Chapter 186 - Ch. 186 Nicholas's Crush Is...

By the appointed hour, Lydia walked towards the backstage, where Nick's music team began to tidy up their musical equipment. She had found the position of Nick and his friends, but why couldn't she find Wendy?

Where is the woman? Didn't Wendy tell her to meet her here?

Lydia glanced in all directions for Wendy without regarding Nick's group had noticed her when she turned her back. She focused on finding Wendy and wanted to go home soon.

Little did she know, one of Nick's friends saw her and was intrigued with her.

"Hey, a cute chick at ten o'clock," announced Adam made his friends turn their heads in unison.

Because the girl's position was with her back to them and only glanced sideways occasionally as if looking for someone, Nick and the others could not see the girl's face.

But at least seeing from her somewhat girly appearance and cute hairdo made them all feel sure the girl must be attractive.

It didn't matter whether the girl was cute or not; Nick had made his choice now, so he wasn't interested.

"Why don't you try to hit on her if you like her?" teased Nick on his friend.

"I'm not you. How could I woo a girl I don't know?"

"Looking at her movements, there are two possibilities. Either she is looking for someone or is lost. You can ask what the problem is and offer your help." advised Nick as if he was a love expert making Jacob snort in amusement to hear that.

He already knew the Nick in front of him was the real Nick and not Kaylee in disguise. The fake Nick has her charm and was a bit clueless about her own appeal.

But the real Nick has a natural talent for seducing and pleasing a girl.

"Won't she find me suspicious?"

"Nu-uh. This place is crowded. As long as you don't take her to a corner, she won't be suspicious. Unless you have the face of a villain, she will run away as soon as she sees your face."

"Haish!" Adam gave a light punch on Nick's shoulder, earning a hearty laugh from the young man.

On the other hand, Lydia was puzzled and confused because Wendy still had not answered her call. Was the girl too busy making out with her new blind date to ignore her call?

Then why did the woman want her to come backstage?

Not expecting that several pairs of eyes were probing her, Lydia turned around, thinking that Wendy was seeing her brother. Never did she imagine Nick would look at her directly, making her want to run away.

Not only that, it seemed that Nick's friends also looked amazed to see her.

"Woah, she's a cutie!" whistled Fritz while nudging his friend's waist. "Aren't you going there? If you don't want to, I'll go instead." teased Fritz to Adam.

Even if his words were spoken aloud, his voice would not reach Lydia's ears because of the distance between them and the sound of the music from a nearby group of musicians.

"NO!" declared Nick to his two friends, confused his friends. "I know her. You can't touch her."

Waaaaat!?

To prove his point, Nick walked up to Lydia with vast strides and frowned. Why is Lydia dressed like this?

Well, that girl does look more girly and adorable than usual… but… he wanted to be the first to see her dressed like this!!

"Lydia, what are you doing?"

Lydia felt a pang inside her chest when she heard Nick's disapproving tone. "Your sister sent me here. There's no need to mind me."

"My sister?" Nick remembered he had asked her for help in persuading Lydia to come here. But… why did this girl come here by changing her appearance?

He was utterly unprepared for this surprise attack!

He thought Lydia would go straight away with his sister or Kaylee so she wouldn't have to change her clothes.

But…

Nick looked the girl's appearance up and down, then turned the girl around without her permission as if he wanted to remember all the curves of the girl's body so that he wouldn't mistake other people.

When he saw Lydia's back, Nick didn't recognize her at all. He even offered his friend to woo her!

Usually, Nick immediately recognized the girl even if he only saw her from the back. But for tonight, he didn't recognize her at all!

Lydia, who didn't know what Nick was thinking, thought the young man didn't like her unusual appearance. She was starting to feel irritated that her body was being spun around like she was a dummy.

Annoyed by Nick's unusual behavior, Lydia flung the boy's hands off her shoulders.

"What are you doing? It made me dizzy!"

Nick gave a guilty smile while scratching the nape of his neck. "Sorry. I can't believe it's you. You look different."

"Your sister forced me to wear this outfit. I have no other choice but to follow her."

"Why did you do it? You're not the kind of person who will let other people rule you as they please."

"Your sister gave me a big bonus and told me to buy new clothes and wear them tonight. After all, this is the last time you see me like this."

"Eh? Why? You're cuter like this. I like it very much. Please wear it more often."

If Lydia couldn't control her feelings, her heart might jump out of its place when she heard the boy's last words.

But she masked her facial expression and said indifferently. "Why should I follow your preference? Where's your sister?"

"How should I know? She didn't even look at my performance."

"But she asked me to come here." Lydia was even more confused because she didn't know what Wendy wanted from her. "And Miss Kaylee and her fiancé saw you perform with me. But they left first without my knowledge."

"Ooo…"

Lydia studied Nick's expression making the boy wonder. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Are you... already moving on? You don't like her anymore?"

"…" why did everyone believe he had a crush on Kaylee!?

Well, he did have a crush on someone, but it wasn't Kaylee.

It was Roxanne!!