Sweet Revenge

LXVII

After the wonderful afternoon on the yacht Nicolai and I decided to spend some time together alone visiting Rome and I think it was one of the most romantic things so far walking through the streets of Rome hand in hand doing simple things like eating ice cream, listening to wayfarers playing and asking passers-by to take us a picture, some beautiful, others perhaps a little less but these are details.

Currently we were back at the hotel because we had to get ready for dinner and I intended to be beautiful for Nicolai tonight, just for him.

"Amore(Love), when you're done you can find me in the living room"
He told me from outside the door and the fact that he was already ready made me a little anxious so I tried to get a move.

After about fifteen minutes I was ready, I looked at myself in the mirror and let out a sigh, feeling and seeing myself beautiful.

Then went to Nicolai because he had to help me zip my dress so we could go to the restaurant but as I was going towards him I heard him talking on the phone to someone and it almost seemed like he didn't want the phone call to be heard.

In my head the first thing was that he might be having second thoughts about us, about me.

I was scared, the fact that he might have realized that I wasn't worth as much as he thought, that he would abandon me like my father once did or the fear that he might choose someone else over me was making me panic.

Placing a hand on my chest I began to take deep breaths until my heartbeat returned to its normal rhythm.

Not finding it respectful to eavesdrop on the conversation he was having I revealed myself to him with a cough making him turn towards me in an instant with a look of almost terror on his face as if he was hiding something...

"I have to go now"
He said before hanging up the phone, getting up and walking towards me but before he could get too close I turned away so he wouldn't see that my eyes were glossy at that point.

"I need you to zip my dress, then we can go"
I said trying not to show the pain in my voice.

"Is everything okay darling?"
Nicolai asked once he was done with the dress making me turn towards him and taking my hand but I took it away from his as if he had just burned me looking away fearing that he could sense all the negative emotions that were creeping into me.

"Yes, let's go"
With that said I started heading towards the door.

Once in the car I didn't say a word for the entire journey, I was too absorbed in my thoughts and honestly I didn't even want to talk to him in that moment since, moreover, he seemed even more nervous than when we left the hotel.

Just Perfect

I thought, rolling my eyes and moving my gaze back towards the window.

"Damiano and Axel aren't coming tonight"
I slowly turned to him with a confused expression.

"What are you talking about? Why wouldn't they come? Something happened?"
"Nothing to worry about...Axel isn't feeling very well"
Nicolai said with an almost guilty look and knowing him I knew perfectly well that he was lying to me, perhaps pissing me off even more than I already was before, so I wanted to test his lie.

"Let's go to them, I want to see how Ax is doing"
As soon as the words left my mouth Nicolai tightened his grip on the steering wheel, clenching his jaw.

"I don't think that's a good idea, it would be better to let him rest."
He said not daring to meet my gaze even for an instant, from then on I didn't speak anymore but inside I was hurt, I couldn't understand why he was behaving in that suspicious way and why he was lying to my face.