing me falsely so she'd see me as a bad person. It had happened before; I was accused, banished for seven years, and lost almost everything. I wouldn't let it happen again.

"Leave Victor out of this," she told me. 

"But he's the one lying about me," I said. 

"It's not even about him; tell me, what were you doing in the woods with me?" she asked.

"Thank goodness you've said it now; so you're trying to accuse me of attacking you? Did I do anything wrong by helping you?" I asked her. 

"Kieran stop pretending," she told me.

"Who's pretending here?" I asked her.

"Why are you saying all this bullshits?!"

"Cut that shit!" she said.

"You are the only one who saw me leaving the palace even Liam wasn't aware that I was leaving. You followed me into the woods and no one else." She told me. I stared at her in amazement. Just minutes ago, she had been thanking me for saving her, and suddenly now she was accusing me of being the one who attacked her. "Don't think I'm a fool; I'm not," she told me.

"Then let me tell you who's responsible," I told her.

"You want to tell me another lie?" she asked. 

"It's the truth," I said. 

"Get out of this place right now!" she screamed at the top of her voice. 

"Luna, listen..." 

"Get out!" she screamed again, forcing me to leave.