Nina's POVMy heart skipping contradicted what I had just said, but I couldn't help it. I fiddled with my hands wondering if there was a way he was going to know, especially with how his eyes kept peering into mine. I swallowed, not thinking of anything else aside from the fact that I was here to eat, but I wondered if it was going to be just that with the massive drape of lust that lingered over us threatening to puncture at any moment soon. “ I am sorry I made you lose all the love you had for me” I nodded. Not saying anything else than I should have to him. “ It is fine” I waved him off, a sneer escaping my lips. “ Are you going to stand there or cook?” My stomach growled, directing his gaze back to the table where he had placed all the items he was supposed to use. He nodded at me before directing his hands back into the sink, trying to rinse them when I dipped the broccoli in, and our eyes met. I stumbled back, almost dropping my ass on the floor when he held my wrist pulli
Ryan's POV “ Have a good night's sleep. I will be back tomorrow morning” I planted kisses on her forehead, watching as she glided back into the house. The smile on her face widened with each step she took and only when she was in the house was I able to take in a breath, while thinking of what to do. Nina hadn't said anything about the poisoning or what she was going to do, instead had just indulged at the moment like there was nothing going on. As though her life weren't on the verge of breaking down. Stepping on the pedal, I raced down the road, swerving off course to vault. I had given them a task, and that was to get whatever they could on the poison. It was almost impossible to find where Brian had kept the antidote, that bastard had kept it pretty well, and I couldn't help but compliment his skills also. “ Yes…” I pushed the door open, my gaze softened at how fast they were all working. I was thinking of giving them holidays soon, maybe after all the dusk had settled and e
Ryan's POVI pushed past the door, panting while I tried to find Nina. “She had slumped, and the doctor said her condition is critical” Those were the words Richard had spoken to me, and I couldn't think as I drove right here like my life depended on it. I didn't want to think about the fact that we were together not too long ago. That we were so good together and everything seemed to be going on well until this. I pushed the door open, meeting a solemn atmosphere. Everyone's eyes fixated on me, including her mother who had gotten better and was grasping Nina's hands. “ I can't let anything happen to her. I can't” she repeated countless times while my eyes went to her. I had barely talked to her, barely knew her again, barely had a chance to get to know what she wanted once more and I didn't want to let her go. We had kids to teach, they were still fragile and small, and they didn't even tell me. “ What did he say?” I questioned Richard, who stood, his hands gripped Reina's sh
Nina’s POV I tried to force myself up, shutting away the excruciating pain that coursed through my very bones. Grunting gently, I flipped my eyes open, a grunt slipping out when I noticed a hand gripping mine. My hands weaved through the hair, one that felt silky in my palm and I knew who it was, but why exactly was he here? I could recall that I had been with him, and then I had slumped. “ Fuck!” I exhaled out, sitting upright. Reina was lying on one of the beds in my room with Richard beside her. My mother sat on the couch barely able to sleep and Ryan, he was seated on the floor, his hands gripping mine firmly like he was trying to beg me not to leave. His eyes flew open while I tried to make a move, barely recognizable. “ Nina…?” He called out gently. My eyes stared at his for a while as I gave him gentle glimpses. “You look like you have seen a ghost, is something wrong?” I asked when I saw the people in the room. I couldn't help but wonder why, I knew that I had slumpe
Nina’s POV “ His nerves” I blurted out because there was nothing else that I could place my hands on right now. This was making me so pissed. All I wanted to do was wrap my hands around his neck and cut his life short. “ There is no way he expects me to do something like that. Hell no! I am not!” I snapped, waiting for what they were to say when Ryan stepped in. “ You will” that was the only thing he said in the tiniest voice he conjured.“ I don't get it, what are you even saying? I am not going over to the press to do whatever he thinks is right” “ You will,” he insisted, pissing me off even harder than before. What exactly was he saying? Didn't he say that he wanted me to be in his life? So what exactly was he doing right now? Pushing me away? Was he trying to crush whatever feelings I had conjured up for him? Right now? Because it seemed to be the only thing he was doing. “ There is something you don't know, that is I acted as the solicitor between your mother and Brian, w
Nina’s POVWarmth slithered through my veins, while my eyes went to Ryan, whose face was blank, but his eyes were flawlessly shining. He seemed to be waiting for me to come to a decision, and maybe he was going to tag along with it when I did. I stifled. My hands clenched into a fist while I stared so hard at him that I couldn't say anything. “ Mother” her hands clasped mine, closing around it. It was subtle to believe that this was happening, barely a week after I was so sure that if she had a chance, she was going to slit his throat for hurting me and now this. I couldn't help but wonder how fast the tide had changed, and she was going alongside it. Squeezing my eyes, I drew in a sharp intake of breath, trying to settle my thoughts in when my eyes met with Reina, who was still, not moving an inch. Her words drifted into me. The one where she had told me that she wasn't going to interfere with us. Me and Ryan. “ I will go with him” I saw him from the corner of my eyes, throwin
Ryan's POV If I hadn't fallen in love enough with her, I did at that very moment, when I held the phone, leaning it straight while I tried to take a picture with them all inside. Nina’s face held a smile that stretched to the edge of her lips, her eyes sparkled as she stared at me. I found myself inching never to watch that smile fade. “ We should all take one together” her mother uttered, stunning me. I obliged, holding the phone just enough to take a selfie and when I captured that moment, I sealed it in my heart, promising never to have anything dent the life that I had now, or I was going to. “We can drop you off at the hangar if you don't mind” I summoned up the mildest tone I could find to talk to her mother I had always been tough and rough, but she was willing to accept me, so I thought that I would do the same. “ Don't.” She dissuaded me. “ Your house is different from where I am headed, and…” her eyes slanted at me. “ You don't get the right to hurt my daughter agai
Ryan's POV I swirled around, digging in a step while I tasted the dish I had made. “ It is perfect” Gladys assured me while I stood wondering if indeed I wasn't doing too much, but there was nothing like doing too much when it involved family. My family. An evil grin accompanied my face. “ Are you sure?” She gave me a thumbs up, smirking even. “ Is there something on my face?” She was suddenly acting stunned. “ No, I am just glad that you are back with her. I know that you wouldn't hurt her” I was sure that I wouldn't. I was a hundred percent sure because why would I fumble this again?I held the tray, counting my steps while I walked up the stairs, so gently that I didn't want anything to spill. “ What the hell!” I cursed, my heart almost flying over my head when I saw who it was. What exactly was Julian doing up this early morning?I held the tray tighter before asking. “ Is there something you want?” His eyes roamed over my clothes.“ Aren't you doing much? Hmph” he snicke