GRACE WALKS INTO THE ART ROOM, seeing that Klaus was painting on the canvas in front of him. Elijah had just informed her about what had happened in the courtyard with Dahlia using Josephine to send a message. She may be the villain but Dahlia sure knew how to get her way. "I heard about Dahlia." Grace says as she rests herself against Klaus's shoulder. Klaus turns head slightly but focuses on what he's doing. "What are you gonna do?" She asks curiously, running her hand down his back. Letting out a sigh, Klaus clenches his jaw a bit.
"I'll think of something." Klaus responds as she wraps her arms around his, resting her chin on his shoulder. Klaus smiles but glances back at her. "You're kind of restricting my arm, love." He points out as he hand his paintbrush in the hand of the arm she was holding.
"Can I not admire you paint?" She questions as she pressed a soft kiss to his cheek. Klaus gazes back at her, deciding to just place down his brush and wrap his arms around her. "Nik.." grace says as she rests herself against him.
"Hm." He hums, his hand running circles along her back.
"I shouldn't have come back." The words left Graces lips and were almost like semi truck to Klaus. He furrows his eyebrows, pulling away from her so he can see her face.
"What do you mean?" Klaus asks her, he didn't know where this was coming from all of a sudden.
"I mean.. ever since I've come back, it's just been one thing after another." Grace points out and Klaus nods his head. He did understand that, there were constant problems they had to solve. "Don't get me wrong, I love being here and I love being with you, cami, everyone.." She admits as she trails off for a moment. "I was missing something when I was in New York and now being here, I realized that something was you." She could see Klaus smile gently but was still listening intently to what she was saying. "But being here, knowing there's danger around the corner at every single minute-- I can't watch the people I love get hurt." Grace finishes, looking at her hands as she couldn't imagine someone close to her getting hurt or worse, being killed by Dahlia.
"I assure you, I won't let that happen." Klaus says as he puts his hands on her cheeks. Grace tilts her head, she knew he would protect her and the people she cared about but sometimes that wasn't even enough.
"Jenna will try and help, but now that's she pregnant, she shouldn't even be here. Not when Dahlia is lingering around." Grace states as she brings her eyes to the ground. Klaus let's out a sigh as he rubs her shoulders.
"I may not like her, but I won't allow Jenna to be harmed. You have my word." Klaus states and Grace nods her head. She knew she should tell him what Hayley was planning, especially since he was always there for her. She couldn't just let Hayley leave and not tell him.
