His Beautiful Addiction

''DON'T CALL ME THAT!''

 ''Tiana exclaimed, fume emitting from her nose. For a split second, she wanted to believe that he had not been using her. She would have forgiven him if he had not been a liar and a manipulator. Maybe, she would find reasons in his decision to marry another woman, but when she saw the look on his face when she said that, she realized that there was no remedy.

Her eyes shut briefly as she tried to stable herself;

It was true. She was right all along. 

Tiana felt a hitch in her throat; it hurt terribly. She lifted her eyes to look at him, wondering how someone so beautiful could have a dark heart.

Her eyes glared at him for a moment, and then she burst out laughing, she laughed deliriously, it sounded like she was crying and laughing at the same time. Suddenly she stopped;

''Why are you here? ''

She spoke through her teeth, her eyes glaring straight at him, at that moment, she couldn't even get any trace of the love she felt for him. Only hate permeated from her bones.

Nicklaus swallowed, at first, he wanted to let her know everything about him on his parent's death anniversary, he wanted to tell her everything then, but because of what she had seen that day, and how she could mistrust him because of it, he decided to tell her, but unfortunately, the bad news had interrupted them that night, and she had found out herself, she must really hate him.

''Bea… '' he stopped; if he wanted her to listen to him, he shouldn't make her angrier;

''Tiana… please I can explain everything, I'm…''

''Hold it. I don't want to hear it! I am not interested in listening to anything you have to say, Nicklaus. I don't bloody care. I forgot to tell you, the five months is over, Nicklaus, you cannot take my sister anymore; she's free from you.

Grandpa says I can leave, but since you're here, it's obvious, you don't intend to let me go. That is too bad because I would rather die than go back to that house!'' She paused, her chest, rising and falling rapidly;

'' Nicklaus, I never had the chance to tell you this, but hear it now, you have no soul!''

Tiana walked towards the rain, stopping just in front of the rain dropping from the roof.

Nicklaus froze. His eyes gazing back at her.

Was she this angry because he didn't tell her about his past? Was it enough to make her this angry?

''Tiana… ''

''You are utter evil and you deserve to rot in the pit of eternal darkness.'' 

Tiana continued, not wanting to hear a single word from him; she wanted to tell him that he had hurt her, but then it would only make her look vulnerable. So instead, she said;

''I never loved you, Nicklaus, it was all a lie. I hated you from that very day in your house, when you chose my sister as your mistress when you knew the amount owed you was nothing to you and you could easily let it slide, but no, you wanted to wreck us. You locked me up for several days, in darkness, utter darkness, you made me strip… ''

Tiana's words caught in her throat, tears brewing in her eyes as she realized how foolish she was to have fallen for this man. What came over her?

''Tiana, I apologized; I said I was sorry… ''

Nicklaus was drenched under the rain, his face red with pain, and his eyes clouded with tears. His hands were fidgeting by his side, as his heart slammed against his chest. He couldn't even fathom the amount of pain coursing through him at that moment.

He never knew loving someone could hurt this much.

Apologized? Only so you could get me to sleep with you! Tiana thought in her mind but she didn't say it aloud, there was clearly no need.

''I hate you Nicklaus from my very bones; every single thing about you disgusts me!''

She shouted, her voice clapping with the rain as her fume riled up.

''Tiana, don't say that. Please, stop… ''

Nicklaus's hands trembled; he wasn't sure he could take another hateful word from her.

''Oh, what are you going to do? Kill me? Well, I won't be surprised; this is not your first time doing that. ''

She smiled devilishly; her eyes red with hate.

Tiana was trying her best not to cry in front of him, although every cell in her body was trembling. She didn't want him to see her weak. She didn't want him to know that with him, she was vulnerable.

Taking in a deep breath, she walked into the rain, and closed the gap between them, stopping just a few inches away from him. The rain dropped into her eyes but she made sure to keep them wide open as she stared at him courageously;

''I'm not afraid of you Nicklaus, if you want to kill me, you can do it right now, but I will never go back to that house.''

''Please Tiana, we can talk about this. I really love you, Tiana, I…''

At his words a menacing chuckle escaped her lips as she tilted her head to the side;

''Love, you talk of love? When you are getting... ''

She wanted to say getting married to another woman, but she stopped herself immediately. She was really going to wail in front of him if he confirmed it, and the last thing she wanted was for him to see her cry.

There was always a price to pay for love, it seemed this was hers.

Tiana swallowed bitterly;

''Goodbye monster, I hope you rot in hell! ''

With that she turned around and marched into the house, as soon as she closed the door behind her, she ran towards her room, and fell to the ground, crying like a baby.

Nicklaus stood unmoving for what felt like hours. He had still not erased the look in her eyes when she called him a monster.

Monster?

Was that what he was to her? Was that what she saw him as all along?

He felt his heart rip into a thousand pieces and he couldn't breathe. If she really hated him this much, how could she have pretended to love him all these while?