Brooklyn gaped at him with horror. Did he just threaten to end his life if she left him? “You’re misunderstanding me as always. Why would I want to have an affair with someone else when I'm so madly in love with you?” Asked Nikolas as if it pained him to even talk about it. Brooklyn stared at him, not what to say.
“But..” she started looking more puzzled than ever before.
“Shh, not a word more. I’ll explain myself to you for the last time. Listen once and for all and then decide what you want to do,” said Nikolas, his face solemn and his eyes wide and probing as they stared back at her with sincerity.
“Hailey isn’t my girlfriend as you have concluded, Brooklyn. She’s five years older than Bruce and two years older than me. We both have always looked up to her as our older sister. I’ve known Bruce’s fa