His Beautiful Addiction

''Sorry… ''

Tiana apologized as she knocked into someone; she lifted her head from the broad chest to see a pair of bright eyes gazing down at her.

''I'm sorry; I didn't see you just now. ''

She apologized again. After work that day, she returned home with Nicklaus, when they were halfway up the stairs, she realized she had forgotten her phone in the car, so she rushed back to go get it, that was when she knocked into him.

''No, I should be the one apologizing; I was just standing there, and I wasn't looking, so my lady, forgive this horrible mister. ''

Richard apologized jokingly, bowing a little. Tiana caught the pun in his words and she laughed;

''Alright, you're forgiven. ''

''Thank you, Milady; my name is Richard, and you're Tiana. It's nice to meet you. ''

Richard introduced the both of them and Tiana laughed again. She didn't know him well, but he was already fun to be around.

''Yeah, I'm not surprised, everyone already knows me here. ''

She concluded with a cute pout.

''Yeah, and even without that; there's no way such a beauty like you would be around and you wouldn't get noticed. ''

Tiana smiled at him.

It seems her period was coming. Lately, she had been attracting the opposite sex quite a lot, and she heard that a lady nearing her period looked a little more attractive than normal.

''You're funny, Richard, and it's nice to meet you, I was heading out, so see you later. ''

She waved at him and walked around him to the garage to get her phone.

''I wouldn't look at her like that if I were you. ''

A soft voice knocked Richard out of his gaze and he turned towards the direction of the voice, only to see Diana walking towards him with a smirk on her lips and her hands folded in front of her.

Richard brushed his hair with his hand;

''She's fucking pretty. ''

He exhaled a deep breath as he stared as the spot Tiana just disappeared from.

Diana came to stand beside him,

''Mm, why is everyone suddenly after what they cannot have, is there a curse in this house or something? ''

Diana had a remarkably soft voice, so he didn't hear her well; he turned to her with creased brows;

''What did you say? ''

''Nothing, I was just commenting on her beauty. But dear cousin, I'll advise you to look elsewhere, that fish is already taken. ''

Diana said as she moved closer to Richard, smiling sweetly at him.

''Yah! What's with all these couple talks? I didn't say I would chase her, and even if I was going to, it's not as though they are married yet, and for god knows, they might not even be in a real relationship.''

''Mm, interesting, they are both adamant too! ''

''Uh? What did you say? '' Richard asked again and Diana giggled;

''I was just asking if you want to fence, it's been long we fought against each other? ''

Richard frowned, a disbelieving look on his face. After a few seconds, he pulled his gaze away.

''No, maybe some other time ''

He said and sauntered into the house.

''What? You've never turned me down! Don't tell me it's because of your new found crush!''

Diana yelled after him and stifled her giggle when she saw his glare. She watched him walk up the stairs and a desolate expression replaced her smile.

Tiana took the phone from the back seat and closed the door.

Richard had a friendly feel to him but he wasn't as mesmerizing as Nicklaus, although he had good looks and a sweet laugh. She preferred Nicklaus'…

Wait, was she comparing a man to Nicklaus again?!

Tiana mentally face palmed. The last time it was Liam, now it's Richard.

Was it because he was very handsome, she was comparing him with other men?

Yeah, she wouldn't deny the fact that Nicklaus was a little too handsome. There was no way he wouldn't come to her mind when she saw other men.

Tiana thought as she climbed back upstairs;

Nicklaus was about to shower when she came back. When he heard the door screech open, he turned towards it.

''What took you so long? ''

He asked with a worried frown on his brows. He had wanted to go search for her when he did not see her after a few minutes, but he quickly decided against it. After what happened at the office, he didn't want to seem too clingy.

Tiana smiled at him; she didn't want to tell him she was speaking to Richard, who was his Uncle's son when she knew he had a feud with him, so she quickly cooked up a lie.

''Did I? I went to have some water in the kitchen before coming up. '' She explained and closed the door after her;

Nicklaus nodded and pointed to the bathroom;

''I want to shower, will be out soon, okay? '' He said and entered the bathroom.

Tiana nodded as she watched him enter the bathroom and once the door closed, the smile on her face dwindled.

She walked to a couch and slumped on it;

…

Tiana's eyes widened as she stared at the large screen, her hand dipping into the bowl of popcorn Diana made. After dinner that evening, Diana opted to watch a scary movie since they were bored; the elderly ones were against it, but they didn't want to argue with them since they didn't spend much time together, times like this were the only times they had to stay together as a family, so they retired for the night and left them.

Tiana didn't say a word because she was a huge fan of scary movies. Nicklaus didn't want to stay, but when he saw how excited she was, he sat down beside her.

Diana put off the lights so they would feel the creepiness more; that was the fun of it. After making popcorn, they sat together in the parlor; Diana sitting beside Mia, and Richard by the side, while Nicklaus and Tiana had a sofa bed to themselves.