NICHOLAS' POV
I handed out the phone to Ava and gestured her to leave the room which she immediately complied to.
"Who is Laura?" Diana asked curiously but I didn't want to tell her the truth for now because I didn't want anything to come between us now that we are just making up.
"Uhmm...it's one of my staff, you shouldn't bother yourself about it." I replied and to end the conversation, I quickly pulled her attention to a picture of her which I had drawn before.
"How do you like this?" I asked and even though it seemed like she had a question to ask, her attention was quickly drawn to the picture as she never expected me to have seen her in that dress or environment before.
Her face suddenly turned very sad as she traced her hand on the picture. "Did you follow me out of the palace that day?" She asked, not taking her eyes off the picture.
"I just happened to be out of the palace and I came across you." I replied sincerel
DIANA'S POV I paced about the room in anger as I thought about how I was left when they both discussed the matter. "Whoever Laura is, she must be quite special for her to have called Nicholas' personal number." I mumbled, still pacing about when Nicholas came in but I quickly stopped walking about and hurriedly lay down on my bed, pretending to be asleep. He felt him climbing up on the bed and after a few seconds of silence, I believed he must be sleeping so I opened my eyes only to see him staring lustfully at me. "W-when did...you get here?" I asked, feigning ignorance. "You know, I was just right behind you. Were you so tired that you couldn't take off your slippers?" He asked with a mischievous smile on his face and I was caught red handed. I took my eyes off him and quickly climbed down the bed to drop my slippers then I realized I was still in a long gown and I also have some paint stain on my face w
DIANA'S POV.Last night was the best night in my sexual life because for the first time, we made love and not just an affectionless sex.I laid tirelessly on the bed with only the blanket covering my nudity and when I looked towards Nicholas, he was out of bed.I sat up on the bed with a strong headache and dizzy eyes as I navigated the room in search of him but he was nowhere in the room.I assumed he might be in the bathroom until the door popped open and he entered with a tray of food and drugs in his hands."Uhmm... breakfast in bed hun? You're trying to be romantic now." I mocked as he dropped the food on the small table beside the bed."Aside from being romantic, you're feeling dizzy and I can't let you remain hungry for long since you also have some drugs to take." He said, putting on a straight face.How did he even know I am dizzy when he was already out of the room before I woke up?
NICHOLAS' POVI didn't plan things to turn out this way but at this point, I knew she definitely had to know the truth but this crowd can make things worse and I wouldn't appreciate it."I will tell you what is going on and what Kevin meant but that would be in private." I said to Diana before turning to look at the rest of them in our room, including Laura who was just coming in."You all will excuse us. That's an order." I ordered with all seriousness and they had no other choice than to leave."I'm all ears." She ordered and I stopped to stare at her."Do you find it hard to just let things pass you by?" I asked, trying to contain my anger."Yes! And I believe you should know me well by now. So just go ahead and tell me what you are hiding. I'm tired of this kind of relationship. Just when I think one thing is going right for us, you bring up another secret that will threaten to bring us apart. When is this e
DIANA'S POVNicholas didn't return to the room until later the next day while I was in the bathroom and just when I entered the room, he quickly picked a few clothes from his wardrobe and headed towards the door, pretending not to see me."What is wrong with you?" I lashed out, forcing him to stop."Oh, Hi! I didn't see you coming." He lied and I just shook my head in disbelief."You didn't come back to the room last night and all you can say is high?" I wondered, staring angrily at him."Uhm...I was thinking you...""You just walked out on me when we were talking and the next conversation we have is 'Hi! I didn't see you coming?'" I asked angrily."I felt you'd be angry with what...""You just jump to conclusions without even waiting to hear my opinion? You're such a weirdo." I lashed at him before going to my wardrobe and changing into casual wear.Once I changed into a black jeans trouser
NICHOLAS' POVI became very uncomfortable with Diana's question because they were all lies but Diana won't stop until she gets to the bottom of this and now Kevin has caught up with her. She is such a pain in the neck!"So tell me Nic, who is this Renata that I am so in love with?" Kevin asked angrily."Uhmm... Kevin, I can explain." I stuttered."Yeah, that's what we still want from you." Ava added.I was expecting Diana to say something at least since she was the one that started this conversation but I didn't hear anything from her and when I looked her way, she was engrossed in her phone.She stated this trouble for me and now she's busy with her phone?"Diana!" I called out jolting her from her thoughts."What?" She asked, looking around suspiciously. "Oh! Okay, tell them what you told me." She urged."Look guys, I only told her that because while she was still using Renata's face
NICHOLAS' POVDiana quickly hid her phone behind her back as soon as she saw me."Y-you're already here?" She stuttered and I could already tell she was hiding something from me."Are you alright?" I asked curiously hoping she would tell me the truth."Uhmm...of course I am, why are you asking?" She asked in stutters."Then why aren't you answering your call?" I asked again and just then the call ended."Oh...it has ended." She heaved a sigh of relief."Who was that anyway?" I pressured further."Are you now monitoring my calls?" She asked out of the blue and I knew she was purposely trying to provoke me so I could stop questioning her. For whatever reason she is hiding her calls from is best known to her so I ignored it as she wanted.She didn't move an inch even after I walked past her to the bathroom and as soon as I went into the bathroom, her phone started ringing again but quickly ende
DIANA'S POVAs he walked towards me, my heart skipped some beats as I thought he might have been listening to my conversation but then it occured to me that I had not said anything important and then I relaxed my muscles when he suddenly pulled into a warm hug.What's the occasion? For some reasons I can't tell, this hug feels so creepy.I had to quickly disconnect my call and also drop my phone on the bed before reciprocating his hug.After a while, he released me from the hug and looked straight into my eyes, his eyes filled with worry."How are you doing? Hope you aren't being troubled?" He asked worriedly.Why has he been so emotional all of a sudden? Something must be off."I'm fine Nicholas, what's going on? Is everything alright? Did something bad happen?" I asked curiously as I couldn't think of any better reason for this unexpected and emotion filled hug."I'm glad to hear that
NICHOLAS' POVI looked around the room to hear where the voice was coming from before I spotted her phone on the bed. I picked it up quickly and then I realized she was on a call before I came in. She quickly filled the phone from my hand and I held her arms firmly."You already contacted him?" I asked angrily but she just stared at me innocently.I collected the phone from her before she could end the call."You heard it right Aiden. Your father has been poisoned by me and I'm not remorseful about it. He..." I was still talking when Diana interrupted."Nicholas! That's...""Diana, you will shut up and I will talk!" I shut her up before looking back at the phone to communicate with him."Look Aiden, he only received a dose of his own medicine. He killed your uncle who was Diana's father with a poison but The late King preferred to die quickly and ended up dying of a dagger. This was totally out of your fa