His Beautiful Addiction

He would get a house within the weekend and move out as soon as possible, away from his toxic foster mother and her son.

And he needed to make plans for his safety, although he was grateful for her for adopting him and taking him away from the childcare, he wasn't at all ready to die for Liam.

Michael breathed out as he stopped at a red light and his eyes closed briefly, reflexively, he looked outside the window, and at that moment, he froze.

Up in a billboard was Diana's picture, sitting on a throne with a bunch of men around her, there was a wicked smile on her face; an inscription, 'Bewitched' was below it;

Michael's eyes widened in shock and he remembered when she asked him if he didn't know her;

Gracious Lord!

She is an actress!

A burst of small laughter left his lips, now he understood why she was so concerned about what she did the previous night, she had even asked him if anyone took pictures, he was puzzled then, but now it all added up. But then, she must be very careless to get drunk in a bar when she knew she was popular. So foolish!

The traffic lights turned green and Michael took a last look at the billboard before he drove off. When he reached home, he sneaked into his room quietly, not wanting to alert anyone. The fact that he had slept out and his mother had not bothered to call or check up on him spoke volumes, it was best he stayed out of their sight entirely.

Michael lay on his bed after changing into something comfortable, it was past six already, he didn't know when time flew so fast. His eyes squinted when he remembered the billboard he saw earlier, quickly he reached for his phone and browsed her name, he just knew her first name, but as he typed it, goggle provided some name options;

His brows narrowed when he saw the first option;

Diana Smith…

Quickly he tapped on it and her profile came into view. A small smile tugged on his lips as he scrolled up, watching her pictures keenly; Michael did not when he moved from her pictures to watching some of her interviews to her red carpet shows even some of her movie trailer videos;

She was a very pretty woman, and all her pictures had her smiling brightly; no-one would ever think that she would even have a single worry in life. She looked perfect. Michael sighed; what a terrible life of a celebrity; no-one cares what shit you're going through, everyone wants you to be perfect, perfect for their eyes.

Michael tapped on an IG icon and her profile on Instagram popped up; he was amazed when he saw she had over 55m followers, she must be really popular.

He adjusted on the bed and resting his head on his arm, he scrolled through her pictures one after the other. She almost had her whole life on the internet, from her waking up to going to sleep, every little moment, was on there. He saw her with a few men and there were a few gossips of her dating them, but with what she said to him yesterday, he knew she was still a virgin, so maybe she didn't date any, or she did date, but they didn't get to that point.

Michael didn't know why, but he felt his lips slant into a smile at that thought.

In an hour and thirty minutes, he knew almost everything about her. From what he found out, she was a very chatty person, who kept a lot of pain inside. She was more of solving other people's problems than hers. That was the more reason why she was in so much pain for so long;

Michael sighed; why was he feeling responsible for her all of a sudden?

…

Liam poured his mother wine in her cup and passed it to her; he watched her drink from it without a word. He knew she was still mad at him for what happened a few days ago and he didn't blame her though, she had worked so hard to keep him under cover; anyone would get mad at what he did.

She had been giving him the silent treatment for days now, and even when they sat at the table, she didn't speak to him.

''Did Michael move out? '' Liam asked, trying to lighten the tensed mood. Catherine who had a little frown on her forehead drank from her cup of wine; she was angry but she couldn't be angry with him forever, he was still her son.

''I don't think he has moved out yet, but I gave him permission to. ''

Catherine replied indifferently. Liam heaved a sigh of relief, at least she replied, that means that she wasn't very mad at him anymore. After a moment he frowned;

Why did Michael want to leave now? Did he perchance find out about his identity?

He wondered, ''why did you let him leave? ''

Catherine paused for a moment; ''after what happened; I think he'll be better away, if he remains here, he'll surely find out about you, and knowing that you're a threat to his inheritance, I can't guarantee that he won't try to kill you. ''

Liam frowned, he didn't like the idea at all; ''I don't think letting him go is the best, now that my identity would soon be revealed, why don't you silence him once and for all.''

Catherine looked at him for the first time; ''you don't kill people so carelessly Liam. It would have been easier to kill him if you had not been careless, but now that your identity is no longer a secret; it would be very risky to get rid of him. We have to let everything die down first before making any move. ''

Liam nodded, his mother had a point. It would be risky to harm Michael at this point, Nicklaus was already suspecting him, if anything happened to Michael it would be very fatal to them.

''Mom, I have a plan. ''

Catherine raised her eyes to her son and she creased her brows;

''What plan? ''

''A plan that would crush Nicklaus ''