Mine: His Caged Princess
Chapter 52

FLASHBACK

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“I felt like I was playing hide and seek.” Tiara laughed wholeheartedly. She almost got caught by her fans, but with the help of Wylder, she ran away from them like the wind.

“Do you like it?”

“I loved it, Wild,” Tiara said happily. “We should do this more often, you know, like every weekend. What do you say?”

“Sounds perfect to me.” Wylder agreed. Well, why would he not? Throughout the time, she gave him the vibe of a girlfriend and boyfriend. They kept holding each other’s hands and even kept kissing each other from time to time.

When he asked the reason behind it, he got the answer that she liked kissing him.

“Okay!! Let’s order fifty pizzas for the homeless people.” Tiara suggested it to Wylder, who looked at her with a smile.

“Following Aunt Sofi’s words?” He asked.

“Yeah! Kind of. She taught all of us to help people whenever we get a chance because the kindness that we put into the world pays back to us.” Tiara winked. “To be honest, I always used to sign cheques for charity. Feeding homeless people isn’t my thing because I don’t step out without bodyguards, and moreover, I don’t want unnecessary attention from the media.”

Wylder carried all the packed pizzas, while Tiara gave one box to each homeless person whom she saw. This was the real tiara that had been hidden behind the mask of a famous actress. This was the real Tiara, with whom he fell in love.

Once she was done, she grabbed his arms and leaned her head against them while walking together on the road. His heartbeat increased again.

“You will be staying at night?” She asked in a low tone. A part of her knew that he had to leave.

“No. There are a lot of Pack’s works. I can’t say the exact time, but I will be busy for a week at least.”

Tiara bit her lips and hated that she would have to wait a week to spend time with him again, but then he too had to work, right?

“So, what is your packing business?” She asked next.

“Pack business?”

“I mean, you guys need to work on something, right? To run the pack.” Tiara explained. “Like Steve’s main business is restaurants in the human world and his family’s one and only bank in the werewolf world, Maverick’s main business is dealing with weapons. Artemis’s main business is hotels, while Caroline’s main business is construction. Calvin’s main business is his production house. Theodore’s main business is jewelry, in the future Liara’s main business will be a hospital or maybe opening a college, as she is good at teaching as well.”

Wylder tried not to show, but he didn’t like when Tiara mentioned Theodore’s name. He tried to take this Theodore chapter as a good omen. He was glad that Theodore chose to walk out of his sister Ara’s life, and because of him, these things happened.

“So, what’s yours?” Tiara asked again.

“There are two, but for now, I will reveal the name of only one.” Tiara pouted when she realized that he was keeping another secret from her. She wanted to know everything.

“And when will you reveal the name of your other business?” Tiara asked curiously, ignoring the fact that he wanted to reveal the name of one business. Well, no one could blame her for that. A part of her was still a child who used to do something that she didn’t ask her to do.

“I will reveal that to you after I claim my chosen mate,” Wylder responded, to which Tiara looked at him in confusion, wondering what the hell that meant. She couldn’t understand how both things were interconnected with one another until and unless it was a surprise.

“Is that a surprise for her?” Tiara asked, trying not to feel anything.

“Yes!!” Wylder responded with a big smile on his lips. “Something that I want to gift her after claiming her. And I want to share this with my girlfriend or mate first, whatever you name it.” Tiara pressed her lips tightly and didn’t ask anything next.

‘Theodore opened a jewelry store with Lee’s name, and Wild is planning to gift one of his businesses to his mate, who has no existence in his life yet. And here I am; except for my family members, no one does anything for me.’ Tiara thought bitterly and felt jealous at the same time.

“Yeah, whatever!! Women like me don’t need a man who will gift any business to her.” Tiara said, rubbing her success at his face that she was way better than a weak woman. “In a couple of months, I’m launching my own makeup brand.” She added. If Wylder couldn’t have smelled her anger and jealousy, he would have thought that she was throwing her attitude. So, he just smiled, irritating Tiara more than she already was. She wanted to get a reaction from him, but nope, nothing.

“I can’t believe that a person can hide things from his best friend for a mate who isn’t even in his life.” Tiara taunted him, more like blackmailed him, so that he would tell her everything, but that never happened. She acted to stay mad so that he would try to pamper her and tell her everything, but again, her plan didn’t work at all.

“I have to leave now,” Wylder said once they were at Tiara’s suite. Tiara didn’t answer his questions and kept quiet.

“Ara, are you going to avoid me now? Just to know what you want to know.”

“Yes!! And is it working?” Tiara asked hopefully.

“No,” Wylder said sternly, only to receive a glare from Tiara. He sighed, knowing her ways. “Bye,” he said and received silence from her end. He leaned towards her to k**s her. Thankfully, she didn’t move back, but she didn’t k**s him back when he kissed her gently, cupping her face.

But he didn’t k**s her long because he felt like he was forcing himself on her.

“I will be back soon. I hope by then your anger will calm down.” He whispered sadly while his fingers gently combed through her hair, tugging it behind her ear, and all of a sudden Tiara regretted behaving like a bitch.

Turning around, he started leaving. The gap between them started increasing with every step that he took. Tiara wanted to run behind him and apologize to him, but her ego stopped her. A couple of seconds later, she couldn’t see his muscular back as well.