Chapter - 28

Winn was the first to come and greet Kara and Bruce. He led them towards the counter where Mike and Cat were busy making out. Winn patted Mike's shoulder and whispered in his ear, "Kara is here with Bruce."

Mike broke the kiss and turned around to see Kara frowning at him, and Bruce had a small knowing smile on his face. "Matthews, hello," he greeted Mike.

"Hi, Mr. Wayne, what brings you here?" Mike cleared his throat when he noticed Bruce was looking at Cat.

"Oh, nothing. Making sure Miss Grant here gets something for her gossip column." Bruce smirked.

"Oh, Bruce, you are no fun!" Cat chuckled. "Let's face it, it's gossip that sells the paper."

"I respectfully disagree," Mike said before sipping on some club soda. Kara's eyes widened. Since when did Mike like club soda? "It's good news that sells. And also news that makes one work hard to get. Like the journalists risking their lives during wars and basically not caring what happens to them, still striving towards their goal. That's the news that sells, Cat. Gossip exists only because people get bored and need some kind of entertainment. What was posted earlier about Mr. Wayne and Kara, total invasion of privacy? Sure! If I were in Mr. Wayne's place, I would have sued."

Cat couldn't help but smile hearing this. Was Mike going out of his way to protect Kara? It sure looked like that.

Bruce ordered himself some whisky and a club soda for Kara before saying, "Well, Matthews, I can't really sue my own paper now, can I? Cheers! Also, I agree with every word you said. For instance, the smuggling ring case. We all know how dangerous that was. What's your deal, Matthews? You can't stop yourself from staying out of trouble?"

"Life is short, Mr. Wayne, I would like to play a game of life and death every day. Who knows, someday I will be lucky and win it."

"Win as in you get to live?" Kara asked, a bit curious after hearing his cryptic words.

Mike chose not to answer that question. He simply smirked and raised his glass. Winn joined Bruce and Mike and they started talking about sports, so Kara decided to go say hi to Donna.

Kara was just making towards the DJ table when she felt someone grab her arm. She turned around to see it was Cat. "A word, Keira?"

"Sure," Kara replied, uncertain about what Cat wanted to talk. She followed Cat to the back. "What is it?"

"Keira, I'll only say this once, Mike is not interested in you, darling. He's with me."

Kara couldn't help but chuckle, she stopped herself when she saw Cat frown. "Sorry," Kara said. "Look, what are you talking about? I don't care if he's interested in me or whatever, I'm with Bruce now."

"Sure, honey. You are Bruce's flavor of the month. He will dump you sooner or later, then what?" Cat crossed her arms across her chest. "Back off, Kara Kent. Mike is mine. And if you haven't figured it out already, he likes older women. Do yourself a favor and look up 'theladyhawthorne' in his Instagram following list or just check his Instagram and you'll know everything."

Kara knew that Cat was talking about Georgie. So her guess was right. Mike had a relationship with that Georgie lady.

Cat suddenly smirked at her. "I don't blame you, Keira. He is hot and you can't resist him. Mike Matthews is like a drug, taste it once, you keep coming back for more. I'm sure you will find someone nice. Don't worry, you are still young." Waving at Kara, Cat walked away.

Kara let out a loud sigh. This was embarrassing. She had to talk to Mike and ask him to control his girlfriend. But before she could do that, Winn had challenged her to see who does more shots. She won, obviously. But she was feeling a bit light as she turned to see Mike talking to someone on the phone and exiting through the back. Kara excused herself when she saw Bruce talking to Cat. She followed Mike out and heard him say, "Yeah, Nora isn't ready to talk about it. But I'm guessing I'm getting closer… No. No, bro. I'm pretty sure it's Seattle. Yeah, well, she could have moved! Okay, I'll let you know." Mike turned around to see Kara, he let out a sigh before saying, "Ricky, I gotta go. I'll call you later."

Mike cut the call and pocketed his phone. "Sup, Blondie?"

"Your girlfriend is such a jerk!" Kara said as she leaned against the wall.

Mike's face lit up. "Excuse me? Girlfriend? And I think bitch would be gender appropriate, but that's just me."

"Cat Grant! She told me to back off. Ha! As if I'm interested!"

"Blondie, you high? What are you even talking about?"

Kara frowned. "You know, Mike, what's your problem? You talk a lot! And you are such a flirt. And you go around pretending to be a dating expert. Were you ever serious about anyone?"

Mike laughed. "Wow! Look at you, Blondie, talking as if you know everything about dating! Did you date anyone before Barry? Did you at least kiss anyone before Barry? No? I thought so. No wonder you can't kiss properly!"

"OOHHH! So when I last kissed you, you didn't feel anything? NOTHING?"

"Nope! I didn't feel anything at all." Mike shrugged. He expected her to get mad at him and storm off, but what he hadn't expected was her pushing him against the wall and crashing her soft lips over his. But she pulled away too soon.

"What? You call that a kiss?" Mike mocked her.

"Of course it's a kiss… what would you know, you big, stupid dudebr—" Before Kara could finish what she was saying, Mike had turned them around, had her pinned against the wall and was kissing her fervently. Kara moaned against his lips as her hands grabbed his hair tightly. He ran his hands over the small of her back. Mike bit her lower lip enticing another moan. He slipped his tongue inside her mouth, basically paying back for what she did last time. Mike lifted her up against the wall and made her wrap her legs around his waist. Kara pulled away and panted loudly. When she felt Mike's lips kissing and sucking the pulse point on her neck, she moaned even louder.

"WHAT THE F*CK!"

Mike looked up to see Donna standing at the door, her eyes widened in shock. Just as he saw her, he dropped Kara and moved away. He raised his arms up. "I'm innocent!"

Kara, who had fallen down with a loud thump, looked up and groaned. "Damn you, Mike Matthews!" she yelled.

Mike grinned as he saw her, before he knew it he was laughing. He was clutching his stomach and laughing loudly. Donna couldn't help but crack a grin too. Kara looked red as she sat down looking at them with her large puppy dog eyes, her lips swollen from the kiss. She looked like an abandoned puppy and all Mike wanted to do was take her back home.

Mike was about to help Kara up when he got a call. He pulled out his phone and clicked answer, his mood shifting as he seriously asked, "What did you find?"

Kara looked up at Donna, who reached out and helped her up.

Mike covered the phone with his hand and turned to face the girls. "Donna, can you please tell Cat I'm heading home? Got some important work to do."

"Sure, but didn't you guys arrive here together?" Donna asked.

Mike shook his head. "She drives a car and hates bikes. Bye, you two. Give my best regards to Mr. Wayne, Kara." Saying that, Mike turned around and walked away to the parking lot. The girls could hear him say, "No. Maybe some posh neighborhood? I don't know. You were supposed to find her! Oh, stop this bullshit. I'm not paying you for excuses!"

"What's that about?" Kara asked. "He called me Kara. He never calls me Kara unless he's serious or mad!"

"He's just human. He has problems too." Donna turned around to go in. She did find Cat flirting with Bruce. She gave her Mike's message, but Cat was too busy to even care.

"So, Bruce," Donna spoke, her eyes narrowing a little at this man.

All he did was smirk. "Yes, Donna?"

"I'm having an art exhibit tomorrow. Why don't you be a dear and be Kara's date?" Donna looked at Kara and smiled, Kara was shaking her head, but Donna had a plan and didn't want her best friend spoiling that. "Oh, Cat, why don't you come too?"

"Me?" Cat asked in surprise. She wasn't really their friend. Why did Donna want her there?

"Yeah! Mike's gonna be there," Donna replied. "So obviously you will be his date, right?"

Cat looked at Kara and smirked. "Of course, if Mike is going, so am I. Thanks, Donna. I'm guessing I'll be seeing you lot tomorrow."

Things were obviously not the same after Mike left. Kara was bothered by Cat's words. So when Bruce couldn't pull himself away from Cat who was busy telling something funny, Kara announced that she wasn't feel well and wanted to go home. Bruce offered to take her back, but Kara told him to stay and enjoy. Winn decided to stay back and talk to Cat and Bruce, who were letting him share his funny stories too. So when Donna drove Kara back home, she asked her if something was bothering her.

"Cat cornered me earlier. Told me to back off," Kara explained.

"What the f*ck! Why would she do that?" Donna yelled. "I'm so turning the car back and taking care of that bitch!"

"Calm down, Doe. She's just worried about her boyfriend. And that's not what I'm worried about. You follow him on Instagram, right? So you must have seen her."

Donna was quiet for a while. Then she exclaimed, "Ooohhh! That short-haired brunette! Well, you didn't expect him to not have any relationships in the past, did you?"

"No, that's not it. He just seems so mysterious and his past… he doesn't talk about himself much, does he?"

Donna shrugged. "Why would he? He just became friends with us. I saw him interacting with his friend though. By the way, do you follow him?"

"I do! But he doesn't follow me back." Kara pouted.

"Cheer up, he must not know you are following him. Why don't you unfollow him now and follow him back? But see if he's online first."

"How would I even know that?"

Donna rolled her eyes before saying, "Click that notification button on his profile. You will get notified whenever he posts."

Kara quickly pulled her phone out and did that. Just as she pressed that button, a notification popped up. Mike had posted something. She refreshed her newsfeed to see a picture of an older man, who looked a lot like Mike. At least they shared their smirk. Underneath the photo was a caption, 'Miss you, Dad…'

"He has posted a pic of his dad, says he misses him," Kara said.

"Great! Comment under it and let him know you are there if he wants to talk," Donna replied. "This way he will know it's you, and he will also follow you."

"Okay, I'll do th—" Before Kara could finish speaking, she saw a comment pop up under Mike's caption. It was from Mike's best friend Eric and it read, 'Bro, I'm here. Talk to me.' Sighing, Kara told Donna that Mike already has a shoulder to lean on.

Donna glanced at her friend. She knew Kara wanted to be there for Mike, but Mike wasn't Barry. He wasn't the kind of guy who let anyone near him. She had seen his Instagram. She had seen what he had posted. By the looks of it, there were handful of people Mike cared about. But was Kara one of them? That's what Donna had to find out.


A/N: When Kara and Mike kiss, there's always some kinda fireworks! XD I hope they will up their game now.

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