“Why?” Nina's questions faded each and every emotion from his face. His gaze got deprived of that tenderness with which he had been peering at her till now. Nina could not even understand the storm of emotions evoking inside him in that moment because he was perfectly capable of not letting his emotions to show on his face with his blank numbed gaze but deep inside, her question had shaken something extremely deep inside him as he knew it he would give her his answer then it would definitely make her loathe him which he didn't want in that moment somehow. He didn't want her to hate him but he was aware that hiding the truth from her was not going to be a suitable decision in the long run. She deserved to know the truth and he should tell her about it but something inside him was stopping him from telling her the truth as he knew the truth was going to change every single thing between them. Getting stuck in that dilemma of what he should do, Rican looked at her and found her staring
Nina's gaze widened, finding a restaurant in front of her eyes. She gaped at it with her startled eyes while thinking why were they here instead of his house? But then suddenly it clicked her head.She snapped her head in his direction and found him removing his seatbelt. How wrong she was to think that he would not hear her tummy growling? He noticed every single thing around him. He was too keen headed.Rican was about to open his car's door when he heard her telling him.“I am not going inside like this,” her words finally gained the attention of his gaze on her and he found her giving her a look of disapproval and he knew exactly why. She didn't want to go inside that restaurant in those torn clothes of his, messy hair and completely messed up state.“Do not try to escape again. I will be back in a few minutes,” he told her but Nina clearly caught that warning laced in his tone. If she would try to escape from him again then this time he would surely pull that trigger of his gun o
Nina stopped adjusting her towel and took her hands down when she witnessed his eyes taking a brief but full overview of her body before his gaze stopped at her face. Nina felt her cheeks start turning hot all of a sudden, seeing that deed of his and why didn't he turn around like before this time? She swallowed in order to calm down her burning cheeks from turning more red because she knew her flushed cheeks were impossible to hide, especially when he was standing right in front of her and his eyes were already on her face. Lifting her hand, Nina tried to tug away the wet strands of her ginger hair behind her ear as her long hair were all over her shoulders and face but she noticed his eyes were still staring at her. What had gotten into him? Why was he staring at her like that? Was he checking her out? Nina was about to speak something but before she could do that, she heard him speaking out.“Did you really take a shower or did you just wear this towel to show off?” He questioned
Their eyes collided for a moment before Rican saw her taking her eyes down to look at his palm which she had been holding in her hand. “Come here and sit,” she patted on the place beside her on the bed. His brows arched in confusion but still he followed her words and sat on the bed beside her.Nina looked at his palm and found his fist was slightly clenched which made her sigh. When was the last time this man had felt relaxed from the inside? But little did Nina know that, 7 years ago, he had lost his each and every reason to feel his serenity again. He could never be at peace ever again.Lifting her hand, she slowly unclenched his fist and he just stared down at her until he found her eyes falling on that cut on his palm which he had gotten with that knife while fighting with those two men who tried to harm her.Nina's heart felt a stinging sensation when her gaze landed on his wound. It looked extremely deep and even very big too. If it would have been her in place of him, she mig
“Done being a pervert, Ms. Halzen?” Nina's eyes widened, hearing his words. So he had been aware of her presence here all this time. How foolish of her to think she could keep her eyes on him and he would not even notice it. His senses worked more than that tiny size brain in her head. In fact, his senses worked overtime for him whereas her brain believed in staying on leave even on working days. Nina frowned, witnessing now she had started insulting her own brain because of him but wait…did he just call her a pervert? How dared he? Scowling, she dashed towards him and stood beside him. “Did you just call me a pervert?” She spat, glaring at him who was punching that punching bag more aggressively now. “If your last name is Halzen and you are a Ms. then I guess so,” he answered, without stopping his punches. His answer hardened her scowl whereas the fact that he was not giving his full attention to her, had started irritating her. “Shut up. I am not a pervert,” she retorted back.
“Are you a mafia?” Nina questioned him directly because that question came into her head after she connected a lot of dots. She saw him stop doing his workout and then he looked at her.“Like a mobster or mafia boss which we usually see in fiction?” She asked him, curiously.“And what makes you think like that?” He asked her, showing his genuine interest to know her answer. What had made her think about him like that?“Like ... .you can kill people so easily, you can fight, you have a gun and….”she paused and he saw her taking a thorough overview of his whole body with no hesitancy. Yeah ... .one of the most innocent creatures in existence. After satisfyingly scanning his entire body in front of him, Nina looked at his face.“I am never going to accept it again except for this time that you have such a kind of body and you are even quite intelligent and very sharp headed, so …” she elaborated and he just gave her an amused look. So her head worked beside thinking about arguing with h
“So I am not going to get your attention anymore, mi reina?” Nina heard him saying that to her. She knew he was using her words to lighten up her mood and somehow it successfully tingled her heart. He had started thinking and caring about her so much but it didn't mean she could forget so easily what he had just said to her and how he hurt her in that gym room of his. Rican waited for her reply or any reaction but she gave him none. He witnessed her trying to get up and attempting to leave from there but he grabbed her arm to stop her. “Nina, I….” “No, I don't want to hear anything from you anymore,” she finally opened her mouth and turned around to look at him. He saw her eyes still shedding tears which had turned a bit red now. Her cheeks and the tip of her nose had also reddened. “It's so easy for you to always say such bad things to me,” she spat at him, tearing up more. “You have called me a beggar, a wanton, a girl who can sleep with any man for money and now this….” Nina b
He entered his house and found her sitting on the floor of his hall while leaning her head against a sofa. Her eyes were closed whereas her arms were hugging her knees which made him sigh heavily. Even her sitting posture was telling him how much hurt she was.Rican was about to walk closer to her when he heard his phone ringing. He took out his phone from his pants pocket and saw the doctor who checked her that night, her name, Dr Alison, was flashing on his screen. “Hello,” He picked up her call.“Mr Alfanso? Actually I called you to inform you that Ms. Nina's blood test reports have come,” she informed him. The doctor was supposed to inform him about Nina's blood reports yesterday but she couldn't because of some uncertain reasons which she told him yesterday.“Is everything alright?” He asked her with no hesitancy.“Yes, the test reports are showing that the drug which had been infused in her body has caused some harm to some of her fertility and other hormones because the dosage