“It’s fine, really,” I cut across her excuses for him. I didn’t know whether or not she was lying — to me or to herself — but either way, I didn’t want to hear it. I wanted to go to sleep, wake up and be whisked away by Nik. “I’m gonna head back to bed.”
I waited for her nod before I retreated back into the bedroom, closing the door gently after me. I had to get out of this house. But dammit, I wanted my revenge first.
I tossed and turned a little while in bed and then, frustrated, laid on my back and reached for my phone. I sent a quick text to Nikolai, half hoping that it didn’t wake him.
Are you awake? — A
I waited a few minutes, staring at the bright light of my phone. Then a message came through.
Need me to come back? x — N
He must have gone back to his hotel already. I supposed itwaslate… He needed sleep too, especially for what I had planned tomorrow. By the end of the day, he’d be sick of me.
No. Just having trouble sleeping. I’m looking forward to seeing you tomorrow x — A
I forwent telling him the truth, the horrible ruckus that Ambrose had just caused. Instead, I thought of tomorrow, smiled at the thought that in a few short hours, I’d be with him.
I had told Rachel and Kaleb that I wanted to go into town, by myself, to do a little pre-wedding shopping. Of course, I’d had to throw them off the scent by mentioning the wedding. They couldn’t know that I was meeting Nikolai.
Nikolai still hadn’t told me where we were going — he wanted it to be a surprise, apparently. I thought it was sweet, a side to him I hadn’t seen much of. But then again, I liked his gruff, bossy side. I never thought it would happen, but I’d actually come to miss his grumbling mood swings. It didn’t take me long to fall asleep as I thought of my Nikolai.
