My husband

HIM.

   
          Dedicated to marajfreshtly

Nicholas

        Nicholas hit the gas the second the door hit the lock, stupid girl he thought, why the fuck was she staring at him like some love sick bozo. He tugged at the collar of his shirt, suddenly feeling hot, he glared at the air condition's control and cranked it up, tugging the first two buttons of his shirt off, he forced his self to relax.

      Rachael was nothing but another woman trying to get an image with him, look good in his arms he thought. A nagging voice laughed in his head, was that actually true?, it asked "was that really what she was doing?" Yes!, then why was she so uncomfortable with the press being there?", she could have been pretending he snapped in his head, she could be good at acting he persisted "why had she talked back at him instead of kissing up to him?", she couldn't help being the spoilt brat she was Nicholas replied shaking his head and effectively silencing the unwanted conversation.

      He hadn't had the intention of leaving her, he had wanted her to get a packed meal at " The place", but seeing her looking at him like that had hit him hard

     "What look Nicholas?" And the voice was back

     "That look!"

     "What's wrong with the look?"

     "She had stars in her eyes"
   
     "Isn't that a good thing?, she adores you "

    Nicholas heard himself growl

    "They all act like they do"

    "It seemed genuine"

    "Shut up"

    "You like the way she said your name"

     Nicholas paused.

     He didn't have a response

     He hadn't just liked the way she said his name, he had loved it. She had said his name twice,

     Twice.

   It was all it took to make him want to be soft with her, be soft with everyone, to forget everything and be nice,

  He didn't know why but the mere thought made him more furious. He felt his ear getting hot.

   His grip tightened on the steering.

   His father claimed he knew he'd only get responsible and committed if he got married but that was bullshit and he was sure even his father knew his claim didn't hold any ground whatsoever. As it was, Nicholas had worked his butt off day and night and was partly responsible for getting Baywaters where it was today, The top shipping company in the world.

    He knew his father would never let him get married to some brainless model and so when Mr stone had mentioned his daughter, Nicholas had all but jumped at the opportunity.

      He had seen her twice before. Once in the papers when she graduated and then at her mother's funeral two years ago. Rachael had been awfully devastated to notice he was present. Not that he had made his presence obvious tho, He has gone to the funeral with his ex, Vivian who had been working at Elizabeth Stone's bridal gown and cakes shop as the publicizer. He had given Edward stone a firm handshake while expressing his condolences. He had gotten there 4:15 and left 4:30. Which he later realized were fifteen full minutes of company time wasted.

     Vivian, the name sent bile up his throat. He had been a fool, he had been blinded by love. He hadn't seen what she had been doing then but when the truth eventually came out, the damage had already been done. To his heart and most painfully his own company. He had dealt in construction having studied Business architecture. Started with Arc architectural constructions PLC once he was out of college.

    It hadn't needed a lecture from him father to realize he was being played when he saw his designs going up on Greece and Dubai. But his father had added salt to injury because it was he who opened his eyes to what had really been happening.

    Now that he thought about it, he could almost place the reason why his father was hell bent on getting him married before handing Baywaters over to him. After all he had been there when Nichols's company had run smack into the ground and had been there to watch Nicholas struggling after what Vivian had done. It had taken a while for him to recover after which he refuse any form of assistance from his father getting Arc up again.

     Driving up to the estate gate, he waited impatiently for the gates to slide open then drove up the drive way heading for the garage. Once he parked, he took the connecting door into the den. He knew his father would have seen his little stunt with the press earlier on tv and he knew he would be waiting for him so instead of taking the stairs to his rooms, Nicholas went around it and continued on the ground floor to where the home offices and library were.

    As he reached for the door knob, he made a mental note to call Rachael and fix another date. As it were he would be beyond surprised if she still wanted to go out with him, at that he decided that he'd be having another long talk with her father.

    Edward was looking to sit back and just get incomes from his company, R group of hotels and was more than willing for the merger which would be beneficial for both Edward and Baywaters, Edward getting what he wanted and Baywaters having a fixed hotel it's customers could use around the works on their travels.

    He didn't know why but he had a feeling his father would have no objections whatsoever as to having Rachael stone as his daughter in-law.