The Truth or Dare (Niall Horan Fanfic)

Part 39

Ivy POV

“Listen,” the lady in front of me spoke while rubbing her temples, “I need to talk to you Alex – alone.”

“What? No.” Niall stepped in front of me, “she’s not staying in here – alone – with you.”

He was being protective – I wouldn’t blame him though, because this newspaper company was full of deadly secrets.

“It’s not like I’m going to kill her or anything.” Mrs Dasia raised her voice. “She saved my daughter.”

I breathed out a sigh before turning to face Niall, “Go outside and wait for me.”

“No. I’m not leaving you here.” He whispered, tangling our hands in the process. “If you’re staying then I’m staying here, with you.”

“Niall, listen to me, I’ll be fine.” I took one of my hands away – to caress his cheek, “I’ll be out in 5 minutes.”

He placed both of his hands on my cheeks and sighed, “Alright, but 5 minutes or else I’m coming in.”

I smiled and shook my head, “5 minutes.”

And with that, Niall exited the room.

Once he was gone completely, I turned around to face Mrs Dasia.

“What did you want to talk about?”

“Alex,” she breathed, “Trust me when I say this – I really want to thank you – you, for saving my daughter, but I – I – ”

“You what?” I said rather calmly.

“I can’t remove the article permanently.”

“What? Why?” I rushed.

No.

Why not?

I wrote the article – I could surely take it back, right?

“It’s not my place to erase the article!”

“Then whose is it!?” I was raging – panicking, “I can’t let this happen. Please – please, I saved your daughter and I almost got raped! Can’t you do something? Can you please help me? Please?”

I knew that my begging made me sound desperate – but I didn’t care at that moment.

She ran a hand through her hair, “there is one thing you could do.”

“What?” I asked almost – immediately.

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“Hey what took you so long?” Niall come rushing towards me – once I stepped out of the building.

“I – um – I – we – had to stop all – the – the printers from printing the article.” I lied.

“Oh, did you end up getting the article back?”

“Yeah,” My voice came out strained – as I handed him the papers.

He smiled widely at me before engulfing into a warm hug. “Thank you Alex – so much.”

I sighed and hugged him back.

He pulled away and smiled, “Let’s go back to the hotel room – before we - both – get mobbed.”

I forced a smile and followed him to the car which was parked 2 minutes away.

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The car ride back to his hotel – apartment, was quiet – neither of us spoke, that is – until Niall broke the silence. “You know how you’re always saying that I saved your life?”