His Toxic Addiction
Chapter 72: #Nickel.

Chapter 72: #Nickel.

Collins led her to the hospital restaurant. It was Arissa’s first day of being there and the place was notably excellent.

"The weather is beautiful," Arissa commented, as she watched Collins order his meals.

"Hmm," Collins answered passing the menu over to her. She also placed her order, and a waiter came around and took their orders.

Collins stared at Arissa’s face, "You skipped sleep last night," he stated.

"I naturally wasn’t able to. It was hard." Arissa replied truthfully. Right now, her eyes hurt like hell - she did not even sleep an hour.

Collins suddenly felt guilty as his mind thought the worst with the possibility that his confession might have burdened her.

There was a bit of silence between them and it sparked awkwardness immediately. Arissa’s mind was scattered on a lot of things and Collins’s mind was solidly on her marriage.

"Are you both in an open relationship?" Collins asked curiously and Arissa could not help but shut away all her thoughts and look at him with all interest.

"Why do you ask that?" Arissa questioned. She thought they were past this. Why was he still bothered by her marriage?

Collins rolled his eyes as he leaned back in his seat," Well, you see. I saw a young lady speaking to Nicklaus at the auction when you left and even when he saw it, he least reacted. So?"

"No." Arissa shook her, "Umm, I mean no. We haven’t spoken about being in an open relationship."

"Oh," Collins mouthed but disbelief still planted all over his face.

"We only give each other our space. I guess," Arissa justified. No matter how she do not want this marriage, an open relationship was something she would strongly kick against. The idea of that alone left her with disgust.

It was more like cheating.

"Nicklaus is a moron." Arissa’s eyes widened upon hearing the sudden insult from Collins. "An arrogant moron," Collins laughed like it was meant to be a joke seeing Arissa’s disapproving look. His heart dropped. He called Nicklaus a name to watch her expression and there he got it. She wasn’t in support of it.

Collins’s laugh did not sound fake but Arissa knew that deep down, he was seriously venting out his anger.

She did not feel alright with Collins calling Nicklais names. And as if waiting for her approval, Collins stopped laughing and Arissa got the message. He was trying to get her involvement and with a chuckle, she added, "The worst kind of moron," Arissa backed him up. If calling Nicklais names would make him happy, then so be it.

Collins laughed and when he saw that Arissa wasn’t laughing along, he stopped.

"I’m going to miss you," Collins announced.

Arissa smiled. "I’d miss you too. And the moment I give my parents what they deserve and break my restrictions, I would visit you," she promised calmly.

Collins’s eyes sparkled with delight. He stretched out his hand and dropped it on the back of Arissa’s palm. "Promise?"

Arissa nodded her head, "I promise," she answered with a smile.

Collins nodded his head with a little hurt in him. He felt the way she tensed up with defense when he dropped his hand on the back of her palm and he realized that she was only trying not to hurt him by taking her hand off so to make it easier, he took his hand off hers.

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(So, the Lincoln princess is the type that chases other men even after marrying our heartthrob? Pufft she’s so pathetic)

(I feel so sorry for her. Hehe, I was just kidding. #sorrynotsorry)

(I always wondered who our eligible charming CEO would get married to and last night, when I found out he married Lincoln’s baby, I saw the image of the most perfect couples. But this hell no, she screwed up. I’m unfollowing her right now)

(So, she kissed someone lower than him, and later on, our kind-hearted prince would have to divorce her and finally, see someone as good as Raquel)

(Arissa might be a fucking goddess with curves at the right place but I always preferred Raquel. She has always been loyal to Nicklaus while they were together. And seeing them together last night, I think this is the start of their story again because our beauty goddess Arissa just paved the way for their romance to steam again.)

(I have nothing to say about that despicable cheater but #Nickel)

(#Nickel! OMG. that’s a good one)

(I’m feeling heartbroken for Nicklaus >teary eyes #Nickel)

(She did not stay till dawn as the event wants. I guess she left with her mysterious lover too.....whatever #Nickel)

And more and more many negative tweets pushing her to the corner, more support for Nicklaus to go back to that blonde Barbie.

Arissa gritted her teeth in silence.

She extraordinarily wants to track down these trolls and shred them into pieces for badmouthing her this way and, she would make sure that when she’s done, they would have no plans of continuing acts like this.

"These trolls are fucking stupid," Jocelyn cursed.

She had no idea that something as destructive as this was trending against her friend. And one to think of it, Collins fucking omitted the part where he kissed her and now, the media caught a glimpse of it. Remembering someone, Jocelyn turned to Arissa, "How about Nicklaus? Collins told me he was there all through. Do he..."

"Yes. He was there when the kiss happened and we haven’t seen each other since this mid-morning." Arissa responded casually.

Jocelyn took in a breath, "Raquel is supporting the posts," she noted.

Arissa scoffed, "I noticed. You needed to see how all high and haughty she was at the auction when she meet Nicklaus,"

"From what I saw, her father is also a good businessman so, why didn’t he take her as a bride," Jocelyn asked.

Arissa turned to her. "Nicklaus never wanted a bride. The business world is all about profit and that’s the same with the Wyatt family."

"He would have just been with her. And from what I’m reading here, they both had a few moments together,"

Arissa swallowed. Jocelyn does have a good point there but presently now, she doesn’t even know the benefits that come with this marriage.

Facing Adele, something flashed her memory, "I would not spend the whole day here. I still have somewhere to go to," she would take a bold step today. There’s someone she has to see.

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