Chapter 196 - How can he love without holding back?

The three of them turned to look at Nicklaus, who had his eyes fixed on Tiana like they were not there. He smiled at her sweetly but when his eyes looked at the hand on his woman, it turned deathly.

Without a single word; he held Richard's hand and twisted it so much that he screamed in pain, letting go of Tiana instantly. Diana's lips opened in shock;

''Next time, I won't have to remind you not to touch my woman.''

Nicklaus spoke, still not looking at Richard. Ignoring his screams; he held Tiana's hand and led her into the house.

Diana watched him take her upstairs like an egg and she was beyond shocked; okay, she knew he liked Tiana, but she didn't know it was to this extent.

After some seconds, the elders in the house came running out;

''what happened? '' Michelle asked with a deathly look on her face when she saw her son writhing in pain; her eyes turned to Diana pointedly;

''What happened? '' she asked again, looking angry;

Michelle had come out with her mom, Elizabeth and they were staring at her as though she was the cause of Richard's predicament. She chuckled lightly;

''Richard grabbed Tiana's hand, and Nicklaus had to take his hand off,'' Diana replied in the most sarcastic manner, making Richard glare deathly at her. She held in her grin;

Michelle turned to look at Richard; '' did you hit her? ''

''Mom, I didn't, I just held her hand to talk to her, and he almost wrung off my hand like a wild beast!''

Richard writhed in pain. Michelle was very protective of her son ever since childhood and even up to this point, so without even asking another question, she flared up;

''How dare he? How dare he hurt you, is he a mob? ''

Michelle screamed angrily, turning around to charge into the house, ready to go and cause a fight.

''Auntie, I wouldn't advise you to do that; your son has a woman waiting in his room but goes to grab another man's, and you want to go fight for him?''

Diana's words made Michelle stop in her tracks and she turned to her with a deathly glare;

''How dare you speak to me like that? '' Michelle scolded, turning to face her;

''Hold on auntie before you say another word, grandpa just died, so I think we need a moment of silence, that said, I'm just going to go back to my room, you guys can continue with whatever you are doing, mom, I'll be upstairs. ''

Diana rapped in a single sentence and walked upstairs.

Michelle watched her walk past her and an angry sigh left her lips. At that moment, she didn't know who she was mad at anymore, Nicklaus for trying to hurt her son or Diana, who just spoke to her like she was a five year old.

Elizabeth wanted to laugh, but she made sure to hold in her laughter else she would be the next to receive Michelle's venom.

''Michelle, do not mind them, they are just kids, Richard, does it hurt that much? ''

She turned to Richard, looking concerned but all she met was an angry glare;

''Right, so I'll be going in now, take care of your hand. '' not wanting to put herself in more trouble, she smiled and turned back to the house.

…

Tiana watched Nicklaus clean her hand like it was a porcelain vase; there was no reason to, but she did not stop him;

''You know, he didn't kiss me or anything, he just held my hand… ''

''he f.u.c.kin' touched you… '' Nicklaus seethed, his eyes becoming dark; Tiana gulped;

Earlier, she had not expected him to flip that way, it seemed she was underestimating the lengths he could go to protect her.

She didn't interrupt him anymore, only watching him clean her hand over and over again, as though wanting to wipe every print of Richard's fingers from her skin. She knew the more reason he was angry was that Richard had made little advances at her in the past, so she let him vent.

''Its all clean now, see, '' Tiana said, and Nicklaus examined her for a moment, lifting her hand to his lips, he kissed on the spot severally.

Tiana couldn't help but smile. He just finished wiping out every trace of Richard and replacing it with his kisses. This man, how could he love with everything in him, without holding back? It was not healthy. But who was she to scold him; she loved him with everything in her too.

''Hubby, I have something to show you. ''

Tiana said all of a sudden, pulling Nicklaus's thought from her hand; she stood up from the couch and took her phone from the vanity where she had left it in the morning;

Going to her video folder, she searched through it, ''Right… '' she tapped on it, and gave the phone to Nicklaus,

''What is it?'' He said, tapping on the video; Tiana watched his expression change from shock, to surprise to bewilderment;

''How did you tape it? '' Nicklaus asked, lifting his eyes to her;

"Grandma sent me to get wine from upstairs on grandpa's birthday, and I was in the room when they came in. ''

Nicklaus didn't know what to think; he could not believe what he had just seen.

He had lived with Elizabeth and Charles for years and he had not had a reason to suspect that he was having an affair with another woman, and with her brother's wife, wasn't it heartless?

Nicklaus shut his eyes briefly; how much more shit was he about to get involved in?

''Why didn't you tell me? ''

He asked after some time, looking worried;

''Um, at that time, I wasn't sure of us, and I forgot about it later, it was today when I saw Michelle that I remembered;

''I'm sorry, I know she's your auntie, I should have told you. ''

''It's okay, we'll just duplicate this, and take it out of your phone, I don't want you getting in trouble.''

Tiana nodded; ''okay. '' she waited a moment;

''what are you going to do? ''

Nicklaus sighed; ''I don't know. ''