Deception - Sequel - Dark Niall

Chapter 4

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Suggested Song: My Woman by Zayn Malik

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-Niall-

I was in the car waiting for a text. I was on a mission. After a year, Nova and I started our jobs again. Out of Daphne's sights. Tonight's mission was just a simple robbery. Well getting back what they took from us. Bit boring to be honest. No shooting or scaring people. And this is exactly why I decided to be the driver tonight. At least driving fast gives me some rush of an adrenaline.

Ding.

I started the car. Three of my men jump in the car and I drove off.
"Done?" I asked while maneuvering the car.
"Done."
As I was driving, a car drove in front of us causing me to hard break. It was the same people we stole from. They also hit us from behind.
"well shit." I mumbled.
"Now what?" one of my men asked.

"Leave it to me." I pressed the gas almost hitting the car in front of us. Once there was enough distance between my car and the one behind, I changed my line in one swift motion. Good thing it was night and the roads were not crowded. My move caused them to crash into each other. I used that distraction to turn right and exit the highway.

I drove my men to the warehouse where they stay in and took the bag to Nova.
"Done." I dropped the bag in front of her.
She grinned inspecting the bag.
"How's she doing?" she referred to Daphne.
"Better." I nodded.
"You really did messed up our plan." She raised her eyebrow.

"Technically she did." I muttered.

"Oh?"
I sighed rubbing my face.
"It's not my fault that I love her." I got defensive.
"You don't love her Niall. You're obsessed with her."
I rolled my eyes. Same old lecture.
"I gotta go."

"So soon? You don't want to smoke?"
"Can't. Gotta buy some chocolates for Hazel."
"She okay?"
"She no longer is a kid, I guess." I was still annoyed about that.
"Oh. She got her period?"
"Yes. No need to mention it." I groaned walking away hearing Nova laugh.
Once I bought the chocolate box I drove back home.

"Hey." I gave Daphne a quick peck on the lips.
"Hey." She smiled closing her book.
"Is Hazel in her room?" Already making my way toward the stairs.
She nodded following me behind. I knocked on her door.
"Come in." she called.
Both me and Daphne walked inside.

"Got you something." I shook the bag in the air.
"That so?" she walked toward me.
"Already gaining an attitude?"
"I just asked a simple question."
Great, she's already moody.
"Fine here you go." I gave her the bag.
Her eyes lit up in an instant. She then hugged me.

"Thank you I was really craving it."
"You're welcome." I kissed top of her head.
We broke apart from the hug.
Silence.
And then...

"Okay I'm still a teenager so get out of my room."

"Oh okay." Daphne said holding my hand and left the room.
"She used to ask me to cuddle her." I grumbled.
Daphne giggled lightly.
"It's not funny."
"Come on. Cuddle with me." She said walking toward our bedroom.
I smiled at her.

I loved her.

I was obsessed with her.

She was my world.

I was scrolling through my phone while Daphne was asleep. My eyelids started getting heavy that I received a phone call. An unknown caller. I walked out of the bedroom and walked toward my office. I connected my phone to the app we use if we don't want anyone to trace our call.

"Hello?" I answered.
The app also shows the number that was trying to reach us.
"Horan."
That's weird, the app was not working.
"Who is this?"
"Someone on your tail."
"And that would be?"
"Smart." He chuckled.
"What do you want?" I asked feeling bored.
"Everything." With that he hung up.

So a threat. It was weird how the app wasn't able to track his number. Either the app was not working, or he was too smart.

Probably the first option.

"NIALL!"
My head snapped toward the direction of Daphne's scream. I ran into our room. She was sitting on the bed panting.

"Hey. Hey." I rushed toward her and cuddled her.
"Just another silly nightmare." I stroked her back while her breathing slowed down.
"This one was different." She said feeling scared.
"How different?"

"I saw something."

"Oh?"
I poured her a glass of water.
"What did you see?" I asked her while she drank the water.
"It wasn't too visible. Like mostly it was dark and blurry. But I saw flames. And then I saw you for one second."
"Just a second?"
"Yeah. Then I heard a gunshot and woke up."
I hugged her again.

Shit.
Yes. Shit.

The next morning I waited for Daphne to get in the car.
"How was your therapy session?" I asked.
"Like usual."
"Did you tell him about your nightmare?"
"No. Today we talked about how much I remember of my past."

"Actually, can you stay in the car for a sec? I need to check something."
"Check what?" She furrowed her eyebrows.
"One of my friends wanted me to check if they have couple's therapy as well. And if yes, what are the prices."
"Okay." She nodded resting her head on the window.

I walked out of the elevator.
"Sir do you have an appointment?" the receptionist asked.
"Actually my wife just had an appointment. Daphne Horan. She left her sunglasses in the room."
"Go ahead." She waved me off.
I entered the room making sure to close the door.

"Niall?" Harry questioned my entry.

I grabbed his collar.
"Woah! Woah!" he tried to swat my hands away.
"What the fuck? She wasn't supposed to see stuff! I made you her therapist so you would give her pills making her forget everything!"
"I'm Trying Dude!" he pushed me back.
"Not hard enough! She had a fucking nightmare and Saw Flames and My Fucking Face!"
"Oh shit."

"I already did the hard part wiping half of her memory. All you had to do was to make sure she wouldn't ever remember them!"

"Fuck you want me to do?! I already give her pills!"
"When she comes here and talks about them, stir the conversation. And What the fuck dude? You fucking asked her about how much she remembers about her past, really?!"
"What else can I do? I need to make sure she stays here for an hour and not to get too suspicious."
I rubbed my face.

"Look," He sighed heavily.
"all I can do is to increase the dose of her pills once she mentions her nightmare next session."
"And it'll help?"
"Most probably."
I nodded. As I walked toward the door, I faced him again.

"There's an unknown caller. He's a threat. You think Kelly can do something? The app couldn't track the number."
"She's on a girls trip for now. Once she's back I'll ask her."
I nodded and walked out.

One Year ago, LA's party.

We were sitting at our table. The tension was high. She knew about my plans with Nova and now she had created a distance between us. I had to pull her closer toward me.

"I need to make some small talks. If someone bothered you ... don't feel shy to kick their ass because I know you can. I'll be your backup." I winked at her and walked away.
She smiled in response but it didn't reach her eyes.

I walked toward the table where Harry was sitting.
"Hello Kelly." I shook her hand and smiled at her.
"Hello Niall." She smiled in response shaking my hand.
I nodded at Harry and he stood up walking toward Daphne.

"So. How's the new application?" Kelly asked.
"It's perfect. No one can track us. And we can track people easily." I responded while my eyes were on Daphne and Harry.

He took a sip of her drink. Daphne said something and folded her arms on her chest.

"I'm also able to listen to her phone calls and read her texts."

Harry whispered the word 'detective' to her as I told him to and walked away. I saw the fear on her face.

"Just how you designed to." I faced Kelly with a smirk.
She smiled back and finished her drink.
"It's done." Harry sat back down.
I stood up.
"It was nice seeing you all." I nodded at them and walked back to our table.

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A/N
Any theories on who was the anonymous phone call?

And hello Mr Styles welcome to our dark twisty world🫠😂