Chapter 272 - Needing his help

Nicklaus's brows creased when he heard her,

''What about him? '' he was surprised she knew about Michael Wills.

''Nick, he was adopted by Catherine as a cover for her son, I don't know what happened between the two of you, but Michael says he doesn't know a thing; he had just been fighting you on Catherine's orders. I think she plans to kill him off when she is done using him because his being alive is a threat to her son's inheritance.''

Nicklaus was quiet for a second; ''you know him? ''

Diana nodded; ''yeah, we are friends; he just told me this recently, ''

Nicklaus thought for a moment; Michael would know details about Catherine, so if he wanted to defeat Catherine, he would need his help.

''Can you call him to come over tomorrow? ''

Nicklaus asked and Diana nodded. ''yeah, he would love to. Will call him now; '' she smiled excitedly taking out her phone, then she remembered Michael asked that she doesn't call him, so she quickly sent a message,

Tiana watched Diana's excitement with a light crease of her brows;

She was a little too excited for someone that was just a friend. Or maybe she was just being too sensitive.

''Catherine tracks his phone, so I can't call, I've sent a message to his other phone, he'll call me when he sees it. ''

Nicklaus nodded; Diana's eyes turned to Tiana and then back to Nicklaus;

''Alright, I'll leave you two alone; '' she said, standing up from the bed, she walked to the door;

''I'll make sure to keep it locked, don't worry. '' she grinned at them, implying that they could do anything they wanted to do. 

Tiana blushed when they were finally left to themselves. She came down from the bed and embraced Nicklaus.

''I was so scared, '' her voice trembled as she spoke. God, she nearly died from the pain, it was unbearable;

''I'm so sorry for coming late and making you cry; '' Nicklaus hugged her back, bringing her to sit on his lap;

Tiana sighed; ''and I warned you not to go out that day, now I'm sure, you would never doubt my instincts anymore. ''

Nicklaus shook his head; ''Definitely, I've learned my lessons. '' He chuckled and kissed her lips;

''I won't be coming back home; '' Nicklaus said as he let go of her; her brows creased with worry;

''what? why?'' she asked with sadness in her eyes;

Nicklaus held her hand and squeezed it; '' I'm sorry, but I don't want anything to go wrong, in case there is any spy among the workers, I didn't even tell all my guards, only the most trusted ones know that I am alive.''

Tiana pouted as tears gathered in her eyes; ''I miss you too much already, I don't think I can stay without you, can I go with you? ''

She pleaded, but Nicklaus sighed; ''Beautiful, I really wish you would, but you have to stay at home to make it look real. I miss you already, and I don't even want to stay away from you for a single second, but this is the last straw to defeating these people, and then we live the rest of our lives, happy.

If we defeat them, we can have our wedding, and we'll make beautiful babies, we can go anywhere without so many guards, don't you want that?''

Tiana smiled just had to hold on for a while and everything would be fine, they won't have to worry anymore.

''I want that. I want it. '' She nodded hugging him around the neck; ''if his plan worked then they would be safe for the rest of their lives. Tiana sighed;

''I can wait, let's do this. '' she let him go they kissed briefly.

''Wow, I've been sick this whole time because of you, don't ever disappear like that, ever again, okay? ''

Nicklaus nodded; ''I won't, ever.''

They spent some time together, talking about the plan he had before Nicklaus finally left. He had disguised himself, so no-one would recognize him, and except for the few guards whom he had contacted; no-one knew it was him.

Tiana was feeling a lot better now that she knew he was alive. She was no longer gloomy and she instantly wanted to get discharged but Nicklaus said she should wait till she completed her medications. 

She was still smiling when the door clicked open, and Gwen stepped in, Diana following behind.

''Was that Nicklaus? He's alive? '' Gwen's eyes lit up with excitement as she asked Tiana. Diana had told her that Nicklaus was alive, well she was family, and she was staying with Tiana so she was bound to know.

Tiana smiled; ''yes, Gwen, he's alive, I'm so happy! '' she exclaimed in excitement, her initial gloominess had all disappeared.

Gwen was still in shock; ''how, how did he survive it, where has he been all these while? ''

She asked; she was still shocked by the news.

''Well, he said an old man saved him, and he just woke up from a coma today. I'm so glad that he is alive, but Gwen, don't tell anyone about this, okay? ''

Gwen creased her brows but she didn't ask why, she just nodded.

''Okay. ''

''he wanted to meet with you but you didn't come in, but he's coming over tomorrow, you should have come inside when he was here. ''

''Oh, haha, I didn't want to spoil your moment, but since he's coming tomorrow it's fine. '' Gwen smiled, but inside of her brewed with anger.

She wasn't happy at all with the news. He was alive. Why was it that every single time she was almost close to winning Tiana, everything would turn upside down?

Her heart squeezed with anger and the smile on Tiana's face only made her angrier.

She wished she could scratch that smile off her face with her both hands.

No matter what it was, Tiana always won. Gwen couldn't continue seeing the smile on Tiana's face, so she stood up;

''Let me get you guys some snacks, I'll be right back.'' She just needed an excuse to leave there; it was getting too hot for her.