Chapter 17 - Bad feeling

"Wow!" Someone exclaimed from behind and size up Diana with her eyes. Diana and Stella broke their gaze and turned towards her.

The lady raised her brow when she saw Diana pushed out lips; thanks to her incisor. She grunts out a chuckle and cover her mouth with her palm.

Diana rolled her eyes, "thank you." she said. Stella regain her composure and tried to calm her racing heart. 'she has grown so much' she thought in her mind.

"Can I have something like this in blue?" The customer asked Stella with a smile on her face, ignoring Diana and only focus on the cloth she's putting on; like she's some kind of mannequin.

"Sure! come this way miss" Stella said to the lady with a smile and head toward the corner she picked out the gown for Diana, while the lady followed along.

Diana stared at their departing back. She doesn't care about the lady's attitude,since it's not the first time she will encounter such. She still find Stella weird, that gaze of hers carry some sort of meaning she can't seem to understand.

She shook her mind off it and decided to leave, as she's feeling uncomfortable with the whole thing, "maybe I'm crazy, I felt uncomfortable when I'm called ugly, now I'm feeling the same when I'm called beautiful. Diana! your live sucks." she said to herself as she made her way to pay for the dress and quickly get out of there.

Getting to the entrance of the wears section, she recalled the girls and turned around to go look for them.

"Hey!" Diana's heart nearly jumped out of her chest, as she quickly turned around and saw the two girls standing there.

"You scared the shit out of me!" Diana said, still placing her right hand to her chest. "By the way. How did you two disappeared and appeared all of a sudden?" She asked.

"Damn! You look hot!" Laura exclaimed, brushing away Diana's question.

Diana blush a little, before tapping her forehead, 'why do I get excited when I'm being admired.' she thought.

"You guys didn't buy anything?" Diana asked, as the two of them are still putting on the same matching outfit from earlier.

"Nothing caught our interest. Sadly, we didn't get to see the owner, she could have pointed out a befitting outfit for us." Charlotte said.

"Well, i think i saw her, if you guys hadn't left me by myself; you could have seen her too." said Diana.

"You're right. Is she beautiful? Is she nice to you? I heard she's very nice" Laura asked, her eyes glowing, like a little baby.

If Diana knew why they are like this with her, she would be shocked silly. They deserve an Oscar for their acting.

"So, she's very nice; I guess that explains everything." Diana thought and smile at them. "She's pretty and kind, she helped me picked this outfit" she said. There is no way she's going to tell them she said she's very beautiful and her weird stare.

She knew she would be making a fool of herself if she had said that, and also make the girls feels like she's discriminating Stella by calling her weird.

She had no idea how the fact that she didn't exposed how she really felt about Stella just saved her from making Shane stick to his assumption.

"We could go back if you guys still want to see her, it's not like she's far away from where we are" Diana added, feeling like they are making it seems like Stella is so far away from them; when she's inside the mall behind them.

"Forget it, we will come some other time" Laura said and put her arm around Diana's shoulder. "Let's do some touring" she added grinning."

The three of them left the mall and began strolling around, which seems to Diana like the girls knew the exact place they are taking her.

She had no problem putting on an exposed cloth; it's 3pm and the weather is still sunny, she asked them to stop hurrying and stopped to buy some lollipop to get her mouth some entertainment.

"You guys want some?" She asked and the girl shook their head in unison; indicating the don't want it.

Diana bought ten. She stored 9 in her handbag, unwrapped one and began sucking on it while they hit the road again.

"Don't you guys find this strolling boring?" Diana asked. "You know, just walking nonstop and all, maybe we should drop by a restaurant and taste their delicacies or you know, just anything to make it not about walking and walking alone." she added.

Before they reply to her, a middle age man walked in front of them, he's handsome and emitting a dangerous aura; his two hands in his trousers pocket, as he stopped in front of Diana with four black suited men behind him.

One look and Diana could tell he is not a good man, she's kind of developing a bad feeling immediately their eyes met.

But she's not someone who fears people unless they gave her a good reason to; which she doubted, course to her; as long as the person is a human being like her, and she's not depending on the person to survive; she sees no reason to cower in fear in front of anyone.

Seeing the sharp gaze Diana is giving him, Shane grinned.

Diana saw the two girls behind her looking at their feet and flash Shane an arrogant look, letting him realised that she doesn't care who he is.

Shane chuckled, "what's your name girl?" He asked with a deep voice.

"Who are you to ask me what my name is?" Diana replied, she's boiling with rage as this stranger's present made her two friends became mute.

Unknown to her, the two friends are ready to take her out on Shane's order, if she knew her two friends are well trained assassin, she would faint right that instant.

They are also burning with rage as Diana talk back to their boss, but couldn't do anything unless they get a go ahead from Shane.

The men behind Shane wanted to step forward and make Diana kneel, but Shane stopped them. A nostalgic feeling assault his whole being as he stares into Diana's eyes.

Despite everything, Diana gaze didn't Waver, she stares back at him like he's nothing.

[Flashback]

"Brother where are we going?" A beautiful young girl around the age of 14 said to the guy besides her; as they walked on the Street.

Shane stare at the beauty beside him and felt his heart racing madly, he couldn't stare at her too long without his heart almost leaping out of his chest. Her pure natural beauty, her rare hair colour with a crazy growth rate, her smooth white skin, her heart melting voice when she's not angry or fighting…..

"Brother?" Stella called.

Shane regain his senses and realize he has been perverting on her whole being.

"Stella stop calling me brother, i will make you my wife one day and you will be mine alone" Shane replied.

Stella stopped in her tracks and stood in front of him, staring into his eyes with an unpleasant expression. "Brother you're repeating it again, I! Stella only sees you as my brother and will never be your wife, I'd rather die than marry you, if you repeat this again I'm gonna stop talking to you" she said with her arrogant gaze.

Despite her warning and glares, Shane find her cute and swore to have her.

"Let's go" Shane said.

"I'm not moving until you promise to stop creeping me out with your ridiculous statements" Stella said still glaring at him.

[Back at the present]

'It's the same, those eyes that never lower to just anyone' Shane thought, still staring at Diana. 'I won't kill you just yet, I will take pleasure in eliminating all the people who support your growing up, before making Stella watch the hope tying her to another man die in front of her'

'She's mine and mine alone, anyone who's against us must die!'

"Well excuse me! can you move?" Diana asked, making Shane return to his senses.