His Beautiful Addiction

The next time they woke up, it was afternoon; they had slept for an extra 5 hours, but even then they didn't want to leave each other's arms. Sluggishly standing up from the bed, they showered together, and changed their clothes, then went down for lunch. Tiana skimmed through her phone as they ate, or more exactly as Nicklaus fed her because she was busy on the phone.

Suddenly she stopped eating as her eyes stared transfixed at her phone.

Nicklaus frowned and took a peek at what she was looking at, and it was Gwen on the screen of her phone. He wanted nothing to spoil her joyful mood, but before he could do anything, her countenance had already changed.

Tiana stared at the video of her sister on an interview, it was a live interview and she contemplated on whether or not she should watch it, after much contemplation, she finally clicked on it.

She had not changed so much since the last time she saw her. She still had that beautiful smile on her face. The only difference in her look was that she had dyed her hair white.

''… how is your sister? It's great to know she's awake and healthy. When is she gracing our screens again? ''

Gwen smiled; ''She's fine, recovering quickly. For now, she's going to be taking the much rest she needs, Nicklaus doesn't want her to stress so much, so I don't know when she would be back, but it won't be too long. ''

Gwen smiled as she replied accurately, as though she had just gotten off the phone with Tiana.

Tiana stared at the person in the video, and for a second she could not recognize her. Even though she realized Gwen had betrayed her, she had wished deep down in her heart that it was all a lie, or even if it was true, she wished she would come to see her at least and ask her to forgive her. She just needed her to be sorry, and she would have forgiven her without batting an eyelid.

But she was wrong. Gwen never came. She didn't even call once to know if she was going to pick. She didn't care, not even in the least, but she had the guts to talk about her in interviews.

Tiana didn't know how hard she was squeezing the phone in her hand until she felt Nicklaus' hand on hers, and she blinked.

''It's okay, don't let her get to you. '' Nicklaus said, taking the phone from her hand and putting it away. ''Let's eat before the meal gets cold,'' he said and resumed feeding her;

Tiana had already lost appetite, but seeing the worry on his face she let him feed her, she didn't want him to worry about her.

She had been pushing the thought away for the longest time, but she knew she had to talk with Gwen in the end. She needed to look her in the eyes and listen to her, tell her to her face what wrong she did to her that made her want to ruin her life. What made her want to sleep with her husband, what made her want her dead?…

The pain was too much, so Tiana breathed in to ease the pain off. She looked at Nicklaus and smiled.

At least he was by her side, this man who was perfect was by her side, and even if it was quite early, she didn't want to be apart from him. She didn't know why she was thinking this, but the more she stared at him, the more she realized she was falling in love with him.

She had not remembered their memories, but she was falling in love with him all over again.

…

''Hey, my baby, how are you? ''

Tiana smiled; ''I'm good. How are you? '' Claire called immediately after lunch, and she left Nicklaus' side briefly to answer the call.

''I'm fine, but Zayn is not. He had a fever in the night, and it didn't get better in the morning, so we had to rush him to the hospital, but we're back now. ''

''Oh my, hope it wasn't anything major? '' Tiana asked, worry in her eyes.

''No, it wasn't. He is sleeping now. So how are you, when are you coming back to work? ''

Claire asked and Tiana sighed;

''I don't know yet. Nicklaus isn't saying anything about that. I'm sure he wants me to get well fully before returning to anything stressful. ''

''Yes, I also think it's for the best. We don't want you falling sick when you return; '' Claire paused. Gwen had done an interview on her, and pretending to be a caring sister, who had been by Tiana's side till she woke up, everyone was praising her on the internet, and she figured Tiana might have seen it, so she had called to know how she was.

''Did you see the interview? ''

Tiana smiled; ''yeah I did.'' When she saw Claire's call, she had suspected she was worried about her. That was why she called.

''Are you okay? '' Claire asked, worry in her voice.

''Yeah, I am. I didn't expect this from her, because she is my sister, but it's fine. At least I'm alive and well. ''

Claire sighed; ''I was worried about you so I called; hope you are fine? Should I come over and stay with you? ''

Tiana laughed; ''No, don't worry about that, Nicklaus is here with me, he won't even let me out of his sight, so I don't even have the time to be sad. ''

''Mm, interesting, so that means… ''

''Shut up, it means nothing. ''    Tiana knew what she was about to say with that dirty mouth of hers.

Claire laughed; ''Alright, I'll leave you to enjoy yourself. Take care of yourself. ''

''Alright, you too.''

Tiana ended the call and walked back into the house.

She smiled when she saw Nicklaus sitting in the parlor, walking to him. She lay on his chest as they watched a movie.

Tiana smiled.

She liked this feeling; happiness. She didn't want it to end, not for anything in the world.