Chapter 160 - One Hundred And Sixty: Stop Loving Me (2/2)

”Pull gently, it's strands of hair, not sheep's wool!”

”Comb carefully, I don't want my hair falling off !”

”I swear, I'll torment you for the rest of eternity if I get a receding hairline after this! ”

”Pull my hair in a ponytail, not a *Hipster Alpaca, who even gave you the qualification to be my father!”

At last, it was done - after Isabella's incessant nagging - the torture of blow-drying my daughter's hair.

Isabella couldn't wait to get off from the bed - away from me- she was quick to dismiss me.

”You can leave now since you've succeeded in giving me the nightmare I would never forget ”

”Fine,” I grumpily stood up from her bed, ” Have fun”

She gave me a look of disdain, ”The next time you come into my room without permission, don't blame me if you lose your leg”

I chuckled, ”Are you going to plant a mine?”

”Who knows?” She smirked.

I shook my head, she was not going to do it anyway, it was all talks -Isabella knew her limit.

”And by the way, I liked you better when you were an asshole, now I hate you, stop loving me!” She shouted after me and banged her door shut.

Teenagers, who said it was easy to train one? But my heart swelled with joy anyway.

Since she was detesting my affections towards her, that could only mean one thing: I was slowly breaking down her walls and she knows it and was afraid of letting me in.

A wide grin broke across my face, I was slowly capturing her heart - what a great achievement.

But that gladness fell off my face when I walked into a certain figure in my room.

What was she doing here?

”Niklaus” she walked up to me and tried to kiss me but I shifted to the side.

Her face fell, a sign of disappointment but who cares? Ever since that video got into my hands, the sight of her disgusted me.

”Why are you here?” I asked, irritated.

”Is that the way to welcome your fiancee?”

I glowered at her, ”Either explain yourself or you get the f*ck out of my room”

She huffed, ”Fine! I came so we visit Maya together”

My eyes narrowed, ”Why are you so interested in Maya recently?”

”Haven't I always been interested in her?”

”Yes, you have but your recent obsession is suspicious”

She sighed, ”I'm engaged to a man who's obsessed with another woman and now she's injured, I have to go with him to ensure nothing happens between the both of them” she added firmly, ”How's that for a reason?”

I shook my head in disbelief, this was like the pot calling the kettle black ”You're a witch, you know that?”

She clicked her tongue, ”Yes, I know which is why I'm trying my best to be nice to Maya since I've gotten what I wanted - you ”

”Get out of my room, I need to shower ”

”I've seen you naked a lot of times, Niklaus. Getting out of here wouldn't make any difference because I have the memory in here” she tapped her finger against the side of her head indicating her brain.

My face hardened,” Get out of my room, now !” I growled at her.

”Fine, whatever ” she sashayed out of my room.

I restrained myself from acting upon my anger and walked into the bathroom. The cold shower helped me calm down and strategize carefully.

Tina's days were numbered, I didn't react for a reason: I was piling and digging up her dirty secrets; our engagement party would be a blissful one.

Done with the shower, I dressed quickly and headed downstairs in the living room where she was nonchalantly going through the television channels.

Fine, let's act the obedient boyfriend for a while.

Thankfully, during the drive, she didn't bring up a discussion. She was smart enough to know I wouldn't contribute a thing, so she busied herself with her cellphone.

I was nervous at the thought of meeting Maya, especially now she was awake but the woman beside me didn't notice it.

When we reached our room, Tina knocked on the door before going in but who I never expected to see in Maya's room was my father.

We stared at each other for a few seconds before he smirked and walked out of the room, shoving past me at the door.

A lot of thoughts passed through my head, what was he doing here? What did he discuss with Maya? Did he threaten? Though she hid it, I could see her pale complexion - he must have hurt her.

I went after the old man albeit it was too late - I lost him. My hands went to my pocket intending to pull out my phone but frowned when I met nothing.

How was that possible... Isabella.