His Beautiful Addiction

''Tiana, do you want to hang out later? '' Leo asked as they went back to their hotel rooms, Tiana remembered what they had discussed a few days ago and she suspected that it was what he wanted to talk to her about. So she nodded;

''Sure, call me when you're done. '' She smiled and he nodded. After taking a shower, she quickly video called Nicklaus;

''Baby! '' She called; supporting her the phone with her pillow;

''What time is it? '' she giggled when she noticed that he still looked sleepy;

''6 am, I'. just waking up. ''

''Uh, so sorry, I hope I didn't wake you up? '' She smiled cutely at him, Nicklaus leaned on one of his arms as he watched her; ''No, you didn't, I've already woken up before you called. When are you coming back? ''

Tiana chuckled; ''Well, I have good news, we aren't staying for one week anymore, from the meeting we had today, I think we can round everything up in three days. ''

''Wow, that's great, I can't wait to kiss those lips again. ''

Tiana blushed; ''Silly! I was home all these while, you should have taken all the kisses you needed for the week.'' She teased, making him laugh;

''Oh don't worry, when you come back. I'll kiss you for all the times I missed kissing you. ''

Tiana smiled; ''Okay, I'll be waiting. So has Douglas done anything yet, anything fishy happening? ''

Her eyes creased as she stared at him worriedly; ''No; '' Nicklaus shook his head; ''I'm being very careful, but I don't think if he wants to harm me, he'll do it openly, I know he's a very calculative man, so I'm being extra cautious as not to fall into any laid trap. ''

Nicklaus explained and Tiana heaved a sigh; ''I wish I was there with you right now; I'm just so worried.'' she stared at him worriedly and Nicklaus smiled;

'' don't trouble yourself too much, I'm doing fine. Now that you're not here, for now, I am a little relieved that they cannot get to you. ''

Tiana sighed; he was not even bothered about himself.

''Alright, just be safe for me okay? ''

Nicklaus nodded, ''I will. ''

''Alright, '' Tiana nodded, and in the next moment, she pulled her light cardigan off her body, making her breasts dangle in his eyes;

''Woahhh! '' Nicklaus exclaimed as he was not expecting her actions at all; the small sleep left in his eyes flew through the window as his eyes widened immediately; he sat up instantly on the bed;

''I want to grace your eyes with this beautiful sight, '' Tiana said seductively, cupping her breasts with both hands, her fingers circling her nipples; ''fuck! '' Nicklaus groaned, feeling a hardness in his pants;

''Damn, beautiful, do you want to kill me? '' Nicklaus cussed, his breath getting raspy;

''Alright, done.'' She squeezed her breast for the last time before wearing back her shirt; ''just wanted to refresh your memories on what your wife's breasts look like. ''

A light chuckle left Nicklaus's lips; '' damn, now I'm seeing it from a phone, it looks so fuckin' beautiful, can you show me the rest? ''

Nicklaus asked expectantly and Tiana laughed, shaking her head; ''you'll see more next time, for now, get up and get ready for work, and be safe for me, love you. ''

''No, don't go, let me take a sneak peek, please, just a second peek; ''

Nicklaus pleaded and Tiana laughed out loud; ''you'll take that sneak peek next time, I'm hanging out with Leo, Claire's best friend this evening. ''

''who? '' Nicklaus had not heard her mention him before, so he was surprised;

''Um, Claire's best friend, Leo. ''

''alone? only the both of you? '' His brows creased with jealousy; Tiana chuckled; ''yeah, the both of us, but don't worry, he's in love with Claire, we talked about him telling her, I think he wants to tell me how it went, will gist you in full when I get back.''

Nicklaus heaved a sigh of relief when she said he liked Claire; '' don't stay out too late, okay? ''

Tiana nodded; ''Alright, will send you a text when I'm back, love you, baby. ''

''Love you too. ''

''Bye, talk later; '' She waved at him before ending the call.

Tiana couldn't take off the smile on her lips. She didn't now being married could be this sweet and wonderful. Well, it was only if you got married to the right person.

She snuggled in bed and had a good nap; sweet cool music playing in the speaker; when she woke up, it was past six, she quickly searched for her phone, only to see three missed calls from Leo.

''Oh my! '' she exclaimed; calling him back immediately.

''Hey, Leo; sorry I was asleep, where are you now? ''

''No worries, I just stepped out now; I���m at the Lulu bar just outside the hotel, ''

''Okay, I'll be down in a minute. '' Tiana said and ended the call.

In about five minutes she was walking into the bar; her eyes scanned the area and when she saw Leo she turned towards him. He was sitting alone and he was looking crestfallen, Tiana didn't need anyone to tell her what the outcome had been.

''Sorry Leo, I slept off and there was a very calm song playing in the background, I couldn't help but sleep more.''

She groaned as she sat beside him. Leo laughed; ''No problem, I just arrived even, do you want a drink?'' Her eyes glanced at the alcohol in front of him and she shook her head;

''I'll just have something non-alcoholic. ''

A waiter came and she told him she wanted a non-alcoholic drink and he showed her a menu of non-alcoholic beverages and Tiana just picked one from the menu.

''So you told her?'' Tiana asked as the waiter left to get her order;

Leo nodded; ''Yeah, told her last night. ''

''Hmm, did it go well? '' she asked; although it was already clear that it didn't. Leo shook his head, gulping down a mouthful of alcohol.

Tiana swallowed hard; if anyone knew exactly what he was going through at that moment, it was her. She had gone through rejection and she wouldn't even wish that for her worst enemy, it was hell.

''I'm so sorry. '' Tiana empathized with him. She knew he must be going through a lot right now;

''Ha-ha, don't apologize, it's not much of a big deal, I'll get over it.'' Leo laughed, trying to hold the pain in; like the man he was.

Tiana knew he was trying to shut that part up, she had tried it before but it only worsened the pain;

''She said she didn't like me in that way and me telling her I liked her, and she rejecting me, made her feel like a bad person. Even though I like her a lot, the last thing I want is for her to be uncomfortable around me because of my feelings for her; so I told her to treat it like it never happened and I would never let her be uncomfortable because of my feelings for her, feelings I'm already killing now. ''

Leo chuckled; Tiana paused as she watched the waiter keep her drink on the table; she waited till he left before turning to Leo again;

''Do you think you can forget her when you both still stick together as best friends, is it even possible?''

Leo chuckled; ''I don't know if it is, but the difference between then and now, is that she doesn't love me. I am free now; no longer wondering what her answer would have been. I'll really try to move on now; I have no reason to wait on her anymore. ''

Leo smiled; ''It's hard to stop having feelings for someone, but I've been pretending I don't for years; I'll just make it a reality. ''

''It's going to be fine really. I hope you find someone that will love you as much. ''

Tiana consoled him, her face watching him with worry; 

Leo frowned at her; ''Hey; I'm not a newborn baby, I'm a grown man, stop looking at me like I'm going to break anytime soon. '' he laughed;

''No, it's just that I've been there before, I know how it feels, loving someone who doesn't love you back.''

''Nicklaus? '' Leo creased his brows;

The last time he checked; Nicklaus was in love with her or was there another person;

''well yeah, him. There was a misunderstanding, and I thought he did not love me. God! it was hell. I couldn't even breathe, I was a shadow of myself. People go through pain differently, people heal faster than others, but I'm very weak at heart, haha, I think that was the reason. But you're very strong! I know you'll get through it. ''

Tiana smiled and he laughed; ''yeah, I will. I think I'm happy. I finally got to tell her how I felt about her if I hadn't I don't think it'll be possible to move on.'' 

Tiana smiled and they talked about other stuff before going back to the hotel. 

...

Larissa sat in front of her vanity, applying her lotion; she took extra care of her face, she didn't like to have any blemish on it. 

Suddenly her phone rang on the table; her brows creased when she saw it was an unknown number. As a celebrity, unknown calls were a norm, so she swiped her screen, ending the call. The person called again and she angrily picked the call; 

''Hello, who is this? '' 

There was a silence on the other side for a second, before the person spoke; ''Larissa... ''