Chapter 68: Boundless strange love.
Nicklaus shut his eyes with a deep sigh. The two love birds were crying right now and Arissa’s tears ripped him open. Controlling himself, he decided to move toward her.
He doesn’t know why she was crying over just hurting someone. She wasn’t supposed to feel it, whereas he does it all the time.
Getting to where she stood, he immediately took his jacket off and dropped it on Arissa’s body as he backed Collins. Arissa looked up at him with her red eyes.
She felt nothing less than a monster. She has been playing with someone’s feelings for years and her guilt made more tears leave her eyes.
"It’s okay," Nicklaus whispered and raised his fingers to her face and cleaned it off. He would set her free but not now.
First, he wants to know everything and make sure she has protection before freeing her from this bondage she’s in and then, she would be able to be with anyone, while he would still get the benefits even if it involves force.
Although it wasn’t easy, he was able to know more about her father and his cruelty so, he has to ensure her safety because of his mother’s boundless strange love for her.
Nicklaus pressed her head on his chest and rubbed on her hair soothingly, while Collins could not help but stand there and watch with a heavy heart.
Watching them hug, the promise he made to Jocelyn played in his memory. He promised to let Arissa go if she doesn’t reciprocate his feelings but now, he could not.
Words are extremely easy compared to actions.
"Why can’t you love me?" Collins asked again with a wounded voice, "Why_"