"Ky, I heard Dr. Miller is hot and totally my type. Help me by introducing him to me, will you?" Lisa asked.
"Sorry, Lisa. He is taken." Kyra immediately answered. Oliver is, well, will be her man soon. He is off the singles list.
"Taken?" Lisa asked, surprised.
"Yes.", Kyra answered bluntly. She doesn't know why but she is not feeling good in her heart when someone is trying to get close to Oliver. Maybe she is already possessive of him.
"Just a few months back, Oliver was single, you know. I heard he has set high standards for his future girlfriend." Lisa whispered to Kyra.
"You seem to be very interested in him, Lisa." Kyra said.
"Of course. You are a fan of his as well though it is strictly professional." Lisa said.
Kyra didn't say anything. Although it was strictly professional before, it has changed recently.
"Why do I smell the burning smell?" Lisa said sniffing.
"Is it from you, Ky? Have you started admiring Oliver personally too?!", Lisa asked, giving a shocked expression as she exclaimed.
That's it. Kyra lost her cool self and stood up to sit somewhere else.
Lisa pouted and gave a puppy look to Kyra but Kyra ignored her friend.
"When did our Kyra become this cold hearted, Sofi? Wuwuwuwu… she ignored me for the first time and I am heart broken.", Lisa said, exaggerating just like Sofia does.
"Why should my two friends be this dramatic.", Kyra sighed as she wiped off the imaginary sweat.
Luther, Ryan laughed when they saw these three interacting. It will always be lively if these three girls are together. Sofia and Kyra got connected to each other because of their opposite personalities. Kyra and Lisa got bonded because of their similar circumstances and character. Sofia and Lisa became good friends because of their career, well, Sofia's present career and Lisa's former career.
These three have become friends on whom they could rely and trust.
After a few minutes. Hayley, Taylor, Tayler… Kyra and Lisa's business partners/friends arrived. They sat down and warmly greeted each other. Just as they finished with their greetings, Oliver arrived too.
As soon as he came, his eyes fell on Kyra who was dolled up in a beautiful, red evening dress. Others have thought that she got dressed because of the peer pressure from Sofia and Lisa but in reality, she got dressed for Oliver.
It is their first of many dinners in her house after they become a couple. She wanted it to be romantic with just the two of them but their first dinner in her house as a couple has turned out to be a get together for sending off Luther. It's fine. They will have more opportunities later.
Oliver gave a smile and Kyra returned it. He is in a semi formal attire with a black blazer, a white T shirt and black skin fit trousers. It is not so special but for Kyra it is.
She has complimented that he looks handsome in this attire so, he has worn this instead of coming in a suit or casuals.
His eyebrows scrunched a little when he noticed that there was no place behind Kyra for him to sit. Luther was at one side and Ryan was at the other side of Kyra as if they were bodyguards protecting their most precious jewel from getting stealed by some other man.
Oliver could reluctantly sit down at the only remaining place and that is behind Lisa and Hayley. Lisa was looking especially happy and excited while Hayley was blushing as she sneaked a glance at Oliver.
'Why should he be so handsome.' Kyra thought as she looked at both of her friends who have unusually started acting ladylike.
"Here, have this steak, Mr. Miller. It's very tasty", Lisa passed the steak to Oliver.
"It's better we cut it for him, Lisa.", Hayley said and they have started to cut it for Oliver. Others could only look at them with a mixture of amusement and surprise. This is an unexpected twist.
Even Oliver got startled seeing these two act this way. He knows their names because Kyra has told about them once but he didn't know them personally. However, when he looked at Kyra he decided to tease her a little bit.
"Thank you, ladies.", he thanked the girls, giving his signature smile making their hearts flutter.
"It's our honor." Lisa hurriedly said and Hayley nodded her head, agreeing to her friend.
"Shall we cut more steaks for you, Mr. Miller." Hayley asked.
"Sure. Who can say no to the beautiful ladies?", Oliver said with a smile. If he wants to be mischievous and flirtatious no one could outdo him.
Hayley and Lisa giggled.
Meanwhile, Kyra could only look at them with narrowed eyes. She saw through Oliver's little plan and she must agree that he succeeded with it.
"Here Ky, eat this." Luther said as he placed the favorite pieces of salad onto her plate. He is not competing with the two girls there as this is what he usually does.
"Thanks, Luther.", Kyra thanked him. Unlike before, none of the people around the table looked surprised and it only backfired Oliver's plan because it proved that Luther always does this for Kyra.
It continued for a few more minutes and after that everyone finished their dinner as they talked about random stuff.
Daniel, Luther, Oliver and Kyra are doctors so they had so much to talk about it.
Ryan, Sofia and Lisa are in the entertainment field so they talked about various things related to it.
Taylor, Tayler, Oliver, Ryan, Luther are into technology and it's trends so they had a lot to discuss and share their views about it.
Lisa, Kyra, Oliver, Luther talked about the management and collaborations of their companies.
Daniel, Hayley, Sofia, Kyra, Ryan spoke about military and politics as their families are included in at least one of it. And, it turned out that Oliver and Luther knew much about those domains as well.
With all these common interests and a lot to discuss and share their own thoughts, three hours passed in the blink of an eye.
It is time for Luther to leave. He reluctantly said his farewell to everyone, especially to Kyra.
Oliver had to suppress his possessiveness and jealousy seeing Luther and Kyra hug each other and give each other emotional farewell.
Luther promised to return once his schedule is free. ,
"I didn't get much time to woo Kyra.", Luther sighed as he spoke to Ryan.
"You are here only for a week, Luther. It takes months to woo my sister. For you it could be easy. Just ask for a chance to woo her!! Ask her to try it out and she wouldn't disagree, you know!!", Ryan said, vexed by this. He can't get involved personally and he can't do anything rash. He is feeling helpless now.
"It wouldn't be right to do it now. I am going back tonight. It will become a disaster if I ask for a long distance relationship." Luther said.
"You are right.", Ryan sighed.
"I will try to come back as soon as possible, okay? This time I will try to stay here for at least a month.", Luther said.
"I will ask my dad to transfer you here. The branch of Collins Hospital is almost ready to open." Ryan said.
"But you have to look after the management as well," he added.
"I know. Dr. Collins has made that clear." Luther said. The new branch of Collins Hospital is opening here as they have bought a group of hospitals here and are restructuring the organization to merge it into their Collins Groups.
As the starting stage is more crucial, Kyra's father, Dr. Collins wanted someone trustworthy, efficient and experienced to manage it for a while. Who could be better fit than Luther who is trustworthy, has experience in managing an organization and is also efficient with the world. Most importantly, he is a doctor so knows the ins and outs as well.
"Think about it, okay. If you are the one managing it, my sister might be willing to leave her current hospital and work with you. Everyone of us can be at ease and most importantly, you will have freedom and many opportunities to woo her.", Ryan said.
"I will think about it, Ryan. After observing the condition here, I started to feel like I would lose Kyra if I delay this anymore. Oliver is clearly interested in her. Fortunately, he hasn't taken any action yet.", Luther said.
"According to Daniel, Oliver had a bad experience in his previous relationship. So, it is understandable that he is thinking this through thoroughly before taking any step. I really got busy with work and if not for my constand trips from here to Los Angeles, I would be keeping my eye on him." Ryan said and sighed.
He has taken up a new movie and it has become pretty hectic for him. He could have asked his people to keep an eye but if his sister finds out, it will be very troublesome. This is a sensitive topic to let others take care of it.. He won't be in peace until unless he is the one doing it personally.