𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ✔️

♡ Chapter 28 ♡

July 28th.

"Can you stop moving?"

"No. It feels like you're going to poke my eye out."

"I'm going to poke your eye out if you keep moving. So stay freaking still."

I sit crisscross on the bed, across from Nic. I had a very fun idea this morning to do his makeup, and even though it took a while to convince him, he finally agreed. 

I swipe the eyeliner against his eye gently. I make sure to add a wing, to make him look even more fabulous. I add some blush, some contour, and add some fake eyelashes. 

For my entire life, I've loved all things 'girly.' I love dresses, I love make up, I love clothes. People see this, in my high heels and lip gloss, and assume that I'm ditsy and don't know anything. And then I sit their throat and leave them to bleed out. 

I've never killed a woman before. Only men. 

"Okay, done!" I say while putting the lipgloss down. "Look in the mirror."

Nic stands up off of the bed, and goes to look at himself in the mirror. 

"God fucking damn. I'd be hot as fuck as Nicole," he says while looking at himself. "No wonder I was made a man. If I were a woman, I'd be game over for everybody else."

I roll my eyes as he walks back over to me. He sits back down in front of me, and tells me, "Okay, now take it off."

I grab a make up wipe, but right as I do, my phone rings against the bed. I tilt the screen up toward me to see the name, and swipe when I see that it's Hades. 

"Hey," I speak into the phone. "I'm going to assume that you've heard the news about Hans?"

"I have," he replies. "Good work. Now, after my party on the 31st, you two are free to return back to Italy."

I gulp just at the mention of it. It's only three days away. 

"So, I'm calling to give you guys information on the party. It's going to be in Las Vegas, at the casino that I'm opening there," he tells us. "I think this will be the last time we speak until then. So, congratulations on not failing this mission, Mr and Mrs Jones."

I remain silent, the thought of the 31st hanging too heavy in my mind to reply. It's been eating at me. Haunting me. Sometimes, at night, I can't even sleep just thinking about it. 

"Send me a picture of you two, right now," Hades tells me. "You two still need to keep up the married act until you land in Italy. Don't want anybody getting suspicious when suddenly you two are no longer wearing your rings. Send me a photo, so that I can have one for the 31st. You two will be very generous donators, and that's why you're there."

This makes my head snap up with a smirk and look at Nic sitting with a full face of make up on. Nic starts shaking his head, "No-"

"You got it, Hades!" I cut Nic off and end the call.

I open the camera and Nic stands up quickly, "No. No way."

"Come on, Nicole!" I say teasingly while standing up, too.

I laugh as I try to get a picture of the two of us, but Nic keeps moving too quickly for me to be able to. And then, since he's a freaking giant, he's able to snatch the phone out of my hand and hold it up so I can't reach. 

"Hey!" I jump up and try and reach it, but can't.

With his free arm, he points at himself, "Take this shit off, and I'll take 100 photos with you."