Chapter 18 - Shes lovely (1/2)

Tiana breathed rapidly as they stepped into the massive living room, she could hear some people chattering in the room but as soon as the guard by the doors pushed it open, their eyes turned to the door.

Nicklaus carried an eerily quiet air around him, such that when he entered the room with his hands around Tiana, everywhere became quiet. They watched them as though they were some alien.

What made them quieter was the fact that Nicklaus had come with a woman! Nicklaus has never been seen with a woman before, so the sight was shocking to them. It took about thirty seconds for them to leave the slight daze they were in, but the shock could not leave their faces.

He barely came for the dinners and whenever he did, he was always quiet and alone; he was so quiet that no-one even noticed him, but today was different, they suddenly couldn't keep their gazes off him, or more like off the woman that he came with.

Nicklaus pulled Tiana close to him as they sat down on a couch in the living room. He intentionally pushed some strand of her hair behind her ear, knowing that they were watching.

Grandpa had two sons and a daughter. His late father, Douglas, and Elizabeth; Douglas is married to Michelle, and they have a son, Richard. He was the heir to the Douglas Corporation. Elizabeth had a daughter, Diana, who was an actress.

Elizabeth and Douglas weren't in the living room it was only the children, who sat on a couch saying some jokes but glancing at Nicklaus once in a while; Diana grew up with Nicklaus, but although they lived together for years, Nicklaus barely spoke. Diana could count how many times he talked to her in a whole year, it was worse in the first few years of his living with them, at first she thought he hated her until she knew that he was just like that.

So even now that he had come in, she still didn't know how to talk to him, so she remained there talking with Richard.

''Nicklaus, is that you? '' Elizabeth, Nicklaus Aunt exclaimed as she entered the living room; a brilliant smile on her lips; she had raised Nicklaus after his parents died, although he barely spoke, he was a little different with Elizabeth, he respected her a lot, so when he saw her come into the living room, he stood up from the couch and held a hand to Tiana;

''Auntie, how have you been? ''

Nicklaus asked; a clear expression on his face. That was the mildest Tiana had seen him. It was close to a smile but then it wasn't.

''I'm fine! '' She replied and looked towards Tiana.

''This is Tiana, my girlfriend. ''

He said, putting his hand around her waist;

Tiana forced herself not to appear nervous but her red ears were almost giving her off; luckily, Elizabeth was more interested because she was his girlfriend than her red ears;

''It's nice to finally meet you, Ma'am, Nick has said a lot about you. '' She said with a sweet smile;

''Oh my! She's so pretty. Where did you see this jewel? '' Elizabeth pulled Tiana in for a brief hug;

''It's nice to meet you too dear, hope my nephew is treating you well? '' She asked, holding Tiana's palm tenderly.

Tiana blushed; she noticed that the two people on the couch were keenly watching them;

''He's trying his best, Auntie. ''

She replied; but just when Elizabeth was about to ask another question, grandfather called Nicklaus, interrupting them.

''Nicklaus, you came for the family dinner, hmm… surprising. '' Grandpa walked into the living room with the aid of a walking stick and when Diana saw him, she hurried over to him and helped him into the living room.

''It's nice to meet you, grandpa. ''

Nicklaus said;

Grandpa chuckled lightly as he sat down in front of the huge fireplace, Diana stood beside him.

''I see you came with a guest, don't you want to introduce her to the family? '' Grandpa asked; Nicklaus sighted Douglas and his wife Michelle walking into the living room; his eyes swept past them but he didn't fail to notice the shock on their faces when they saw him, well more like when they saw him with a woman.