With Love, xxxx. by Varshitha Kancharla (best adventure books to read .txt) 📗

Chapter 8

(Past continued) 

Ryan didn’t sleep the night properly as he deeply involved in looking into her details and her picture. He wanted to see her again. He didn’t understand what he was feeling about her. But whatever he felt, it must be hidden. Hidden from everything, everyone as he didn’t want to put her life in danger. The darkness in him kept saying lock her up in his room away from everyone and spend his life with her. But another part was convincing him to let her live her life. He was so confused. He stuck between the reality and the voices in his head. 

It’s early morning and his room lit up with sunrays. He didn’t know when dusk turned to dawn. He walked to Neil’s room and saw him sleeping. He then went to his workout area and started doing push ups, treadmill and other workouts. He kept doing till sweat framed all over his body. After his heavy workout, he freshened up and decided to go to the building to do his dealings. But he was distracted with her thoughts. He finally decided to see her again. He told Neil to take care of everything and left the mansion without his bodyguards. 

He kept driving to her house but suddenly he saw her walking on the road, heading somewhere. He took a turn and followed her from a distance. He saw her entering the bookstore. 

Before he got out of the car, he looked around to see anything or anyone strange. He didn’t find any strange or dangerous situation so he got out of his car. He was in his hoodie which made his face hide a bit. He walked in the store and looked around to find any cameras. As it’s a not big store, there were no cameras. He smiled and kept looking at her. She was too busy in looking at the books so she didn’t even notice a dangerous mafia leader stalking her. 

“Nerd girl! Like it.” Ryan mumbled and smiled. 

She then took a book and started reading. Her eyes sparkled while reading. She was looking so happy. He was surprised looking at her happy face. He didn’t know even books make a girl happy till he saw her. She was smiling, blushing, and suddenly her expressions were changing. He got laugh looking at her. She then walked out after buying few books. 

He got in his car. From a distance he again followed her driving his car slowly. 

“I am a mafia man who's life is almost at risk if any one sees me yet I’m following you. Damn Kathleen!” Ryan mumbled and smiled. 

She then walked to her house and entered in locking the door. He reached his mansion calling Neil. Neil reached the living room with a gun in his hand and worried face. 

“Ryan! What happened?” He asked looking at the entrance thinking something happened. 

“Neil! I want books.” 

Neil tucked his gun in his belt looking at Ryan with shocked face. 

“Books? To read how to torture people? Come on! We are already doing a great job.” 

“Oh! I doubt that. Let me try it on you.” Ryan smirked looking at Neil. 

“I’m always at your service, Ryan. You can do anything to me. But now, tell me. Why do you want books? Going to college again?” Neil laughed. 

“To give them to Kathleen. She looks happy while reading.” Ryan said smiling. 

“You again went to see her?” 

“Yes.”

“Following her, stalking her, gathering her details, smiling when thinking about her, thinking to gift something to her yet you say you don’t love her.” 

Ryan became silent listening to him. He too knew he want her but he had been holding his feelings back. 

“Ryan! If you want her, I’ll bring her here. You can keep her till she die. You will feel happy if she is with you. And I want you to be happy. Tell me, what do you want me to do?” 

He looked at Neil for a minute. Neil's face was convincing him to bring her to their mansion and keep her with him. He too wanted the same. But it’s not the right way. If she enters into his life, her sparkling life become dark.

He thought for a while and said “Buy few famous books.”

Neil rolled his eyes and shouted “Fine.” 

Then Neil called someone to bring nearly twenty few famous books to the mansion. After an hour, someone entered the mansion with books. Neil paid him for the books then the person left. Ryan looked at all the books and wondered how she got patience to read books. 
He then again went to their house and slowly he placed the books along with an envelope and left. 

Whenever he got time, he stalked her. He followed her wherever she went, he started enjoying looking at her from a distance. He even saw her with Michael. He killed many people and erased their existence who saw him following her. 

One day, after his weapons dealing with the dealers, he waited outside of her house. When she came out, his eyes widened looking at her. She looked ecstatic in her maroon dress. Her eyes and her lips were inviting him to go near her. Her beautiful body was welcoming him to touch her. For a second, he felt like, went to her and kiss her so hard. 

She got in Nina's car and they left. Of course, Ryan too went in his car behind them. They reached their college and Ryan too entered in. He stood at a corner and lit his cigarette. He saw her laughing and talking with her friends. He saw Jack approaching her. He knew him as he saw his picture while looking into her details. He felt weird when Nina and Kathleen started following Jack and his friends. He walked behind Kathleen. 

He saw them murmuring something. He tried to hear them but he couldn’t. They stood outside of a room and Ryan stood there hiding behind a wall watching the girls. After Jack left the room, they both entered. Ryan stood behind a window and kept watching them. He saw them searching something. After few minutes, Jack entered in and started walking to her talking something. 

Ryan heard Kathleen shouting “I don’t love you. I just wanted to see your handwriting.” 

Ryan realized she was trying to find who wrote the letters to her. He smirked looking at her trails to find him. His face reddened when Jack started touching her lips. He clenched his jaw and took out his gun to shoot him. He didn’t care even if it’s college, if he shoot Jack, Kathleen will see him or anything except Jack's finger on Kathleen’s lip. Before he pulled the trigger, Kathleen slapped him. 
Ryan smirked and mumbled “That’s my girl!” 

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