Chapter 138: A force higher than their denial.
Arissa had that traumatizing gruesome dream again. Hence, you could imagine how blanched her face was when she saw him just seated beside her.
It took every strong cell in her not to yell out from fright. Her breath trembled and for a moment, she forgot how to breathe.
The fuck, why would he be the first thing in her view after that scary too real to be an unreal dream. Passing a hand to her throbbing head, she tried to calm down.
"How long had you been here?" she asked as she focused on organizing her breathing. The dream scared her so much that her strong facade was crumbling but with Nicklaus before her, she would do everything to act normal.
He can’t see her at her worst.
Nicklaus calmed down the moment she got her voice back. He was terrified when he saw her gasping for air from her sleep.
He had rubbed on her shoulder to calm her down. Well, he was just lucky to be able to lean away before she opened her eyes. It was obvious she had a nightmare but sadly, he can’t ask for the details because she might just snap and get mad at the physical contact he gave to her while she was asleep.
Gazing into her eyes, he answered sincerely, "Ever since you fell asleep,"
Arissa’s heart dropped, Did he watch me struggle or could it be that I never struggled this time? She asked herself.
The last time she had this dream was terrifying. She could remember fighting for her life like it was real life, she even puked the moment she woke up but now, she was alright with only rough breathing to signify she had that nightmare again and wasn’t just hallucinating.
But was that just a nightmare? She don’t think it is because it just reoccurred, so vivid and real that she could still feel the fright she had in the dream rushing through her bones.