Back at Sebastian’s hotel…..He faced the wrath of Diana.
She scolded him for being irresponsible and demanded an explanation for his recklessness.
Sebastian who is good at cooking up stories told a lie which justified his actions.
He said that when he was in the restroom, a teenage boy recognized him and tried to make a conversation.
As he didn’t want anyone to know about his presence being in restaurant, he sneaked out and tried to inform his bodyguards about the boy but they were busy talking to Lucien and the boy came after him.
Having no other choice, he left the restaurant, not to cause trouble for public and thought to wait in the car for his men.
He tried to call one of the guards but he left his phone with Lucien and the boy followed him out along with his friends.
The boy looked crazy and persistent so he ran away and wanted to hide somewhere before coming back but that guy wandered around the restaurant for a long time which resulted in his disappearance.
Diana heard his side of story and taunted all the bodyguards, including Lucien for failing their duty of protecting Sebastian.
After that, she took him to a nearby hospital for a body check up to make sure he’s uninjured.
Just like that everyone bought his lie and didn’t ask him to be accountable for what happened.
……………….
“Tell me the truth. Did someone really stalk you?”
Simon asked Sebastian who is standing beside him in the balcony, deep in thoughts.
They returned home after the concert in which Sebastian was forbidden to perform.
At the airport, everyone headed to their respective homes to take rest but Simon insisted on following Sebastian because he seemed different after the tragic night.
He looked absent minded most of the time, zoning out and living in his own world.
He didn’t perform because of Mr. Gibbs punishment and didn’t complain about it which is odd.
He stayed in his hotel room, sleeping all the time and that is so not him because he would at least try to come to the stadium and stay in the VIP area.
Simon never saw him like that and wants to know about what really happened the other night and so here he is, in his buddy’s place.
Sebastian sighed taking a deep breath as he faced Simon who is eyeing at him suspiciously.
“Why can’t you stick to one girl?”
Simon frowned at the weird question but he answered him honestly.
“You know I am not good at relationships.”
“What do you mean you are not good at relationships? What do you actually need to be in a real relationship?”
Sebastian pushed him further, trying to hear the answer he needed.
Simon widened his eyes in amusement because even he didn’t know how to answer his friend but somehow he fished out the words that came to his mind.
“I don’t know. No one has ever made me stay with them for long and I found nothing in them to hold me back.”
Sebastian stayed silent after hearing his answer.
Found nothing to hold him back?
Heh!
There are so many things in the mysterious-stranger that urged him to stay back.
If she asked him to be her boyfriend, he would have said yes without batting an eyelid but she didn’t want him otherwise she wouldn’t have told him to erase their precious moment.
He didn’t want to force her and he himself didn’t know about his feelings, so he let her go.
He tried his best to forget about her and move on for the past three days but the more he tried the more she is filling his mind with her sparkling eyes.
Fucking beautiful eyes.
They’re haunting him.
“What happened Sebastian?”
Simon asked in concern, placing his hand on his shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze.
“Nothing, I am just tired.”
Sebastian brushed off his hand and walked into the room to sleep because only when he shut off his brain can he able to stop thinking about her.
The problem is, it isn’t that easy.
“Are you sure nothing happened when you escaped from the bodyguards?”
Simon is one hundred percent sure that he didn’t run away from someone but escaped.
Sebastian laid on his bed, stretching his limbs lazily and smiled thinking about Zara.
“You are right. No one followed me but I sneaked out to get some fresh air.”
He admitted and looked at his friend with a smirk, not guilty about his actions.
“I knew it.”
“How can someone stalk you when you were surrounded by six bodyguards and moreover it’s impossible to recognize you in your disguise.”
He hit Sebastian with his elbow and muttered under his breath, making Sebastian laugh out loud.
Only he can fool everyone with his ridiculous lie.
……………….
The days passed quickly and Sebastian immersed himself in making new solo music and spent his spare time to look after his father’s company affairs because only then can he stop thinking about Zara.
He used work to distract his mind from her.
But at the end of the day, her sparkles are the only ones he can see in his dreams.
He suffered from insomnia and started medication because in his dreams, he could smell her, feel her touch, hear her voice and can reminisce her taste.
It’s a fucking torture.
She always smiles brightly at him and when he tries to capture her, she would disappear.
How cruel?
She literally drove him crazy in just one night and made him suffer everyday.
He couldn’t comprehend his feelings and is frustrated whenever he thought about not seeing her again.
He really wishes to travel back to the time he met her because he would’ve asked her name and would plead her to be his girlfriend.
He restrained himself from searching for her so as to not bother her.
She didn’t want him.
He told himself about that and tried to continue his life because there is a whole world waiting for his music and a company for new designs and software.
…………………
Zara returned to her normal life after letting go of her grief by crying for a whole day in her room.
Selina is worried sick of her behaviour and tried to confront her but Zara didn’t allow her.
She wants to ask her about the man she brought home the previous night because whatever made her act weird had something to do with him.
She’s sure of it.
“Zara open the damn door.”
She banged her fists on the door, the sound reverberating in the empty house but Zara still didn’t make a move.
“Leave me alone.”
She screamed from inside, covering her body with the duvet, tired of Selina’s pestering.
“What the hell happened to you?”
Selina couldn’t help but yell back at her because since morning Zara didn’t come out of her room.
She ate nothing and didn’t tell her about the stranger which drew her to the conclusion that something must’ve happened to Zara.
If it has something to do with the fucking stranger, she will kill that man.
“I am fine. I just had a fight with my dad.”
Zara said, her voice barely audible but it faded the tension from Selina.
So it’s Zara’s dad.
Now she understood the reason behind her foul mood.
If anyone who can make Zara upset and go on hunger strike, it’s Andrew Jones.
“Don’t take his words to heart Zara.”
She said, thinking that her words might help her but she didn’t know the real reason for her condition.
Zara stifled her sob and hummed, hoping Selina would leave her alone and as if god heard her prayers, Seth crashed at her door step just then.
The two best friends hugged and lost in their own world, leaving Zara alone.
Seth is someone who Selina values a lot, of course his arrival brought enormous joy to her.
They talked and laughed, reminiscing about their old days and by night, they headed out for dinner.
They invited Zara to join them but she politely rejected their offer, telling them that she’s sick.
Not wanting to spoil their reunion dinner, Zara smiled and assured them that she’ll take medicines on time and sleep early.
After sending her friends, Zara collapsed on the bed with fresh tears in her eyes.
She took her mobile and texted her best friend, Paula Adams and told her everything that happened with Sebastian.
Paula called her immediately and coaxed her for hours, encouraging her to forget and to move on.
Zara listened to her friend who motivates her whenever she’s low which is why she never hid anything from her.
She’s truly her emotional supporter.
With Paula’s help, she pulled herself together and vowed to seal her memory in the deepest parts of her life, to have a fresh start.
Paula heaved a sigh when she finally heard Zara’s normal voice and thought about her text.
She was shocked after seeing the contents of it and called her for detailed explanation.
She never in her dreams imagined Zara to do such thing with a stranger who happened to be Sebastian Wild.
The dream man of millions of girls.
God!!!
They grew up watching his music videos and always looked up to him.
Zara’s encounter with him was really like a fairy-tale.
Her prince charming came to her but only spent a night before leaving her alone.
So sad.
Zara has never been in a relationship and never even thought about being in one because of her dad.
She avoided all the boys who tried to hit on her and was very hard on them but she easily gave herself to someone who she met for only few hours.
Even though he is her favourite idol, he is still a stranger right?
But Paula didn’t blame her friend.
On the contrary, she scolded Sebastian for taking advantage of her poor friend making Zara laugh with her funny curses.
And at last, she told Zara to never think about that night and she agreed though it’s hard.
It’s definitely impossible to forget about the man who made love to her for the first time on her first time but it’s the right thing to do to move on.
With determination, Zara abandoned anything related to Sebastian, stopped watching his performances, lost tracks of his updates on social media.
She just wiped out everything about him.
A clean end.
She started her internship in a multinational company during her last semester as she wanted to numb herself with work.
She stopped working in café and didn’t work as a part timer in any restaurant as that environment reminds her of him, so she only chose a technical job.
After the graduation, her boss asked her to continue to work for them as a full time employee but she returned to her parents because she wanted to forget everything about their memories in that place.
When she was with Sebastian, she took him to all places she visits and now that turned out to be her bane because he’s everywhere.
Thus she returned home, leaving a part of her behind.
Selina was sad to let her go but Zara’s plan has always been settling in her hometown.
Andrew is very happy to have his daughter back but he still gave her hard time as she left him for two years.
Of course Zara coaxed him with her cute little mouth.
No one can resist her cuteness, not even her dad.
And she continued her life, pretending to be normal.