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Chapter 40: Misunderstandings

Playlist for this Chapter: Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince by Taylor Swift, Into You by Ariana Grande

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I gasped when my eyes met with deep blue ones, cold and furious as they seemed to look through me. I scowled and tried to push him away but he wouldn't budge.

"Nicholas, let me go." I said, pushing him away but he just looked at me indifferently.

"Did you not hear me? Let. Me. Go. Nicholas." I hissed at him and he looked taken aback at first but loosened his grip and I put some distance between us.

"Let's go, Sienna." I said turning around.

"Stop." Nico's voice sounded but I ignored him. I heard his heavy footsteps before he caught my arm but I flung it away from him.

"No, you stop following me." I said and he ran his tongue across his teeth.

"Come with me, I'll take you home." He said but I crossed my arms over my chest.

"No." I said and he glared at me.

"Come sit in my car or I'll make you." He said firmly and I straightened up, a bit curious as to how exactly he'd make me sit.

"Why?" I said sarcastically and he scowled and ran a hand across his face.

"I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry for this morning, I should have listened to you." He said and sighed.

"Yeah, I'm glad you realized you were being an asshole." I rolled my eyes.

"And what about Liam?" He retorted back and I scoffed.

"What about Liam, Nicholas? I don't give a damn about him and what he says but what you say affects me, because I do give a damn about you and I'm seriously regretting it right now." I jabbed my finger at his chest and he narrowed his eyes at me.

"Why don't you guys go ahead and talk somewhere else? I'll go home, okay?" Sienna said and I looked at her and then at Nico.

"Just come with me, Dove." He said before adding.

"Please." I gave in at that moment and told Sienna to get home safe, and stormed towards his car.

He took my car keys from me and gave it to one of his men who then left as I sat in the passenger seat and buckled my seat belt, looking out the window as we drove off.

He stopped in front of a hotel I recognized was the one he was staying at.

A man opened my door and got up, Nico following me in. An elevator took us to his floor and we stepped into his room.

This gave me major Deja vu as I remembered how similar the scene felt to when I left him, and something inside me shook, making me falter.

I swallowed the emotions with difficulty and sat down on the couch. Nico took off his blazer and put it aside, sitting across me.

"I'm sorry for this morning, that was childish of me. I should have listened to you and left when you told me to." He started but I gave away no emotion as I stared at the wall behind him.

I sighed after a while. "You have to stop acting out like that Nicholas. I took your side, but you just had to pick a fight with that idiot." I said sternly and he looked down, holding his head in his hands.

"I know, but I can't just let him hit on you like that." He said and I shook my head.

"He wasn't hitting on me." I said and he looked at me with narrowed eyes in a glare.